Tweeners 4, Buckeyes 1

The Buckeyes' sluggers did not find The Hooverdome to their liking, scoring only 9 runs in 5 games. Perhaps the Tweeners' pitchers can take a bit of credit, posting a 1.80 ERA for the series.

6/22 – Corey Hart returned to face his former mates for the first time, going 2 for 4 with a homer and a double, but Shane Victorino had 2 base hits and Zack Cozart homered at The Hooverdome as the NORM TWEENERS beat the GLENN Buckeyes by the count of 3 to 1.

Tommy Milone(5-5) gave NORM a solid outing. He surrendered 5 hits and no
walks in 6 and 2/3 innings. Sergio Romo was perfect in the ninth giving him
his 13th save on the season.

The loss was charged to Cole Hamels(2-2). He pitched 5 innings allowing 4
hits and 1 walk.

6/23 – Michael Morse and Adam LaRoche each jacked one out of the ballyard and had 3 RBI as the NORM TWEENERS bested the GLENN Buckeyes 8 to 2 at The Hooverdome.

Felix Hernandez(6-5) pitched a solid game. He went 7 innings allowing 5 hits
and 1 walk lowering his ERA from 3.97 to 3.75. NORM finished with 13 hits
while GLENN ended up with 6.

Lucas Harrell(2-6) was the losing pitcher. He was not very effective,
surrendering 4 runs in 2 and 2/3 innings.

9/3 - Madison Bumgarner whiffed 10 batters and Mark Reynolds slammed a homerun as the NORM TWEENERS bested the GLENN Buckeyes 3 to 0 at The Hooverdome.

Bumgarner(9-3) came through with a virtuoso performance against the GLENN
hitters. He was stingy on the mound, allowing just 5 hits and 1 walk in 8
innings lowering his ERA from 3.84 to 3.53. NORM had 7 hits for the night.

Sergio Romo earned his 14th save. The loss was charged to Edinson
Volquez(0-4). Everyone seemed to enjoy the performance of Bumgarner - except
GLENN. GLENN's manager lamented, 'He just was 'on' tonight. He was keeping
our guys off balance all game. A fine game by a good strikeout pitcher -
makes it a fun game for the hometown fans - unfortunately we were the
visitors!'

9/4 – Supported by homeruns from Jones, Hart, and Youkilis, R.A. Dickey pitched a complete game as the GLENN Buckeyes beat the NORM TWEENERS by a score of 5 to 1.

GLENN took the lead off Chris Tillman in the first inning plating one
baserunner. Emilio Bonifacio tripled. Chris Nelson followed next and he
would ground out. GLENN had 9 hits for the night.

Dickey(7-1) got the victory, allowing 1 run for the game. Tillman(1-2) ended
up with the loss. He gave up 4 runs and 6 hits in 6 and 1/3 innings.
9/5 - The NORM TWEENERS bested the GLENN Buckeyes by a 4 to 1 score at The Hooverdome.

NORM drew first blood jumping out to an early lead in the first inning when
they scored 3 runs on 3 hits, including a 2-run homer by LaRoche. That early run support was enough for Gio Gonzalez(5-2) and NORM. NORM out-hit GLENN for the game, 7 hits to 4.

Sergio Romo recorded the save, his 15th. Cole Hamels(2-3) was the loser. He
surrendered 3 runs and 5 hits in 6 innings.