In breaking with recent trends, none of our Three Stars share a first or last name. Two shutouts (one going each way), crazy names in A-ball, another homer from the first-rounder, and Casey On The Mound.
Syracuse 3 @ Pawtucket 0
Casey Janssen went four innings, giving up no runs (obviously) and Jason Scobie followed with his own four slightly less effective but still shutout innings. Win-loss records don't really matter, but Scobie got the W, at 2-15 going into the game. So feel happy for him. Wayne Lydon and Sergio Santos went deep in the fifth. One of them has eight homers and the other has three -- can you guess who's who?
New Hampshire 6 @ Erie 4
The homers this time came from David Smith and Dustin Majewski, while Mike MacDonald started, though did not throw a shutout like our friends in Rhode Island. A 6-4-3 double play turned by Erie contained the names Haley-Kelly-Hunt, which I think are the most common names in kindergarten classes these days.
Dunedin 0 @ Jupiter 2
Thanks for playing, Juan Peralta, but your three hits went for naught. You'd think that if Peralta can reach base three times, someone else will surely do something. A somewhat tough loss for Billy Carnline, who got no run support but still walked twice as many as he struck out (okay, 4 to 2).
Lansing 3 @ Cedar Rapids 4
Cedar Rapids rallied for two in the bottom of the ninth when Flint Wipke (heretofore referred to as Wipke!) walked and was unfortunately taken out for a pinch-runner. Joey Metropoulos doubled home one in the fourth and was part of a strikeout-throwout DP in the sixth after Lansing added two more when Wipke! threw out Luke Hetherington trying to steal second.
Batavia 7 @ Auburn 1
Um...Ronald Lowe pitched well in relief? Three hits for the D-Days, with Scott Campbell doubling and scoring the only run. Batavia made things seem less like short-season minor-league ball and more like a Victorian novel with Zachary Penprase and Charlie Yarbrough in their lineup. No sign of Hortense Devereaux anywhere.
Pulaski 10 @ Danville 4
Was there any doubt that Travis Snider would be involved in this outburst? His eighth homer of the short season brought home three in the fifth. Also featuring in the 14-hit attack were Chris Emanuele ("4-for-6", double, RBI), Raul Barron (two hits, RBI), and Luis Fernandez (two runs, two hits). Reidier Gonzalez actually pitched pretty well; he certainly didn't need ten whole runs last night. His peripherals indicate a better result than a 4.26 ERA; I wonder what the story is there.
Three Star Selection
3. Travis Snider
2. Casey Janssen
1. Chris Emanuele
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