A Lansing shutout was the only win on the farm last night, as New Hampshire ran into a good young pitcher and an expensive one, while Luis Perez was outdueled in a battle of southpaws. At the plate, Travis Snider made a strong claim than he’s not suited for Triple-A anymore.
Sacramento 5 @ Las Vegas 4 – Boxscore
Former major leaguer Josh Outman went 5 innings for the River Cats, allowing 3 runs (2 earned). Trying to work his way back to the big leagues after injury problems, Outman allowed 8 hits and 3 walks. Fernando Cabrera, Wille Eyre and Trystan Manguson pitched 4 innings of relief, with the latter picking up his second save of the year. A rehabbing Scott Podsedink went 0-for-4 and Brett Lawrie was 0-for-5. Eric Thames, Dewayne Wise and Ryan Shealy each had a hit, but the star at the plate was Travis Snider was 4-for-4 with a double, walk and an RBI.
Luis Perez went all 5’s. He went 5 innings, allowed 5 hits and 5 runs. Perez surrendered a two-run homer to Josh Donaldson, but kept the ball on the ground for the most part, retiring 8 of the 11 batters on balls in play on groundouts. Sean Henn and Josh Roenicke each pitched 2 scoreless innings against a Sacramento team relatively devoid of prospects.
New Hampshire 1 @ Trenton 4 – Boxscore
The Fisher Cats bats faced off against touted Yankees prospect Manuel Banuelos, scoring a run over 4.2 innings. Banuelos’ ERA sits at 1.56 for the year. Trenton then gave the ball to perhaps the most expensive Double-A pitcher in history, Kei Igawa, who threw 2.1 innings of one-hit ball before two Thunder relievers finished the game. The Fisher Cats had five hits, three of which came from Anthony Gose. Moises Sierra and John Tolisano had the others. Sierra was caught stealing, but Tolisano stole a base and Gose pilfered two. Adeiny Hechevarria and Mike McDade were among the bats held hitless.
Joel Carreno fell to 0-3 after surrendering four runs and five hits over 6.2 innings. Carreno walked two, but struck out seven. However, a pair of home runs led to three of the runs. Ronald Uviedo got the one batter he faced in the seventh with two runners on, to keep the game close, but the Fisher Cats, aside from Gose, were never a threat offensively. Jon Daly pitched a scoreless inning of relief.
Dunedin 2 @ Daytona 4 – Boxscore
Deck McGuire fell to 1-2 with a relatively decent effort against the Cubs. In his 6.1 innings, McGuire allowed 3 hits and surrendered 3 walks. However, 2 of the 3 hits were homers with none out in the fourth inning that cashed in 3 of Daytona’s four runs. McGuire struck out three and allowed an unearned run on a Kevin Ahrens error. He turned the ball over to Matt Wright, who pitched 1.2 innings of scoreless relief.
Nicholas Struck started for Daytona and gave up both of Dunedin’s runs. Ivan Contreras and AJ Jimenez were held hitless, although Jimenez drew a walk, but every other Dunedin starter had at least a hit. Luke Hopkins had a double and a walk, Ahrens and Justin Jackson had a hit and walk, Bradley Glenn had a couple of base raps and Jon Talley, Brian van Kirk and Ryan Goins each had a hit.
Lansing 2 @ Western Michigan 0 – Boxscore
The Lugnuts only had three hits, two of which came from Marcus Knecht and Bryson Namba had the other. Knecht had a solo homer in the sixth to give Lansing an insurance run after Jake Marisnick scored the first after Michael Crouse drove him in with a sacrifice fly. Justin Jones, Carlos Perez and KC Hobson each drew walks. Namba committed his fourth error of the year and Gustavo Pierre committed his eight.
Casey Lawrence started for Lansing, going 6 strong innings without allowing a run. Lawrence surrendered six hits and a free pass, striking out six. He got 10 groundouts from the 11 outs on balls in play. Scott Gracey pitched 2 frames of relief to drop his ERA down to 0.57 and Ross Turnbull picked up his 8th save of the year while securing the shutout.
Three Stars:
3rd Star – Anthony Gose, 3-4, R, 2 SB, 3 TB
2nd Star – Casey Lawrence, 6 IP, 6 H, 0 R 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
1st Star – Travis Snider, 4-4, 2B, RBI, BB, 5 TB
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