Emeralds rally past Yakima.Byline: The Register-Guard YAKIMA, Wash. - The Eugene Emeralds The Eugene Emeralds (nicknamed the Ems) are a minor league baseball team in Eugene, Oregon, United States. They are a Class A team in the Northwest League, and have been a farm team of the San Diego Padres since 2001. dug themselves out of a deep hole early by taking advantage of sloppy field play by Yakima in an 11-7 victory Sunday in Northwest League The Northwest League is a class A minor league. The league is the descendant of the Western International League which ran as a class B league from 1937-1951 (with time out for WWII) and class A from 1952-1954. baseball. Yakima (13-28) jumped on Eugene starter Aaron Breit for three runs in each of the first two innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. to leap out Verb 1. leap out - be highly noticeable jump out, stand out, stick out, jump appear, seem, look - give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks to a 6-1 lead. But the Emeralds (21-20) rebounded with two big innings of their own, capitalizing on five errors and six wild pitches for their second straight victory, which again lifted them over the .500 mark. Matt Antonelli Matt Antonelli (Born April 8 1985 in Peabody, Massachusetts) is a 2B prospect in the San Diego Padres organization. He bats and throws righthanded. In July 2007, Antonelli was named the best second base prospect in the minors by Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus. sparked a Eugene rally in the fourth with a leadoff single, and raced to third on Craig Cooper's double. Antonelli scored on one of three wild pitches by Yakima starter Cesar Valdez. Chad Huffman walked, and Luany Sanchez hit an RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in single with Sanchez and Huffman moving to second and third on a throwing error by shortstop Blake Sharpe. Willy Crafort hit a two-run single, and scored on Garner Wetzel's RBI single before Jesus Lopez hit into an unassisted double play, and Michael Epping struck out to end the inning in·ning n. 1. a. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs. b. innings (used with a sing. . The Emeralds broke the 6-6 tie in the seventh, with a four-run outburst thanks to Yakima miscues. Epping started the inning by reaching on an error. Tom King brought him home with a double to left. After Antonelli and Cooper milked back-to-back walks to load the bases, Ross Stout uncorked a wild pitch to bring in King. Huffman walked to load the bases again, and reliever Reid Mahon threw a wild pitch to score Antonelli. Cooper scored on Willy Crafort's fielder's choice field·er's choice n. Baseball A play made on a ground ball in which the fielder chooses to put out an advancing base runner, thus allowing the batter to reach first base safely. Noun 1. , that saw Huffman thrown out at the plate by third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Jose Dilone. King had three hits, Antonelli two and Cooper scored three runs. Reliever Brooks Dunn (2-5) pitched four shutout innings to earn the victory. EUGENE YAKIMA ab r h bi ab r h bi Epping cf 5 2 1 0 Roman dh 4 1 1 0 King 2b 5 1 3 1 Side cf 4 2 2 0 Antnlli 3b 3 2 2 0 Hankerd lf 5 2 3 4 Cooper 1b 2 3 1 0 Miller 1b 5 1 1 1 Huffman lf 3 1 1 0 Sharpe ss 4 0 1 0 Sanchez c 5 1 1 2 Bryne rf 4 0 2 1 Crafort dh 4 1 1 1 Dilone 3b 3 0 0 0 Smith dh 1 0 0 0 DeCarlo c 4 1 2 0 Wetzel rf 5 0 1 1 Watson 2b 4 0 0 0 Lopez ss 4 0 0 0 Aguilar ss 1 0 0 0 Totals 38 11 11 5 Totals 37 7 12 6 Eugene... 010 500 410 -11 Yakima... 330 000 001 -7 2B-Cooper, King, Miller, Bryne. HR-Hankerd. LOB-Eug 7, Yak 6, SB-Epping, DeCarlo. DP- Eug 2, Yak 1. IP H R ER BB SO Eugene Breit 3 6 6 3 1 5 Krosschell 1 1 0 0 0 0 Dunn (W,2-5) 4 2 0 0 2 2 Tucci 1 3 1 1 0 0 Yakima Valdez 5 8 6 3 2 5 South (L,0-1) 1 1 4 2 3 0 Mahon 1 0 0 0 0 0 Brown 1 2 1 1 2 1 Arreola 1 0 0 0 1 0 WP-Breit, Tucci, Valdez 3, Stout, Mahon, Brown. Umpires-Robinson, Henry. T-2:58. Att-1,828. NWL NWL Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (stock symbol) NWL Northwest League (Boise, Idaho; baseball) NWL Northwoods League NWL North West London NWL Neverending White Lights (band) STANDINGS WEST DIVISION W L Pct. GB Salem-Keizer ... 28 13 .683 - Vancouver ... 24 17 .585 4 Eugene ... 21 20 .512 7 Everett ... 19 22 .463 9 EAST DIVISION Boise ... 23 18 .561 - Tri-City ... 21 20 .512 2 Spokane ... 15 26 .366 8 Yakima ... 13 28 .317 10 SUNDAY'S RESULTS Eugene 11, Yakima 7 Salem-Keizer 7, Boise 1 Everett 6, Spokane 2 Vancouver 4, Tri-City 0 TODAY'S GAMES Eugene at Yakima Salem-Keizer at Boise Spokane at Everett Tri-City at Vancouver |
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