The affiliates were 0-3 today, with Buffalo’s game being PPD till Thursday for a double header. Lansing and New Hampshire had strong performances from their starters, while Dunedin’s pitching wasn’t pretty.
Gwinnett – Buffalo (PPD)
Reading 5 – New Hampshire 4 (10 Innings)
Deck McGuire continued to be a giant surprise in 2014, as he had another excellent start today, but was let down by his bullpen. Deck pitched 7.1 innings, giving up 2 earned runs, giving up 4 hits, with 2 walks, and 8 strikeouts. Tyler Ybarra gave up 2 runs relieving Deck, but Randy Boone gave up the game winning run in the top of 10th and given the loss.
The Fisher Cats offense managed to score 4 runs on 6 hits and 5 walks. Mike Crouse and Gabe Jacobo each had solo HRs with their 2nd, and 3rd respectively.
Dunedin 2 – Palm Beach 9
The Dunedin Blue Jays pitchers were not sharp today, as they gave up 9 earned runs over 13 innings on 5 walks with 4 strikeouts. Ben White was given the start, and was followed by Chad Girodo, Danny Barnes, Justin Jackson, and Kramer Champlin.
The offense was able to put together 9 hits, which amounted to only 2 runs unfortunately. Emilio Guerrero hit his 4th home run of the season, and Nick Baligod had 3 hits. Also, it was the second game of the season for Kellen Sweeney, as he started the season in extended spring training.
Lansing 3 – Bowling Green 4
Jeremy Gabryszwski had another solid start in which he pitched 6 innings, giving up 5 hits, with one walk, and one strikeout while allowing one earned run. But, unfortunately Alonzo Gonzalez gave up 2 runs and Brady Dragmire gave up a run.
On the Hitting side, Derrick Loveless had 2 hits, and Jorge Saez knocked in two runs off a 6th inning double.
Three Stars
1. Deck McGuire
2. Jeremy Gabryszwski
3. Mike Crouse/ Emilio Guerrero/Gabe Jacobo
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