New Hampshire won the Earl Weaver way, good pitching and two three run home runs. Lansing won with a ninth inning comeback. Syracuse, Dunedin and Auburn won from the front but the GCL Jays the only losers. Good pitching was the order of the night, Davis Romero, Brett Cecil, AJ Wideman, Marc Rzepczynski and Marcus Walden each pitched well. According to Bullet Jays Fan Adam Lind has been called up to Toronto.
Davis Romero pitched seven innings allowing just seven hits and one run. Syracuse scored two runs in the fifth, Chip Cannon doubled, Curtis Thigpen singled and Pedro Lopez doubled. In the seventh Kevin Melilo doubled in a run and in the eighth Chip Cannon doubled in another.
The Chiefs had seven hits, Chip Cannon had two. Ironically Cannon was not in the starting lineup but came on when Adam Lind left the game in the fifth to setoff for Pittsburgh. Mike MacDonald pitched two innings for the save.
JP Arencibia and Aaron Mathews each hit a three run home run.
Brett Cecil went 5.1 innings and gave up one run on three hits. Jean Machi came off the DL to pitch in relief.
New Hampshire hitters had only seven hits, Mathews and Chris Gutierrez had two each. Travis Snider was 1-4, Scott Campbell took an oh-fer.
AJ Wideman made his first good start in a while, only two runs allowed in 5.2 innings. Jesus Gonzalez and Brian Dopirak each hit two run home runs.
Dunedin had thirteen hits, Dopirak had 3, Patton, Gonzalez and Calderone had two each.
Lansing led 2-1 after 7, Moises Sierra hit a home run.
Marc Rzepczynski pitched six strong inning with only one run allowed.
Edgar Estanga gave up four runs in the eighth inning, one of his few bad appearances.
Lansing got one back in the eighth to make it 5-3, Justin Jackson singled in Mike McDade.
Raul Barron and John Tolisano singled to lead off the ninth, and with one out Moises Sierra walked to load the bases.
Kevin Ahrens singled in a run but John Tolisano was thrown out at home.
The Fort Wayne third baseman made a two out, two run error to hand the game to Lansing.
Barron had three hits, Sierra and McDade had two each.
Marcus Walden pitched fur shutout innings with 6 K's. Joel Carreno also pitched four innings, allowing one run, but racked up 7 K's. Chris Hopkins singled in a run in the third. Steve Condotta singled in a run in the fourth. David Copper doubled a run in the fifth followed by a Adam Amar sac fly. Chris Hopkins was the only hitter with two hits.
The baby Jays had only four hits, Balbino Fuenmayor had two of them. Matthew Moody started and pitched 2.2 shutout innings. He was followed by Joel Castillo who gave up four runs in 3.1 innings.
3 star selection
3rd star - Chip Cannon
2nd star - Marc Rzepczynski
1st star - Davis Romero
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