Well, Josh Towers probably wishes it was Syracuse. Fourteen hits, ladies and gentlemen. Seven runs, six earned...in five and two-thirds. So I suppose you can guess how this game went. Four of Ottawa's fifteen hits -- yes, the four pitchers who followed Towers allowed just one -- came from Howie Clark, who is apparently still alive and kicking in the NCR. Ryan Roberts tried to get Syracuse back in it with a grand slam in the sixth, but for once, the Big Bang Theory supports the losing team.
Jason Frasor pitched to one batter. He struck him out. That is all.
Brevard County 1 @ Dunedin 4 (Game 1)
Brevard County 9 @ Dunedin 3 (Game 2)
Recapping both games at once, the D-Jays combined for ten hits on the day. Juan Peralta was mostly responsible for all the runs in the second game with a three-run HR; Jacob Butler did the same in Game 1. None of the pitching performances were particularly interesting, though if Kurt Isenberg still has his supporters, he had the following line: 5 3 1 1 3 6. I'll leave it up to you to determine what's what.
Burlington 3 @ Lansing 4
The tying run scored in the bottom of the ninth on a wild pitch. That's bad for Burlington, but not as bad as a two-out pinch hit with a runner on second: "Josh Bell singles on a line drive to left fielder Valentino Arce. Luke Hetherington scores." Yes, Josh Bell got that all-important single, but Luke Hetherington was the winning run and he tripled home the first Lansing run in the second.
The pitching: six innings, 1 ER, 8 K (and three walks) from Chi-Hung Cheng; three innings, one run, three strikeouts from Po-Hsuan Keng.
Auburn 4 @ State College 3
Putting aside the fact that I didn't know State College had a team, this game saw three hits and a walk for Jonathan Baksh, who is now hitting...well, he had three hits last night, let's leave it at that. Brandon Magee continues to pitch well with six decent innings. Seth Overbey, clearly trying to make his way to Toronto the same way Josh Sowers and Hector Delgadillo are, stranded two runners and got two outs of his own when the Spikes were threatening. Side note: Auburn left 14 men on base.
Pulaski 2 @ Burlington 3
Travis Snider only got one hit last night. But wait! He was a pinch-hitter for Lee Soto, who is worth every* penny so far with a .182 average, OBP hovering near .250, and three extra-base hits since the season started. Some nice relief work from Nathan Starner went for naught, as the P-Jays couldn't come back from 3-0 after five. Baron Frost had a two-run home run, but that's all Pulaski managed.
* Read "every" as "one".
Three-And-A-Half Star Selection:
3.5: FREE JASON FRASOR
3. Chi-Hung Cheng
2. Juan Peralta
1. Jonathan Baksh