Portland played New Hampshire a few weeks ago so they thought they knew how to run on Darin Mastroianni's arm. After Mastroianni threw a runner out at the plate the third base coach/manager might have reconsidered. After the second out at the plate they might have stopped running. The third assist for Mastroianni was at third base so that one could be blamed on the runner. But the fourth Mastroianni assist, at home, should have caused the Portland manager to reconsider his opinion.
The GCL Jays beat up the two Indian reality show winners. Scott Richmond pitched well in his final rehab start. Overall the affiliates went 4-2 with the top two teams losing.
Scott Richmond started for Las Vegas and gave up a lead-off single to Jerry Owens. That was followed by a walk and a passed ball to put runners on second and third with no-one out. Richmond struck out Jeff Clement but Mike Carp hit a sac fly. Richmond gave up a lead-off home run in the second inning but thereafter was almost perfect. Richmond was pulled after 80 pitches or 5.1 innings. He gave up three hits, one walk and had five K's. Offensively Las Vegas had only four hits, Aaron Mathews had two of them. Brian Dopirak was 1-3, Snider and Arencibia each were oh-fer with Snider now hitting .217 and Arencibia .231.
Kenny Rodriguez started and gave up a run in the first inning. A walk and a hit batter was followed by a Lars Anderson RBI double with the second runner out a home on a relay from Darin Mastroianni to Luis Sanchez to Brian Jeroloman. In the second with two out Rodriguez gave up a two out single with a runnder on second but the runner was out at home, Mastroianni to Jeroloman. Portland added another run in the fifth, a lead-off double was followed by an RBI single but the hitter was out at third, Mastroianni to Scott Campbell. Portland added two runs in the sixth off Edgar Estanga and with one out there was a runner on first. The next hitter doubled to centre but the runner was out at home.....yes, Mastroianni to Jon Diaz to Jeroman, that's four assists for Mastroianni.
The Fisher Cats scored two runs in the second, Nick Gorneault walked, Adam Calderone doubled him home and Calderone later scored on a ground-out. In the fifth Darin Mastroianni singled, stole second and scored on a double by Scott Campbell. Calderone was the only Fisher Cat with two hits.
Dunedin used the long ball to jump out to a 6-0 lead. Manny Rodriguez hit a three run shot in the first, Jon Jaspe hit a solo shot in the second and Jesus Gonzalez delivered a two run shot in the third. Ryan Page started for Dunedin and he gave up an unearned run in the fourth and an earned run in the sixth. Page went seven innings and now has a 4.22 ERA. Raul Barron had two hits out of six total for Dunedin.
Chad Beck pitched eight innings and didn't allow an earned run. An error in the first inning by Luis Fernandez contributed to two unearned runs scoring but thereafter Beck was solid. Lansing tied the game in the second when Chris House singled in two runs. Johermyn Chavez homered to lead off the sixth to give Lansing the lead. Later in the sixth Kenny Wilson doubled in two more runs. Lansing added a couple of unearned runs in the eighth.
Brian Van Kirk; Justin McClanahan; Luis Fernandez and Kenny Wilson two hits each.
Ryan Goins and Wellinton Ramirez hit back to back doubles in the first to put Auburn 1-0. Brad Glenn hit a home run in the second inning to make it 2-0. Auburn scored four in the fifth to put them up 6-1. Eric Eiland tripled; Goins singled; Ramirez singled; Sean Ochinko doubled; Yan Gomes singled; Glenn singled. In the seventh Jimmy Gonzalez doubled in two more runs.
Egan Smith started and gave up one run in five innings.
Ochinko had three hits. Goins, Ramirez, and Glenn had two hits each.
The Jays faced the two Indian pitchers who won a reality show contest in India last season. They scored three runs off Rinku Singh who has a 12.60 ERA and an unearned off Dinesh Patel who has a 0.00 ERA.
Yeico Aponte had three hits for the Jays, John Roberts and Henry Rodriguez had two hits each..
Three Stars
3rd star - Sean Ochinko
2nd star - Chad Beck
1st star - Darin Mastroianni
