Reading, PA — The Fisher Cats got to Phillies prospect Aaron Nola in quick order with a Jon Berti single and a Dwight Smith Jr. home run (3) to start the game. The bad news is Berti got picked off before Smith put the ball over the fence, resulting in just a solo homer. That was all New Hampshire got against Nola, the seventh overall pick of the 2014 draft, who went seven innings for the win. Smith (.309) had two of the five Fisher Cat hits. Jorge Flores and Matt Newman both singled and walked.
John Anderson (1-2, 4.62) put up zeros in the first four innings before allowing a nickel in the fifth. The big swing came from Aaron Altherr, who connected for a grand slam off Anderson. The lefty was whacked for 10 hits and two walks and only struck out a pair. Scott Barnes scattered three hits and struck out two over two scoreless frames. He was helped by Smith who threw out a runner at home from left field. Tiago Da Silva worked a perfect ninth in his second appearance with New Hampshire.
Dunedin 3 Tampa 2 (13 Innings)
Tampa, FL — The Jays also emerged victorious over the Yankees and moved to within a game of .500 in Florida State League play. Back to back doubles by David Harris and Dickie Joe Thon gave Dunedin a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Their next run came 11 innings later when Jorge Saez singled, was bunted over to second by Roemon Fields, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on an error at third base. Jason Leblebijian may have used a jedi mind trick to cause the wild pitch and the error to bring home the winning run to offset a 0-for-6 evening with four strikeouts. L.B. Dantzler had a double and a walk while Derrick Loveless singled, walked and stole a base. Dawel Lugo and Mitch Nay had base hits.Justin Shafer surrendered just one run over five innings on one hit and three walks with three K's. Eight of his 11 outs in play were on the ground. His Game Score was 61. Alonzo Gonzalez was unable to preserve the Jays lead by giving up a game-tying home run among two hits and two walks. However, he struck out five over his two innings of work. Luis Santos (1-3, 6.65) slapped down the Yanks with four scoreless frames, striking out seven while surrendering just two hits and a walk. Wil Browning struck out two and got a ground ball to first to bag his seventh save. Bag, as in brown bag or brown bagging it, get it?
Lansing 7 West Michigan 6
Lansing, MI — The Lugnuts overcame a 2-0 deficit but had to stave off a late rally by the Tigers affiliate. Dan Jansen put Lansing ahead with a two-run double to cap off a three-run fourth inning. The Lugnuts booted another field goal in the fourth as D.J. Davis and Ryan McBroom bashed back to back jacks with Davis' blast scoring an Anthony Alford double. McBroom drove in his second run of the night with a sacrifice fly in the seventh for what proved to be the winning margin. Richard Urena had a three-hit night, including a double. Alford (.308) had two hits and swiped a base while McBroom reached twice by taking one for the team. Davis also drew a walk to go along with his dinger. The other hits came from Tim Locastro with a triple and Rowdy Tellez and Gunnar Heidt with singles. Jonathan Davis was 0-for-4 but did score a run.Sean Reid-Foley and Chase Mallard (1-1, 4.03) shared a lot in common in this one. Both of them coughed up two runs on three hits and struck out four over four innings. Reid-Foley plunked a hitter and walked a pair while Mallard walked three with one of his runs being unearned. Their groundout/flyout totals were 6-1 and 7-0 respectively. Phil Kish also threw a three-hitter like his pitching mates and like Mallard, one of his two runs was unearned. He also walked a batter but struck out one to seal it for his seventh save. Seal it as in seal it with a Kish! Get it? Don't worry, folks. I'm back tomorrow! Try the veal, tip your wait staff and drive home safely.
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Ryan McBroom, Lansing
2. Luis Santos, Dunedin
1. Justin Shafer, Dunedin
Monday's Linescores
Tuesday's Schedule & Probable Starters
West Michigan @ Lansing, 10:35 am ET — TBA.
New Hampshire @ Reading, 6:35 pm ET — TBA.
Dunedin @ Tampa, 7:00 pm ET — Murphy Smith (0-1, 5.54)
Buffalo @ Durham, 7:05 pm ET — Andrew Albers (1-3, 3.09)
Extra Innings