| Show Buzz Come Home after Successful Road Trip By Andy Crow Sports Editor The Salt Lake Buzz left for a twelve game road trip two weeks ago just hoping to win six of those games to stay afloat in the Pacific Coast Leagues League's Southern Division race They not only succeeded in their goal of six wins but they exceeded their own expectations After splitting their four game series in Nashville to kick off the road trip the Buzz took three of four from Memphis in the middle four game series Salt Lake wrapped up the last four games of the long road swing in Las Vegas Center fielder Chris Lathom fresh off his one month stint with the Minnesota Twins returned to the Buzz in Las Vegas this past weekend In his first start since being demoted from the big league team Lathom went for 4 at the plate Salt Lake comes home Thursday for an eight game against Edmonton and Las Vegas After the the Buzz Bun go out on the road again for an unusual five game set against first place Fresno During the road trip Salt Lakes Lake's bats came alive and the team hitting is improved drastically The Buzz pitching has faltered as of late but thanks to the timely hitting Salt Lake is receiving the pitching has not been all that important Once the pitching and hitting both come around the Buzz will be a tough team to beat Starter Frank Rodriguez did manage manage manage man man- age to win his first game of the year And Mark Redman made a successful successful successful success success- ful return to the triple A ranks Redman Redman Redman Red Red- man who pitched last season eason here in Salt Lake City start started this season at double A New Britain after posting to say the least very numbers while with Salt Lake last year Redman's Redmans Redmans Redman's Redmans Redman's Red Red- mans man's record last year with Salt Lake was 8 15 with an earned run average of over six The Buzz finally dug themselves out of the cellar during the road trip As of Sunday Salt Lake was one half game ahead of last place Tucson The Buzz finish out the month of then another road trip until returning June with one more and home for the fourth of July |
