After rain washed out the game Friday night, a doubleheader was scheduled on Saturday with Gustavo Chacin getting the call in Game One, and falling behind early 3-0, giving up runs almost every time he fell behind in the count.  The ‘Pigs couldn’t get their offense going until the fourth, and when they did, the floodgates opened.  The six run fourth included a Miguel Cairo RBI single, 3 run double by JJ Furmaniak and a two run homer by Jason Ellison (4)off of Rochester starter Phil Humber. Rochester bounced back with two more runs off of Chacin (4-3), in the sixth, who departed having gone 5.1 innings, giving up 5 runs on 6 hits.  He walked 2 and struck out 1.  With the score 6-5 in the bottom of the sixth, Mike Cervenak ripped an RBI triple, which gave Lehigh Valley the all important insurance run in the shortened 7 inning game. Jack Taschner came in and pitched a scoreless 7th to pick up his first save of the year.  David Newhan continued scorching the ball against Rochester with 3 hits, while Cervenak added two of his own.

The big inning did it again for Lehigh Valley as they took Game Two of the doubleheader with a six run fourth inning, 6-3 over Rochester.  The big inning included a David Newhan (6) solo homer, Michael Taylor’s first homer in Lehigh Valley (2 run), a Rich Thompson RBI single, and a big error that cost Rochester two more runs.  Carrasco (6-8), threw six innings, giving up 3 runs on six hits (two homers).  He didn’t walk a batter and struck out eight. Rich Thompson and Paul Hoover each had multi hit games, while Michael Taylor had his first multi hit game for Lehigh Valley going 2-3 with a homer, 2 RBI’s and a stolen base(1).

Lehigh Valley completed their weekend sweep with a 3-2 walk off victory over Rochester Sunday night, evening their record at 47-47.  Andrew Carpenter started and after some early control issues, pitched an excellent game, going 7 innings, and giving up a lone run on 3 hits.  He walked 2 and struck out 8, throwing 100 pitches, 65 for strikes.  The ‘Pigs opened their lead to 2-0 in the 5th on an RBI double by Mike Cervenak.  AFter giving up his lone run, Carpenter exited after seven, with a 2-1 lead.  The ‘Pigs took that lead into the 8th, when Steven Register blew his second save of the year, leading to David Newhan’s walk off RBI double in the bottom of the inning.Mike Cervenak and David Newhan continued their hot hitting with 2 hits apiece for Lehigh Valley. Michael Taylor was 0-3 with a walk and a strikeout.

Notes: Mike Cervenakhas 6 multi hit games in his last 8 games.

–The return of Jason Donald has been pushed back until late next week.

—David Newhan is 13-20 (.650) in his last 6 games.

—Terry Tiffee has hit in 10 of his last 11 games (.371).

—Michael Taylor was 2-13 (.158) in his first series as an Iron Pig.

–Since his major league win back in May, Andrew Carpenter is 7-2 with a 1.83 ERA in 11 starts.