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We told you yesterday about former Binghamton pitcher Scott Diamond and his quest to pick up his first major league win.  Diamond toed the rubber for the Minnesota Twins yesterday afternoon for the third time since being called up from triple-A Rochester.  The southpaw pitched six solid innings against the White Sox on the South Side and even got spotted a 6-run lead before he even through a pitch, but still needed to wait until the bottom of the ninth to see if he’d get that win.

The Twins jumped out early against Jake Peavy scoring six times in the top of the first.  That eased a few nerves for the rookie lefty who then proceeded to throw six innings of three-hit ball giving up just three runs.  He left the game with a 6-3 lead.  The Twinkies would add another run in the seventh and the White Sox would tack one on in the eighth to make it 7-4.  But in the ninth inning, things got interesting.  Diamond almost watched his win slip away when former Stony Brook pitcher Joe Nathan, the Twins all-time leader in saves, surrendered a two-run single to Paul Konerko.  Nathan rebounded, though, striking out Alex Rios to end it and preserving the win for Diamond, the first of his major league career. 

“I’m always working for the next one, but this is an unbelievable accomplishment,” Diamond said after the ball game. 

That’s a pretty cool day for America East baseball.  Two former conference pitchers involved in a major league decision.

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