After four wins on Friday, the only win on Saturday came from Dunedin where Kendry and Yondrei Rojas combined for eight innings. Buffalo, New Hampshire and Vancouver lost.
Columbus 8 Buffalo 2
New Hampshire 2 Somerset 5
Hillsboro 7 Vancouver 1
Dunedin 5 Bradenton 2
This is what I noted from yesterday's games.
Thomas Hatch swings from good performances to bad ones. On Saturday Hatch was poor, six runs allowed in 4.2 innings.
Spencer Horwitz has been struggling recently and was given Friday off. He returned on Saturday to go 3-4 with a walk. Otto Lopez had one hit to extend his hit streak to 18 games.
Sem Robberse got off to a slow start, single, walk, home run and the Fisher Cats were down 3-0 before they had recorded an out. Robberse settled after that and went five innings just allowing one other hit. He picked up four strikeouts.
Just four hits for NH, one of them was a home run by Will Robertson.
Dahian Santos, like Robberse, is getting used to a new level and its not going well. In his second start it was another bad beginning. Two home runs led to four runs allowed in the first inning. The manager left him in the game and he had two baserunners in the second and two more in the third before being pulled. No more runs allowed though. He will have a few more starts to find out how to pitch to these high A hitters.
Vancouver's only run came in the sixth, Dasan Brown doubled and Rainer Nunez singled him in. Just six hits for the C's.
The train keeps rolling for the Dunedin Jays. They had eleven hits and five runs. A couple of draftees who have been slower to take off, John Kasevich and Alen Roden each had two hits. Jose Ferrer also had two hits and drove in two runs. The hottest hitters, Cade Doughty, Devonte Brown and Ryan McCarty had one hit each.
On the mound it was the Rojas show. Kendry started and struck out five in 3.2 shutout innings. Yondrei followed, went 4.1 innings, struck out six but did concede two runs.
Three Stars
Third Star - Kendry Rojas
Second Star - Spencer Horwitz
First Star - Jose Ferrer
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