S/WB Yankees 8 Indianapolis 5
By: Import User
Updated: July 21, 2007
Shelley Duncan went 3-for-4 and hit his club record-tying 24th homer as visiting Scranton/Wilkes-Barre beat Indianapolis, 8-5, on Monday.
Duncans solo shot in the sixth inning matched the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre single-season mark, set by Wendell Magee Jr. in 1998. Duncan also stroked an RBI single and scored in the first.
Justin Christian connected for a two-run blast, his first career Triple-A long ball, in the sixth and scored two runs and Kevin Reese added a solo dinger, his seventh, for the Yankees (51-42).
Reliever Chris Britton (3-1) picked up the win after allowing one hit and a walk in 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Jim Brower walked one and whiffed two over the final two frames for his 17th save.
Indians reliever Jonah Bayliss (1-1) took the loss after yielding two runs -- one earned -- on two hits while fanning three in two innings. Starter Bryan Bullington gave up four runs on four hits and a walk with five strikeouts in five frames.
Luis Matos hit a solo homer, his third, in the third and Michael Ryan collected three hits for Indianapolis (49-45), which has lost seven of eight.
