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Cannonballs coming: Big games for Cole Tucker and Deon Stafford

--Indianapolis(65-53) saw their bullpen blow a late lead and lost to Pawtucket 3-2. J.T. Brubaker turned in another excellent start. Brubaker went 6.2 innings only allowing one run and struck out five batters. He was generating a lot of groundballs and threw 60 of his 95 pitches for strikes. Today’s outing lowered his ERA to 3.12 since being promoted to Triple A. Indy was leading 2-1 after seven but Steven Brault allowed two earned runs in the top of the eighth that turned out to be the difference in the game.

Kevin Newman: 1-4

Jason Martin: 1-2, 2 walks

Kevin Kramer: 1-4, double

--Altoona(63-52) swept a doubleheader against Erie today.