Buffalo, NY - This game was washed out and will be played today instead.
New Hampshire 3 New Britain 2
Manchester, NH - Deck McGuire (2-1) bounced back from his worst outing of the season with a solid six-inning performance against the Twins affiliate. He surrendered two runs, including a solo home run in the second inning, but permitted just five baserunners on four hits and a hit by pitch. McGuire struck out three, walked nobody and eight of his 11 outs in play were of the groundball variety. He threw 85 pitches, 52 for strikes for a 61 percent total. Southpaw Tyler Ybarra survived a single, a walk and a wild pitch in the seventh before pitching a clean eighth. He wound up striking out a pair. Gregory Infante had one strikeout in the ninth for the save.The hero of the game offensively was Ryan Schimpf, who belted a two-run homer in the sixth to turn a potential loss for McGuire into a victory instead. Schimpf was 2-for-2 with a double and a sacrifice bunt. The Fisher Cats tied the game at 1-1 on a Kevin Nolan RBI groundout in the fourth. Brad Glenn had a hit and a hit by pitch. Kenny Wilson, Andy Burns and Mike Crouse had the other base hits.
Dunedin 1 Daytona 0
Dunedin, FL - The only run of the game came in the fourth when Marcus Knecht took one for the team, went to second on a wild pitch and rambled the next 180 feet home on a Matt Newman single. Newman and Gustavo Pierre had two-thirds of the Dunedin total and they also worked their way on base via the walk. Emilio Guerrero had the other base rap. Dwight Smith Jr. went 0-for-4 to see his batting average fall to .349.Lefty Matt Boyd (3-0) struck out seven over five shutout innings, scattering five hits and a walk against the Cubs. Four of his seven outs in play were on the ground. Fellow lefthander Efrain Nieves survived a hit, a walk and a plunk to pitch three scoreless frames, striking out a pair. Arik Sikula had an interesting ninth. He walked a pair but wound up striking out the side to collect his fourth save.
Lansing @ Wisconsin
Grand Chute, WI - This game was postponed due to snow. This one will be made up Wednesday as part of a doubleheader.
Boxscores here
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Deck McGuire, New Hampshire - Has only walked two batters in 16 innings and improved his ERA to 2.81.
2. Matt Boyd, Dunedin - Has spun 17 scoreless innings with a 16-2 K-BB ratio and just 13 hits allowed.
1. Ryan Schimpf, New Hampshire - Has gone 7-for-13 since turning 26 April 11th and has a 1.333 OPS in 29 at-bats.
Tuesday's Schedule & Probable Starters...
Lansing @ Wisconsin, 1:05 pm ET - RHP Alberto Tirado (0-0, 5.40).
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre @ Buffalo, 5:05 pm ET (DH) - RHP Marcus Stroman (0-1, 1.80)/LHP Ricky Romero (0-0, 6.75).
New Britain @ New Hampshire - 5:35 pm ET - RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx (0-1, 4.15).
Daytona @ Dunedin, 6:30 pm ET - RHP Taylor Cole (1-0, 2.31).
Extra Innings...