Four losses and two games were postponed or cancelled. Ho hum.
Reno 6 @ Las Vegas 4 – Boxscore
Fabio Castro started and nearly got the quality start, going 5.2 innings and allowing three runs. He struggled with his control, walking five against five strikeouts. Bill Murphy entered in relief and took the loss to fall to 0-6. Murphy surrendered two runs on two hits and two walks in 1.2 innings with two strikeouts. Then Brian Wolfe entered in relief and allowed the second of Castro’s two runners to score. He ended up going 1.2 innings, but allowed a solo homer to Chris Young in the eighth to give Reno some insurance runs.
Billy Buckner met the definition of a quality start for the Aces, allowing three runs over 6 innings. Aussie Travis Blackely got the win with two innings of one-run relief. Buck Coats was hitless, but Joe Inglett, Brian Dopirak, JP Arencibia, and Howie Clark each had a single. Arencibia, the DH, and Clark each scored a run. Jason Lane went 3-for-4 with three doubles, an RBI and a run scored. Kevin Howard added a triple, a walk and two RBI. Kyle Phillips went 2-for-3 with a run, but was ejected in the seventh inning, so Arencibia had to move from the DH position and Las Vegas lost their DH. Angel Sanchez also added two singles.
Harrisburg 3 @ New Hampshire 2 –Boxscore
New Hampshire had seven hits and actually outhit the opposition, but couldn’t find a way to put many runs on the scoreboard. In the third inning Todd Donovan tripled and was driven home by Darin Mastroianni and in the sixth David Cooper hit a solo homer. Cooper was 2-for-3 with a walk and Mastroianni also walked and stole two bases, but was caught stealing once. He’s 32-for-39 so far in Double-A. Brad Emaus, Brian Van Kirk and Jonathan Diaz were held hitless with Van Kirk striking out in all four of his at-bats. Al Quintana, Scott Campbell and Brian Jeroloman all added singles and Jeroloman stole his first base of the year.
“Tiny” Tim Collins continues to struggle for the first time in his professional career, picked up his third loss in five appearances. Seth Smith started and did quite well, giving up one run in 5.1 innings with nine strikeouts against one walk. Smith’s ERA is 2.08 for New Hampshire and 2.76 for the year at Double-A. Trystan Magnuson walked one over 1.2 scoreless innings of relief. Collins came in for the eighth and surrendered a leadoff single to Freddie Bynum before Michael Daniel hit a game-winning two-run homer off Collins. He got the next three batters and Zach Dials got through a scoreless ninth, but the damage had been done.
Tampa @ Dunedin – Postponed.
Postponed due to rain.
Western Michigan 8 @ Lansing 3 – Boxscore
Lansing had five hits, all singles. Wellinton Ramirez, Justin McClanahan and Balbino Fuenmayor each had one and Yohermyn Chavez added two. Chavez, McClanahan and Michael McDade scored the teams runs with Fuenmayor driving two in and McClanahan also picking up an RBI.
John Anderson started and gave up two runs over 2.2 innings. He struck out four, but gave up five hits and a walk before turning the ball over to Jonas Cuotto. Cuotto gave up five runs, four earned, over 2.1 innings with four hits and three walks allowed. Dustin Antolin calmed things down with 3 innings of relief and was only touched for one unearned run and Frank Gailey finished things off with a scoreless inning. Defence was a problem for Lansing, as AJ Jimenez had his tenth passed ball of the year, McDade made his fourteenth error of the year and Fuenmayor had both a fielding and a throwing error to bring him up to 12 on the year.
Williamsport 8 @ Auburn 4 – Boxscore
Matt Wright started for the Doubledays and took the loss. He struck out seven over 4.1 innings but surrendered five runs, four earned. Wright gave up four hits, but walked three and committed a balk. He got five of his six batters out on balls in play on fly balls. Brian Justice replaced Wright in the fifth and promptly made an error on a pickoff attempt. Justice went on to surrender three runs that inning, one of which was Wright’s runner, and they were all unearned because of his miscue and a second error by Kevin Nolan. Justice allowed a solo homer in the next inning before Zach Outman, Zach Anderson and Casey Beck combined for three scoreless innings of one-hit relief.
The middle of the lineup provided the bulk of the offence for Auburn as they notched six of the seven hits for the Doubledays. Yan Gomes, Kyle Gilligan and Bradley Glenn each had two hits, with Gomes and Glenn hitting doubles and Gomes and Gilligan adding an RBI. Chris Hopkins went 1-for-4 with a run scored and Ryan Schimpf scored the other run on a walk. Eric Eiland picked up an RBI, driving home Gomes for one of his two runs.
GCL Blue Jays @ GCL Tigers
Cancelled.
Three Stars:
3rd Star – Seth Smith, 5.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER1 BB, 9 K
2nd Star – David Cooper, 2-3, R, HR, RBI, BB, 5 TB
1st Star – Jason Lane, 3-4, R, 3 2B, RBI, 6 TB
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