Buffalo, NY - Marcus Stroman (2-2) may have pitched his last game in Western New York. All the Duke Blue Devil alumni did was throw a no-hitter over six frames, walking just one batter and striking out 10. That walk came with two out in the first inning. He finished up by retiring the last 16 hitters he faced, striking out the side swinging in the fifth. Stroman threw 70 percent of his 80 pitches for strikes and only one of his seven outs in play escaped the infield. The Reds affiliate managed their only run in the seventh by stringing together three hits against Austin Bibens-Dirkx. Bobby Korecky and Neil Wagner teamed up to set down the last six hitters in order, resulting in Wagner's third save of the year. Bibens-Dirkx struck out one and Korecky struck out two to give the Bisons staff 13 K's on the night.Buffalo got their bats going in the second inning, grabbing a 2-0 lead on RBI singles by Steve Tolleson and Erik Kratz. A Louisville error produced the Herd's third run before a Matt Tuiasosopo sacrifice fly in the eighth capped off the scoring. Tolleson had the only two-hit game for the Bisons while Dan Johnson reached twice with a single and a walk. Darin Mastroianni and Kevin Pillar had a double apiece. Ryan Goins was 0-for-3 with a walk in his first game back at Triple-A. Anthony Gose was 0-for-4.
Trenton 4 New Hampshire 2
Manchester, NH - A step backward for Deck McGuire (3-2). The Georgia Tech hurler was nicked for single runs in the first, second, fourth and sixth innings by the Yankees affiliate. He pitched 5.1 frames, yielding a homer among his nine hits, walking three and only striking out one. Only three of his 11 outs put into play were on the ground. Southpaw John Anderson stranded a runner for McGuire and struck out four over two scoreless innings. Randy Boone stranded two runners for Anderson in 1.2 shutout frames.
The New Hampshire runs came in the fourth and sixth innings on a Brad Glenn home run and a Mike Crouse RBI single respectively. The Fisher Cats had at least one runner on in the final three innings. Their best opportunity came with runners at second and third with one out in the seventh but Brian Van Kirk was erased at the plate on a Kevin Nolan ground ball to third. Crouse had three hits while Van Kirk and Jon Berti had two. Glenn added a walk with his dinger. Andy Burns had a base on balls.
Dunedin 4 Tampa 1
Tampa, FL - Daniel Norris (3-0) spun five shutout innings of three-hit ball, walking one and striking out five. Justin Jackson surrendered the only run in his 1.2 innings of work and needed the help of lefty Efrain Nieves, who struck out the only batter he faced to strand two runners. Danny Barnes and Arik Sikula retired the final six hitters between them. For Sikula, that was save number nine.Dwight Smith Jr. got the ball rolling for Dunedin with a sacrifice fly in the third inning for the game's first run before tripling home a Dalton Pompey triple in the fifth. K.C. Hobson lifted a sacrifice fly in the seventh for the Jays final run. Gustavo Pierre enjoyed his second straight three-hit night against the Yankees, scoring a couple of runs. Pompey also got on base three times by hearing ball four twice and getting hit by a pitch. Derrick Chung and Jorge Flores had two hits apiece with Chung getting a double.
Lansing 4 Dayton 2 (Suspended by rain - Bottom 4th)
Dayton, OH - This game will resume tomorrow as part of a doubleheader. The Lugnuts put up a four-spot in the second inning against the Reds affiliate. An error led to the first run before Dawel Lugo's two-run double and a Jorge Saez RBI two-bagger. Saez was thrown out at home plate to end the inning. Saez collected two doubles in his two at-bats while Justin Atkinson also had a 2-for-2 night before the rains came. L.B. Dantzler singled and was hit by a pitch. D.J. Davis was 1-for-3.
Chase De Jong pitched the first three innings and gave up two runs in the second. One of them was unearned after a Jason Leblebijian error at second. The lefty yielded three hits and a walk but struck out five. Fellow lefthander Alonzo Gonzalez gave up a double and wild pitched him to third before rain halted play.
Linescores
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Gustavo Pierre, Dunedin - Has four three-hit games in his past 10 contests to lift his batting average to .250.
2. Daniel Norris, Dunedin - An ERA of 75 cents and a 21-5 K-BB mark in 19 innings.
1. Marcus Stroman, Buffalo - A 1.69 earned run average and a 36-7 K-BB total in 26.2 innings.
Wednesday's Schedule & Probable Starters...
Lansing @ Dayton, 5:30 pm ET - Completion of suspended game.
Lansing @ Dayton (Game 2) - RHP Tom Robson (0-3, 9.53).
Trenton @ New Hampshire, 5:35 pm ET - RHP Shawn Hill (0-0, 6.00).
Dunedin @ Tampa, 7:00 pm ET - TBA.
Buffalo - Scheduled day off.