All of the affiliates hit well on Friday. It looked like it was going to be a four win night until the Lansing bullpen blew up good. Josh Thole and Andy LaRoche helped the Bisons to an extra inning win. Ryan Schimpf led New Hampshire to a come from behind win. Dunedin had lots of hitting including Derrick Chung. Dwight Smith had three hits for the Lugnuts.
Louisville 3 Buffalo 4 - 11 innings
The Bisons knock out 15 hits but it took an Andy LaRoche double in the eleventh to get the win. Josh Thole singled in front of the LaRoche double, Thole was 3-4 on the night with two walks and a home run. LaRoche and Luis Jimenez had three hits each. Anthony Gose, Jim Negrych and Moises Sierra had one hit each.
The starter was Edgar Gonzalez who went five innings. Four relievers backed him up. Louisville's top prospect was speedster Billy Hamilton was 0-5 and now has batting average under .200.
Reading 5 New Hampshire 8
New Hampshire trailed 4-0 and 5-2 before staging a big comeback. Brad Glenn hit a two run home run in the fourth. Ryan Schimpf had an RBI triple as part of a two run sixth. The big blow was four runs in the seventh, Schimpf got it going with an RBI double but four consecutive walks put an end to the fightin' Phils.
Ricardo Nanita, Schimpf and Adam Loewen had two hits each. Tyson Brummett started but only went three innings, Chorye Spoone went four strong innings for the win.
Brevard County 4 Dunedin 11
Sixteen hits for the Jays. Derrick Chung was 3-5, Peter Mooney, AJ Jimenez, KC Hobson, Matt Newman and Nick Baligod had two hits each. Marcus Knecht had a home run.
Scott Copeland pitched six innings for the win.
Wisconsin 10 Lansing 8 - 10 innings
Lansing were victimized by a bullpen meltdown. They led 8-2 in the eighth but Wisconsin scored one in the eighth, five in the ninth and two in the tenth. Tucker Donahue and Chuck Ghysels were the fire starters. They ruined a good start from Javier Avendano who gave up two runs in five innings.
Dwight Smith Jr. continued his hot hitting going 3-5. Carlos Ramirez and Gustavo Pierre had two hits each.
Three Stars
#3 - Derrick Chung
#2 - Ryan Schimpf
#1 - Josh Thole
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