Great day on the farm as the affiliates went 5-1 thanks to strong pitching as only 9 runs crossed the plate in six games. The collective bullpens were the true stars allowing just a single run in 20 combined innings.
Las Vegas 8 Oklahoma City 1
Manny Mayorson and Jason Lane each homered to help lead the 51s to victory on Sunday. Mayorson had a pair of hits as did Mike McCoy, Aaron Mathews, and Brad Emaus who doubled twice. Despite their offensive outburst, the 51s actually struck out 14 times on the day.
Shawn Hill made another strong start in his comeback attempt by going six innings and allowing an unearned run on three hits and a pair of walks. He struck out two. The bullpen provided three shutout innings thanks to five strikeouts in two frames from Rommie Lewis and another pair in the 9th for Zach Jackson.
New Hampshire 3 Altoona 2 (11 innings)
The Fisher Cats won this on an 11th inning double off the bat of Callix Crabbe scoring an Eric Thames single. Thames was 3-for-5 with two strikeouts on the day. Adam Loewen had just one hit but it was his 12th homer of the year. David Cooper was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Randy Boone made a strong start for New Hampshire going 7.1 innings and allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits and a walk against three strikeouts. Continuing the strong bullpen theme, Tryston Magnuson and Alan Farina closed things out with 3.2 scoreless frames combined.
Dunedin 1 Brevard County 0 (Game 1)
The game's lone run came in the second on a Yan Gomes double. The D-Jays managed just four hits total. Mark Sobolewski was 1-for-2 with a single and a walk.
Chuck Huggins was excellent on the mound going six shutout innings allowing six hits and three walks against four strikeouts. Matthew Daly pitched a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts for his 26th save.
Dunedin 1 Brevard County 3 (Game 2)
Not much to write home about in this one. Ryan Goins had a double, Anthony Gose walked and scored, and Concepcion Rodriguez had the only RBI.
Bobby Bell started and lasted 2.1 allowing two runs on four hits and three walks. He struck out one. The bullpen allowed a run in 3.2 frames.
Fort Wayne 3 Lansing 5
A nice walkoff win for the Lugnuts as Sean Ochinko slammed a two-out, two-run homer for the victory. The Lugnuts had ten hits on the day as five players had two apiece. Ochinko added a double and 3 RBI to go with his homer while Bradley Glenn picked up two doubles and a pair of RBI, Kevin Ahrens had a single and a double, and Justin Jackson and Michael Crouse had a pair of singles each.
Matt Fields started for Lansing and lasted just four and a third allowing three runs (two earned) on three hits, three walks and three strikeouts. The bullpen filled in admirably as Scott Gracey and Steve Turnbull went the final 4.2 allowing just two hits and a hit batsman. Turnbull picked up the victory, his third of the year.
Auburn 2 Connecticut 0
Four pitchers combined to twirl a three-hitter for the Doubledays. Casey Lawrence started and was brilliant in his five innings allowing three hits and striking out seven to move to 6-1 with an ERA of 1.74. From there the bullpen took over and delivered four perfect innings to preserve the victory.
The Doubledays managed just six hits but three of them were doubles off the bats of Carlos Perez, Matthew Nuzzo, and Markus Brisker who drove in the only two runs.
The DSL Blue Jays had Sunday off.
Speaking of days off, the GCL Blue Jays enjoyed one of their own.
Three Stars:
3rd Star: Randy Boone- 7.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
2nd Star: Chuck Huggins- 6 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K
1st Star: Casey Lawrence- 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K
Las Vegas 8 Oklahoma City 1
Manny Mayorson and Jason Lane each homered to help lead the 51s to victory on Sunday. Mayorson had a pair of hits as did Mike McCoy, Aaron Mathews, and Brad Emaus who doubled twice. Despite their offensive outburst, the 51s actually struck out 14 times on the day.
Shawn Hill made another strong start in his comeback attempt by going six innings and allowing an unearned run on three hits and a pair of walks. He struck out two. The bullpen provided three shutout innings thanks to five strikeouts in two frames from Rommie Lewis and another pair in the 9th for Zach Jackson.
New Hampshire 3 Altoona 2 (11 innings)
The Fisher Cats won this on an 11th inning double off the bat of Callix Crabbe scoring an Eric Thames single. Thames was 3-for-5 with two strikeouts on the day. Adam Loewen had just one hit but it was his 12th homer of the year. David Cooper was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Randy Boone made a strong start for New Hampshire going 7.1 innings and allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits and a walk against three strikeouts. Continuing the strong bullpen theme, Tryston Magnuson and Alan Farina closed things out with 3.2 scoreless frames combined.
Dunedin 1 Brevard County 0 (Game 1)
The game's lone run came in the second on a Yan Gomes double. The D-Jays managed just four hits total. Mark Sobolewski was 1-for-2 with a single and a walk.
Chuck Huggins was excellent on the mound going six shutout innings allowing six hits and three walks against four strikeouts. Matthew Daly pitched a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts for his 26th save.
Dunedin 1 Brevard County 3 (Game 2)
Not much to write home about in this one. Ryan Goins had a double, Anthony Gose walked and scored, and Concepcion Rodriguez had the only RBI.
Bobby Bell started and lasted 2.1 allowing two runs on four hits and three walks. He struck out one. The bullpen allowed a run in 3.2 frames.
Fort Wayne 3 Lansing 5
A nice walkoff win for the Lugnuts as Sean Ochinko slammed a two-out, two-run homer for the victory. The Lugnuts had ten hits on the day as five players had two apiece. Ochinko added a double and 3 RBI to go with his homer while Bradley Glenn picked up two doubles and a pair of RBI, Kevin Ahrens had a single and a double, and Justin Jackson and Michael Crouse had a pair of singles each.
Matt Fields started for Lansing and lasted just four and a third allowing three runs (two earned) on three hits, three walks and three strikeouts. The bullpen filled in admirably as Scott Gracey and Steve Turnbull went the final 4.2 allowing just two hits and a hit batsman. Turnbull picked up the victory, his third of the year.
Auburn 2 Connecticut 0
Four pitchers combined to twirl a three-hitter for the Doubledays. Casey Lawrence started and was brilliant in his five innings allowing three hits and striking out seven to move to 6-1 with an ERA of 1.74. From there the bullpen took over and delivered four perfect innings to preserve the victory.
The Doubledays managed just six hits but three of them were doubles off the bats of Carlos Perez, Matthew Nuzzo, and Markus Brisker who drove in the only two runs.
The DSL Blue Jays had Sunday off.
Speaking of days off, the GCL Blue Jays enjoyed one of their own.
Three Stars:
3rd Star: Randy Boone- 7.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
2nd Star: Chuck Huggins- 6 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K
1st Star: Casey Lawrence- 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K
