Another sweep for the affiliates who have all been playing better recently. Dwight Smith drove in the tying run and scored the winning run in a tight 2-1 win over the Phillies. Taylor Cole was again excellent. The Lugnuts trailed 4-1 headed to the bottom of the ninth and pulled out the win. Sean Nolin was strong and Darin Mastroianni supported him with a couple of doubles in the Bisons win. Mike McDade homered in his first at-bat of the year, Michael Crouse had three hits and Scott Copeland pitched seven shutout innings for the Fisher Cats. Some of the pitchers had a touch of Morrow-itis. Nolin walked four and Jairo Labourt allowed eleven base runners in four innings.
Louisville 2 Buffalo 6
Sean Nolin had a bit of Morrow in him, he walked four in 6.1 innings. The Bats only had one hit and Nolin protected his shutout. Nolin's ERA is now 1.96. Austin Bibens-Dirkx gave up the two runs.
The Bisons scored four runs in the fourth, three doubles were the big blows. They came from Darin Mastroianni, Dan Johnson and Kevin Pillar. Mastroianni doubled and scored again in the fifth and Eric Kratz homered in the sixth. Mastro and Jared Goedert had two hits each.
Reading 0 New Hampshire 5
Scott Copeland had his best AA start, seven shutout innings with just four hits allowed.The Fisher Cats got off to a fast start with a three spot in the first. Fresh off his Friday heroics Jon Berti singled to lead off. Andy Burns drove him in with a single and then Mike McDade, in his first game of the year, homered in his first at-bat. Michael Crouse led all hitters with three hits and two runs scored. Crouse doubled twice to lead off innings. Jonathon Jones drove him in twice, one on a squeeze play.
Dunedin 2 Clearwater 1
The Phillies scored first off Taylor Cole but he was able to limit the damage to one run. Cole pitched six innings, gave up five hits and K'd 8 Phillies. Three relievers were perfect over the last three innings, and that gave the hitters a chance to come back.
The come back started in the fifth, Dwight Smith singled to drive in Michael Reeves. Smith then doubled to lead off the eighth and Dalton Pompey drove him in. Smith and Reeves had two hits each.
Bowling Green 4 Lansing 5
The Lugnuts were down 4-1 headed to the bottom of the ninth. Ian Parmley worked the dreaded lead-off walk and Dickie Thon followed with a single. Jason Leblebijian drove in both to make it a one run game. Matt Dean walked, Dawel Lugo singled in the tying run and Derrick Loveless singled in the winner. Lansing had only six hits, four of them in the last inning.
The Lugnuts pitchers dodged trouble all day, the Hot Rods left 14 men on base. Jairo Labourt pitched four shutout innings to start but he had 11 baserunners in 4 innings. Alberto Tirado had four hits against and four walks but only gave up two runs in his four innings.
3 Stars
3rd star: (tie) Sean Nolin, Scott Copeland and Taylor Cole
2nd star: Michael Crouse
1st star: Dwight Smith
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