It wasn't a carnival or a bridge game in Syracuse, as the Chiefs restored order against the Indians. The farm affiliates went 4-3.
Indianopolis 3 Syracuse 16
Six Jacks in support of Zach was the story of this game. Justin Singleton hit a grand slam and a 3 run homer. Kevin Barker hit a solo job and a 2 run shot, and reached base 5 times. John-ford Griffin and Guillermo Quiroz each added a single shot, with Griffin reaching base 3 other times. The Chiefs banged out 16 hits and walked 9 times. Zach Jackson's triple A debut was a success- 5.2 innings, 7 hits, 3 walks and 6 strikeouts. Justin Miller and Spike Lundberg closed out the game admirably. The Indians were able to steal 4 bases (one a steal of home) without being caught.
Syracuse Post-Standard game story
New Hampshire 4 Norwich 5
That hurts. The Fisher Cat bullpen could not hold a 1 run lead in the ninth nor a 2 run lead in the tenth. Ismael Ramirez threw 6 nice innings, 4 hits including a solo homer, 1 walks and 6 strikeouts. Ryan Roberts hit an early solo homer, and the Cats led 2-1 going to the bottom of the ninth, as Tracy Thorpe and Jesse Carlson pitched well in brief stints. Steve Andrade surrendered a walk, stolen base and a run-scoring single in the bottom of the ninth, but emerged from a bases loaded, one out jam by striking out two. The Cats rallied for 2 runs in the top of the tenth on a bases loaded two out single by Raul Tablado. In the bottom of the tenth, Jordan DeJong came on to pitch and gave up 3 singles while retiring 1. Bubbie Buzachero surrendered a 2 run triple to the first hitter he faced and that was the ballgame.
Union-Leader McGowan/Purcey story
Jupiter 2 Dunedin 6
Adam Lind hit a 3 run homer, among his 3 hits, to lead the D-Jays to victory. Kyle Yates went 7 innings, and allowed 1 earned run on 6 hits and 1 walk with 3 punch-outs. Danny Hill finished up without incident. Carlo Cota singled twice and doubled in 5 trips, and drove in 2. The D-Jays flashed the leather, turning 3 double plays and killing 3 baserunners (2 by David Smith and 1 by Adam Lind).
Lansing 4 Clinton 1
The Lugnuts showed spunk last night. Down 1-0, the Lugs tied it up in the 5th on a Ryan Klosterman homer. In the eighth, they took the lead on a Eric Nielsen run-scoring double. In the ninth, Klosterman doubled, stole third and scored on a throwing error, and then catcher David Corrente walked, stole second and came around to score on an error. Po-Hsuan Keng threw 6 innings of 4 hit ball, walked nobody and struck out 3. Jordan Timm followed with 2 perfect innings and 4 strikeouts for the win, while Joey McLauglin pitched a nervous ninth, allowing 3 baserunners but no runs.
Auburn 0 Mahoning Valley 5
The Scrappers scored 1 in the sixth and 4 in the seventh off Edward Rodriguez to defeat the Doubledays. Kristian Bell started and went 5 shutout innings, although he walked 6 and struck out 3. Josh Bell and Brian Pettway each had 2 singles in 3 trips. Ryan Patterson went 0-4, but threw out a runner at the plate.
Pulaski 5 Princeton 3-Game 1
Pulaski 1 Princeton 6- Game 2
In the opener, Reidier Gonzalez continued his fine pitching with 5 innings of 1 hit ball. He allowed an unearned run and no walks, while punching 3 tickets. Shane Benson vultured the win, giving up 2 runs, 1 unearned on 5 hits and 1 walk with 4 strikeouts in 3 innings. Double-play combo Wes Stone and Chris Gutierrez each reached base 3 times, as the P-Jays drew 8 walks to go along with their 7 hits. In the nightcap, starter Francisco Mateo surrendered 4 runs in the 2nd inning, and the P-Jays were unable to mount any kind of attack. Heliezer Aguilar had 2 hits and scored the Pulaski run.
3 star selection
3rd star-Adam Lind with the big blow for Dunedin,
2nd star-Justin Singleton, sometimes 7 ribbies only gets you the silver medal
1st star-Kevin Barker does it all for Sky Chiefs
