Buffalo, NY — Dave Bush (4-4) was not wack (as the cool kids say!) but was whacked for two home runs by the White Sox affiliate. He got through six innings and was one run shy of a quality start after four runs on six hits and a walk. He struck out seven and five of his eight outs in play were on the green. Lefty Buddy Carlyle served up a gopher ball among his two hits. He struck out three and did not walk anyone. Mickey Storey celebrated his return to the Herd with two K's in his one inning of work.
Ryan Goins drove in the only Buffalo run with a single in the fourth inning. Mauro Gomez was the only Bison to get aboard two times with two singles. Eugenio Velez singled and stole a base. Moises Sierra had the lone extra-base hit with a double. Jim Negrych was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. Though he is only batting .386, this performance clearly justifies the Jays not calling him up.
New Hampshire 7 Portland 3
Portland, ME — Ryan Schimpf belted his 10th homer of the season to lift the Fisher Cats to a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning against the Red Sox farm club. Brad Glenn drove in the next two New Hampshire runs with a groundout in the third and a double in the fifth. Schimpf put the game away with a three-run bomb in the ninth. Schimpf also added a walk to his two homers. Ricardo Nanita also reached base thrice with a single and two walks. Glenn and Clint Robinson doubled and walked. Adam Loewen singled and walked. Kevin Pillar was 0-for-5 with two whiffs.Marcus Walden (3-4) met the quality start guidelines to a tee by giving up three runs (two earned) over six frames. He served up a homer among his eight hits and issued two walks. He struck out two but rung up nine outs on the grass. Lefthander Evan Crawford pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings but left two hits and a walk for Joel Carreno to deal with. All he did was strike out all five hitters he faced for his fifth save.
Dunedin 4 St. Lucie 3
Dunedin, FL — The D-Jays walked one off against the Mets thanks to an Andy Burns RBI single. Burns drove in another run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning. Pierce Rankin poked home the first Dunedin run with a single. Michael Crouse doubled home a run in the eighth. Rankin and Matt Newman had two hits apiece. K.C. Hobson and Jon Berti both doubled and walked while Peter Mooney singled and heard ball four once. Marcus Knecht was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.The rehabbing Josh Johnson surrendered a run on three hits over three innings. He struck out five, walked nobody and all four outs in play were on the ground. Eric Brown worked the next 2 2/3 innings and kept the Mets off the board despite two hits and a walk. Southpaw Tony Davis stranded a runner for Brown by striking out two over 1 1/3 scoreless frames. Ajay Meyer struck out three batters in his one inning of work but also gave up a run on two hits and a walk for the blown save. Danny Barnes (1-0) also got a BS in the boxscore by giving up a run on a hit and a walk in the ninth.
Lansing 4 Great Lakes 3 (10 Innings)
Lansing, MI — The first run of the game did not come until the fourth inning when Kevin Patterson lifted a deep enough fly ball to score a Christian Lopes triple. Lopes needed no help to score the next run as he socked one over the left field fence for his 3rd homer of the season in the eighth. A Seth Conner fielder's choice in the ninth sent the game into overtime. Carlos Ramirez took one for the team as he was plunked with the bases loaded to win it in the tenth. Lopes finished a double short of the cycle by going 4-for-5. Dwight Smith Jr., Gustavo Pierre and Balbino Fuenmayor all had two base hits apiece. Pierre also stole a base. Kellen Sweeney was 1-for-4. The Lugnuts pulled this one despite going 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position and leaving 10 men on base.Southpaw Alonzo Gonzalez delivered a quality start against the Dodgers affiliate by yielding a pair of runs over 6 1/3 innings. He scattered six hits and a walk. He struck out two but got nine groundballs outs. Lefty Griffin Murphy had to deal with a bases-loaded situation and kept the damage to one run. He pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings and offset the three hits he gave up with two strikeouts. Arik Sikula (3-0) nearly took the loss by giving up a run over two innings thanks to two hits, two walks and a hit by pitch.
Boxscores
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Joel Carreno, New Hampshire — Has a 42-8 K/BB total over 24 1/3 innings and is limiting Eastern League hitters to a .131 batting average.
2. Ryan Schimpf, New Hampshire — His batting line is .219/.360/.521 thanks to 20 of his 32 hits going for extra bases.
1. Christian Lopes, Lansing — Enjoys the nightlife by hitting .360 in night games and has an OPS of .876 over his last 10 games.
Tuesday's Probable Starters...
Dunedin — Jesse Hernandez (2-4, 2.86) vs. St. Lucie, 11:00 am ET.
New Hampshire — Deck McGuire (2-3, 4.60) @ Portland, 6:00 pm ET.
Buffalo — Ricky Romero (0-0, 9.82) vs. Charlotte, 7:05 pm ET.
Lansing — Taylor Cole (2-2, 4.28) vs. Lake County, 7:05 pm ET.