White Wins One, Duffy Loses

Raps Clutch Hit in 10th Inning

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida--- Right fielder CHRIS WHITE singled home the winning run in the top of the 10th inning to lift the Lakeland Flying Tigers to a 7-6 victory over the Palm Beach Cardinals Saturday in Florida State League action.

The Flying Tigers finished with 10 hits, and White's hit salvaged the victory after the Cardinals scored three runs in the bottom of the eight to tie the score, 6-6.

After 100 at-bats White is batting .250 for the Class A-
Advanced Detroit Tiger affiliate. He was selected by Detroit in the 12th round of the 2007 draft out of Sacramento City College.

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Duffy Takes Second Loss

Meanwhile, in the Carolina League, DANNY DUFFY suffered his second defeat of the season Sunday night when his Wilmington Bue Rocks fell to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans

Duffy (5-2) was near-flawless in six of his seven innings pitched. The problem was, he got victimized for three runs in the fourth.

Myrtle Beach, which had managed only one base runner in the game's first three innings, had four straight men reach cleanly in the fourth on a single, a walk, an RBI single and an RBI double.

Then, with runners at second and third, the inning turned bizarre.

Benji Johnson hit a sharp grounder to shortstop Jeff Bianchi. Bianchi looked the lead runner back to third, and then caught Cody Johnson cheating too far from second base. He threw behind Johnson at second, where Johnny Giavotella immediately chased Johnson towards third and tagged him out. Then Giavotella tried to turn and throw back to second because Benji Johnson (the man who had hit the ground ball) was trying to advance into scoring position. Giavotella's throw sailed wildly into right field though, which allowed Linares to come home with the inning's third run. Jamar Walton, who was backing up in right field, tried to throw Linares out at the plate, but his throw went well over Eigsti's head. The play's second errant toss let Benji Johnson move all the way to third.

Duffy escaped the inning without further damage, but the Rocks had given too much ground. It was only the second time Duffy had lasted seven innings in 38 career professional starts. The only other occasion came when he was pitching for Burlington on June 23, 2008.

Duffy's numbers now this season after 55 innings show he has given up far fewer than one hit per inning-- only 46. His earned run average is a first rate 2.95 and his strikeout-to-walk ratio is a stellar 53-15.

Duffy was a third round selection of the Kansas City Royals in 2007.