Stauffer sharp as Beavers top visiting 51s

Tim Stauffer allowed just one unearned run in 7 2/3 innings Tuesday night to lead the Portland Beavers to a 4-1 victory over the 51s in a Pacific Coast League game in Portland, Ore.

Stauffer (8-4) gave up three hits and two walks and struck out four to win his fifth straight decision.

Scott Cassidy got the final out of the eighth inning, and Jared Wells pitched the ninth to earn his sixth save.

Stauffer, a 25-year-old right-hander, is 5-0 with a 1.86 ERA in his last seven starts and hasn't allowed an earned run in his last 15 innings.

Brady Clark went 3-for-4 to lead the Beavers' offense. He led off the first inning with a double and scored on Brian Myrow's RBI single.

In the second, Clark drove in Michael Epping with a single, which also scored Justin Hatcher when 51s right fielder Delwyn Young misplayed the ball, giving Portland (54-77) an early 3-0 lead.

John Lindsey went 2-for-4 with an RBI for Las Vegas (59-72), which had just four hits.

The 51s scored on second baseman Craig Stansberry's throwing error in the third.

Eric Cyr (3-5) took the loss for Las Vegas, allowing three runs -- two earned -- on five hits and two walks in six innings. He struck out five.