Buffalo played two games and Will Robertson homered in both games. They were both notable home runs, an inside the park homer and a grand slam. Buffalo split the doubleheader. Arjun Nimmala also homered, one of three hits in the game. It wasn't enough for Dunedin. Vancouver had an extra innings walk off win. New Hampshire had good pitching but not enough hitting.
Buffalo 8 Worcester 9 - game one
Buffalo 8 Worcester 5 - game two
New Hampshire 0 Binghamton 1
Tri-City 2 Vancouver 3 - 10 innings
Dunedin 5 Daytona 8
Three Stars
Third Star - Edward Duran
Second Star - Arjun Nimmala
First Star - Will Robertson
NOTES
Buffalo pitchers struggled in their double header giving up 14 runs in 13 innings. Happily the offense was good so they earned a split. The win in game two came in part because two pitchers just called up from AA, Adrian Hernandez and Jimmy Burnette threw three shutout innings. Connor Cooke who has been on the development list had to come out of the game with an apparent injury.
Will Robertson had a nice day. He was 2-3 with an inside the park home run in game one. He hit a grand slam home run in game two. Will Wagner was 2-3 with a walk in game one. Jonatan Classe singled in game one. Rafael Lantigua was hitless in game one but reached base four times in game two, two hits and two walks. Alan Roden singled in game one and doubled twice in game two.
A couple of the new guys contributed three of New Hampshire's five hits. Josh Rivera was 2-4 while Yohendrick Pinango doubled. But otherwise it was another quiet night for the Fisher Cat offense.
NH did have good pitching. Abdiel Mendoza went five innings and gave up one run on three hits. Dahian Santos struck out three in two innings.
Connor O'Halloran had a rough July, 19 runs allowed in three starts. Things didn't look better in the first inning when he loaded the bases but he escaped. He threw four innings with just one run allowed. The bullpen did well to work six innings giving up one run.
Jevon Ward got the C's on the board in the first inning with a two run home run. That was all the C's could score until the tenth inning. Cutter Coffey had a tough game striking out four times but he started the tenth as the designated runner on second. Jackson Hornung hit a ground ball to the shortstop who booted it allowing Coffey to come home with the winning run.
Arjun Nimmala hit his eleventh home run, a solo shot, and added a double and a single. Edward Duran doubled twice and walked twice. New draftee Brock Tibbits singled twice. Duran was one to watch coming into 2024. The 20 year old hit around .220 in May and June but jumped to .302 in July. He also has a good eye at the plate.
Daniel Guerra made his first A ball start having been called up from the FCL. Guerra was charged with five runs in 3.1 innings but he did strike out five.
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