Orelvis Martinez hit his 28th home run on Sunday, a new Fisher Cats record. Martinez has not shown a lot of development this season, his batting average is under .200 over the last two months. He has walked more in the last week but that was after a homer barrage which suggests the pitchers are being careful rather than Orelvis improving his eye. New Hampshire won with Jimmy Robbins doing well on his AA debut. Dunedin had a big come from behind win capped by a walk off home run from Cade Doughty, his second homer in the game. Buffalo and Vancouver lost.
Lehigh Valley 5 Buffalo 3
New Hampshire 6 Hartford 1
Vancouver 3 Everett 10
Jupiter 5 Dunedin 6
This is what I noted from yesterday's games.
Rafael Lantigua has been hitting the ball really well in AAA but he made his fourth error leading off the fourth. A single and a home run later led to three unearned runs. Thomas Hatch was the victim and other than that he threw five innings allowing one earned run. Julian Merryweather needed 18 pitches to get two outs.
The Bisons had eight hits, Gabriel Moreno had four of them. Otto Lopez had two hits and scored two runs.
New Hampshire scored six runs with six hits and with Hartford outhitting them 8-6. Orelvis Martinez hit a two run home run, his 28th and a record for New Hampshire. Davis Schneider and Luis De Los Santos each drove in two runs and had two hits.
Jimmy Robbins made his first AA start and it went well. Four shutout innings, three hits, one walk, three K's.
Troy Watson had a rough second inning leading to three runs allowed. That was it for him and Eric Pardinho came on. Walk, walk, homer and he too gave up thee runs. It should be noted that Pardinho has pitched in five games for the C's and has allowed runs in four of them. His ERA is nine. His WHIP is 2.5 but he has 13 K's in 8 innings. It's hit or miss when he pitches.
Damiano Palmegiani homered for the first C's run. Jommer Hernandez had two hits and scored two runs. Dasan Brown also had two hits and was hit by a pitch, he is now hitting .295. It has been a good come back season for Dasan.
The D Jays scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth for the walk off win. Jerry Huntzinger singled and Roque Salinas was hit by a pitch to start the inning. A wild pitch moved the runners up, a ground out and a sac fly tied the game. Cade Doughty then went deep for the walk off home run, it was his fifth home run. Doughty had two hits, both home runs, the only hitter with a multi hit game. Doughty's other home run was a solo shot in the seventh.
Four pitchers threw for Dunedin. In total they had just three strikeouts.
Three Stars
Third Star - Davis Schneider
Second Star - Gabriel Moreno
First Star - Cade Doughty
https://www.battersbox.ca/article.php?story=20220821213053838