Nolan Perry had an amazing 23 whiffs in his start against Fort Myers. Dunedin won. Lazaro Estrada also had a very good start for New Hampshire but the lack of supporting offense gave him the loss. Rafael Sanchez was victimized by three errors and Vancouver lost. Buffalo also lost. The four North American minor league teams accumulated 18 hits between them. No hitter had a multi hit game.
Syracuse 6 Buffalo 3
Reading 7 New Hampshire 0
Vancouver 2 Hillsboro 5
Fort Myers 5 Dunedin 2
Three Stars
Third Star - Rafael Sanchez
Second Star - Lazaro Estrada
First Star - Nolan Perry
NOTES
The Bisons had just five hits. Max McDowell homered. IKF went 1-3 as part of his rehab. Beau Susler started and did OK but he did get the loss.
After showing some life in their bats earlier this week, New Hampshire slipped back to having just two hits on Saturday.
Lazaro Estrada started and through 6.2 innings he had allowed just one hit with three K's. With two outs and his pitch count over 70 he walked a hitter then conceded a home run. He walked another before he was pulled but all in all it was an excellent start.
For Vancouver Rafael Sanchez had no help from his defence. Two errors in the fourth inning led to two unearned runs. Another error in the sixth added another unearned run. In six innings Sanchez gave up one earned run on six hits with four K's.
The C's had six hits.
Nolan Perry started for Dunedin and he dominated. Five innings, eight K's. But it is the statcast data that stands out. He had 23 whiffs on 37 swings. The hitters swung 37 times and missed the ball more than 60% of the time. He had eight whiffs on his FB, nine on the curve and five on the slider.
The Jays scored five runs with five hits. Three of the runs scored reached base through a walk.
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