D-days struggle on Wall of Fame night

By Kristin Kowaleski-Wolford/The Citizen

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:03 AM EDT

On the night where the Auburn Doubledays inducted three more people for its Wall of Fame, the team didn't have many noteworthy accomplishments on the field.
Glenn Gaston / Special to The Citizen
Doubleday starting pitcher Joel Carreno watches his pitch cross the plate against Jamestown Monday night at Falcon Park.
After the Doubledays honored the late Chuck Savage and Sen. Mike Nozzolio in the contributor category and Jerry Koosman in the player category before the game, Auburn surrendered early runs in its ninth straight loss, 4-1 to Jamestown at Falcon Park on Monday.

Joel Carreno (5-4) stretched his personal losing streak to four games, as the New York-Penn League All-Star actually pitched well, sans the nine hits and four runs allowed. Carreno didn't walk a batter and fanned eight Jammers in six innings of work.

Jamestown was able to hit the ball often and hard, to the tune of 12 hits overall - bringing the team's total series hits to 39. Kevin Mattison blasted a solo home run in the third inning to make the score 2-0. An RBI double by Justin Bass in the fourth and a Joel Staples single brought in Jamestown's final run in the sixth. Jay Monti kept the Jammers at bay for the next two innings, striking out one and allowing just two hits. Bobby Bell concluded the game in his usual fashion, fanning the side after giving up a leadoff double in the ninth.

Offensively, the Doubledays couldn't find an answer for Jammers' starter Tom Koehler. Though he walked four, Koehler and the Jammers stranded at least one runner in each of the first four frames. Koehler (3-5) walked away with the win, giving up three hits and striking out five in as many innings of work.

While Joel Collins stole the show, earning half of the team's six total hits, it was Leance Soto that finally brought in a Doubledays run. Collins and Soto blasted back-to-back doubles off Jammers' reliever Wayman Gooch in the sixth for Auburn's lone score. The Doubledays stranded nine runners overall.

On the plus side, Auburn's defense nearly made up for what its offense lacked. Pick-offs highlighted the evening for the 1,307 Auburn fans on hand. With one out in the sixth, Carreno caught Staples leading off of first base a bit too far for the second out of the inning. That was after a 7-6-2 heads up throw resulted in Brandon Turner getting caught at home for the third out in the fourth. Catcher Collins was in on the final throw out when he caught Robert Taylor trying to steal second in the seventh.

Defensively, the Jammers didn't fare too badly, either. At shortstop, Staples made an over the shoulder catch on a line drive to rob Adam Amar of a hit in the sixth. With one out and one on in the ninth, Bryan Kervin hit a line drive to Jammers pitcher Brandon Todd, which ended up in a 1-6-3 double play that ended the game.

Auburn (31-32) heads to Williamsport today for a two game series.

Notes: The last time the Doubledays had a .500 record was June 30, 2007. Now Auburn is under .500 for the first time since July 30, 2006. ... Auburn hasn't won since beating Brooklyn 3-1 on Aug. 13. The team entered the month of August 24-17 and two games behind Jamestown for first place. ...Chris Hopkins and Bartolo Nicolas earned the other two hits in the loss for Auburn. ...The Doubledays fanned 12 Jammers, while Jamestown struck out just eight Auburn batters. ... With Mark Sobolewski out with an injured right ankle, Soto has filled in well at third base, with seven hits in his last 11 at-bats.

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