Home runs by first baseman Kevin Barker, left fielder Danny Dorn and third baseman Adam Rosales accounted for all four of Louisville's runs as they went on to defeat Indianapolis 4-1 Saturday afternoon at Louisville Slugger Field.
The Bats improve to 5-5 overall and 4-4 at home, while the Indians fall to 3-7 on the season and 0-1 on the road. The win is the second straight for Louisville over Indianapolis and improves their overall record to 2-1 against the Tribe this season.
Just as in Friday night's contest, where the Bats jumped on the Tribe with four runs in the first two innings, Louisville again got off to a quick start, plating three of their four runs over the first two innings.
Rosales remained red hot against the Tribe, as he singled and scored on Barker's homer to deep center field in the first and later blasted a solo shot of his own to seal the deal for the Bats in the fifth. The Louisville third baseman now has five hits in 11 at-bats against the Tribe, including five runs and two of his team-best four home runs.
The two-run shot by Barker, that brought home Rosales in the first, was his first of the season and gave the Bats an early 2-0 lead. Following in Barker's footsteps, Dorn also connected on his first long ball of the season, when he launched a solo shot to right in the second inning to put the Bats ahead by three.
Louisville starter Ben Jukich (6.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO) turned in an excellent effort for a packed Louisville Slugger Stadium as he scattered seven Tribe hits and struck out four to pick up the win and improve to 2-0 on the season. After Juckich exited, the Bats bullpen was lights out as relievers Robert Manuel (1.0 IP, 2 SO) and Pedro Viola (1.0 IP, 1 SO), who each picked up holds, and Josh Roenicke (1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO), who picked up the save, combined to allow just one hit , while striking out five over three innings of work.
2B Brian Bixler plated the only run for the Tribe, when he drove home 3B Anderson Machado with a two-out RBI single in the third. Machado led off the inning with the Indians' International League best sixth triple of the season, a triple number that the Tribe did not reach until May 10 of last season.
Indianapolis RF Garrett Jones also extended his hitting streak to eight games with a two-out single in the sixth inning. During his streak Jones is batting .382 (13-for-34) with six runs, six RBI and three stolen bases.
Indians starter Virgil Vasquez (6.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 SO) struck out five over six innings, but fell victim to his Achilles heel of giving up the long ball and took the loss to drop to 0-1 on the season. RHP Juan Mateo relieved Vasquez and struck out two in two perfect innings of work.
Rosales (2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI), Dorn (2-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI) and C Craig Tatum (2-for-3) all turned in multi-hit efforts the Bats, while only LF Jeff Salazar (2-for-4) managed multiple base knocks for the Tribe.
The clubs wrap up their four-game home and home series on Sunday at 1:15 p.m. RHP Sam LeCure is scheduled to start for Louisville, while RHP Jason Davis is expected to get the nod for Indianapolis.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
`Grey's Anatomy' actress pregnant with first child
Paging McDreamy: Do you know your fiancee is pregnant? Not really — just the actress who plays her.
Ellen Pompeo — who plays Dr. Meredith Grey, the future bride of Dr. Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd on "Grey's Anatomy" — and her real-life love, Chris Ivery, are expecting their first child together.
Pompeo's publicist, Jennifer Allen, did not give a due date.
The 39-year-old actress and Ivery, a record producer, are one of Hollywood's low-key couples. After three years of dating, they quietly tied the knot in November 2007 in a ceremony at New York City Hall.
Pompeo heads an ensemble cast on the ABC series. This season, Shepherd finally proposed to, satisfying fans who've hankered to see the star-crossed surgical duo walk down the aisle.
Ellen Pompeo — who plays Dr. Meredith Grey, the future bride of Dr. Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd on "Grey's Anatomy" — and her real-life love, Chris Ivery, are expecting their first child together.
Pompeo's publicist, Jennifer Allen, did not give a due date.
The 39-year-old actress and Ivery, a record producer, are one of Hollywood's low-key couples. After three years of dating, they quietly tied the knot in November 2007 in a ceremony at New York City Hall.
Pompeo heads an ensemble cast on the ABC series. This season, Shepherd finally proposed to, satisfying fans who've hankered to see the star-crossed surgical duo walk down the aisle.
'Desperate Houswives' Recap A Fond Farewell
''Sexy.''''Perceptive.''''Strong.''''Beautiful.''''One of a kind.''These are the words that Edie Britt's friends on Wisteria Lane — Gaby, Bree, Lynette, Karen, and Susan, in that order — used to describe her just before they spread her ashes around different parts of the neighborhood. That's right, folks: Ding dong, Edie Britt is dead! And not at the hand of a flying house from Kansas, but rather, a downed power line. After watching this episode, I shudder that I thought to use the ''ding dong'' phrase in the context of Edie's death. But I employed it above for a reason: Originally, I thought that was the sentiment — good riddance to the witch of Wisteria Lane! — I would have about Edie passing. But tonight, as I watched this veritable hour-long eulogy (which very much resembled Desperate's 100th episode goodbye to handyman Eli Scruggs, in format and style) for one of TV's most memorable characters, I found myself overcome with grief for her departure.
And that's mostly because of the poignant flashback stories — and having Edie serve in the Mary Alice role as the episode's resident narrator — that so vividly brought Edie back to life. (On that voice-over note, I'd like to suggest that Edie take that role over permanently. It'd be a nice way to keep her around somewhat. I'm just sayin'.) ''With all my neighbors surrounding me, I took my last breath,'' Edie said to start the episode. ''The good news? I died just like I lived — as the complete and utter center of attention.'' She couldn't have been more right. This episode was all hers.
While on a road trip to break the news to Edie's son Travers, the Lane's ladies — oddly, sans Katherine — passed the real estate agent's ashes-filled urn around and told stories. When the urn was passed to a particular lady, that meant it was her turn to tell an uplifting anecdote about Edie that contained a surprise, moralistic tidbit about how the real estate agent was not, in fact, the heinous beast she'd been made out to be for the past five seasons.
Susan recounted the story of how she originally met Edie. Whaddayaknow? They were originally friends, despite the fact that they sniped at each other for must of the run of the show. In fact, they'd broken off their friendship early on because Susan didn't approve of Edie's sexual relationship with a married man, but it was Edie who first warned Susan that her husband Karl was cheating. Surprising, Moralistic Edie Tidbit No. 1: Despite trysting with married men herself, Edie did look out for friends/neighbors who were being wronged.
Lynette told a tale about how her trips to chemo were always memorable when Edie was on duty. One time, before an appointment, Edie dragged Lynette — despite her protests — to a bar before forcing her to do tequila shooters and play pool with a one-armed man. ''You need to start fighting this thing,'' Edie intoned with verve. ''You're even stronger than me — and that's saying something.'' Surprising, Moralistic Edie Tidbit No. 2: Despite all reports otherwise, Edie did have a heart.
And that's mostly because of the poignant flashback stories — and having Edie serve in the Mary Alice role as the episode's resident narrator — that so vividly brought Edie back to life. (On that voice-over note, I'd like to suggest that Edie take that role over permanently. It'd be a nice way to keep her around somewhat. I'm just sayin'.) ''With all my neighbors surrounding me, I took my last breath,'' Edie said to start the episode. ''The good news? I died just like I lived — as the complete and utter center of attention.'' She couldn't have been more right. This episode was all hers.
While on a road trip to break the news to Edie's son Travers, the Lane's ladies — oddly, sans Katherine — passed the real estate agent's ashes-filled urn around and told stories. When the urn was passed to a particular lady, that meant it was her turn to tell an uplifting anecdote about Edie that contained a surprise, moralistic tidbit about how the real estate agent was not, in fact, the heinous beast she'd been made out to be for the past five seasons.
Susan recounted the story of how she originally met Edie. Whaddayaknow? They were originally friends, despite the fact that they sniped at each other for must of the run of the show. In fact, they'd broken off their friendship early on because Susan didn't approve of Edie's sexual relationship with a married man, but it was Edie who first warned Susan that her husband Karl was cheating. Surprising, Moralistic Edie Tidbit No. 1: Despite trysting with married men herself, Edie did look out for friends/neighbors who were being wronged.
Lynette told a tale about how her trips to chemo were always memorable when Edie was on duty. One time, before an appointment, Edie dragged Lynette — despite her protests — to a bar before forcing her to do tequila shooters and play pool with a one-armed man. ''You need to start fighting this thing,'' Edie intoned with verve. ''You're even stronger than me — and that's saying something.'' Surprising, Moralistic Edie Tidbit No. 2: Despite all reports otherwise, Edie did have a heart.
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