A 2-3 night for the affiliates. Lansing had the best night winning 16-9.
Charlotte 4 at Syracuse 1
Not much from the Chiefs tonight - just 4 hits. Eric Kratz scored the only run with a solo HR.
It was a bullpen game on the mound. Justin James had the best night going 3 scoreless innings.
New Hampshire - Day Off
Dunedin 7 at St Lucie 4
The D-Jays scored 4 in the 3rd inning to break the game open. Garibaldi led off with a walk. That was followed by a Hatch RBI double, a Phillips RBI single, Nielsen single, Patton single and a 2 run double from Jacob Butler. A 2 run triple by Garibaldi was the highlight of a 3 run 5th inning that put Dunedin up 7-0.
Eric Nielsen had 3 hits including a double, Hatch had 2 hits including a double, and Patton & Phillips each had two singles.
Kristian Bell got the start. He pitched 5 scoreless innings before running into trouble, giving up 2 runs in the 6th and 7th innings before departing. On the night he pitched 6.1 innings with 4 Ks and 2 BBs.
Lansing 16 at W Michigan 9
Here's your softball game. Oddly enough with 25 runs there was only one HR on the night - a Joey Metropoulos solo shot.
Travis Snider was 3-6 with 2 doubles, Raul Barron was 3-5 with a walk, and Jaspe, Metropoulos, Nelson and Diaz each had two hits.
Graham Godfrey gave up 3 runs in 4 innings. Ben Harrison followed and gave up 3 runs in 2 innings to get the easy 'W' next to his name.
Auburn 8 at Mahoning Valley 14
Aussie Shane Benson got roughed up a bit in this one, but wasn't helped by his defense. He gave up 8 runs (4 earned) in 2.2 innings.
Paul Franko led the Doubleday offense going 3-4 with a HR and 2B. Scobee, Santana and Mastroianni each had two hits.
GCL Indians 9 at GCL Jays 2
The Jays made 5 errors in this one - two Big Balbino fielding and three throwing errors. Surprisingly only 3 runs were unearned.
Eric Eiland scored both runs. He was 0-2, but drew two walks and had a stolen base. He was also picked off. The rest of the team managed just 4 singles.
3 Stars!
3 - Joey Metropoulos
2 - Travis Snider
1 - Paul Franko
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