Aaron Cook pitches Sioux to season opening sweep of Knights

A Vermont hurler again silented the New York bats, this time it was Aaron Cook as he went the distance pitching VFS to the 7-1 win; in the 3 game series, Vermont allowed only 2 runs. Albert Pujols led the offense with 4 RBIs including a 3R HR in the 6th that blew the game open.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2009 New York Knights At 2009 Vermont Fighting Sioux      4/18/2009
 
  Knights            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Fighting Sioux     AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Young SS          4  0  1  0 .154     A.Jones CF          5  1  1  0 .222  
  J.Kubel DH          4  0  1  0 .182     L.Overbay DH        5  2  1  0 .250  
  A.Laroche 1B        4  1  1  0 .167     A.Pujols 1B         4  1  2  4 .364  
  G.Sizemore CF       4  0  1  0 .091   B-R.Zimmerman PH,3B   1  0  0  0 .200  
  X.Nady RF           4  0  0  1 .182     C.Quentin LF        3  0  2  0 .333  
  J.Cantu 3B          4  0  2  0 .200   A-R.Ibanez PH,LF      1  0  0  0 .333  
  L.Scott LF          3  0  0  0 .000   C-M.Joyce LF          0  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Barmes 2B         3  0  0  0 .000     J.Gerut RF          3  1  1  1 .333  
  J.Kendall C         3  0  0  0 .200     K.Shoppach C        4  0  1  0 .167  
                                          C.Blake 3B,1B       4  0  1  1 .143  
                                          A.Iwamura 2B        3  1  1  0 .167  
                                          M.Aviles SS         4  1  3  0 .714  
                                        D-J.Wilson SS         0  0  0  0 .500  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  1  6  1                 Totals      37  7 13  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Quentin In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Pujols In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ibanez In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Aviles In 9th Inning
 
Knights......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  1  6  2
Fighting Sioux.. 0 1 2  0 0 4  0 0    -  7 13  1
 
Knights (0-3)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Mussina LOSS(0-1)       5 1/3  12   7   6   1   5   1  10.12
M.Delcarmen               2 2/3   1   0   0   2   3   0   0.00
Totals                    8      13   7   6   3   8   1
 
Fighting Sioux (3-0)     IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
A.Cook WIN(1-0)           9       6   1   1   0   5   0   1.00
Totals                    9       6   1   1   0   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 47,038 DATE- Saturday, April 18th 2009 TIME- Day 
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Knights: 5  Fighting Sioux:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Knights: 0  Fighting Sioux: 1
ERRORS- L.Scott, J.Kendall, A.Cook
DOUBLES- J.Cantu(1st), J.Gerut(2nd), M.Aviles(2nd)
HOME RUNS- A.Pujols(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Gerut
WALKS- R.Ibanez, J.Gerut, A.Iwamura
STRIKE OUTS- J.Kubel, A.Laroche, X.Nady, L.Scott-2, A.Jones-2, L.Overbay-2,
             A.Pujols, K.Shoppach, A.Iwamura-2
GIDP- L.Scott
WILD PITCHES- A.Cook
PASSED BALLS- K.Shoppach
 
Albert Pujols left the yard and had 4 RBI and Aaron Cook pitched 9 strong
innings as the Vermont Fighting Sioux topped the New York Knights by a score
of 7 to 1 at Fighting Sioux Field.
 
Vermont went ahead for good in the bottom of the 2nd inning scoring a single
run using 2 hits.  Vermont rapped out 13 hits for the afternoon.  
 
Cook(1-0) got the victory, allowing 1 run for the game. Mike Mussina(0-1) was
the losing pitcher.  He gave up 7 runs in 5 and 1/3 innings of work.  
 

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