Outscored 22 to 15 and out hit 39 to 27, only one Jays farm team won Friday. Las Vegas didn’t play and Dunedin scrapped their way to a win with some decent 9 strike out pitching. New Hampshire started their disaster early giving up 5 runs in the first inning and then got tagged for three home runs in later innings. They didn’t recover.
New Hampshire 4 Binghampton 11
4744 home town fans, stuck around for the fireworks at North Easter Delta Dental Stadium Friday, they weren’t their because the Fisher Cats dominated Binghampton. It was the other way around. Struggling Starter Deck McGuire (1-5) took the loss, throwing .1 IP and giving up 5 earned runs on 5 hits in the first Inning. New Hampshire put their foot in the bucket and kept it there. Other than McGuire, New Hampshire hurlers gave up three homers but struck out 7, probably the only positive pitching stat of the night. Ryan Goins suffered a fielding error, his 6th miscue of the 2012 campaign.
Hot hitting Goins, however, redeemed himself by boosting his average to .238, going 4 for 5 with a double and an RBI. Mike McDade and Brad McElroy had two hit nights with Mike McDade adding a round tripper in the 8th, his 4th of the year. A.J. Jimenez and McElroy added a double summing up the Fisher Cats’ extra base hits for the night. Jonathan Diaz and Mark Solelewski added singles.
D-Jays were the bright spot on the scoreboard for the Jays farm system Friday night, roughing up the Miracle from Ft. Myers 8 to 5 behind the winning pitching of Egan Smith (5-2) and some impressive relief from Scott Gracy (5 Strikeouts in 2.1 IP) and Danny Barnes who came on for his 12th save. In the field, Ryan Schimpf had a fielding miscue at 2nd.
Dunedin parlayed 9 hits into 8 runs with only 3 extra base hits, a 2 run triple from young Jake Marinick and doubles form Schimpf and Oliver Dominguez who also batted in 3. John Talley and Kevin Ahrens turned in two hit evenings and Marcus Knecht and Sean Ochinko added singles while Michael Crouse booked an RBI.
17 hits allowed by Lugnuts pitchers proved disappointing for the 6,712 home town fans at Cooley Law School field in Lansing. Jessie Hernandez (3-2) suffered his second loss, going 5.1 IP giving up 4 runs on 13 hits and getting 3 Ks. Lugnuts relievers had trouple putting the wheels back on, giving up another couple of runs despite 4 K’s and two hits in the last 3 innings. 2B Jonathan Berti had a throwing error.
Only Berti and Kevin Pilar who had a 3-5 night had RBI’s. Berti’s RBI came on a 2 out solo blast in the 7th inning. Carlos Perez put a double on the board and Shane Opits and Chris Hawkins managed a single each.
Stars
3rd Star Kevin Pillar (3 for 5, RBI)
2nd Star tie Scott Gracy (2.1 IP with 5 Ks) Mike McDade (2 for 4, HR)
1st Star Ryan Goins (4 for 5, 2B, RBI)
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