Eight games played on the farm, the good guys won half of them, and an dd thing happened in Lansing.
Las Vegas 6, Omaha 7
Jesse Chavez got the start, and recaptured some of his early season PCL magic, throwing 6 innings and allowing 2 earned runs. The game went to extras as newcomer David Carpenter allowed 4 runs, 3 of them earned, in the top of the ninth which allowed Omaha to tie the game they would eventually win in the 11th.
Offensively, a line-up of journeymen and non-prospects put up 17 hits, including 4 from Chris Woodward and Luke Hughes falling a home run short of the cycle.
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New Hampshire 5, Binghamton 2
Another non-prospect, Fernando Hernandez, did good work on the mound here as the F-Cats got 6 innings and only one unearned run from Fernando Hernandez. The relief pitching was more effective here, however, as Sam Dyson and two others kept the Mets to only one more run. Dyson picked up his seventh save and has kept the opposition from posting an earned run in 21 of his 26 AA appearances.
Offensively, Marisnick and Goins had 2 hits each but John Tolisano's 3 run homer made the difference in the game.
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Dunedin 4, Brevard County 2
Recent acquisition Scott Copeland continues to do respectable work for Dunedin, on Thursday he pitched 5 innings and allowed 2 runs, walking 3 and striking out 7. He's having much better results than he did in the Carolina League.
Kevin Pillar had 2 hits, Peirce Rankin hit a two run homer for the margin of victory.
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Lansing 0, Ft. Wayne 2
Paging Lugnuts Fan: why exactly did Champlin pitch the first three innings and Syndergaard the last three? Big wigs coming to watch and were running late or something? In any case, both men threw nearly identical games, posting three shutout innings apeice with one walk and 3 K's each. Syndergaard, however, allowed no hits either. In between them, Brandon Berl gave up the only two runs of the game in his lone inning of work.
Offensively it was quiet, although it's worth taking a moment to note the long awaited (seeming) emergence of Gus Pierre's bat. He was 1 for 3 with a double in this game (the teams only XBH) and he's now sporting an .880 OPS in August after a respectable .769 in July. If he can maintain this progress he can definately put himself back on the prospect map as he's still only 20 years old.
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Vancouver 5, Everett 0
Determined not to be overshadowed, Javiar Avendano keeps rolling along. Over his last 8 starts his ERA or 0.95 and he's given up 25 hits and 10 walks in 38 innings while striking out 40.On this night he breezed through 6 shutout innings.
Kelin Sweeney keeps slowly dragging himself off the mat - he was 2 for 3 on this night - and now has a .798 OPS in August. Matt Newman was also 2 for 4
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Bluefield 6, Elizabethton 4
Other than Syndergaard (and one might argue Avendano) it was a night for non-prospect starters (I know Noah didn't start but you get the idea). In this game Tucker Jensen surrendered 3 runs, but only 1 of them earned in 4.2 innings of work.
No Bluefield hitter had more than a single single in this game, but both Emilio Gurrero and Eric Arce had 2 RBI.
Bluefield 3, Elizabethton 7
The Twins managed the split by beating up on starter Devy Estrada to the tune of 6 runs, 5 earned, in 4.1 innings.
Ironicly, the hitters had more to brag about in this games, in terms of individual accomplishments, as DJ Thon went 2 for 2 with a double and Arce and Santiago Nessy homered. But it's runs that win the game and they came up short in that tally.
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GCL Blue Jays 11, Pirates 12
Shane Dawson, who'd been tandeming most often with Yefry Del Rosario was split off for his own start in this game and he was just "meh" - he allowed 3 earned runs in 4 IP but lest with a 7-3 lead. That feel apart in an ugly 8th which included a HBP and an error which all combined to see five opposition runs scored (4 of them unearned) and the lead slip away.
It was a rare good night for the Baby Jays offense, but the biggest contributor was re-habbing Gabe Jacobo who went 3-5 with 2 doubles and 4 RBI.
Third Star - Gabe Jacobo
Second Star - Fernando Hernandez
First Star - Javiar Avendano
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