Lansing and Dunedin, with .707 and .659 winning percentages stayed their courses, each bringing home the bacon. Las Vegas (20-21) and New Hampshire (16-23) continued their struggles, each with sub .500 records on the year.
An impressive attendance of 9,094 at Cashman Field didn’t help the 51s against the 15 hit attack from Memphis Friday night. Losing pitcher Robert Coello (2-1) gave up 5 earned runs on 7 hits (two HRs) in just 4.0 innings pitched. Starter Tim Redding gave up a round tripper as well among 6 hits he surrendered in 3.0 IP. Rubin Gotay committed his 3rd error of the year in the 4th inning where Memphis put up 4 runs.
Las Vegas did muster 9 hits on the evening, including a pair of solo HRs from Travis d’Arnaud (6). Adeiny Hechavarria (4) and David Cooper (5) chipped in solo Hrs as well. The other RBIs on the evening came from the same group, each batting in two. Anthony Gose had a multi-hit game, going 2 for 5 with a double and a triple. The 51s went 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position.
A hometown crowd of 6, 017 looked on as the Fisher Cats went even farther under .500 to 16 wins and 23 losses when starter and losing pitcher Yohan Pino (3-1) took his first setback of the year. Pino went 5 innings and gave up 6 earned runs on seven hits, including a pair of home runs. Jonathan Diaz had a fielding error.
Relievers Matt Daly and Matt Wright shut down the Thunder with only two hits in their combined 4 innings of work. Despite the relief effort, New Hampshire bats could only bring in a single run in the game when Brian Van Kirk (2) hit a blast to left field. Justin Jackson (2 for 3) had the only multi-hit game for the Fisher Cats while Mike McDade (1 for 4) had a double. Diaz (1 for 3) had the only other hit.
The D-Jays traveled an hour south to Bradenton and improved their record to 27 wins and just 14 losses. Starter John Stilson went 5.0 IP, gave up 3 earned runs on 4 hits and struck out 3. Winning Pitcher Shawn Griffith (4-1) only pitched a pair of innings, but struck out 3. Dunedin had a pair of miscues in the field, a fielding error from Ryan Schimpf and throwing error from Kevin Ahrends.
Dunedin put up ten hits, including a combined 5 run serge in the 8th and 9th for the come from behind win. John Talley went 3 for 5 with 3 RBIs and a solo homer in the 9th inning. Gabe Jacobo (1 for 5) and Jack Murphy (2 for 3) each batted in a pair.
Lansing put on the dog for 8,212 partisans at Cooley Law School Field Friday, extending their impressive record to 29 wins and just 12 losses. Reliever Eric Brown (1-0) took the win, his first of the year, with 3.0 IP and 5 strike outs. Reliever Javier Avendano earned his 6th hold of the year striking out 3 in 2.0 IP. The Luggies had a pair of errors, a fielding boot from Andrew Burns his 8th, and a throwing error from Brown.
Lansing put their 9 runs up with only one extra base hit, a double by Markus Brisker (1 for 5). Everyone else in the Luggies line-up had hits with a pair of Kevins --Kevin Pillar (2 for 5) and Kevin Patterson (2 for 5) putting up a pair of hits each.
Stars
3rd Star(s) Tie – Lansing (29-12), Dunedin (27-14)
2nd Star John Talley, 3 for 5, HR, 3RBIs
1st Star Travis d'Arnaud, 3 for 3, 2HR, 2RBIs
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