Brett Lawrie fielded cleanly on four plays with Dunedin. He was solid in the field and put the bat on the ball. Jessie Litsch put on the dog, starting strong in 6 well pitched innings at Tuscon.
The 51s traveled to Tuscon and took it tough. Pitching gave up 9 hits, including an HR despite a nice starting gig by Jesse Litsch (6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 7Ks). Danny Farquhar (3-2) took the loss giving up three hits and two runs in just a single inning pitched. Kevin Howard (0 for 3, BB, K) booted his 5th error.
Darin Mastroianni (2 for 4, 2 R, k) had half of LV’s hits and 2/3 of the runs on the night. Only other hits were singles form Manny Mayorson (1 for 3) and Adam Loewen (1 for 4, R, 2 Ks). RBIs Didn’t come form hits. David Cooper (0 for 2, 2 RBIs) and Ryan Budde (0 for 2, RBI, 2Ks) managed the RBIs with Sac Flies and a ground out.
Adeiny Hechavarria ended his long 21 at bat hitless skid with three singles Friday. He had been batting .091 in his last 10 games, having gone just 4 hits in 44 AB. Henderson Alverez (W5-4) had a decent outing with 7 IP, 6H, 2R, BB, 5K but 2 solo HRs. Bobby Korecky (S, 7) came on in the 9th for the save.
Run production for the Fishercats came from Travis d’Arnaud (3 for 4, 2 RBIs) and Mike McDade (1 for 4, R, 2B, 2 RBI, K).
Bret Lawrie (0 for 3), playing 3rd for 7 innings in his second Rehab game at Dunedin, came up hitless but got his bat on the ball three times. The D-Jays could only put up 5 hits on the evening while the Pirates battered Dunedin Pitching for 8 runs on 12 hits. Ryan Tepera (L, 7-5) (5.1 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 5Ks) took the loss, relieving starter Dustin McGowan (2.2IP,H, BB, 3Ks).
Dunedin’ lone run came in the 2nd when Ryan Goins (0 for 3, BB, K) walked, Ivan Contreras (1 for 3, 2B, RBI, K) doubled plating Goins. Brad McElroy (2 for 4, 2B) and A.J. Jimenez (2 for 4) each posted a multi-hit game.
Seven Ks, 3 hits on no runs in 6.0 innings pitched secured the win for starter Sean Nolin (2-2). Relievers Dustin Antolin (H,3) and Danny Barnes (S, 6) came on allowing a single run on 4 hits in their 3.0 IP.
Luggies’ runs came from the heart of the line-up, led by Jake Marsnick (3 for 4, 2R, HR,RBI) with his solo dinger in the 1st inning. RBIs were also dished up by Marcus Knecht (0 for 4, RBI) and a single by K.C. Hobson (1 for 4, RBI).
Vancouver dropped a heartbreaker when Boise scored a top of the ninth go ahead run. Losing pitcher Travis Garret(3-2) (1.0 IP, 2H, R, K)took his second loss giving up a run on a pair of hits in the top of the ninth. Starter Jesse Hernandez (5.0IP, 5H, 3R, 2BB, 6Ks) gave up some ground, but kept things close with 6 strike outs. Vancouver had a couple of errors, one each from Garret Maines (1st) (0 for 3, BB) and Bryan Kervin (3rd) (1 for 5, R, 2B, RBI, K).
Vancouver runs also came when Stephen McQuail (1 for 5, R,HR, 3RBIs, 3Ks) went yard on his 8th HR of the year, a 3 run blast. Balbino Fuenmayor (1 for 4, R, RBI, BB, 2Ks) singled in Kervin.
Bluefield managed to kick a little Kingsport Friday behind the six-hit, 13 strike out pitching of Aaron Sanchez (W, 1-1) (5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 7Ks) and Myles Jaye (S,1) (4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 6Ks).
Bluefield’s offence was fueled by Daniel Arcilla’s (1 for 3, 2 RBIs, BB) 2 run single in the 7th and Aaron Munoz(1 for 1, RBI, BB) who singled in Christopher Hawkins (3 for 4, 2B, K) the games top hitter with three. Kevin Pillar (2 for 4, R) had a pair of singles.
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Starter Jose Vargas (0-1) could get only a single out, but gave up 6 runs on 6 hits, including a pair of Home Runs and put the Blue Jays in a deep hole the couldn’t get out of. Vargas’ ERA ballooned to 162.00. Santiago Nessy (2 for 4, 2B, RBI, 2 Ks) suffered a pair of errors, bringing his total to four on the year.
In the first inning Dickie Thon (2 for 4, 2B, 2 RBI) led the four run charge plating a pair with a double. Angle Gomez(0 for 4, RBI, 2Ks) and Seth Conner(1 for 3, RBI) together added a pair of RBIs as well.
Our DSL bats made us proud with 9 hits and a nice starting performance from Eyerys Guerra (4.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 4 Ks 1 HR) foretold good things on the day. Relief pitching came on to shut out the Cubs2. Winner Manuel Lopez (2-1) had 3.2 IP, H, 0 R, 3Ks, and saver Steven Romero (S, 4) came on to put the lights out with 1.1 IP, H, 0 R, K. The DSL Jays suffered two errors in the field from Jonathan Pumarol (0 for 4, 2Ks), his 7th and Cesar Barazarte (2 for 5, 2B, RBI), his 3rd. But the Cubs2 really lost their touch in the field with 9 errors.
On offence the Blue Jays brought on no less than 9 hits led by other multi-hitters Mauricio Nagahashi (2 for 5, 2 Ks), and Angle Rojas (2 for 5, R). Jacinto Cipiota (1 for 3, R, RBI, K) and Luis Martin (1 for 3, R, 2B, RBI, 2 Ks) contributed an RBI each.
Three Stars:
3rd Star(s) Aaron Sanchez and Myles Jaye – Combined for 13 Ks, and a single run
2nd Star Stephen McQuail – 1 for 5, R, HR, 3RBIs, 3Ks
1st Star Jessie Litsch – 6.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 3BB, 7Ks
