Blue Pirates Lose to Yellowhammers, 2-0
<José Ordóñez:player#8652> pitched well enough to win, but it was not to be. The <Ontario Blue Pirates:team#77>, despite Ordóñez's fine outing, dropped a 2-0 decision to the <Alabama Yellowhammers:team#3> at Madison County Grounds. <Colin Trautsch:player#2897>, the winning pitcher, improved to 2-2. He pitched 5 innings, giving up 7 hits and no runs, while striking out 3 and walking 0. <Jim Patterson:player#3510> earned the save, his 8th, for the Yellowhammers. 

The Yellowhammers had to work out of trouble in the top of the ninth. The score was 2-0, Alabama, with one out. Ontario, with a runner on 1st, was mounting a threat. Chris Armstrong dug in at the plate, but on a 1-0 cutter, he grounded out. 

The Blue Pirates fall to 7-16.



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