Basil’s Blog

A rough night in Jacksonville for the Montgomery Biscuits tonight. And some former Columbus Catfish helped.
Anthony Ragliani and Xavier Paul hit home runs as the Jacksonville Suns defeated the visiting Montgomery Biscuits, 9-6, on Monday afternoon.
Ragliani’s two-run shot in the second inning put the Suns (13-11) on the board, while Paul’s three-run blast capped Jacksonville’s [...]

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An 8th inning double by Matt Fields gave the Columbus Catfish the lead, and hometown hero Brian Baker shut down Rome in the 9th to give the Catfish a 5-3 win over the Braves tonight. It was the 5th straight win over Rome this season.
Rome scored an unearned run in the top of the 1st. [...]

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Although it’s the Rome Braves that are opening a series with the Columbus Catfish tonight, it’s Atlanta Braves pitching they’ll be facing. For an inning, at least.
Atlanta Braves reliever Chad Paronto, who is on the 15-day DL, is making a rehab start tonight … an probably tomorrow night, too … for Rome [...]

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Columbus Catfish SS Brett Grandstrand was 3-for-4 and 3B Cesar Suarez was 3-for-5 as the Catfish pounded out 14 hits en route to a 7-1 win over the Charleston RiverDogs (Yankees).
Charleston scored an unearned run on an error by Catfish C Matt Spring in the bottom of the 1st.
The Catfish came back in the 5th, [...]

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Two multi-run blasts by Reid Brignac and John Jaso proved the difference in the Montgomery Biscuits 7-2 win over the Jacksonville Suns (Dodgers) this afternoon.
Jacksonville took an early lead with an unearned run in the 1st inning. Biscuits LF Jason Pridie misplayed a ball hit by former Columbus Catfish Xavier Paul, allowing a run to [...]

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For the second night in a row, the Charleston RiverDogs (Yankees) beat the Columbus Catfish. The Catfish couldn’t overcome an early Charleston lead, and fell 7-4.
Charleston scored 2 unearned runs in the 1st inning, then 2 in the 2nd on a walk and 3 singles.
The Catfish closed the gap in the 4th when 2B Joey [...]

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The Montgomery Biscuits dropped the second game of the series at Jacksonville, losing to the Suns (Dodgers), 3-2.
The Biscuits fell behind early when former Columbus Catfish OF Xavier Paul hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 1st, putting Jacksonville up 1-0.
The Biscuits tied the game in the 5th. CF Fernando Perez drove [...]

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Columbus Catfish pitcher Wade Townsend has been recognized for his mound performance this week. Townsend is the South Atlantic League pitcher of the week.
Two starts resulted in two wins for the ever-reliable Townsend. He yielded a run over five innings against Asheville on Monday and a run over six innings against Rome on Saturday. [...]

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Some items of interest from the blogroll.

aTypical Joe wants to help bring down Stephen Colbert.
William Teach (Pirate’s Cove) looks at the latest captured al-Qaeda commander.
Maggie’s Notebook shows why the ACLU supports child molesters.
Don Surber says Jack Valenti couldn’t have lived with all this.
c.a. Marks (Alabama Improper) looks at a banned commercial.
Pettifog follows the aftermath of [...]

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Despite an early lead, the Columbus Catfish bullpen blew that lead, and fell to the Charleston RiverDogs (Yankees), 6-4.
CF Desmond Jennings led the game with a walk, then stole second, then third. 3B Cesar Suarez hit a 1-out singles scoring Jennings. After C Nevin Ashley singled, LF Ryan Royster singled, scoring Suarez, and the Catfish [...]

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