Jose Tabata and Ramiro Pena each hit their 2nd home runs of the year off of former Rutgers product Bobby Brownlie.
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Bad night for Tampa Yankees starter Grant Duff too. The Clearwater Threshers pounded him for 8 runs in 5.1 innings and the Threshers won it 9-4. Jose Gil provided the bright spot with a 4-4 night, that included a pair of doubles, and 3 RBI.
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Charleston RiverDogs are still off as the last part of the South Atlantic League All-Star game. Catcher Jesus Montero was the runner up in the league's home run derby on Tuesday night. The contest actually ran prior to, and during the game itself. It left Montero a little gassed after he caught 2 innings.
Montero's squad got pounded by the North, 13-4. Charleston's Jason Stephens was one of only two South pitchers to throw a scoreless inning.The runner-up was the Yankees’ Jesus Montero, who put on an impressive display himself in the early rounds. The righty-hitting Montero used the wind to his advantage in repeatedly sending drives out over the fence in right-center field, the deepest part of the park. Montero hit 11 home runs over the first two rounds of the competition but managed only one in the finals, which is understandable given that he had just finished catching for two innings and was then asked to come back out and finish the derby.
"I usually hit it better to right, with more power to right," Montero said through an interpreter after the game. "I can extend my arms out that way instead of turning to pull the ball and not getting as much extension."
The Scranton Yankees had the night off.
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