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James McDonald improved to 2-0 on the season since his promotion to Double A and he threw five shutout innings in the Suns 7-4 win over Mississippi.  He gave up two hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in five innings of work.

Xavier Paul went two for four with a two run homer.  Anthony Raglani went zero for one but he drew four walks and scored a run.

The Suns made it four straight and Juan Gonzalez led the team at the plate in the 9-4 win.  He went three for three with two doubles, four RBIs and a run.  Blake DeWitt went two for four with two RBIs and a run.

James McDonald threw a nice game in his Double A debut.  He gave up just one run on two hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in six innings of work.

James McDonald had one of those mixed bag starts.  On the one hand, he gave up up four runs on eight hits and a walk and he took the loss.  On the other hand, he struck out thirteen batters.

Andrew Locke was the hitting star in Inland Empire’s 6-2 loss.  He went two for four with a double and a solo homerun.

James McDonald almost saw what should have been a sure win almost get blown.  He gave up five hits and he struck out five in six shutout innings but in the seventh inning, the pen gave up three runs to make it a one run ball game.  Fortunately, they knuckled down and pitched scoreless ball the rest of the way.

Russell Mitchell went three for three with an RBI.  Blake DeWitt went three for five with a double, a run and an RBI.

James McDonald dropped to 4-5 on the season with a tough start in Inland Empires 10-8 loss to High Dessert.  He gave up seven runs on nine hits and one walk with six strikeouts in four innings.

Jamie Hoffmann went three for four with two RBIs and a run.  Russell Mitchell went three for five with a solo homerun.

A really nice start by James McDonald went to waste as Inland Empire was completely shut down at the plate in a 1-0 loss to Lake Elsinore.  McDonald gave up one run on five hits with eight strikeouts in six solid frames and the loss drops him to 4-4 on the season.

No hiting stars as the hitters managed just two singles and not one walk.  They did strikeout ten times though.

James McDonald had a nice start in Inland Empire’s 3-2 win over the Quakes.  He gave up two runs on two hits and a walk with a season high eleven strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.

Travis Denker and Gabriel Gutierrez were the hitting stars in the win.  Each went two for four with a double and a run.

James McDonald threw a gem in Inland Empire’s 5-0 win over Stockton.  He gave up three hits and he didn’t walk a single batter and he struck out nine in seven shutout innings.  The win pushes his record to 3-3 on the season.

Jamie Hoffman was the hitting star. He went two for three with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.

The Ports took care of Inland Empire 4-2 with a pretty good outing by James McDonald going to waste.  He gave up one run on two hits with seven strikeouts in six innings of work.

There’s not much in the way of hitting highlights in this one.  Ryan Rogowski had the only extra base hit for Inland Empire with a double and he scored one of the two runs.

Inland Empire got it done in a 5-3 ten inning game.  Lucas May was a man at the plate and he went three for five with a double, a homerun and three RBIs.  Ivan DeJesus finished with two hits and two runs.

Ramon Troncoso picked up the win with two innings of shutout relief.  James McDonald struck out six in five innings but he also gave up two runs.