The farm affiliates had another difficult day, going 1-3, with only those tough 'Nuts of Lansing coming out on top.
Louisville 8 @ Syracuse 2 Box
Ryan Roberts' 1st inning homer, his first triple A shot, got the Chiefs off on the right foot, but that was all the good news. Casey Janssen gave up 9 hits, including 2 homers, and 6 earned runs in 5 innings of work. He did walk nobody and punch out 4, but it was small consolation on this day. Dustin McGowan did better, allowing a 2 run homer in 3 innings of work, but otherwise walked 1 and struck out 3. James Baldwin finished up. Wayne Lydon hit a late inning homer to complete the scoring for Syracuse.
New Hampshire 0 @ Connecticut 2 Box
Ismael Ramirez gave the Fisher Cats a fine start, but the offence was, to quote the poet, as dead as heaven on a Saturday night. Singles by Adam Lind, Chip Cannon and Vito Chiavaralloti and no walks was all. Ramirez was solid, going 7 innings and allowing 2 runs, 1 unearned on 7 hits and 1 walk with 7 strikeouts. Ryan Houston set the side down in order in the eighth, with one punchout.
Vince Perkins was picked up by the Brewers, after being removed from the 40 man roster recently.
Dunedin 4 @ Lakeland 6 Box
The D'Jays came back from a 4-1 deficit to tie the game in the top of the 7th, but Tiger runs in the 7th and 8th put the game on ice. Dunedin was done in by an inability to cash baserunners. With 13 singles and 4 walks, the Jays could have scored more runs, but two double plays and a runner thrown out at the plate were key. It was a good day for Ryans: Patterson went 3-4 with a walk, while Klosterman went 3-4 with no walk. Eric Nielsen went 2-3 with 2 walks, and Juan Peralta went 2-5 with runs scored. Starter Eric Fowler wasn't fooling anyone. He was touched for 3 earned runs in 1.1 innings of work on 4 hits, 2 walks and no strikeouts. The relief was serviceable, but not good enough to secure the W.
Lansing 10 @ Dayton 4 Box
The Lugnuts scored 4 in the 4th and 1 in the 6th and that was more than enough for starter Kristian Bell. Bell moved to 2-0 on the young season with 5 innings of brilliant shutout pitching, 2 hits, 1 walk and 8 strikeouts. The offence was firing on all cylinders with 14 hits and 5 walks. It was a group effort, with Emmanuel Sena, Chris Gutierrez, Cory Patton, Josh Bell, David Hicks and Yuber Rodriguez each contributing 2 safeties. Hicks and Gutierrez each reached base twice, while Patton drove in 3, including the first 2 runs of the game with a triple. A 20 mph wind was blowing out to centerfield making Bell's performance all the more impressive. Jordan Timm, Aaron Tressler, and Paul Phillips (who pitched a scoreless ninth with 2 strikeouts) finished up the game for the Lugnuts.
3 star selection
3rd star-Ismael Ramirez
2nd star-Ryan Patterson
1st star-Kristian Bell
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