Yeah, J.P. Arencibia hit a homer. Of course he did. It was his 21st of the year and sixth in his past 8 games. I'm no analyst but I get the feeling he's kinda streaky.
In other news, Brian Dopirak was 3-for-4 with 3 doubles while Chris Lubanski and Manny Mayorson each had two hits.
Rommie Lewis got the start and allowed five runs (three earned) in four innings. He walked three and struck out four. Steven Register followed and struck out three in his three shutout frames before Jesse Carlson finished it off with a scoreless eighth.
New
Britain 0 New Hampshire 5
Kyle Drabek has had a bit of an up and down year to this point.
But it's safe to say things came together on Sunday as Drabek came close to
matching the achievement of the man he was traded for. While Roy Halladay
threw a perfect game for Philadelphia earlier this year, Drabek allowed but two
baserunners on Sunday- both on walks. In throwing his first career
no-hitter, Drabek lowered his ERA to 3.20 as he sufficiently bounced back from
two subpar performances.
At the plate, Adeiny Hechavarria had one of his best games as a pro,
going 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored. Darin Mastroianni, Adam
Loewen, and David Cooper each had two hits while Eric Thames walked
three times.
Dunedin
0 Lakeland 14
Eep. Not good. The D-Jays managed but four hits in this one- all
singles- and two of 'em came from Travis D'Arnaud. Other than
that, they just spent their day striking out and chasing down balls while on
defence. Travis Snider was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
Chad Jenkins' day didn't go so well. The 2009 first rounder had
his worst Hi-A start to date by going just 4.1 frames and allowing eight runs
(7 earned) on eight hits and four walks while striking out four. The
bullpen didn't fare much better as Boomer Potts allowed four runs in
less than an innings work.
Lake County 6 Lansing 7 (10 innings)
You know who seems to pitch well every time out? Egan Smith.
After two excellent starts in Auburn, Smith graduated to the Midwest League and
fared quite well over his first three starts. On Sunday, Smith continued
the trend with 7 innings of three run ball. He allowed nine hits but
didn't walk anybody and struck out three. Aaron Loup picked him up
in the 8th and was in line for the win as the Lugnuts scored twice in the
bottom of the inning to take a 4-3 lead. But a double and a single
knotted the game at 4-4 before 2 more crossed the plate in the 10th. Brian
Slover, who allowed Loup's inherited runners to score in the tenth,
vultured the win
At the plate, Kevin Nolan was 4-for-4 with a walk while Yan Gomes drove
in four runs. But the real hero was Justin Jackson who picked up
three hits and drove in the tying and winning runs on a two-out, two-run single
in the bottom of the tenth. Balbino Fuenmayor also hit his fifth
homer of the year.
Staten
Island 10 Auburn 3
Not a great day for the Doubledays. Carlos Perez was 1-for-4 with
a triple while Andy Fermin picked up two hits and an RBI to bump his
average to .375. The 32nd rounder made short work of the GCL and isn't
finding the NYPL much harder to date. Gustavo Pierre had the
toughest day going 0-for-4 with 3 strikeouts.
The day didn't start off that badly for the pitchers as Andrew Hutchinson went
four innings allowing two unearned runs while striking out five. But
things deteriorated from there as Leandro Mella and Jesse Hernandez allowed
8 runs over 2.2 innings of work.
GCL Blue Jays- Scheduled day off
DSL Blue Jays- Scheduled day off
Three Stars:
3rd Star: Justin Jackson- 3-for-5, 2 RBI, GW single in tenth
2nd Star: Brian Dopirak- 3-for-4, 3 2B
1st Star: Kyle Drabek- No-Hitter. 9 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 BB, 3 K
