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Updated: Sat Sep 06 03:15:26 EDT 2003

BALTIMORE ORIOLES ORGANIZATION NOTEBOOK

OTTAWA... 1B ROB SASSER smacked a grand slam in the seventh inning to help the Lynx come from behind to beat Buffalo, 7-5, August 22. Sasser, who entered the contest hitting just .148 over his last 10 games, hit his first home run with Ottawa...

RHP SEAN DOUGLASS pitched six scoreless innings in a 3-0 triumph over Pawtucket August 23. Douglass yielded five hits and struck out five without issuing a walk to get the win...

3B NAPOLEON CALZADO had his 13-game hitting streak snapped on August 22, he raised his average from .278 to .351...

OF TIM RAINES JR. was called up to Baltimore August 22 after he hit .299 with 23 RBI...

RHP JOHN STEPHENS struck out 10 batters over seven scoreless innings in a no-decision at Syracuse August 26....

BOWIE... 2B MIKE FONTENOT connected on a solo home run in his final trip to the plate to finish the first cycle in over five years for the Baysox, who dropped a 9-6 decision to Altoona August 22. With a single, a triple and a double in his first three at-bats, Fontenot already had his 11th three-hit game of the year after just four innings. After flying out in the sixth, the 23-year-old drilled his 10th home run of the year leading off the eighth to become the first player for Bowie to hit for the cycle since Decomba Conner accomplished the feat on May 14, 1998. Fontenot, who set a Baysox record earlier this season by reaching base safely in 43 straight games, recorded his second four-hit performance in six games...

2B JERRY HAIRSTON homered and drove in two runs in an 11-2 triumph over Harrisburg August 26. Hairston, who made his first rehab start since breaking a bone in his right foot on May 20, smacked an offering from Josh Karp over the left field wall for just his third home run in pro ball this season. OF MELVIN MORA also appeared in the contest, going 1-for-4 with a run scored. Mora appeared in his first minor league game since 2000 because of a bruised right hand. RHP DAVE CROUTHERS pitched six scoreless innings of one-hit ball for the win....

FREDERICK... DH DOUG GREDVIG clubbed a three-run homer to highlight a six-run fifth inning as the Keys beat Lynchburg, 12-4, August 26. It was the first home run with the club this season for Gredvig, who began the year with Bowie before missing three months with back problems. Gredvig hit 20 homers with Frederick in 2001 and 14 with Bowie last season...

LHP SHAUN BABULA went 4-0 with a 1.90 ERA in 17 games July 18-August 26 (23.2 IP, 23 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 7 BB, 27 SO)...

2B OMAR ROGERS hit .382 (13-34, 6 2B, 4 RBI, 1 SB) in eight games August 18-27. Through that stretch, he was hitting at .298, good for a share of sixth in the league....

DELMARVA... RHP DANIEL CABRERA allowed seven runs, five hits and two walks over 1 1/3 innings in a 7-6 loss at Lexington August 26. Cabrera had allowed two runs or fewer in each of his previous three starts...

RHP RYAN KEEFER pitched seven scoreless innings (3 H, 1 BB, 5 SO) in a 5-0 win at Lake County August 24...

SS GERA ALVAREZ went 0-for-21 with seven strikeouts in five games August 19-24....

BLUEFIELD... RHP HAYDEN PENN allowed just one hit over six scoreless inning but left without a decision in a 4-3 defeat to Pulaski August 25. Penn had fanned 10 over seven innings in his previous start...

2B ELVIS MOREL hit a pair of home runs and a triple, knocking in three runs on August 23 in a 6-1 win against Johnson City...

LHP CARLOS PEREZ allowed two earned runs or fewer in six consecutive starts July 23-August 23 (35.1 IP, 25 H, 8 R, 3 ER, 6 BB, 37 SO), going 3-3. Perez finished the season fourth in the league with a 2.01 ERA....

ABERDEEN... OF JOSHUA MCCURDY went 4-for-6 with two RBI and two stolen bases in a 7-5 loss to Staten Island August 24...

3B DENNIS WYRICK hit an RBI single in the top of the 13th inning to beat Staten Island, 8-7, August 26. Wyrick finished with three hits. LHP ERIK BEDARD fanned the side in the third inning and has struck out 13 in his first 7 2/3 innings since his return from Tommy John surgery...

2B MANNY DEL ROSARIO went 3-for-4 and stole three bases on August 24 in a 7-5 loss at Staten Island. RHP CARLOS TORRES uncorked four wild pitches over four innings but was not involved in the decision....

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