The Fisher Cats swept Binghamton, as the farm affiliates went 2-3 on Wednesday.
Syracuse 3 Rochester 12
The Red Wings teed off on the Sky Chief bullpen to blow open a fairly close game in the late innings. Cam Reimers went 6 innings and allowed 5 earned runs on 9 hits and 2 walks with 1 strikeout. Adam Peterson's struggles continued as he gave up 6 earned runs in 1.2 innings. Aquilino Lopez mopped up poorly. Russ Adams hit a 2 run homer and a single. Anton French reached base 4 times in 5 trips and Guillermo Quiroz had a RBI double.
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New Hampshire 4 Binghamton 3
The Fisher Cats completed the sweep, as they held on for a 4-3 win over the B-Mets. Aaron Hill's 2 run homer in the first gave New Hampshire the lead, and Paul Chiaffreddo's solo shot broke a 2-2 tie in the 5th inning. Brandon League pitched brilliantly, going 6 innings and allowing 2 earned runs on 5 hits and 1 walk with 8 strikeouts. Ryan Houston, Dan Jackson and Jordan DeJong finished up with DeJong earning his 12th save with a perfect ninth inning. The Fisher Cats now lead their division by 2 games over the Mets.
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Sarasota 3 Dunedin 1
Sometimes good pitching will indeed stop good hitting. The D-Jays were handcuffed by S-Sox starter Jon Papelbon, who struck out 10 and restricted Dunedin to 5 hits, 2 by light-hitting catcher Jose Yepez. Raul Tablado walked twice and scored the Dunedin run on a Miguel Negron double. Justin James pitched well, but made a costly mistake to Sarasota sensation Brandon Moss who parked it for a 3 run dinger, after 2 walks. James surrendered 4 hits and walked 2 while striking out 4 in 5.2 innings of work. Tommi Ozuna and Tracy Thorpe finished up nicely.
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Rome 3 Charleston 4
Joey Reiman's 7th inning sacrifice fly broke a 3-3 tie as the Alley-Cats defeated the Braves. Tom Mastny was nasty again, going 5 innings and allowing 1 earned run on 5 hits and no walks with 6 strikeouts. He left with a 3-1 lead. Mike MacDonald vultured the win, giving up 2 earned runs in 2 innings. Submariner Matt Dalton and Brad Mumma each pitched a nice scoreless inning to close things out. Eric Arnold hit a 2 run homer to give Charleston the early lead. David Smith reached base 3 times in 4 plate appearances.
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Mahoning Valley 14 Auburn 5
The Doubledays are officially in a slump, but it's way too early to worry. The best news of the game was the return to action of Danny Hill, who went 1 inning and allowed 2 runs, 1 earned on 2 hits and no walks. Chris Leonard started and went 4 innings, allowing 4 earned runs on 5 hits, including a homer, and one walk. He struck out 5. It was downhill from there, as Hill and Kristian Bell were raked pretty good. Ryan Klosterman reached base 3 times, and Chip Cannon and Vinnie Esposito each doubled and walked, to spark the Auburn offence.
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Three Star Selection
Slim pickings today.
3rd star- Russ Adams and Aaron Hill, shortstops-in-waiting, hit 2 run dingers
2nd star- Tom Mastny, 5 strong innings in a Charleston win
1st star- Brandon League 6 strong innings in a New Hampshire win
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