It hasn't been much fun recapping the affiliates on Sundays so far. On this particular day, the four teams managed to go 0-5. Read on, if you dare.
Las Vegas 1 Sacramento 2 (13 innings)
The 51s pitchers held Sacramento's offense two two runs on six hits over 13 innings on Sunday, though it wasn't enough as, in what was a theme among the affiliates, the offense was dormant.
Robert Ray made his first career AAA start and went 4.3 shutout innings allowing two hits and three walks while striking out three. He was followed by five relievers including Brian Wolfe who allowed a run and two walks in one inning, Jeremy Accardo, who threw two perfect frames, and Davis Romero who took the loss after walking four (two intentionally) in his 1.7 innings of work.
At the plate, nobody really did a whole hell of a lot. Brett Harper and Angel Sanchez were the only 51s with multiple hit days. Scott Campbell was 1-for-5 while J.P. Arencibia took an 0-for-4 and is hitting just .241/.281/.389 on the season.
Binghamton 4 New Hampshire 3
The Fisher Cats led this one 3-1 heading into the 7th thanks in part to a two-run homer off the bat of Adam Calderone and a nice start from pitcher Luis Perez. Things unraveled in the 7th, however, as Celson Polanco surrendered a three spot, and that was that.
Perez made his third strong start on the season going 5 innings, allowing a run on three hits and a walk while striking out five. A year ago, Perez was middling along in Lo-A. Now, at the age of 24 and after skipping Hi-A entirely, Perez is turning himself into somebody worth watching.
At the dish, Calderone provided all of the offense worth mentioning, though Chris Gutierrez did pitch in a couple of singles. Both David Cooper and Brad Emaus were 0-for-4, though Emaus did manage to draw a walk.
Brevard County 8 Dunedin 3
Man oh man, is the Dunedin offense ever overmatched at this point. Of the nine regulars in today's line-up, six are hitting below .200. On this day, the offensive 'heroes' were John Tolisano who doubled, walked, and scored twice, and Jesus Gonzalez whose 2-for-4 day raised his average to .139. Kevin Ahrens was 0-for-4 with a strikeout while Justin Jackson went 1-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts. Jackson has now whiffed in 30 of his 64 at-bats. Adam Loewen took an 0-for-2 with two walks to give him an unusual .125/.364/.125 line in 8 at-bats on the year.
On the mound, Alan Farina was hit hard allowing four runs on four hits and four walks in just two innings of work. Trystan Magnuson followed with perhaps his best outing of the season with three shutout innings. Up next was Da Box favourite Tim Collins. Tiny Tim was his usual strikeout-y self whiffing 6 in three hitless innings. What was incredibly odd, however, is that Collins walked three batters and allowed five (!) stolen bases. I guess Collins doesn't get much practice in holding runners on since, you know, he rarely allows any baserunners. Kind of a nice problem to have, I suppose. In 14 innings work, Collins has now struck out 26 and allowed just 8 baserunners. He will also be featured on next week's episode of Little People, Big World.
Lansing 1 West Michigan 3 (Game 1)
Noticing a trend here? The Lugnuts managed just five singles in the first game of a doubleheader and three of them came off the bat of Mark Sobolewski. Kenny Wilson and Brian Van Kirk had the other two. Everyone else should have probably just stayed home.
On the hill, Josh Wells was the loser allowing three runs on six hits in five innings. He walked a batter and struck one out, also. Matthew Daly relieved him with a scoreless inning.
I don't feel this is enough info. Um, ok, Markus Brisker pinch ran in the sixth and stole his 5th base of the young season. Too bad he's hitting just .103.
Lansing 2 West Michigan 4 (Game 2)
Ugh. This could be a mad libs. The ______ (adjective) Lansing offense ______ (verb) just two runs in the night cap. Jon Del Campo was the only _____ (adjective) for Lansing, picking up two hits. Oh, and Johermyn Chavez tripled and scored.
On the mound, Jonas Cuotto was roughed up for four runs on six hits in just 2.7 innings. On the bright side, Yorman Mayora struck out four in 2.3 scoreless innings.
That's it. I'm done. Bless you for reading this mess.
Three Stars:
3rd Star- Mark Sobolewski; 3-for-3
2nd Star- Tim Collins; 3 IP, 0 H 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
1st Star- Luis Perez; 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
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