Lansing picked up the only win in the organization Sunday behind Adrian Martin and some early runs. Ty Taubenheim pitched well in a loss. Eric Nielsen and Chris Gutierrez each had three hits.
Syracuse 0 Rochester 1
Ty Taubenheim gave up a home run to Luis Maza in the third inning and that was all Rochester needed to beat Syracuse. Taubenheim pitched six innings allowing six hits and the one run, he walked no-one and struck out four.
Ex-Jay Pete Munro and three relievers limited the Chiefs to four hits, three of them in the first two innings. Ryan Roberts and Rob Cosby reached base twice as each had a hit and a walk. Dustin McGowan pitched the last two innings allowing one hit while recording three strikeouts.
New Hampshire 4 New Britain 5
Too little too late for the Fisher Cats as they scored twice in the ninth to make it close. Kyle Yates gave up six hits and five runs in five innings to take the loss. In the first a single, a stolen base, an out and a sac fly gave New Britain the lead. In the third three singles, a hit batter and a stolen base scored two more and in the fifth a walk, a single, a wild pitch a stolen base and a ground out scored another. New Britain scored the winning run in the seventh off Tracy Thorpe. Thorpe walked the bases loaded, got a force-out at home, then walked in a run before getting the hook.
The Cats scored a run in the third when Manny Mayorson doubled home Miguel Negron and another in the fifth when Carlo Cota doubled home Eric Kratz. Trailing by three in the ninth Kratz doubled and scored on a Hassey single. Hassey later scored on a David Smith single but that was it for the Fisher Cats.
Mayorson, Smith and Kratz had two hits each.
Clearwater 7 Dunedin 2
This game was tight until the seventh inning. Through six innings Clearwater led 1-0 with a run in the fifth off Dunedin starter Brian Wolfe. Wolfe was acquired over the winter in the Koskie deal. Clearwater had scored one run on five hits through six innings and manager Omar Malave sent Wolfe back out for the seventh. The Phillies scored a run on three singles and a hit batter when Wolfe was pulled. Brad Mumma gave up another single and then a grand slam to put the game out of reach.
Dunedin scored two consolation runs in the bottom of the ninth when Ryan Klosterman doubled home Eric Nielsen and Christian Snavely who had singled. Nielsen went 3-4 and Juan Peralta 2-4.
Lansing 7 Southwest Michigan 2
Having been held at bay by the same team on Saturday Lansing exacted revenge yesterday scoring five runs in the second inning. The five runs came through six hits, Yuber Rodriguez had a triple, Brian Pettway and Chris Gutierrez doubled, and Joey Metropoulos, Jesus Gonzalez and Josh Bell singled. Lansing added their sixth run in the third when Metropoulos and Pettway led off with singles.
Adrian Martin went seven innings for the win giving up the two runs on six hits. Martin had no K's and had a 14-7 GB-FB ratio.
Gutierrez had 3 hits, Metropoulos, Pettway and Rodriguez had two each. It's very early but Yuber is hitting .364.
3 stars
3 Joey Metropoulos, 2-5 two runs scored
2 Adrian Martin, two runs over seven innings
1 Ty Taubenheim, one run over six innings
Standings
Syracuse are 1-2
New Hampshire are 2-1
Dunedin are 1-3
Lansing are 3-1
