It was a down day for the major league team but it was good news all around on the farm. Four games, four wins, lots of runs, good pitching. Buffalo and New Hampshire had double digits in hits. Vancouver and Dunedin had fewer hits but excellent starting pitching. The affiliates four starting pitchers allowed three runs combined!
St Paul 3 Buffalo 8
Somerset 1 New Hampshire 13
Vancouver 5 Hillsboro 1
Dunedin 8 Bradenton 7
Three Stars
Third Star - Rainer Nunez
Second Star - Adam Macko
First Star - Alex De Jesus
NOTES
Twelve hits for the Bisons. Addison Barger hit a three run home run in the third inning, his sixth. Steward Berroa had a triple and a single. Riley Tirotta and Spencer Horwitz doubled and singled. Nathan Lukes had two singles.
Yariel Rodriguez got five outs with 34 pitches, two hits and two walks. Five other pitchers completed the game for the win.
Thirteen hits for New Hampshire. Alex De Jesus hit two home runs, a three run shot and a solo home run. He added a double and had four RBI. Rainer Nunez hit a three run home run and a two run double. Alan Roden had a triple and two singles. Devonte Brown had two hits and two RBI, Josh Kasevich had two hits.
On the mound Adam Macko struck out nine over six innings. He gave up one run on four hits, no walks.
The Vancouver game was scoreless until the seventh inning. In that inning Jeffrey Wehler doubled in a run and the second run scored on an error. The C's added a run in the ninth on a bases loaded walk and two on a Ryan McCarty double. Wehler and Jackson Hornung had two hits each. In total the C's had seven hits.
Lazaro Estrada went five shutout innings but didn't get the win.
Dunedin scored eight runs with nine hits. Tucker Toman and Manuel Beltre each hit a solo home run. Toman added a single. Jean Joseph went 3-5.
Gage Stanifer went five innings with seven K's. Bradenton scored one run off him with three hits.
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