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The Paris Swingers continue to show promise with another series win on the road, winning 2 out of 3 games from West Palm Beach. The pitching has actually been the surprise so far this year

Game #22 - West Palm Beach Dinos 6 Paris Swingers 2

WP - Roscoe Miller (3-1)
LP - Bill Gogolewski (3-1)
Save - Jeff Karstens (2)

Star of Game - Mike Lanning (2-4, HR 3 RBI's)

Homers
West Palm Beach - Mike Lanning (2)

Recap - Paris got 2 in the first inning but West Palm countered with 3 in the 3rd and held on. Miller gave up 2 runs in 5 innings and West Palm's pen held Paris scoreless the rest of the way. Gogolewski gave up 3 unearned runs and lowered his ERA to 1.29 in the loss. MIchael Tejera gave up the 2 run shot later to Lanning. John Mabry and Dave Concepcion both had 2 hits each. Amos Booth had 3 of the 9 Paris hits, Tony Piet drove in 2 more runs.


Paris #23 - Paris Swingers 10 West Palm Beach Dinos 0

WP - Paul Thormodsgard (4-0)
LP - Zach Eflin (1-1)

Star of Game - Harlond Clift (2-3, 2 HR's, 3 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Richie Ashburn (1), Byron Buxton (6), Harlond Clift (7,8)


Recap - It was 4-0 and Paris tacked on 6 runs in the 9th to make it seem more lopsided than it was. Ashburn hits his first major league homer. Thormodsgard pitched 8 2/3 innings and almost had the shutout and now has an ERA of 1.74. Eflin gave up 4 runs in 5 innings, Paris got to Steve Mingori and Jeff Karstens in that ninth inning. Buxton hit a 3 run homer and Clift scored 3 runs. Christian Yelich, Freedie Freeman and Andy Leonard has 2 hits each accounting for 6 of the 7 West Palm Hits


Game #24 - Paris Swingers 5 West Palm Beach Dinos 2

WP - Sean Douglass (2-1)
LP - Trevor Cahill (2-1)
Save - Ben DeMott (3)

Star of Game - Freddie Freeman (3-3, 2 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Cal McVey (4), Byron Buxton (7)


Recap - Paris had the 5-1 lead in the 6th and held it with DeMott getting the save. Douglass allowed just 1 run in 5 innings and John Stuper gave up a run in relief. Paris had 10 hits off of Cahill in 5 innings which amounted to 4 runs. Seven of the 9 paris batters had 2 hits each and the only guys held hitless were Tony Piet and Jack Dawson. Buxton homered and scored twice. Freeman had 3 hits and John Mabry had 2 for the losing Dinos.


Standing - Paris Swingers remain in first in the NL World Division with a 2 game lead over the Baghdad Sultans

Looking Ahead - The Winnipeg Wolf Pack are coming to town with a strong 16-8 record in 5th place in the NL Midwest trailing the first place Oklahoma City Colts by 4 games. The Paris heads to Arizona to play the expansion Sedona Mules.

Transactions - Adam Pettyjohn was back to the show and John Stuper got sent down. Bobby Kielty was activated which puts BJ Vogt in a position of designation for reassignment.