On Wednesday the affiliates were 2-5, with wins coming from the DSL Blue Jays, and a walk-off win for Buffalo. Performances of the day came from Miguel Castro in Lansing, Marcus Knecht for Dunedin, and PJ Walters in Hew Hampshire.
Rochester 4 – Buffalo 5
Brad Mills gave the Bisons a quality start finishing with a line of 6IP 5H 2R 2ER 0BB 5SO. Ryan Tepera allowed a run in the 7th, and Steve Delabar allowed a run in the 8th. Sergio Santos pitched a scoreless 9th to close out the game, while anxiously waiting for the call back to Toronto.
Darin Mastroianni hit a solo HR (5th) in the first off of Twins prospect Alex Meyer. In his Bisons debut, Matt Hague went 3-4, driving home two in the 6th with a single. Despite starting the game 0-4 with 4k, Anthony Gose had a walk-off single in the bottom of the 9th bringing home Matt Hague.
New Hampshire 8 – Trenton 2
PJ Walters threw 7 scoreless innings, allowing 6 hits, with no walks, and 6 strikeouts. Blake McFarland pitched a scoreless 8th, while Scott Gracey gave up 2 runs in the 9th.
Jon Berti was 3-4, with a 2 run HR (7th), Andy Burns hit a 2 run HR (13th) and Brad Glenn hit a 2 run HR (6th) in first game back with New Hampshire after a stint with the Bisons.
Lakeland 7 – Dunedin 5
Ben White had a disappointing start allowing 5 earned runs on 10 hits over 6 innings. Danny Barnes pitched a scoreless 7th. Tony Davis came in to pitch a scoreless 8th, but allowed 2 earned in the top of the 9th.
Markus Knecht had possibly the best game of his career, going 4-5, with 2 doubles, and a 2-run HR while driving home 5. Mitch Nay was 0-3 in his Dunedin debut, with a walk, and 3 strikeouts.
Lansing 0 – West Michigan 2
Miguel Castro was brilliant, pitching 7 scoreless innings allowing only 3 hits, with 1 walk, and 3 strikeouts. Unfortunately Matt Dermody gave up 2 runs in the 8th and was credited with the loss dropping his record to 4-5.
The Lugnuts only managed to have 5 hits, which were a bunch of singles spread out across the lineup.
Boise 4 – Vancouver 1
Ryan Borucki was let down by his defense, as he finished with a line of 4IP 3H 4R 2ER 0BB 3SO. Yefry Del Rosario came in for a scorless 5th, and was relieved by Matt Smoral. Matt pitched 4 scoreless innings, allowing 1 hit, with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts.
The Canadians only had 4 hits, 2 came from Ryan McBroom who scored the only Canadians run in the bottom of 9th, when he hit solo HR (9th).
GCL Blue Jays 1 - GCL Yankees 2
Jacob Brentz was solid in his 4 scoreless innings of relief, allowing no hits, with 2 walks, and 2 strikeouts. Nathan DeSouza was 2-4, with 2 doubles, while scoring the only Jays run in the 9th off of a Dave Pepe single.
DSL BlueJays 8 – DSL Brewers 0
Three Stars
1. Marcus Knecht
2. Miguel Castro
3. PJ Walters