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By Kevin Winter SportsTicker Staff Writer BOSTON (Ticker) -- San Antonio outfielder Adrian Myers hit for the cycle and drove in six runs in the Missions' 9-2 victory over Round Rock on July 11. The 27-year-old completed the feat by lining an RBI double to right field in the eighth. A Mississippi native, he became the eighth minor leaguer this season to accomplish the feat and just the second from the Texas League. Myers is the first San Antonio player to hit for the cycle since Hiram Bocachica did it against Midland on June 10, 1999. TOP PITCHING PERFORMANCES El Paso (Texas League) righthander Andrew Good recorded his first career shutout in an 11-0 rout of Midland on July 11. Good scattered six hits and fanned six without a walk. In his next outing on Tuesday, the San Diego native yielded four runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings, improving to 9-0 with a 2.40 ERA in his last 12 starts, as the RockHounds topped Tulsa, 8-4. The 22-year-old owned the longest active streak of its kind in the Texas League. He was second to Kirk Saarloos, who was 10-0 in 12 starts for Round Rock from April 13-June 11. The all-time league record for consecutive wins is held by Ted Thiem, who went 12-0 for Tulsa in 1960. Huntsville (Class AA-Southern League) righthanders Ben Hendrickson, Doug Dent and Jack Krawczyk combined to throw eight no-hit innings in a 2-0, 10-inning loss to Mobile on Sunday. Hendrickson issued a pair of walks and struck out five, retiring 16 of the final 17 batters he faced, over six inngings. Dent hit one of three batters he faced in the seventh and Krawczyk had a strikeout in a perfect eighth. Righthander Mike Penney entered the scoreless contest in the ninth inning for Huntsville and gave up a leadoff single. He also served up back-to-back solo homers to open the 10th and suffered the loss. STREAKING Reading (Class AA-Eastern League) lefthander Greg Kubes won his sixth straight start with a 1-0 victory over Harrisburg on Saturday. Kubes scattered five hits, struck out six and walked three over 6 1/3 innings to improve to 7-0 with a 1.82 ERA in his last nine starts. LOWLIGHTS Chattanooga (Class AA-Southern League) righthander Josh Hall set a Southern League record with four errors, including three in the first inning, in an 11-4 loss to Tennessee on Saturday. The first two batters of the game hit groundballs back to Hall, who misplayed both. The fifth batter also a comebacker that was mishandled. Tennessee scored five runs -- just one earned -- in the first inning. In the sixth, the 21-year-old committed a throwing error. Copyright © 2002 SportsTicker Enterprises, L.P. |
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