The affiliates blanked a couple of opponents and gave up 17 to another.
The Chiefs walked off with a win in Syracuse today as Danny Sandoval blasted a two-run shot with one down in the ninth to make a winner out of reliever Brandon League. Pinch-hitter Russ Adams led-off the ninth with a single and Wayne Lydon bunted him up to second setting the table for Sandoval's heroics.
Bill Murphy got the start for Syracuse and went six innings allowing three runs (two earned) on eight hits and three walks. Mike Gosling pitched the seventh while League went the final two, allowing one hit and striking out three.
Adam Lind returned to the line-up after a missing a couple of games and went 0-for-4.
Every time the Sea Dogs scored, the Fisher Cats responded. Unfortunately, they usually responded with far fewer runs. Portland put up innings of 7, 4, and 3 runs which easily outdistanced New Hampshire, who only made the score somewhat respectable with a five run ninth.
Aaron Wideman started and lasted four innings, allowing nine runs, though only three were earned, thanks to a costly Anthony Hatch error. That's about all I want to say about the pitching. So maybe we'll just focus on the offense.
Ryan Patterson continued his hot play of late with a 4-for-5 effort which included his 8th homer and 18th double on the year. Patterson also homered twice yesterday and is now hitting 297/344/516 on the year. Brian Jeroloman also homered for the Cats and Jacob Butler added three hits.
Travis Snider made his first outfield start on the year and was 0-for-2 before being replaced by Josh Kreuzer. Bauxite ramone reports that Snider was hit in the head while in the on-deck circle. I haven't been able to find anything online but will update the story if any news breaks.
Sunday's match-up pitted Dunedin's Kyle Ginley against the jewel of the Detroit Tigers system, Rick Porcello. And for the fourth time this year, Porcello wasn't able to defeat the D-Jays, thanks to Ginley's pitching and a three run first for Dunedin.
Dunedin jumped all over Porcello with four hits in the first including J.P. Arencibia's 20th double on the year. Cory Patton and Brad Emaus added RBI singles. Dunedin then rounded out the scoring in the fifth on Arencibia's 10th homer on the year. J.P. remains one of the hottest players in the minors and could be promoted to New Hampshire by the end of June. Over his past ten games, Arencibia is hitting .419 and has daily RBI totals of: 2,3,2,3,2,2,0,3,1,2. Not bad.
On the mound Ginley improved to 5-0 with Dunedin and 10-0 on the season with six innings of shutout ball in which he scattered five hits and struck out six. His ERA now stands at 1.93 in the Florida St League.
A group effort on the mound for the Lugnuts today as Trystan Magnuson started and went four innings allowing two hits and one walk while striking out three. Chi-Hung Cheng relieved Magnuson and put togther his best appearance on the season going three scoreless innings and eventually picking up his third victory. Joe Wice pitched the eighth and Cody Crowell nailed down his seventh save on the year with a perfect ninth. Crowell, who struck out two, has allowed just 13 hits and 3 earned runs in 28.1 innings while striking out and impressive 44.
The only run of the game came in the top of the 8th with Darin Mastroianni's two-out bunt single. Mastroianni advanced to second on a throwing error and scored when the next batter, Justin Jackson, singled. After struggling for the better part of May, Jackson seems to have found his footing again and is hitting .303 in his past ten games with an impressive 11:9 BB:K ratio. His season line currently stands at 258/392/409.
Three Stars:
3rd Star: J.P. Arencibia- 2-for-3, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
2nd Star: Kyle Ginley- Win (10-0). 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K.
1st Star: Ryan Patterson- 4-for-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
