Buffalo, NY — Scott Copeland (2-1) coughed up a pair of third-inning runs to the Orioles affiliate to take the loss. He worked five innings and allowed five hits and three walks with just one strikeout. Of his 14 outs in play, 12 were on the ground. Preston Guilmet struck out four in two perfect innings and Steve Delabar had a one-walk eighth but Bobby Korecky gave up a run on two hits in the ninth along with one whiff.
Andy Burns had three of the Herd's six hits, including a double. In the second, Burns was thrown out at third base from right field after trying to advance from first to third on a Brad Glenn single. Glenn also had a double and Matt Hague had the other hit. Ezequiel Carrera had a walk and a stolen base. Munenori Kawasaki and Chris Colabello also drew free passes.
New Hampshire 8 Trenton 3
Manchester, NH — Ryan Schimpf keyed the Fisher Cats attack with a pair of doubles to drive in three runs. Dwight Smith Jr. also plated three runs with a two-run double and a sacrifice fly. Melky Mesa doubled and homered to account for the other two runs. Kevin Nolan had a 3-for-4 night and Jack Murphy walked three times.Casey Lawrence (1-3) got his first win of the season with a quality start of 6-1/3 innings and three runs allowed to the Yankees affiliate. He scattered eight hits and a walk while striking out six. Danny Barnes stranded a runner and walked only one batter while striking out three over 1-2/3 scoreless innings. Blake McFarland surrendered one hit and struck out two in a shutout ninth.
Daytona 10 Dunedin 0
Dunedin, FL — Jayson Aquino (1-2) and Matt Dermody were each lit up for five runs (four earned) on five hits with Aquino going four innings and Dermody lasting three. The Reds affiliate teed off on Aquino for two homers and Dermody for one. Aquino had a 6-2 K/BB mark while Dermody struck out four with no walks. Tiago Da Silva threw two scoreless frames of one-hit ball, whiffing three.
David Harris had the only extra-base hit with a double. Christian Lopes, Dawel Lugo, Jason Leblebijian and Jorge Saez had the other base hits.
Monday's Linescores
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Dwight Smith Jr., New Hampshire
2. Ryan Schimpf, New Hampshire
1. Melky Mesa, New Hampshire
Tuesday's Schedule & Probable Starters
Trenton @ New Hampshire, 5:35 pm ET — Michael Lee (0-1, 3.57)
Norfolk @ Buffalo, 6:05 pm ET — TBA.
Daytona @ Dunedin, 6:30 pm ET — Luis Santos (0-2, 8.53)
Extra Innings