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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.

Zachary Hammes dropped to 3-5 on the season with a tough start in the Suns 9-3 loss to Mobile.  He gave up five runs on eight hits and two walks with five strikeouts in six innings.

Xavier Paul went three for five with a double and an RBI.  Chin Lung Hu went three for five with a run and he’s still hitting a solid .326 on the season.

The Suns made it four straight with back to back doubleheader sweeps over Carolina.  In the first game, A.J. Ellis doubled and drove in three runs while Xavier Paul was a perfect two for two with a homerun, a walk and two runs scored.  Giuseppe Noritto improved to a perfect 3-0 and he gave up two runs on six hits with four strikeouts in five innings.

Game two saw Wesley Wright throw five shutout innings.  He gave up two hits and two walks with five strikeouts and he improved to 5-2 on the season.  Chin-Lung Hu went two for three with a solo homerun.

The Suns and Carolina played two and it was Jacksonville who came out on top in both games.  In the first game, Zachary Hammes threw four solid innings of relief and he picked up the win.  Xavier Paul was the hitting star in the 4-1 win with a two run homer.

Game two was an impressive pitcher’s duel with Michael Megrew striking out seven in five shutout innings.  A.J. Ellis went two for three with an RBI.

The Suns came back from three runs down to beat the Lookouts 5-4 and Xavier Paul led the way at the plate in the win.  He went three for four with a double, two RBIs and a run. 

Ramon Troncoso picked up the win but he was more in the right place at the right time as he threw a shutout seventh inning.  It was an impressive inning as he didn’t give up a baserunner and he struck out two.

The Suns took care of Mobile today with a 5-3 win.  Jimmy Rohan went two for three with two RBIs while Wilkin Ruan had a nice game and he went two for three with a triple and two runs.  Xavier Paul also had a nice day at the plate and he went one for two with two walks and two runs.

Wesley Wright picked up the win with two shutout innings of relief.  He gave up one hit and he struck out one.

The Suns lost 3-2 and the offense never really got going in this one.  Xavier Paul hit a two run homer to account for the two Suns runs and no other hitter even had an extra base hit.

A nice start by Giuseppe Norrito went to waste in the loss.  He gave up two runs on seven hits with three strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.

Jacksonville got plenty of offense in their 10-3 win over the Barons and it was a nice team effort.  Six different Suns’ had two hits and three different Suns drove in two runs.  Xavier Paul did it all and he went two for five with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.

Justin Orenduff had a nice start in the win.  He gave up one run on two hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in five innings of work.

William Juarez threw all five innings in the Suns rain shortened loss and he took quite a beating.  He gave up nine runs on thirteen hits with three walks with five strikeouts.  He loss dropped him to 4-2 on the season.

Xavier Paul drove in the only two runs for the Suns.  Chin Lung Hu tripled and walked and he scored both runs.

I’m not sure what is worse, the one hit the offense picked up or the thirteen runs that the pitchers yielded.  Ironcally, Xavier Paul reached base twice with a single and a walk and the only other time a Sun reached base was on one walk.

Michael Megrew was hit hard and he took the loss.  He gave up eight runs on nine hits and three walks with four strikeouts in four innings of work.