A rehabbing Josh Johnson was touched for six earned runs on eight hits in four and two thirds innings. Not really a surprise given he was poor before he got hurt. Dustin McGowan turned in a solid two innings. Buffalo fell to Crash Davis’ old team. New Hampshire won in Portland as first round flameout Kevin Ahrens went four for four. Starter Marcus Walden went six allowing a single run on four hits. Dunedin joined New Hampshire in the win column beating the Tiger High-A affiliate. Jesse Hernandez was solid in this one, going six innings and allowing just the one run. Lansing lost to the San Diego Padres affiliate. The affiliates were 2-2.
Buffalo 2 Durham 7
Josh Johnson pitched and didn’t pitch well. Dustin McGowan pitched and pitched much better. Outside of a solo homerun to Leslie Anderson, McGowan was very solid. He struck out four in two innings of work, walking one. Johnson, on the other hand, was touched for a run in the first, four runs in the third, and didn’t get out of the fifth, where he allowed another run. He walked three and struck out three. He hardly instills any confidence he’s the guy who is supposed to right the ship here, or is in line for a nine figure contract, does he? The Bisons were relatively quiet at the plate compared to their slugging of previous weeks. Mauro Gomez had two hits, one of which was a homerun. Josh Thole went hitless over four at-bats, as did Jim Negrych over five at-bats, but least he walked. Moises Sierra had a triple and an outfield assist, while Andy LaRoche collected two hits.
New Hampshire 7 Portland 2
The Fisher Cats responded to an opening run by the Red Sox affiliate in the bottom half of the first with five in the second. That proved too much for the home Sea Dogs. Ahrens, as mentioned earlier, had four hits. Kevin Pillar had a double, two walks, and a stolen base. Marcus Walden deserves some praise as well, allowing just the one run on four hits over six innings.
Dunedin 3 Lakeland 1
Dunedin took down the hometown Flying Tigers with a three spot in the seventh. Boy, you cannot make up these team names. Backed by a strong Jesse Hernandez start, the Dunedin Blue Jays stuck around till the seventh when a two out bases clearing, based loaded Matt Newman double put the Jays ahead for good. The Dunedin squad had only three hits in this one, but they put them together in the best sort of way. Andy Burns with an unusual quiet night tonight.
Lansing 4 Fort Wayne 7
Chris Hawkins had three hits, but the Lugnuts lost in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Lugnuts put together eight hits, but zero extra base hits condemned the full season A-ball affiliate. Starter Javier Avendano lasted only three innings, giving up four runs. Christian Lopes scored from first on a Kevin Patterson single.
Three Stars
3. Dustin McGowan
2. Marcus Walden
1. Kevin Ahrens
https://www.battersbox.ca/article.php?story=20130530221359470