Minor Leagues: Happ strikes out 12 in IronPigs' victory

By the Inquirer Staff

ALLENTOWN - J.A. Happ struck out 12 batters in seven innings last night to give the Lehigh Valley IronPigs a 2-0 win over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees in the International League.

Happ pitched all seven innings to complete a game suspended after two on July 3. The Yankees won the regularly scheduled game, 6-5.

Scranton/W-B 000 000 000 - 0 2 0

Lehigh Valley 010 100 00x - 2 5 0

WP: J.A. Happ (6-6). LP: Ian Kennedy (1-1). HR: L-Jon Knott (10)

Scranton/W-B 204 000 0 - 6 10 1

Lehigh Valley 000 302 0 - 5 5 1

WP: Daniel McCutchen (4-6). LP: Gary Knotts (2-3). Save: Scott Strickland (4). HR: SWB–Juan Miranda (6), J.D. Closser (3). LV–Andy Tracy 2, (16,17), Jon Knott (13). A: 9,704.

Trenton 000 005 030 - 8 14 1

Portland 000 010 000 - 1 6 0

WP: Chase Wright (8-2). LP: Dustin Richardson (6-6). . A: 7,368.

Reading 000 000 1 - 1 5 2

Bowie 053 000 x - 8 9 0

WP: Jason Berken (7-3). LP: Edgar Garcia (0-2). HR: R-Patrick Sellers (1); B-Steve Torrealba (3), Nolan Reimold (16).

Reading 100 000 1 - 2 5 1

Bowie 310 000 x - 4 6 0

WP: Felix Romero (5-3). LP: Travis Minix (1-3). Save: Julio Manon (23). A: 3,470

Lakewood 000 011 000 - 2 7 1

Hickory 000 000 000 - 0 2 1

WP: Vance Worley (1-0). LP: Duke Welker (2-7). Save: Jared Simon (21). A: 1,981.