You'll find all of the wins up top in a 3-2 night for the U.S. affiliates. The Dominican Jays were 1-0.
Salt Lake City, UT - The 51's snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a four-run ninth against the Angels affiliate.
Batting - Everyone had a hit except for the left field duo of Chris Aguila and Chris Lubanski, who were a combined 0-for-4, and Brad Emaus, who came into to pinch-run for Brian Dopirak in the ninth and scored a run. Everyone save for Adam Calderone had at least two hits but Calderone did pick up a double and was hit by a pitch. They were too busy hitting they didn't even draw a walk. Jorge Padilla had the big blow with a two-out bases-clearing double in the ninth. J.P. Arencibia was the clubhouse leader with three hits, Jarrett Hoffpauir connected for a two-run homer to put the 51's on the board. Brett Wallace drove in a run among his two hits. Wallace, Arencibia and Brian Dopirak are heating up as we approach summer as they are batting well over .300 over their past 10 games.
Running - The 51's did plenty of running around the bases but they didn't steal any. They did it the old fashioned way, they earned them!
Pitching - Lance Broadway was lit up for five runs over 6 1/3 innings as he gave up eight hits, including a homer, and was even in the K-BB department with two apiece. Josh Roenicke allowed an inherited runner to score over his 2/3 of an inning by giving up a hit but he did strike out a batter. Lefty Jesse Carlson earned the win with a perfect inning and two K's. Jeremy Accardo locked it up in the ninth with a one-hit, one K performance for the save.
Defence - Arencibia threw out a runner trying to steal and Wallace turned an unassisted double play.
Manchester, NH - A run in the first got the Fisher Cats rolling and they scored five runs over the fifth to seventh innings to overcome the Indians attempt at picket fences during those stanzas.
Batting - Shawn Bowman clubbed his 10th homer of the season among his two hits. Callix Crabbe, Daniel Peraltes and Manny Mayorson had two safeties apiece with Mayorson also drawing a walk. Darin Mastroianni had a hit, a walk and a run batted in and Brian Jeroloman had a single and two RBI. Alas, he could not add to the BJBBM total of 39. Eric Thames had a hit and an RBI. Adam Loewen and David Cooper were a combined 0-for-8.
Running - Daniel Peraltes stole his second base of the campaign.
Pitching - B.J. "Birdy" LaMura put together a nice five inning outing by allowing just one run on five hits and a walk. He gave up a home run and threw a wild pitch but he struck out four and recorded seven groundball outs. "Yo" Adrian Martin could not hold it together for LaMura as he gave up two runs on three hits and a walk over 1 1/3 of an inning. Despite giving up a homer, Martin would pick up the victory. Lefty "Tiny" Tim Collins restored order with a strikeout in a perfect 1 2/3 innings and Danny "Lord" Farquhar allowed just one hit in a scoreless ninth to get save number 15 on the season.
Defence - Crabbe, Mayorson and Cooper teamed up to turn a pair of 4-6-3 twin killings.
Tampa, FL - Five runs in the seventh and another in the eighth overcame a 2-0 Yankees deficit.
Batting - Jon Talley was the only D-Jay with more than one hit as he collected three of them, including a home run. Brian Van Kirk made his hit count with a three-run bomb. Mark Sobolewski had a hit and an RBI. Travis d'Arnaud and Welinton Ramirez had a safety apiece. Adeiny Hechavarria was 0-for-4 and Tyler Pastornicky only drew a walk in his four appearances at the dish.
Running - Ramirez pilfered his seventh base of the year.
Pitching - My favourite former Edmonton Cracker-Cat was on the hill for this one as Scott Richmond worked six innings and allowed two runs on six hits and two walks. He struck out four and had seven groundball outs. Alan Farina struck out two batters in a perfect seventh and lefty Frank Gailey struck out three and walked just one over two scoreless innings.
Defence - The D-Jays made all the plays in the field so a gold star for all of them!
Bowling Green 6 Lansing 1 (Game 1- 7 Innings)
Lansing, MI - The Lugnuts scored the first run of the game in the fourth but the Hot Rods scored six in the six.
Batting - Kenny Wilson and Kevin Nolan accounted for half of Lansing's eight hits with two apiece. Nolan had a double and a sac fly to cap off a 2-for-2 night while Wilson also had a two-bagger. A.J. Jimenez accounted for the other double. No Lugnut drew a walk in this one. Ryan Goins, Brad Glenn and Balbino Fuenmayor each had base knocks. Kevin Ahrens and Justin Jackson were a combined 0-for-6 with a strikeout each.
Running - Wilson stole his 20th base of the year.
Pitching - Matt Fields gave up just two hits over the first five innings but he gave up a run on two hits and a walk before leaving with one out in the sixth. Aaron Loup couldn't strand Field's two runners and gave up three runs of his own in two-thirds of an innings on four hits, a walk and a hit batsman. He did strike out a man. Lefty Matt Wright worked a scoreless seventh with a punchout.
Defence - Goins booted one at short and Fields dropped one to give the Lugnuts two clanks but they did not figure into the scoring. A.J. Jimenez was 1-for-2 in throwing out base stealers.
Bowling Green 5 Lansing 2 - Game 2 (7 Innings)
Lansing, MI - The Rays affiliate completed the sweep with a five-run ninth to overcome the Lugnuts two-run fifth.
Batting - Karim Turakami provided both Lugnuts runs with a two-run homer among his two hits. Justin Jackson also had two hits and a walk, Eric Eiland got aboard twice via the bases on balls route, Kenny Wilson had a hit and Ryan Goins drew a walk.
Running - Wilson stole his 21st bag of the year while Jackson was picked off at first and caught stealing second.
Pitching - Nestor Molina was in line for the victory as he pitched five shutout innings while yielding just two hits and a walk while striking out three. "Nest-Mo" also recorded seven groundouts. Brian Slover gave up just one hit and struck out a batter in a scoreless sixth but Steve Turnbull blew the save and took the loss by giving up five runs (three earned) in the seventh on four hits and a walk. He gave up a homer and struck out a batter.
Defence - Turnbull made a throwing error in the fateful ninth. The Lugnuts did turn one double play of the 6-3 variety with Jackson at short and Balbino Fuenmayor at first.
DSL Blue Jays 7 DSL Angels 6 (10 Innings)
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Nestor Molina, Lansing
2. Jon Talley, Dunedin
1. J.P. Arencibia, Las Vegas
