Lemonheads vs. Birds of Pray

G-1 After scoring 34 runs in 12 games, the Bird bats finally came alive. The Birds pounded out 11 runs on 17 hits to back T. Ross’s 4-hitter in an 11-0 win. R.Gennett was 4-6 with 3 RBIs & C. Davis 4-5 with 2 RBIs. Ross walked 2 & struck out 11.

G-2 C. McHugh returned the favor for the Lemonheads with a 3-hit shutout. Heads got all the runs they needed in the 1st on RBIs from J. Loney (SF) & a N. Walker single. McHugh K’ed 13 & walked 3 in a 3-0 win.

G-3 Falling behind 1-0 in the 3rd on a C. Blackmon single, Birds tied it in the 7th on an unearned run. Heads got a lead off homer from K. Calhoun in the 8th for 2-1 lead, but Birds scored 2 in the 8th on a double by N. Cruz off Benoit. Birds win 3-2. Tanaka 8 IP, 0 BB, 6 Ks. Shoemaker 7 IP, 0 BB, 10 Ks and 0 earned runs.

G-4 Birds got a 3-run (gift) HR from JJ Hardy in the 1st & a solo (gift) HR by Davis in the 5th, both off of C. Young (-26), to lead the Birds to an 8-5 win. Heads got a 2-run HR from J.D. Martinez & and 2 RBIs from Loney.

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