Rain interfered with the schedule on Friday. The Bisons were rained out while the Lugnuts game was suspended in the 12th inning. New Hampshire had 18 hits and lost. Dunedin played the best game and continued their winning ways. Kenny Wilson, John Tolisano and Kevin Pillar continued their hit hitting for New Hampshire. Andy Burns did the same for Dunedin while Efrain Nieves locked things down on the mound.
Scranton WB at Buffalo - doubleheader postponed
The Bisons are now scheduled to play doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday.
New Hampshire 7 Binghamton 15
New Hampshire out hit the Mets 18-13 and had more extra base hits. The problem was that the Mets bunched 7 hits in one inning where they scored 11 runs. Tyson Brummett got pounded in the fourth, Clint Everts threw some more fuel on that fire.
With 18 hits there was a lot of hitting to go around but the usual suspects led the way. Kenny Wilson had 4 hits, John Tolisano 3, Pillar, Schimpf, Robinson, Nanita and Ochinko had two each. Pillar has only struck out three times in 40 at-bats.
Lakeland 1 Dunedin 8
The Jays scored a pair of runs in four separate innings. In three of the four innings an extra base hit was key to the scoring. In the second it was a Kevin Patterson double. In the third it was doubles by Gabe Jacobo and Matt Newman. In the eighth it was a triple from Andy Burns. Burns was 3-4 with a double and a triple. Burns is hitting .344 and hitting third in the order. Burns looked good in Lansing last season before he was hurt and missed the second half. The move to third base moves the bar for acceptable major league offense to a high level but he bears watching. Jacobo had four RBI's. Matt Newman started the season as the fourth outfielder but he was called to play when Michael Crouse went on the DL. Newman is hitting .538 in five games and 4 of his 7 hits were doubles.
Efrain Nieves started and gave up one run in six innings.
South Bend 4 Lansing 4 - game suspended in 12th inning
This game should have ended in 9 innings but Chuck Ghysels, the closer, gave up two runs to eradicate a 4-2 lead. Alonzo Gonzalez had been in line for the win, he pitched five innings and gave up two runs on five hits.
The Lugnuts scored three in the third keyed by triples from Carlos Ramirez and Gustavo Pierre. Dalton Pompey scored the 4th run on a pickoff play at second base, the ball got away and he scored all the way from second. Pompey was the only hitter with two hits. This game will be continued on Saturday before the scheduled game.
Three Stars
#3 - Dalton Pompey
#2 - Efrain Nieves
#1 - Andy Burns
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