Express beat Oklahoma City 12-9
&Mdash; The Portray carved 16 hits, slashed five home runs (including three in a row by Chris Davis, Brian Barden and Esteban German in the first inning) and tread Oklahoma City 12-9 on a mercilessly long Tuesday night of many foul balls and pitching changes at Dell Diamond, where the announced assemblage of 7,218 looked more like 72 adults and 18 children by game's end.And the weird fashion? Joey Butler failed to hit safely.
The Express right fielder reached base twice, once on a boogie and once on an error that — if the official scorekeeper had known a story about Butler was being produced at the very moment RedHawks shortstop Wladimir Sutil bobbled the grounder in the bottom of the sixth — might have passed for a indulgent single.
The scorekeeper was correct, his integrity intact. And Butler went 0 for 4. Nonetheless, the 25-year-old Mississippian is having his most desirable season at bat in his four years of minor-league baseball.
He carried a career-best .332 batting typical into Tuesday night. He'd hit safely in 42 of the last 48 games, including 18 with two or more hits.
