Vancouver were your only winners on Sunday and it appears they are playoff bound. The first half of the season ends Thursday and they have a 3.5 game lead with a tie-breaker. (Update, the C's have confirmed they are playoff bound). Dasan Brown had the big hit, a three run home run. Buffalo, Dunedin and New Hampshire, twice, all lost.
Syracuse 7 Buffalo 4
Akron 4 New Hampshire 2 - game one
Akron 5 New Hampshire 2 - game two
Hillsboro 1 Vancouver 5
Lakeland 8 Dunedin 4
Three Stars
Third Star - Josh Kasevich
Second Star - Michael Turconi
First Star - Dasan Brown
NOTES
The Bisons game was tied in the seventh until Jimmy Burnette and Hayden Juenger each gave up a couple of runs. Hagen Danner pitched well for two innings.
Otto Lopez had two hits. He hit .289 in May and is hitting .311 in June.
In the first NH game Adam Kloffenstein had one bad inning and took the loss. He was charged with four runs, three earned in 5.2 innings. In his bad inning there were three ground ball singles. A sinker, slider pitcher often gives up contact and sometimes they find the gaps. Leo Jimenez had two hits (and another in game two).
In game two Sem Robberse was taken deep twice and was charged with four runs in five innings. Orelvis hit his 17th home run, an opposite field shot.
Vancouver jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second inning. The big blow was a 3 run home run by Dasan Brown. Michael Turconi had two doubles. Josh Kasevich had one double and a single, Alex De Jesus two singles.
Kevin Miranda started and went four innings. Four relievers brought it home.
Irv Carter started for Dunedin. it could have been an OK start but he made an error and then let the inning get away from him. Four runs later he was done after two innings.
Tucker Toman and Manuel Beltre each had two hits, they are both hitting .240 and they both have OPS's around .700. Beltre started the season hot, hitting .500 in April but since then he has cooled off, hitting .230 in May and .176 in June so far. Toman has been more steady hitting .266 in June. Beltre is younger than Toman but he has more professional experience.
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