On Saturday all the minor league teams won except for Lansing. Sunday was opposite day as Lansing delivered the lone victory with a run in the bottom of the ninth. Chris Reddout pitched out of a bases loaded and no-one out jam in the eighth to get the win. Jonathan Baksh throws out a run at the plate that inning then leads-off the ninth with a single and scores the winning run.
John Thomson went seven innings. He gave up a 2 run home run to D'Angelo Jimenez in the second inning and a double to Darnell MacDonald scoring Manny Alexander in the third. Thomson gave up seven hits and two walks in his seven innings. The Chiefs had seven hits but never got a runner to third and hit into a couple of double plays. Rey Olmedo had two hits.
This game was scoreless through four innings. Russell Savickas was back starting and Yusaku Iriki was in the bullpen. Dustin Majewski homered in the fifth to make it 1-0, but Savickas hit a wall in the fifth. Savickas had given up two hits through four but he allowed the first five hitters in the fifth to reach base. Jo Matumoto came on in relief and gave up three more runs with a sac fly and two wild pitches. The Fisher Cats tied it up in the sixth, they poaded the bases on a Cosby single, a Cannon walk and a Patterson single. David Smith doubled two runs home and Majewski singled home two more to tie the game. In the bottom of the sixth Matumoto and Tracey Thorpe gave up five runs. Iriki and Connor Falkenbach gave up three more runs. Cosby and Majewski had three hits each.
Billy Carnline made his first appearance of the year in relief of Orlando Trias. The first hitter he faced doubled and the next two hit ground ball singles to score a run. But Carnline settled down and got three outs without giving up another run. Carnline also pitched another shutout inning. Trias had gone five innings and gave up four Tampa runs. Aaron Tressler came on after Carnline and gave up three runs. Dunedin scored all their runs on home runs. Anthony Hatch hit a solo shot in the second and Cory Patton a two run shot in the sixth. Hatch and Josh Kreuzer had two hits each.
This game was tied heading to the bottom of the ninth, the Lugnuts had only five hits to that point. But Jon Baksh led off with a single and Jon Jaspe walked. Sean Shoffit bunted the runners over and Chris Emanuele was intentionally walked to load the bases. Raul Barron then singled for the game winning RBI. Reidier Gonzalez pitched six shutout innings with only three hits allowed. Edward Rodriguez loaded the bases with no outs in the eighth and Chris Reddout came on to preserve the tie. Reddout got a force at the plate and then a flyout, throw him out at home double play courtesy of Baksh. Baksh, Jaspe and Matt Lane had two hits each.
3 star selection
3rd star - Reidier Gonzalez
2nd star - Chris Reddout
1st star - Jon Baksh, offense and defense
Team Records
Syracuse 30-32, 4th place, 4 games behind
New Hampshire 31-28, in 3rd place, 7.5 games behind
Dunedin 26-35, in 6th and last place, 11 games behind
Lansing 32-28, in 3rd place, 5.5 games behind
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