Pawtucket at Buffalo - postponed
New Britain 5 New Hampshire 0 - game 1
It's hard to win when you only have three hits. New Hampshire were dominated by Trevor May, one of Minnesota's prospects. May pitched a complete game. Unusually, all three of the Fisher Cat hits were doubles. Tyson Brummett started and gave up four runs in four innings.
New Britain 0 New Hampshire 3 - game 2
Ryan Tepera did not gave up a a hit until there were two outs in the fifth inning. Not only was it the first hit he had allowed it was also the first ball in the air he had allowed. After five inning his out count was 12 ground balls, 2 strikeouts and one double play. He did give up a couple of fly balls in the sixth. Chad Beck nailed down the save in the seventh.
The Cats took the lead in the sixth. Brian Van Kirk singled and tried to score later when Kevin Ahrens singled but he was thrown out at the plate. Ahrens took second on the play and scored when Jack Murphy doubled. Then in the sixth Kevin Pillar singled and scored when the defense threw the ball away on a sacrifice by Kenny Wilson. Wilson was picked up which was costly when Ryan Schimpf followed with a home run. Pillar was the only hitter with two hits.
Dunedin - scheduled day off
Dayton 1 Lansing 3
Dayton scored in the first without a hit, an error, a walk, a double steal and a ground ball made it 1-0. Taylor Cole was on the mound but he settled down thereafter and only allowed that unearned run on three hits and four walks. He had just one K. The bullpen was outstanding. Will Browning pitched an inning and a third, had four K's, and ran his consecutive out via K streak to ten. Tucker Donahue and Chuck Ghysels were perfect in their inning.
Carlos Ramirez tripled in the second inning and scored when Santiago Nessy singled. The game remained tied until the sixth. Shane Opitz singled, Dalton Pompey doubled in the go-ahead run, Chris Hawkins singled Pompey to third and he scored on a double play ball. Pompey and Opitz had two hits each. Dwight Smith Jr. was called up on Wednesday but was not in the game.
Three Stars
#3 - Kevin Pillar
#2 - Taylor Cole
#1 - Ryan Tepera
