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Welcome to the 2010 Season for the Montgomery Biscuits, AA Southern League affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays!

Montgomery's schedule to open the 2010 season is:

• April 8-12 vs Mobile BayBears (AZN)
• April 14-18 at Carolina Mudcats (CIN)
• April 19-23 at Chattanooga Lookouts (LAN)
• April 24-28 vs Mississippi Braves (ATL)
• April 29-30 at West Tenn Diamond Jaxx (SEA)

The Coaches:

• Billy Gardner (Manager)
• Bill Moloney (Pitching)
• Ozzie Timmons (Hitting)

The roster as of 8 Apr 10 (per BiscuitsBaseball.com):

• Anderson, Drew
• Ashley, Nevin
• Cipriano, Cody
• Cobb, Alex
• de la Cruz, Chris
• Downs, Darin
• Fields, Matt
• Garcia, Justin
• Gorgen, Matt
• Hall, Jeremy
• Lobaton, Jose
• Matulia, John
• McGee, Jake
• Morlan, Eduardo
• Newmann, David
• Oliveros, Rayner
• O'Malley, Shawn
• Paxton, Ian
• Phillips, Paul
• Reid, Ryan
• Rodriguez, Aneury
• Royster, Ryan
• Salem, Emeel
• Sexton, Gregory
• Strait, Cody
• Torres, Alexander

Alex Torres will take the mound for Opening Day against Mobile's Wes Roemer.

Montgomery (0-1) lost their home opener to Mobile, 3-2 in 10 innings: Recap, Box.

Torres got through 4 innings, giving up only 1 run. Matt Gorgon took the loss. Cody Strait went 3-5; Cody Cipriano and Matt Fields had two hits each.

Montgomery (0-2) lost another extra-innings affair to Mobile, 9-4 in 13 innings: Recap, Box.

Was listening to the last 5 or so innings online, and that 13th inning sure sounded ugly. Matt Fields homered; Justin Garcia was the sacrificial pitcher in the end.

Montgomery (1-2) got one in the win column over Mobile, 1-0: Recap, Box.

Jake McGee rolled through 5 innings on 70 pitches with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts. Justin Garcia, who took the fall in the prior day's mess, worked two scoreless and came away with the win. Salem, Strait, Anderson and Matulia each had two hits.

How long til we have McGee in Rays pen?

There's another guy I would rather have their than Eckstrom

Montgomery (2-2) evened up their record with another win over Mobile, overcoming a blown save, 5-4: Recap, Box.

SP David Newmann worked an efficient 7 shutout innings on only 65 pitches, and was staked to a 3-run lead. Gorgen gave up 4 (3 earned, courtesy of a dropped fly to Ryan Royster) over the 8th and 9th innings, though. The Biscuits used a two-out rally to tie in the 9th, then won thanks in part to a throwing error by Mobile 3B Taylor Harbin.

SS Shawn O'Malley was 3-4 with 2 SB; 2B Cody Cipriano went 3-4 with a 2B and a SB. That's a pretty nice middle infield to start the season with in Montgomery, I think.

I'd kind of like to see him in Durham working from the pen for a little bit, but the sooner he can prove to the RFO that he's ready the better.

Very encouraging. It would be nice if he turned out to be even remotely useful at the ML level.

Montgomery (3-2) went into the top of the 9th up 1-0, into the bottom of the 9th down 1-2, and still came away with the win, 3-2: Recap, Box.

SP Jeremy Hall went through 7 scoreless innings with 4 hits and a walk. CF Emeel Salem and 1B Matt Fields were both 2-4; DH John Matulia had the GW RBI.

April 14:
Montgomery (4-2) won their 4th in a row, with a 3-0shutout of Carolina: Recap, Box.

SP Alexander Torres tossed 5 innings and allowed only 1 hit. Matt Gorgen took his first save. CF Emeel Salem was 2-5 with a 2B; C Jose Lobabton was 3-4 with a 2B.

April 15:
Montgomery (5-2) took their fifth straight, beating Carolina 8-4: Recap, Box

SP Aneury Rodriguez got his first win with a nice 6-inning, 2 run (1 earned) outing. SS Drew Anderson was 4-5 with a 2B and a SB; 3B Greg Sexton was 3-4 with 2 2B; C Jose Lobaton was 2-4.

April 16:
Montgomey (5-3) couldn't continue their winning streak as they were shutout by Carolina, 8-0: Recap, Box

SP Jake McGee was pulled one out into the 5th, and was charged with 5 runs. 1B MAtt Fields was the only Biscuit with multiple hits; 2B Cody Cipriano was 1-4 with the lone XBH, a 2B.

April 17:

Montgomery (6-3) had their first multi-homer game of the season en route to a win over Carolina, 5-3: Recap, Box

1B Matt Fields went 2-4, including a 3R homer in the 1st; C Craig Albernaz (just demoted from Durham) went 2-4 with a 2B; CF Emeel Salem and SS Chris de la Cruz also had 2 hits each. SP David Newmann went had no decision after his 4 innings, and allowed just 1 run; RP Matt Gorgen worked his 2nd save.

April 18:

Montgomery (6-4) lost a 2-run lead over Carolina in the ninth inning, 8-7: Recap, Box

SP Jeremy Hall only lasted 1 batter into the 5th, and was replaced following a leadoff 2B to Carolina LF Yonder Alonso. RP Justin Garcia allowed Alonso to score, leaving Hall with 4 ER for the night. They retained a 5-4 lead until Alonso homered of Garcia to lead off Carolina's 7th. Montgomery responded in the top of the 8th with 2 runs, but RP Ryan Reid couldn't hang on to it, giving up a 3-spot with the assistance of a wild pitch, a hit batsman, and an intentional walk. C Ian Paxton made his 3rd appearance of the season, going 2-3 with 3 RBI.

April 19:

Montgomery (6-5) lost at Chattanooga, 7-5: Recap, Box

SP Alexander Torres put the Biscuits in a pretty deep hole to start the game: 4 IP with all 6 runs (5 earned). Down 6-0, they climbed back up a bit, but never overcame the lost momentum totally. RP Paul Phillips gave 2 good innings, with 2 K and 1 BB. DH Ryan Royster had a 3-run HR to lead the comeback attempt.