In a season where runs are in short supply for the affiliates, Vancouver scored nine on Saturday. They had the only win. Buffalo lost two, Dunedin one while New Hampshire were snowed out. A couple of players are pushing for a promotion.
Durham 4 Buffalo 1 - game one
Durham 2 Buffalo 1 - game two
New Hampshire at Portland - postponed
Vancouver 9 Spokane 3
Dunedin 6 Jupiter 13
Three Stars
Third Star - Manuel Beltre
Second Star - Aaron Parker
First Star - Adrian Pinto
NOTES
The Buffalo games were unremarkable, they had five hits over two games. Two notes, Eric Pardinho did throw two shutout innings and Addison Barger hit a long home run.
For Vancouver, Juaron Watts Brown couldn't quite get through five innings. He was pulled after 4.2 innings with 80 pitches. He struck out six while conceding two runs on five hits.
Vancouver scored seven runs in the second inning. The big hits in that inning were RBI doubles from Aaron Parker and Eddie Micheletti and a triple by Brennan Orf. Arjun Nimmala homered. Adrian Pinto went 3-4 and could be moved up to New Hampshire if he keeps up this hitting.
Dunedin's games have been full of walks and this game was no exception, there were 23 walks in the game. Austin Cates did not have a good second start. Javen Coleman struck out four in his two innings. The other bright spot was Manuel Beltre who was 3-4 with a walk and is not hitting .360. Beltre has been streaky in the past but this is the fourth year he has spent tine in Dunedin. He deserves a shot at Vancouver.
Sam Shaw hasn't played since Tuesday. He was hit by a pitch in that game. He has not been placed on the IL.
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