A strong day on the farm featured three wins and a dominating pitching performance in Las Vegas.
Tacoma 0 Las Vegas 4
Brad Mills has had a rough start to the season. Some rough starts and some rough luck led to an 0-7 record for the guy who looked like he might crack the Jays roster out of Spring Training. Well, things broke right for Mills today as he went seven scoreless frames allowing just four hits while striking out eleven. Bryan Bullington finished things up with two shutout innings for his first save.
At the plate, Jason Lane doubled twice and Aaron Mathews drove in two with a single. Neither J.P. Arencibia nor Travis Snider played. Snider's still nursing a sore back.
Reading 2 New Hampshire 4
Man, strong pitching sure was a theme in the organization on Sunday. Brandon Magee started for the Fisher Cats and pitched well in going six innings and allowing two runs on seven hits and two walks. Danny Farquhar threw a scoreless, two-strikeout 8th while Bubbie Buzachero picked up his second save with a scoreless ninth.
The usual suspects were at work on the offensive side as Brian Dopirak and Adam Calderone each homered. David Cooper went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored while Brad Emaus was 1-for-3 with a walk. Finally, Bryan Kervin was 2-for-3 with a double and a triple.
Dunedin was rained out
West Michigan 5 Lansing 4 (Game One)
Josh Wells had kind of a weird start for Lansing. The just-turned-22 year-old gave up five runs (four earned) on eight hits and three walks in just 4.1 innings but also managed to strike out eight. Frank Gailey picked him up with 2.2 perfect innings with four strikeouts.
Tyler Pastornicky had a nice day at the plate with his second straight two-hit effort including a double and two RBI. Catcher A.J. Jimenez was the only other Lugnut with two hits and also picked up an RBI.
West Michigan 0 Lansing 2 (Game Two)
The Lugnuts got their revenge in the later-in-the-afternoon-cap with a 2-0 shutout despite only recording four hits. Luckily, two of them went for homers as Johermyn Chavez and Jonathan Talley both went deep in the bottom of the fith.
Starter Jonas Cuotto was strong but denied the victory as he only managed four innings of five hit, five strikeout ball. Yorman Mayora picked up the win with two innings of two-hit ball while Matthew Daly recorded his tenth save with a one-hit ninth.
Three Stars:
3rd Star: Tyler Pastornicky; 2-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
2nd Star: Bryan Kervin; 2-for-3, R, 2B, 3B
1st Star: Brad Mills; 7 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 11 K
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