The short season leagues are starting. Vancouver get going on Friday. On the field on Thursday, New Hampshire had the only win with TJ Zeuch dominating for eight innings. Buffalo lost with Danny Jansen driving in the only run. Dunedin also lost but Logan Warmoth is getting back on track. Lansing haven't won since they clinched a playoff spot. On Thursday they lost in extra innings after tying the game in the ninth.
Buffalo
Buffalo has played some doubleheaders recently and as a result they were short of starting pitchers. Murphy Smith stepped up and promptly gave up three runs before getting two outs. He settled down after that and got through four innings. Those three runs were the difference as the Bisons lost 3-1. x x x
Danny Jansen doubled in the only run. He also walked twice. Richard Urena came off the DL and went 2-4. Urena was recovering from getting stitches in his finger after being spiked.
New Hampshire
The Fisher Cats won 3-0 and outhit Akron 5-2. TJ Zeuch had a very Zeuch-like start on Thursday. In eight innings he only allowed two hits, one walk and he had four K's. It was eight shutout innings. Zeuch had 15 ground ball outs versus three flyballs.
New Hampshire scored a run in the fifth to go ahead 1-0. Harold Ramirez reached on an error and scored on a single by Gunnar Heidt. Two insurance runs were added in the eighth. Connor Panas started the inning with a single, Juan Kelly reached on a strikeout. Panas scored on a sac fly and Kelly on a Jon Berti single. Bo Bichette was 0-4 and Cavan Biggio was also 0-4 with three strikeouts.
Dunedin
Zach Logue had a rough start, he was taken deep three times on his way to conceding five runs in five innings. He had just one K.
Dunedin tried to chip away but came up short at 6-4. Logan Warmoth was 2-3, David Jacob was 2-4 including a double, his first extra base hit of the season. Kevin Smith had just one hit, his third home run. Riley Adams picked up his usual hit.
Lansing
Lansing lost 4-3 in ten innings. Maverik Buffo had a good start. He went seven innings, didn't walk anyone and had five K's. He did give up three runs, one runs in three different innings and one of them was unearned. In total he allowed six hits but one was a home run and another a double that came around to score.
Matt Morgan hit his first home run of the season to put the Lugnuts on the board. That was it until the ninth. Brock Lundquist and Yeltsin Gudino singled and Brandon Grudzielanek doubled to make it 3-2 with the winning run on base with one out. Norberto Obeso walked to load the bases and then Morgan walked to tie the game. But with the go ahead run on third both Reggie Pruitt and Kevin Vicuna struck out. Lansing were unable to do anything in the tenth but Lake County were able to, and won. Gudino and Grudzielanek led the offense with two hits each.
Three Stars
Third Star - Matt Morgan
Second Star - Maverik Buffo
First Star - TJ Zeuch
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