Indianapolis 10 Buffalo 4
Indianapolis, IN — Moises Sierra gave the Herd a brief 1-0 lead with a solo homer in inning number one. Jim Negrych singled home a run in the third. Then, Josh Thole and Andy LaRoche hit back-to-back jacks in the fifth off Pirates prospect Gerrit Cole. No Bison had more than one hit and only Mauro Gomez reached base twice with a double and a walk. Mike McCoy had a pinch single for LaRoche. Ryan Goins was the only Bison not to get on base.
Miguel Batista (1-2) only lasted three innings and was whacked for eight runs on 10 hits and two walks with just one strikeout. Bobby Korecky permitted two Batista runners to cross home plate and gave up two more over three frames. His K-BB total was three apiece. Michael Schwimer pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings in spite of a hit and two walks. Clint Everts stranded a runner by retiring the only hitter he faced.
New Hampshire 3 Portland 0
Manchester, NH — Hey, a Toronto-affiliate squad can hold a 3-0 lead over a Boston team! Brian Van Kirk and Brad Glenn had RBI singles in the third inning. Kevin Pillar cashed in another run with a single in the sixth. Pillar had three hits while Glenn and Kevin Nolan had two each.Marcus Walden (2-4) was outstanding over 7 2/3 innings, permitting just four Sea Dogs to reach base on two hits and two runs. He mowed down 17 of 18 hitters during one stretch, racking up six K's with an incredible 13-1 groundout/flyout ratio. John Stilson was just as stingy in the contact department. He allowed a single but stranded two Walden runners and punched out four batters over 1 1/3 innings for his first save.
Dunedin 9 Fort Myers 3
Fort Myers, FL — Scott Copeland (3-1) overcame a pair of unearned runs in the first inning on an Andy Burns error at third to go six strong frames and allowing just three Twins to reach safely on two hits and a walk. He struck out three and rung up 12 outs on the ground. Dustin McGowan gave up a hit in his one inning of work but all three outs were strikeouts. Ajay Meyer surrendered a run on two hits over two-third of an inning. Lefty Efrain Nieves gave up a hit and a walk before getting one out. Blake McFarland walked one in a shutout ninth.A wild pitch in the sixth inning finally got Dunedin on the board and they added two more on a Burns RBI groundout and a K.C. Hobson single. Dunedin added four more in the seventh, highlighted by a Jon Talley two-run double and a Derrick Chung base rap. Hobson and Nick Baligod delivered more insurance in the ninth with RBI singles. Chung was on base four times with three hits and a walk. Hobson, Newman and Shane Opitz each had a pair of hits.
Lansing 7 Lake County 4
Eastlake, OH — The Lugnuts grabbed an early lead against the Indians affiliate with two runs in the first inning, courtesy of a Carlos Ramirez groundout and a Balbino Fuenmayor sacrifice fly. Emilio Guerrero plated a run with a single in the fourth. Fuenmayor tied the game for Lansing with an RBI single in the fifth inning. Aaron Munoz followed up with a two-run single to put Lansing ahead for good and Guerrero singled home another to cap off the frame. The multi-hit efforts were turned in by Guerrero with three; Munoz and Dalton Pompey had two. Pompey also swiped two bases. Dwight Smith Jr. was 1-for-5 with a stolen base.Javier Avendano (3-2) got the win despite a WHIP of 2.00 over five innings. He gave up four runs on eight hits and two walks but struck out five and collected six groundouts. Tucker Donahue scattered two hits and a walk while striking out one in 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Wil Browning struck out three of the four hitters he faced in a perfect 1 1/3 innings, dropping his ERA to 42 cents. Arik Sikula worked a clean ninth for his second save.
Boxscores
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. John Stilson, New Hampshire
2. Derrick Chung, Dunedin
1. Marcus Walden, New Hampshire
Louisville, KY — A Moises Sierra single scored the first run of the game for the Bisons in the first inning. Josh Thole singled home the second Buffalo run in the fourth. The Herd needed a three-run homer by Mauro Gomez in the eighth inning to overcome a 4-2 deficit. Gomez collected three hits and Sierra had two. Anthony Gose had a double and a walk but struck out three times. Jim Negrych ruined his chance for a call-up by going 0-for-4.