Buffalo and Scranton combined for six hits through ten innings. Buffalo won in ten innings with a wild pitch. Vancouver scored three runs without a hit but lost in extra innings. New Hampshire won a 3-2 game but Dunedin had all the hits and won comfortably. DBowden Francis, Devereaux Harrison, Kendry Rojas and Nolan Perry all pitched well.
Scranton 0 Buffalo 1 - 10 innings
New Hampshire 3 Harrisburg 2
Spokane 4 Vancouver 3 - 10 innings
Dunedin 4 Lakeland 1
FCL Phillies at FCL Blue Jays - postponed
Three Stars
Third Star - Nicolas Deschamps
Second Star - Rainer Nunez
First Star - Devereaux Harrison
NOTES
Bowden Francis made the start for Buffalo and went four innings, 58 pitches. He allowed no hits , one walk and struck out eight. He could be being stretched out to replace Kikuchi when the time arrives. All the pitchers used were good, five pitchers combined for 19 strikeouts.
The winning run in the tenth came from a wild pitch. The two teams had three hits each.
Rainer Nunez homered again, his ninth, to start the scoring for New Hampshire. Gabriel Martinez doubled in Devonte Brown for the second run. Josh Kasevich singled in the third run in the seventh inning. Nunez had three of the Fisher Cats six hits. Kasevich has been hitting well all season although his average has slipped to .289. With Leo Jimenez now in Toronto the Jays could have promoted Kasevich to Buffalo but so far have chosen not to do so. They must feel he still has lore to learn in AA.
Devereaux Harrison was outstanding, ten strikeouts in six innings. He just gave up one hit and three walks. Four pitchers combined to hold Harrisburg to one hit.
Kendry Rojas made his second start since coming back from rehab and he went four innings, 78 pitches. He had trouble putting hitters away and needed 78 pitches to get through the four innings. Spokane had six hits off him.
Vancouver scored two runs in the second inning without a hit. Four walks and a ground out produced the runs. The Jays third run, in the tenth inning, also came on a bases loaded walk. The C's had five hits in the game.
Dunedin were the hitting stars of the ninth with eleven hits. Nicolas Deschamps, hitting eighth, went 3-4 with a triple and two RBI. Drew Jemison, hitting ninth, was 2-4. Victor Arias, at the top of the order and Yhoangel Aponte, hitting third, also had two hits each. It helped that the Jays bunched nine of their hits between the eighth and third spots in the lineup.
Nolan Perry started and went 4.2 innings. He was charged with one run while picking up five K's.
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