In Lansing, one of the team’s mostly high-touted pair of tandem starters had their first poor outing of the season. Meanwhile, Las Vegas exploded for a dozen runs in Reno behind a solid start. The Fisher Cats had a quiet day at the plate and there was an unexpected source of heroics for Dunedin.
Las Vegas 12 @ Reno 4 – Boxscore
Las Vegas had a nice night at the plate with 15 hits and 12 runs. Adeiny Hechavarria was 1-for-5 with a double, a walk, a run and an RBI. Anthony Gose had a single in two at-bats, but added three walks, a sac fly and 3 RBI. Like Hechavarraia, Travis d’Arnaud was 1-for-5 with a double, a walk and a run. Moises Sierra was 3-for-5 with a walk, an RBI and two runs. Ricardo Nanita had a double in six at-bats, but added 3 RBI.
Yan Gomes was 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored. The only homer for the 51’s was hit by Danny Perales, who went 4-for-6 with 4 RBI and two runs. Kevin Howard had a single and a walk in six plate appearances and Mike McCoy was 1-for-2 with two walks.
Jesse Chavez started for Las Vegas and what he lacked in being able to get deep into the game, he made up for with the quality of his performance. He threw 88 pitches for 5.1 innings pitched. Chavez allowed three hits, two walks and an earned run. He struck out six to improve to 4-1 and lower his ERA to 2.38. Robert Coello allowed three earned runs on three hits and two walks over 0.2 innings. Ryota Igarashi and Chad Beck continued to provide strong relief, combining 3 innings of one-hit relief. Beck did allow three walks and Igarashi struck out three.
Reading 4 @ New Hampshire 2 – Boxscore
Ryan Tepera started for the Fisher Cats. It didn’t seem like he had his best stuff, as he surrendered four hits, three walks and two walks over 3 innings. Tepera was able to induce 5 ground ball outs, but didn’t strike out a batter. Matt Wright took the loss on an unearned run, which came around to count on an error by John Tolisano. Fernando Hernandez had 2 innings of one-hit relief. Aaron Loup got his batter and then Danny Farquhar surrendered a run on three hits over 1.2 innings.
It was an unremarkable day at the plate for the Fisher Cats. The team only had two extra-base hits and no batter had more than one base rap. Justin Jackson had the key hit for New Hampshire, with a triple and he racked up 2 RBI. He cashed Brad Glenn and Tolisano, who were each 1-for-3 with a walk. AJ Jimenez had a double in four at-bats. Ryan Goins and Mike McDade each added singles. Brad McElroy was 0-for-3 with three K’s, but he threw out a runner at home plate.
Lakeland 4 @ Dunedin 6 – Boxscore
Dunedin scored two in the bottom of the ninth to pull out a walk-off victory against the Flying Tigers. The big hit came courtesy of Dunedin’s biggest star of the day, Ryan Schimpf, who had a fine game at the bottom of the batting order. John Stilson started for the D-Jays and gave up one run over 3 innings. He turned then ball over to Trystan Magnuson, who did fine in his first out of the year with 2 scoreless innings. Dustin Antolin got through his first frame fine, but ran into trouble in the second and allowed three runs on four hits and two walks. Lakeland was suddenly up 4-2 and things were looking dicey. Egan Smith and Danny Barnes prevented Lakeland from scoring again, but the team still needed offence.
Dunedin scored their first run in the 3rd inning when Kevin Nolan singled home Schimpf and their second in the following inning when a sac fly by Marcus Knecht scored Kevin Ahrens. However, immediately after Lakeland scored three runs off Antolin, Schimpf leveled the game with a two-run homer that scored Oliver Dominguez. In the bottom of the ninth, after Knecht struck out, Kenen Bailli walked. The D-Jays immediately set about finding a way to push the winning run across, as Michael Crouse came in to pinch-run and immediately stole second. It was all for nought, however, as Schimpf took care of everything with his bat, launching his second two-run homer of the game and giving the D-Jays a walk-off win.
In other notes, Jake Marisnick was 1-for-3 with a walk and Jonathan Jones was 1-for-4 with an outfield assist at home.
Lansing 1 @ Great Lakes 7 – Boxscore
Like in the Eastern League, there wasn’t much to write home about at the plate in this game for Toronto’s affiliate. The Lugnuts had five hits and scored their only run on a homer by Kenny Wilson in the top of the 9th inning. No Lugnut had more than one hit, with Chris Hawkins and Kellen Sweeney notching singles. Andy Burns and Kevin Pillar had doubles. KC Hobson and Carlos Perez were among the Lansing batters held hitless.
The famed two-headed monster composed of Anthony DeSclafani and Noah Syndergaard monster finally demonstrated its vulnerability last night. DeSclafani allowed four runs, three earned, over 4 innings. DeSclafani allowed seven hits and a walk and struck out one batter. Syndergaard followed him and pitched 3 innings, allowing five hits. Syndergaard struck out five and only walked one. He allowed three runs, but all were unearned as, with two out, Pillar dropped a foul pop fly and Syndergaard was unable to escape the inning, walking the next batter and then allowing three consecutive hits.
Three Stars:
3rd Star – Jesse Chavez, 5.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
2nd Star – Danny Perales, 4-for-6, 2 R, HR 4 RBI, 7 TB
1st Star – Ryan Schimpf, 3-for-4, 3 R, 2 HR 4 RBI, 9 TB
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