Buffalo, New Hampshire and Lansing all went to extra innings. It worked for Buffalo and Lansing but not for New Hampshire. With the new "runner on second" rule, none of these extra inning games went long and indeed there have been few long games this season.
Buffalo
The Bisons trailed 3-2 headed to the bottom of the ninth where they tied the game without a hit. The inning started with an error, then came a hit batter, a sacrifice, an intentional walk to load the bases and a second error to tie the game. The bases were loaded with one out but Anthony Alford struck out and Reece McGuire grounded out. That sent the game to extras. After a routine top of the tenth Tim Lopes produced a sac fly to win the game. The other two runs for Buffalo came in the fourth, Tim Lopes and Roemon Fields delivered RBI singles. Fields was 3-4 to bring his average up to .221. Lopes had two hits, as well as the sac fly, he is hitting .315 with an OPS of .762.
Chris Rowley started and was pulled with two outs in the fifth after he ran into some trouble and gave up three runs. He had thrown 92 pitches in the fifth. Luis Santos pitched three strong innings but it was Justin Shafer who got the win by pitching 2.1 shutout innings.
New Hampshire
The Fisher Cats had a 7-2 lead after six innings. Then the wheels came off the wagon. NH have had several come from behind wins this year and this was payback. They were a bit unlucky to give up five runs in the seventh. A ground ball single, a walk, a bunt single, a deflected single, an infield single and a sac fly let three runs score even though nothing was hit particularly hard. That damage was inflicted on Danny Young. Nick Hartman relieved Young and gave up a two run double to tie the game. Hartman continued pitching and when the game went to the tenth he and Andrew Case gave up five more runs. Hartman should be in Dunedin but has been promoted with all the pitcher shuffling happening in the minors. Jon Harris had started and he pitched well. In 5.2 innings he had seven K's and two runs allowed on six hits.
Bo Bichette led off the bottom of the first with a home run and ended 2-5. Vlad Jr. was 1-4 with a walk. Jonathan Davis, Gunnar Heidt and Aledmys Diaz each had two hits.
Dunedin
The D-Jays were rained out for a second straight day. They were scheduled to play a doubleheader.
Lansing
Lansing went down 4-0 before they came to bat. They looked like they were never going to get back in the game until the bottom of the ninth where they trailed 5-1. The Lake County pitcher hit the first two Lugnut hitters. A ground ball and a passed ball scored two runs. Ryan Noda and Chavez Young each singled in a run. In the tenth Lake County scored two runs but in the bottom of the ninth Brock Lundquist hit a two run home run to tie the game. Samad Taylor started the eleventh on second base, moved to third on a passed ball and scored on a single by Norberto Obeso. It was an 8-7 win for the Lugnuts.
With Yennsy Diaz and Zach Logue in Dunedin it was Colton Laws who started. Two home runs and four runs total in the first and another solo home run later left him with five runs allowed in 5.1 innings. Obeso had four hits, he is now hitting .253. Cullen Large and Chavez Young each had two hits and both are hitting over .300.
3 Stars
3rd star: Brock Lundquist
2nd star: Tim Lopes
1st star: Norberto Obeso
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