The farm affiliates went 2-5; the pitchers had to throw shutouts to get a win.
Syracuse 0 @ Buffalo 5Josh
Banks pitched very well, notwithstanding the boxscore showing 4 earned
runs in 7 innings. Banks gave up a solo homer to old acquaintance
Jason Dubois and that was it through 7 innings. One hit, no walks
and six strikeouts. Andy Marte led off the bottom of the eighth
with a double and two bunt singles later, Banks was out of the
game. A fielders' choice and a double off Ryan Houston plated the
other runs. The Sky Chiefs could manage only 3 hits in the game.
Nasty Mastny threw a scoreless ninth and now has thrown 34 lovely innings of relief for the Bisons.
Trenton 0 @ New Hampshire 5 Ismael
Ramirez and Kyle Yates combined on a 3 hitter, and Chip Cannon chipped
in with a cannon shot as the Fisher Cats silenced the Thunder.
Ramirez went 5 innings, allowed the Thunder 2 baserunners and struck
out 1 for the win. Yates finished it off for the long save,
allowing 1 baserunner and striking out 7 in 4 superb relief
innings. Cannon reached base 3 times, while Manny Mayorson
singled twice and drove in 2. Adam Lind was still out of the lineup with his jaw injury.
Dunedin 1 @ Brevard County 0Russ
Savickas and three relievers combined on a 4-hitter, while Eric
Arnold's 1st inning double drove in Aaron Mathews with the only run of
the game. Savickas went 6 innings, allowed 4 baserunners and
struck out 4. Po-Hsuan Keng, Connor Falkenbach and Milton Tavarez
threw an inning each with a single Manatee reaching base over the 3
innings.
Peoria 7 @ Lansing 3Casey
McKenzie had a nice start, save for 2 pitches. Both ended up in
the seats for 2 run homers. McKenzie went 6 innings and gave up 4
runs, 3 earned on 7 hits and no walks with 5 strikeouts. Ted
Serro and Josh Sowers were nicked for runs in relief. Anthony
Hatch doubled twice, while Big City Metropoulos continued his hot
hitting, reaching base thrice. Brian Pettway tripled among his 4
plate trips.
Staten Island 8 @ Auburn 5The
Yankee affiliate triumphed in the 3rd matchup of the organizations of
the night, but two out of three will win you a pennant. The
Doubledays scored a run in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game,
but four walks in the top of the ninth were their undoing. Second
baseman Scott Campbell doubled twice in 5 tries, while Luke Hopkins
walked twice in 4. Matt Liuzza doubled among his four trips. Five
pitchers took the rubber for Auburn with Benjamin Harrison's 2 innings
of 1 hit, no walk ball capturing the most attention.
Pulaski 1 @ Elizabethton 3, 1st game
Pulaski 3 @ Elizabethton 4, 2nd gameIn
the opener, the P-Jays couldn't mount an attack until the 6th
inning. Trailing 3-0, the Jays scored on a Jonathan Jaspe double
and a Baron Frost single, but a double play ended that uprising and
effectively the game. Travis Snider went 0-3. Kyle Walter
started and went 2 innings, allowed 2 hits and no runs, struck out 2
and best of all walked nobody. Adam Rogers gave up 2 runs to take
the loss.
In the nightcap, the Pulaski gloves failed them, with 3 errors leading
to 4 unearned runs. Luis Fernandez singled twice and walked in
four plate appearances, but made 2 of the errors. Starter Kyle
Ginley went 3 perfect innings with 3 strikeouts, and the pen did a nice
job overall. Travis Snider walked twice in 4 appearances.
Yohermyn Chavez did not play in either game of the doubleheader.
3 stars!
3rd star-
Josh Banks
2nd star-
Ismael Ramirez
1st star-
Kyle Yates