Byrd Impresses in Illinois Loss
The <Oregon Explorers:team#75> weathered an outstanding game by <Illinois:team#74> catcher <Dan Byrd:player#7124> to topple the Warhawks, 9-4. Byrd was 2-2 with a home run and 2 walks. He scored 2 runs and drove in 3.   The win belongs to <Freddy Lloyd:player#10091> in relief. His record improves to 1-0. <Rubén Valdéz:player#11540> took the loss for Illinois. The Warhawks fall to 8-17.

Oregon relied on the hitting of <José Zamora:player#10072> to pick up the win. The second baseman clubbed a grand slam home run in the top of the sixth inning to put the Explorers on top, 6-4. For the game, <Zamora:player#10072> had 1 home run and 1 single in 4 at-bats.

"You can't get too high when things go well, or too low when things go bad. Right now, I'm just happy we got the win," Zamora told the Oregon Today. 



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