4 for 4, 87 hits and 63 runs. That’s quite a show for our farm club. Individual performances continue to impress. Hechavarria, on a blistering 9 game hitting terror with AAA Las Vegas, went 2 for 5 with an RBI and now bats .513 with an OPS of 1.214. Nicholas Baligod slugged a walk-off slam for Vancouver. And the pride of North York and St. Michaels Col. School his his second slam in as many nights for Lansing.
Despite a valiant effort in the bottom of the 9th by the 51s, starter Chad Gaudin (1-10) took the loss giving up 6 ER on 9 hits in 5.2 IP. Reliever Mike MacDonald didn’t help his cause with a throwing error in the eighth.
In addition to Adeiny Hechavarria’s RBI, Darin Mastriani picked up 2 RBIs with ground outs in the 3rd and 9th innings. David Cooper, Chris Woodward, Ricardo Nanita and Brian Jeroloman posted RBIs as well. Woodward’s RBI came on a solo HR in the 7th inning.
A disastrous 6th inning in which New Britain put up four runs, finished the Fisher Cats, despite 9 hits and a decent start by Willie Callazo with 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R and 4 K’s. Reliever Rey Gonzales (7-2) gave up 4 runs and three hits to suffer the loss. Craig Stansbury had a throwing error, his 4th which cost a run in the 6th inning.
New Hampshire’s runs came on a single by Jonathan Diaz and a 2 run triple by Stansbury in the 2nd. Mark Sobeolewski doubled in Yan Gomes who had reached on a force out in the 6th. Moises Sierra had a good night for average, going 3 for 4.
Harold Mozingo (2-0) took the win for Dunedin with 1.2 IP, 1H, BB, 2Ks and Matt Daly knotched his third save with 1.2 IP and 3 Ks.
Brad McElroy went 2 for 4 and batted in three with a single in the 4th, a ground out and a double in the 9th. Brad Glenn and Brian Van Kirk also added an RBI each. Ivan Contreas had a nice night going 3 for 4 and Ryan Goins went 2 for 5.
In one of Saturday’s three extra inning contests, the Luggies lost a tough one with Dayton putting up 3 unanswered runs, 2 in the 9th and 1 in the 10th. Starter Marcus Walden had a decent run with 5.0 IP giving up 2 earned runs and striking out 4. Brandan Berl (3-5) got the loss with 1.1 IP, giving up the winning run on 3 hits.
Marcus Knecht, soon to become North York’s best known 20 something, hit his second slam in as many nights, accounting for all of Lansing’s 4 runs in the 7th inning. Lansing’s long ball didn’t stop there. Marcus Brisker send a 3 run shot to the yard in the 4th and Oliver Dominguez did a solo round trip in the 6th. Eli Boike added an RBI single in the 3rd.
Another extra inning contest saw the good guys come out on top with a walk off in Vancouver. Closer Phillip Brua (6-1) took the win with 2.1 IP. A pair of errors marred the Canadians effort in the field one from Sean Opitz, his 13th, one from Alex Pepe on a pick off attempt, and a bad throw from Andrew Burns, his 6th.
The top three run producers for the Canadians put up 10 runs. The walk off came when Nicholas Baligod slugged a slam in the bottom of the tenth. Other round trippers included Kevin Patterson, his fourth, a two run shot in the 1st inning and a 2 run shot from Garret Maines, his fourth as well. Jonathan Jones went 4 for 4 with a BB and hit in a pair and Maines added another RBI on a double. Stephen McQuail went 3 for 4 with a 2B and scored a pair.
Bluefield dominated with 15 total hits and a nice outing by starter and winner Mitchell Taylor (4-1) who went 5 IP with 4 runs on 6 hits and 4 Ks. Relievers Andrew Sikula and Milciades Santana put in a couple of innings each and struck out 5 and 3 respectively.
RBIs in the Blue Jays effort came from Andy Fermin (4), Kevin Pillar (2) on a Triple, and Aaron Munoz who batted in a pair. Pillar went 4 for 5 on the evening, Munoz went 2 for 4 as did Christopher Hawkins. Gustavo Pierre went 1 for 2 and Javan Williams put up a 1 for 2 as well.
Despite being out hit 10 to 5, the GCL Blue Jays, the GCL club sent no less than 6 pitchers to the mound and took a close one over the Yankees. Starter and winning pitcher Griffin Murphy went 5.0IP 5 H 0 R and 4 Ks. Alex Ramierez got the save in .2 IP in the 9th, stopping the Yankees scoring frenzy at 4, preserving the Blue Jays lead.
Yudelmus Hernandez and Nico Taylor batted in a pair each and each went long. Eric Arce added a round tripper as well.
In the longest contest of the day, the Angles outlasted the Blue Jays through 13 innings in a game that lasted 3 hours and 45 minutes. 7 Blue Jay hurlers got the call, but Gilberto Vielma (1-8) got the loss with 2.0 IP, 4 BB 4 R and 2 Ks.
Run producers included Franklin Moreno (3 for 4) who brought in 2 and Tonguar Perez and Gabriel Quintana who each brought in one.
Three Stars-
Third Star: Brad McElroy 2 for 4, 3RBIs
Second Star: Nicholas Baligod 1 for 4, Walk Off Slam in the 10th
First Star: Marcus Knecht 1 for 5, Hit Second Slam in as Many Nights
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