Dustin McGowan pitched well in AA and Henderson Alvarez seemed pretty good in the ole MLB, but that doesn't count for these purposes anymore. Elsewhere, some hitting, some pitching, some wins, some losses.
New Orleans 7 at Las Vegas 8
This was a see-saw affair, as Las Vegas led 2-0 before falling behind 4-2, retaking a 6-4 lead which became a 6-5 lead, then held on to squeak out a 8-7 win.Las Vegas managed only 8 hits, with Jason Lane and Jayson Nix picking up 2 apiece. However the club walked 10 times, with Travis Snider reaching 3 times via the free pass and one time via a single in his five place appearances, also stealing a bag. To paraphrase a BA chat, who knows at this point. Snider has clearly shown he can destroy, albeit mostly with walks and singles, AAA pitching. Meanwhile David Cooper walked and singles in 5 at bats, while Mike McCoy walked twice and singles. Robert Ray started for Las Vegas and took all of the damage, allowing all 7 runs in 7.2 innings. He did give up 11 hits, but walked only 1 while striking out 6.
Erie 0 at New Hampshire 8
One of, if not the best Jays story of the year continued apace, as run-DMG, i.e. Dustin McGowan, went 4 innings and allowed only 3 baserunners, on a hit and 2 walks. He struck out 4 and obviously allowed 0 runs. He was under his allotted pitch count by some 20 pitches (low 40s vs. 65,) but did hit his innings cap. Apparently he has another 4 inning start before a 5 inning start is in the cards, and he could legitimately be up with the big club in September after not pitching in the Majors since 2008. Pretty $**@# inspiring. In related news, Rey Gonzalez continued a good but hardly superlative AA season by allowing 2 hits and striking out 1 in 3 innings to secure the W. Adeiny took an 0fer, but Moises Sierra went 3/5 with a home run, and Travis d'Arnaud, John Tolisano, Yan Gomes, Mark Sobolewski and Jonathan Diaz all had 2 hits, while Anthony Gose whiffed three times but hit his 12th dinger.
Brevard County 9 at Dunedin 2
Move along folks, nothing to see here. Brad McElroy went 4/4 with 4 singles and Sean Ochinko doubled and walked. That's about it. Ryan Tepera gave up 6 runs in 5 innings and Justin Phillabaum gave up the other 3 in 2.
Lansing 4 at South Bend 5
The Lugz tough streak continued as they scored in the 9th to tie the game before promptly surrendering the winning run in the bottom half of the inning. Pinch hitter Luis Hertado had 2 hits, while Oli Dominguez doubled and walked twice. That's about it. Sean Nolin allowed 4 earned runs on 7 hits with 2 and 2.
Vancouver 5 at Yakima 11
Zach Breault allowed 5 runs in 5.1 innings, Philip Brua 4 in 2.1 and Bryan Longpre 2 in 0.1. Needless to say, Vancouver did not win. Still, Roan Salas was 3/4 with a double, while Nicholas Baligod walked twice and singled twice.
Princeton 2 at Bluefield 4
Deivy Estrada pitched a fine 5 innings, allowing only 4 hits while striking out 6. Dalton Pompey added 3 hits, including 2 doubles, while Kevin Pillar singled twice and drove in 2 runs.
GCL Tigers at GCL Jays - Postponed
DSL Tigers 1 at DSL Jays 10
Yeyfry Del Rosario allowed 1 hit in 5 innings, striking out 6. Huzzah! Meanwhile the DSL Jays scored 10 runs on 5 hits, though they did walk 11 times.
DSL Tigers 7 at DSL Jays 2
This DSL game was not nearly as interesting.
3 Stars!
Third Star! Deivy Estrada - 5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 6 K.
Second Star! Moises Sierra - 3/5, HR, 2 R, RBI
First Star! Brad McElroy - 4/4, R
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