Once Again Encarnacion Is An Offensive Power House!

Encarnacion hit his 4th HR in five games.

James Shields pitched a strong 8 2/3 IP, giving up 1 ER.

BOXSCORE: 2012 Tinley Redbirds At 2012 SoCal Wildfires              4/17/2012
 
  Redbirds           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Wildfires          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Bourn CF          5  1  2  3 .222     B.Upton CF          5  0  2  2 .318  
  K.Youkilis 1B       5  0  1  1 .111     R.Santiago SS       4  0  1  1 .111  
  V.Martinez C        4  1  1  0 .250     P.Konerko 1B        3  3  1  1 .389  
  N.McLouth LF        4  0  1  0 .125     D.Uggla 2B          4  0  0  0 .000  
  G.Jones RF          4  0  1  1 .375     E.Thames DH         3  1  1  0 .267  
  R.Martin DH         4  0  1  0 .250     E.Encarnacion 3B    3  2  2  4 .471  
  J.Weeks 2B          4  0  0  0 .143     D.Ross C            4  0  0  0 .000  
  A.Rodriguez 3B      4  2  1  0 .250     M.Carp RF           4  1  2  0 .429  
  R.Andino SS         4  1  1  0 .125     S.Fuld LF           3  1  2  0 .333  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  5  9  5                 Totals      33  8 11  8
 
 

Redbirds........ 0 0 2  0 0 0  2 1 0  -  5  9  1
Wildfires....... 1 0 0  1 1 2  3 0    -  8 11  3
 

Redbirds (0-2)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Masterson LOSS(0-1)     6      10   5   5   2   6   1   7.50  A1 D1
L.Coleman                 0 2/3   1   3   0   1   0   1   0.00  D2 D6
J.Veras                   1 1/3   0   0   0   0   2   0   0.00  D7
Totals                    8      11   8   5   3   8   2
 

Wildfires (4-1)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Shields WIN(1-0)        8 2/3   9   5   1   0   6   0   1.04  A1 E1
C.Wade SAVE(1st)          0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00  E2
Totals                    9       9   5   1   0   6   0
 

ATTENDANCE- 39,657 DATE- Friday, April 17th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Jerry Crawford, Tom Hallion, Brian O'Nora, Paul Naubert
T- 2:45
LEFT ON BASE- Redbirds: 6  Wildfires: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Redbirds: 1  Wildfires: 0
ERRORS- A.Rodriguez, D.Uggla, M.Carp, J.Shields
DOUBLES- V.Martinez(2nd), R.Andino(1st), B.Upton(2nd), M.Carp(2nd)
TRIPLES- K.Youkilis(1st)
HOME RUNS- P.Konerko(1st), E.Encarnacion(4th)
CAUGHT STEALING- N.McLouth
SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Encarnacion
WALKS- P.Konerko, E.Thames, S.Fuld
STRIKE OUTS- M.Bourn, V.Martinez, R.Martin, J.Weeks-3, B.Upton, D.Uggla-2,
             E.Encarnacion, D.Ross-3, M.Carp
2-out RBI- P.Konerko, M.Bourn-3, K.Youkilis, B.Upton-2, E.Encarnacion-3
 

Edwin Encarnacion jacked one out of the ballyard and had 4 RBI as the SoCal
Wildfires defeated the Tinley Redbirds 8 to 5 at Camden Yards.
 
The SoCal fans enjoyed the offense provided by Encarnacion.  He smacked a
single in the 6th inning and launched a three-run homer in the 7th inning.
SoCal finished with 11 hits in the victory.  
 
The winning pitcher was James Shields(1-0) who allowed 5 runs in 8 and 2/3
innings. Cory Wade earned the save, his 1st.  Justin Masterson(0-1) took the
loss.  He allowed a few too many baserunners giving up 10 hits and 2 walks in
6 innings.