Baby 'Birds

Luvofthegame · 09-04-2006, 04:47 PM

Narveson walked six, but struck out seven over seven shutout innings as Memphis beat New Orleans, 5-0, on Sunday. ... Double-A Springfield finished up its season with a 7-3 loss to Arkansas, ending the second half at 27-43. Nick Stavinoha and Gabe Johnson each had two hits in the finale. ... Class A Palm Beach leads Daytona and St. Lucie each by a game after losing, 6-5, to Jupiter. Nick Webber pitched five outstanding innings (six hits, one run, six Ks, no walks), but his bullpen couldn't hold the lead. Ryan Barthelemy singled, doubled and hit his 14th home run. ... Bryan Anderson went 2-for-3, but it was mostly a quiet offensive day for Class A Quad Cities in a 6-1 loss to Burlington. ... Short-season State College's playoff hopes took a severe blow in a doubleheader loss to Mahoning Valley. The Spikes lost by scores of 2-0 and 3-2. Tyler Herron pitched six solid innings in defeat (seven hits, two runs, one walk, three strikeouts).

Narveson is the player of the day as he wraps up a very nice bounce-back season. In 14 Memphis starts, he went 7-5 with a 3.08 ERA, 51 strikeouts and 27 walks in 73 innings.