Raul Ibanez's PH HR in 7th gets Sioux opening day win ove NYK; Santana Ks 10

Great pitcher's duel between Matt Cain and Ervin Santana, Cain makes one mistake in a game with no room for any.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2009 New York Knights At 2009 Vermont Fighting Sioux      4/16/2009
 
  Knights            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Fighting Sioux     AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Young SS          4  0  0  0 .000     C.Crisp CF          2  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Kubel DH          4  0  1  0 .250   B-R.Ibanez PH         1  1  1  21.000  
  A.Laroche 1B        4  0  0  0 .000   C-J.Wilson SS         0  0  0  0 ----  
  G.Sizemore CF       4  0  0  0 .000     L.Overbay DH        3  0  1  0 .333  
  X.Nady RF           3  1  1  0 .333     A.Pujols 1B         4  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Cantu 3B          3  0  0  0 .000     C.Quentin LF        3  0  0  0 .000  
  L.Scott LF          2  0  0  0 .000   D-M.Joyce LF          1  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Barmes 2B         3  0  0  0 .000     J.Gerut RF          3  0  1  0 .333  
  J.Kendall C         3  0  0  0 .000     K.Shoppach C        2  0  0  0 .000  
                                        E-C.Snyder C          1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          C.Blake 3B          3  0  0  0 .000  
                                        F-R.Zimmerman 3B      0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          A.Iwamura 2B        2  0  0  0 .000  
                                          M.Aviles SS         3  0  2  0 .667  
                                        A-A.Jones PR,CF       0  1  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  1  2  0                 Totals      28  2  5  2
 
A-Pinch Ran For Aviles In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Crisp In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Ibanez In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Quentin In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Shoppach In 8th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Blake In 8th Inning
 
Knights......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  2  0
Fighting Sioux.. 0 0 0  0 0 0  2 0    -  2  5  2
 
Knights (0-1)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Cain LOSS(0-1)          6 1/3   5   2   2   5   5   1   2.84
M.Delcarmen               1 2/3   0   0   0   0   3   0   0.00
Totals                    8       5   2   2   5   8   1
 
Fighting Sioux (1-0)     IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
E.Santana WIN(1-0)        8       2   1   0   1  10   0   0.00
J.Romero SAVE(1st)        1       0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
Totals                    9       2   1   0   1  11   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 30,432 DATE- Thursday, April 16th 2009 TIME- Night 
T- 2:08
LEFT ON BASE- Knights: 3  Fighting Sioux: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Knights: 1  Fighting Sioux: 0
ERRORS- C.Quentin, C.Blake
DOUBLES- J.Kubel(1st), J.Gerut(1st), M.Aviles(1st)
HOME RUNS- R.Ibanez(1st)
WALKS- L.Scott, C.Crisp, L.Overbay, J.Gerut, K.Shoppach, A.Iwamura
STRIKE OUTS- M.Young, A.Laroche-3, J.Cantu-3, L.Scott-2, C.Barmes, J.Kendall,
             L.Overbay, C.Quentin, M.Joyce, K.Shoppach, C.Snyder, C.Blake,
             A.Iwamura-2
GIDP- L.Overbay
WILD PITCHES- E.Santana
 
Ervin Santana dominated striking out 10 New York batters at Fighting Sioux
Field as the Vermont Fighting Sioux beat the New York Knights 2 to
1.
 
Santana(1-0) was simply too much for the New York batters.  He allowed just 2
hits and 1 walk in 8 innings.  Vermont out-hit New York for the game, 5 hits
to 2.  
 
J.C. Romero earned his 1st save.  Matt Cain(0-1) took the loss.  He gave up 5
hits and 5 walks in 6 and 1/3 innings.  When asked about his strikeout total
for the game, Santana offered, 'The fan's really got into it.  It is fun to
see them tally up the strikeout totals up there in the stands.  Fortunately,
I kept them busy tonight - of course, it would be all for naught without the
'W'.'

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