The bats in Dunedin and Lansing thawed out. The Auburn bullpen blew a good start by Egan Smith, the GCL Jays were short on hitting with just three hits. Casey Janssen threw a shutout inning for Dunedin.
Las Vegas - All Star Break
In the all-star game Randy Ruiz was 0-2, both strikeouts. Ex-Jay Eric Kratz was the MVP with a 2-2 night including a double and a two run home run.
New Hampshire - All Star Break
Brian Dopirak and Brian Jeroloman played in the all-star game. Dopirak was 0-4 with a walk. Jeroloman was 0-1 with a walk.
Dunedin scored three in the fifth and five in the sixth. The offense in the fifth started with two outs. Sean Shoffit doubled, Brad McElroy had an infield single, John Tolisano doubled in two runs and Manny Rodriguez singled in a run.
In the sixth Kevin Ahrens tripled; Jon Jaspe singled in a run; Adam Loewen doubled in the second run of the inning; Justin Jackson reached on a fielders choice; and Sean Shoffit hit a three run home run.
Ryan Page started and pitched five shutout innings. Casey Janssen pitched the sixth with one hit allowed. Tim Collins and Trystan Magnuson finished up.
Shoffit, Rodriguez and Ahrens had two hits each.
Lansing scored eight runs in the second inning and coasted home. Lansing had seven hits in their big inning, four of the hits were for extra bases and Yohermyn Chavez finished the scoring with a two run home run. Lansing had 13 hits, eight Lugnuts hit safely. AJ Jimenez had three hits, Chris House, Justin McClanahan and Chris Emanuele had two hits each. Chad Beck started and got the win despite giving up five runs.
Auburn took a 4-2 lead into the eighth but the bullpen coughed up three runs in both the eighth and ninth innings. Auburn had scored three runs in the fifth on a Jack Murphy double, a balk and a sac fly. In the sixth Wellinton Ramirez hit a solo home run. Yan Gomes and Murphy had two hits each.
On the mound Egan Smith pitched a one hitter over five shutout innings. Willy Mendez, Austin Armstrong and Casey Beck all allowed runs out of the bullpen.
Wade Miller made another rehab start and gave up two runs in 2.1 innings. Matt Fields pitched 3.2 shutout innings and still has a 0.00 ERA in 14.1 innings. Alex Pepe took the loss by giving up an unearned run.
The Jays had three hits, all of which led to the Jays two runs. in the first Oliver Dominguez singled, stole second and scored on an error. In the third Dominguez doubled and Carlos Perez singled him home. Those three hits were it for the Jays
Three Stars
3rd star - Egan Smith
2nd star - AJ Jimenez
1st star - Sean Shoffit
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