Johnson City Beat Elizabethton 16-7: Cole Lankford Collects Three Singles, One Home Run, & Three RBIs; Matt Pearce Strikes Out Five over Five Scoreless Innings; Casey Turgeon Collects Four Singles & Two RBIs

Individual Highlights:
Casey Turgeon 4-for-6 with two RBIs, two runs, and assisted in one double play.
Blake Drake 1-for-4 with one two-out RBI, two runs, one walk, and one hit by pitch.
Casey Grayson 2-for-4 with two RBIs (one w/two-outs), two runs, one walk, and grounded onto one double play.
Chris Rivera 2-for-4 with four runs, one walk, one hit by pitch, and one strikeout.
Cole Lankford 4-for-5 with one home run, three RBIs (two w/two-outs), two runs, and one hit by pitch.
Jesus Ustariz 1-for-5 with two RBIs (one w/two-outs), one run, one walk, grounded into one double play, and assisted in one double play.
Jose Godoy 2-for-4 with two RBIs (one w/two-outs), two runs, and one walk.
Carlos Torres 1-for-5 with one RBI and one run.
Matt Pearce started and pitched five innings.  He allowed three hits, no runs, one walk, and struck five out for the winning decision (1-1).  (g/f:4-4)

Rough Outing:
Oscar Mercado 0-for-5 with three strikeouts, one fielding error, and assisted in one double play.
Kevin Carlow entered in the sixth and pitched two innings.  He allowed six hits, five earned runs, one walk, threw two wild pitches, and struck two out.  (g/f:3-1)
Kender Villegas entered in the eighth and pitched two innings.  He allowed four hits, two earned runs, two home runs, hit one batter, and struck five out.

Former Cardinals
Dutch Deol 0-for-4 with one strikeout.

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