Augusta (Sussex) - Madeline and Patrick Russell enjoy a moment with Claudia Cardinal. On July 16th the team will celebrate Claudia's birthday at the 1:00p game vs. Jamestown.

Cardinals starting pitcher Nathaniel Meza, pitched 6 innings giving up 4 hits, 2 runs, walking 1 and striking out 1

Photos By New Jersey Newsphotos / Joe Gigli

  June 26  at Skylands Park in Augusta, NJ the Lowell Spinners (Boston Red Sox) defeated the New Jersey Cardinals in their home opener by a score of 4-1.

  Three Lowell pitchers combined for a one-hitter.  Starter Felix Villegas and relievers Brian Bentley and Dan Giese silenced the Cardinals bats. Villegas hurled the first six innings, yielding the lone safety to New Jersey third baseman Landon Brandes in the second inning.  The starter also tallied four strikeouts.

  The Cardinals scored their only run in the first inning after leadoff hitter, Chris Morris led off with a walk.  He stole second, advanced to third on a fielder's choice and then scored on a sacrifice fly by left fielder Dee Haynes.

  Nathaniel Meza took the loss for New Jersey in his second start of the season.  He gave up two earned runs on four hits, while striking out one.  Relievers Bienvenido Polo, Chris Fiora and Santo Samora each pitched a scoreless inning.

  Lowell's leadoff hitter, third baseman Greg Filson paced the Spinners attack, collecting three hits, including a double, and three runs batted in on the evening.  Shortstop Raul Nieves tacked on two base hits from the two-hole.  Four other Spinners tallied singles as the club scored a pair of runs in the third and seventh innings.

Augusta - Spinners short stop #12 Raul Nieves, is late with the tag on Cardinals #11 Landon Brandes who stole 2nd. The NY-Penn League game was played before a crowd of 4512, after an hour long rain delay.