A 5-2 mark for the affiliates Tuesday with one game suspended due to rain. One win was a walk-off.
Columbus 0 Buffalo 0 - Suspended By Rain (Bottom 4th - 1 out)
Buffalo, NY - Liam Hendriks returned to his dominant ways in Triple-A, shutting out the Indians affiliate on two hits over four frames. He struck out four Clippers and recorded six outs on the ground. The Bisons had two hits in the first three innings - a Darin Mastroianni single and a Dan Johnson double - but did nothing with them. Jared Goeddert drew two walks and will be at first base when the game resumes today.
New Hampshire 5 Portland 1
Portland, ME - Daniel Norris (1-0) dominated the Red Sox affiliate by whiffing
10 batters over 5.2 innings. He surrendered a run on three hits and
three walks. Fellow lefty Tyler Ybarra allowed one of two
inherited runners to score on one hit, one walk and one hit by pitch. He
struck out a batter over 1.1 frames. Randy Boone and Gregory Infante
kept the shutout relief going with two K's apiece in their one-inning
stints. Boone walked a batter and plunked another while Infante gave up a
hit.
Kenny Wilson began the game with a triple and would score on a Matt Newman ground ball. Newman would go yard to spark a three-run fourth. K.C. Hobson singled home a Jonathan Jones three-bagger and Kevin Nolan drove home another with a sacrifice fly. Jones would single home another run in the fifth. Jones and Wilson had two hits apiece with Wilson drawing a walk. Newman had a walk to reach base twice. Berti, Nolan, Mike Crouse and Derrick Chung also contributed to the hit column. Jorge Flores was 0-for-4.
Daytona 6 Dunedin 5
Daytona Beach, FL - Dunedin had five one-run innings with the highlights being two RBI singles by Dwight Smith Jr., a run-scoring double by Gustavo Pierre and Marcus Knecht singling home a Dalton Pompey triple. Andy Fermin had a four-hit night and was a homer shy of a cycle. Pierre had a three-hit game while Smith Jr. and Pompey had two hits each. Knecht added a walk to get aboard twice. Christian Lopes singled and walked.
Matt Boyd struggled through four innings as the Cubs scored three times on six hits and two walks. One of the runs was unearned after an Emilio Guerrero error at short, his 20th of the campaign. Boyd did strike out six and his ERA is still below one at 0.94. Chad Girodo was smacked around for six hits and three walks, leading to two runs (one earned but it was Girodo's error) over three frames. He struck out a pair. Danny Barnes (0-4) gave up a solo homer to Albert Almora and also walked a batter in the eighth.
Lansing 5 West Michigan 4
Lansing, MI - The Lugnuts first run was a D.J. Davis production. He walked with two outs, stole second, went to third on an errant throw and dashed home on a wild pitch in the third. Trailing 3-1 in the sixth, back-to-back doubles by Matt Dean and Mitch Nay drew Lansing a run closer. Davis singled home the winning run as part of a three-run seventh that also included a Derrick Loveless RBI fielder's choice. Justin Atkinson added a double and Dickie Joe Thon had a base hit.
Shane Dawson was victimized by a two-run homer among his two runs on five hits and two walks over 4.1 innings. Davis prevented another run from appearing on Dawson's line by throwing out a runner at home plate as part of an 8-2 double play. The Albertan lefty struck out four and induced a trio of groundouts. Roberto Espinosa stranded two runners but wound up getting charged with a run of his own on a hit and two walks. He did strike out a pair in his 1.2 innings. Scott Silverstein (7-3) surrendered one run on one hit and one walk in 1.1 frames while striking out one. Phil Kish stranded two runners by striking out a batter in his two-thirds of an inning. Griffin Murphy struck out one of the three batters he retired for his 13th save.
Vancouver 3 Hillsboro 0
Francisco Gracesqui was the winning pitcher in Tuesday's victory in Hillsboro.
Hillsboro, OR - The first run of the game came in the third when Jonathan Davis doubled and he eventually scored on a throwing error. Michael De La Cruz drove home two insurance runs with a triple in the seventh. Ryan Metzler had two singles and a base on balls. De La Cruz walked and Alexis Maldonado also got aboard twice with a hit and a walk. Ryan McBroom had a double. Roemon Fields was 0-for-5 but stole his 10th base. Franklin Barreto was 0-for-4.
Justin Shafer pitched 3.2 innings and allowed just two hits while striking out five. Francisco Gracesqui (1-0) stranded a runner for Shafer and pitched 1.1 innings of one-hit ball with two K's. Daniel Lietz put up two goose eggs with three walks and two strikeouts. Jose Fernandez finished up strong with two innings of one-hit relief, whiffing five.
Kingsport 6 Bluefield 5
Kingsport, TN - The Jays got a 3-0 jump on the Mets in the first due in part to a Rowdy Tellez sacrifice fly and a Gabriel Cenas double. Cenas doubled home another run in the third and Rolando Segovia plated a run in the ninth on a sac fly. Cenas and Josh Almonte had the two-hit efforts while Tellez walked twice. Richard Urena was 1-for-4.
Jesus Tinoco kept the Mets at two runs despite seven hits and two walks over four frames. He struck out one but five of his eight outs were on the ground. Dusty Isaacs allowed a run on two hits over 2.2 innings but struck out six. Conor Fisk allowed two more runs on two hits and two walks but struck out three in 1.2 innings. Chase Wellbrook (0-1) struck out a batter but coughed up the winning run on two hits.
GCL Blue Jays 6 GCL Pirates 3
Dunedin, FL - Matt Morgan slammed a three-run home walk with two outs in the ninth inning for a walk-off victory. That came after the Jays built a 3-0 lead by the fifth inning on an RBI doubles by Deiferson Barreto and Juan Kelly and a run-scoring single by Lane Thomas. Yeltsin Gudino joined Kelly and Thomas in the two-hit parade. Morgan had two walks to add to his dinger and Kelly was hit by a pitch to reach base thrice. Thomas stole his second base of the year.
Evan Smith was in line for the win after six strong innings in which he kept the Bucs to a single run on four hits. His K and groundout totals were seven apiece. Daniel Rodriguez surrendered the tying runs in 2.1 innings on five hits (including a solo homer) and two walks but Joe Claver (1-0) survived a walk and stranded a runner in his 2/3 of an inning. Rodriguez and Claver each had a strikeout.
DSL Blue Jays 4 DSL Astros Orange 2
San Pedro de Macoris, DR - The Jays did all their scoring in the third and fourth innings. Rodrigo Orozco drove in the first two runs with a single. Jesus Severino and Miguel Almonte singled home the others. Orozco, Almonte and Enmanuel Moreta had two hits apiece. Bryan Lizardo reached base three times with a hit and two walks. Eddy Alcantara singled and walked. Javier Hernandez doubled.
Denis Diaz (2-1) threw five no-hit innings with just an unearned run on his pitching line. He walked three and struck out five. Luis Sanchez got the four-inning save, giving up a run on three hits while whiffing two.
Tuesday's Linescores
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Andy Fermin, Dunedin - OPS of .941 in four games since his recent demotion from New Hampshire.
2. Matt Morgan, GCL Blue Jays - A .972 OPS in his first four games as a pro.
1. Daniel Norris, New Hampshire - A 19-4 K-BB total in his 11.1 innings at the Double-A level.
Wednesday's Schedule & Probable Starters...
DSL Astros Orange @ DSL Blue Jays, 10:30 a.m. ET - TBA.
GCL Yankees1 @ GCL Blue Jays, 12:00 p.m. ET - TBA.
Vancouver @ Hillsboro, 4:35 pm ET - TBA.
Columbus @ Buffalo, 5:35 pm (DH) - Aaron Sanchez (0-1, 6.00).
New Hampshire @ Portland, 6:00 pm - Scott Copeland (5-6, 3.81).
Dunedin @ Daytona, 7:00 p.m. - Jesse Hernandez (3-5, 4.48).
West Michigan @ Lansing, 7:05 p.m. - Frank Viola III (2-0, 1.15).
Bluefield @ Kingsport, 7:05 p.m. - Jesus Tinoco (0-1, 9.00).
Extra Innings...
The Lansing State Journal has a story on Derrick Loveless and a feature on Frank Viola III.
The Vancouver Province says Canadians ownership is looking at adding seats to Nat Bailey Stadium in the near future.
The Vancouver Sun takes a look back on Opening Day for the C's.
Bob Elliott of The Toronto Sun has penned a piece on C's hurler Andrew Case.
The Huntsville Times has a word with recently signed free agent pitcher Turner Lee.
Columbus 0 Buffalo 0 - Suspended By Rain (Bottom 4th - 1 out)
Buffalo, NY - Liam Hendriks returned to his dominant ways in Triple-A, shutting out the Indians affiliate on two hits over four frames. He struck out four Clippers and recorded six outs on the ground. The Bisons had two hits in the first three innings - a Darin Mastroianni single and a Dan Johnson double - but did nothing with them. Jared Goeddert drew two walks and will be at first base when the game resumes today.
New Hampshire 5 Portland 1
Portland, ME - Daniel Norris (1-0) dominated the Red Sox affiliate by whiffing
10 batters over 5.2 innings. He surrendered a run on three hits and
three walks. Fellow lefty Tyler Ybarra allowed one of two
inherited runners to score on one hit, one walk and one hit by pitch. He
struck out a batter over 1.1 frames. Randy Boone and Gregory Infante
kept the shutout relief going with two K's apiece in their one-inning
stints. Boone walked a batter and plunked another while Infante gave up a
hit.Kenny Wilson began the game with a triple and would score on a Matt Newman ground ball. Newman would go yard to spark a three-run fourth. K.C. Hobson singled home a Jonathan Jones three-bagger and Kevin Nolan drove home another with a sacrifice fly. Jones would single home another run in the fifth. Jones and Wilson had two hits apiece with Wilson drawing a walk. Newman had a walk to reach base twice. Berti, Nolan, Mike Crouse and Derrick Chung also contributed to the hit column. Jorge Flores was 0-for-4.
Daytona 6 Dunedin 5
Daytona Beach, FL - Dunedin had five one-run innings with the highlights being two RBI singles by Dwight Smith Jr., a run-scoring double by Gustavo Pierre and Marcus Knecht singling home a Dalton Pompey triple. Andy Fermin had a four-hit night and was a homer shy of a cycle. Pierre had a three-hit game while Smith Jr. and Pompey had two hits each. Knecht added a walk to get aboard twice. Christian Lopes singled and walked.
Matt Boyd struggled through four innings as the Cubs scored three times on six hits and two walks. One of the runs was unearned after an Emilio Guerrero error at short, his 20th of the campaign. Boyd did strike out six and his ERA is still below one at 0.94. Chad Girodo was smacked around for six hits and three walks, leading to two runs (one earned but it was Girodo's error) over three frames. He struck out a pair. Danny Barnes (0-4) gave up a solo homer to Albert Almora and also walked a batter in the eighth.
Lansing 5 West Michigan 4
Lansing, MI - The Lugnuts first run was a D.J. Davis production. He walked with two outs, stole second, went to third on an errant throw and dashed home on a wild pitch in the third. Trailing 3-1 in the sixth, back-to-back doubles by Matt Dean and Mitch Nay drew Lansing a run closer. Davis singled home the winning run as part of a three-run seventh that also included a Derrick Loveless RBI fielder's choice. Justin Atkinson added a double and Dickie Joe Thon had a base hit.Shane Dawson was victimized by a two-run homer among his two runs on five hits and two walks over 4.1 innings. Davis prevented another run from appearing on Dawson's line by throwing out a runner at home plate as part of an 8-2 double play. The Albertan lefty struck out four and induced a trio of groundouts. Roberto Espinosa stranded two runners but wound up getting charged with a run of his own on a hit and two walks. He did strike out a pair in his 1.2 innings. Scott Silverstein (7-3) surrendered one run on one hit and one walk in 1.1 frames while striking out one. Phil Kish stranded two runners by striking out a batter in his two-thirds of an inning. Griffin Murphy struck out one of the three batters he retired for his 13th save.
Vancouver 3 Hillsboro 0
Francisco Gracesqui was the winning pitcher in Tuesday's victory in Hillsboro.
Hillsboro, OR - The first run of the game came in the third when Jonathan Davis doubled and he eventually scored on a throwing error. Michael De La Cruz drove home two insurance runs with a triple in the seventh. Ryan Metzler had two singles and a base on balls. De La Cruz walked and Alexis Maldonado also got aboard twice with a hit and a walk. Ryan McBroom had a double. Roemon Fields was 0-for-5 but stole his 10th base. Franklin Barreto was 0-for-4.Justin Shafer pitched 3.2 innings and allowed just two hits while striking out five. Francisco Gracesqui (1-0) stranded a runner for Shafer and pitched 1.1 innings of one-hit ball with two K's. Daniel Lietz put up two goose eggs with three walks and two strikeouts. Jose Fernandez finished up strong with two innings of one-hit relief, whiffing five.
Kingsport 6 Bluefield 5
Kingsport, TN - The Jays got a 3-0 jump on the Mets in the first due in part to a Rowdy Tellez sacrifice fly and a Gabriel Cenas double. Cenas doubled home another run in the third and Rolando Segovia plated a run in the ninth on a sac fly. Cenas and Josh Almonte had the two-hit efforts while Tellez walked twice. Richard Urena was 1-for-4.
Jesus Tinoco kept the Mets at two runs despite seven hits and two walks over four frames. He struck out one but five of his eight outs were on the ground. Dusty Isaacs allowed a run on two hits over 2.2 innings but struck out six. Conor Fisk allowed two more runs on two hits and two walks but struck out three in 1.2 innings. Chase Wellbrook (0-1) struck out a batter but coughed up the winning run on two hits.
GCL Blue Jays 6 GCL Pirates 3
Dunedin, FL - Matt Morgan slammed a three-run home walk with two outs in the ninth inning for a walk-off victory. That came after the Jays built a 3-0 lead by the fifth inning on an RBI doubles by Deiferson Barreto and Juan Kelly and a run-scoring single by Lane Thomas. Yeltsin Gudino joined Kelly and Thomas in the two-hit parade. Morgan had two walks to add to his dinger and Kelly was hit by a pitch to reach base thrice. Thomas stole his second base of the year.Evan Smith was in line for the win after six strong innings in which he kept the Bucs to a single run on four hits. His K and groundout totals were seven apiece. Daniel Rodriguez surrendered the tying runs in 2.1 innings on five hits (including a solo homer) and two walks but Joe Claver (1-0) survived a walk and stranded a runner in his 2/3 of an inning. Rodriguez and Claver each had a strikeout.
DSL Blue Jays 4 DSL Astros Orange 2
San Pedro de Macoris, DR - The Jays did all their scoring in the third and fourth innings. Rodrigo Orozco drove in the first two runs with a single. Jesus Severino and Miguel Almonte singled home the others. Orozco, Almonte and Enmanuel Moreta had two hits apiece. Bryan Lizardo reached base three times with a hit and two walks. Eddy Alcantara singled and walked. Javier Hernandez doubled.Denis Diaz (2-1) threw five no-hit innings with just an unearned run on his pitching line. He walked three and struck out five. Luis Sanchez got the four-inning save, giving up a run on three hits while whiffing two.
Tuesday's Linescores
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Andy Fermin, Dunedin - OPS of .941 in four games since his recent demotion from New Hampshire.
2. Matt Morgan, GCL Blue Jays - A .972 OPS in his first four games as a pro.
1. Daniel Norris, New Hampshire - A 19-4 K-BB total in his 11.1 innings at the Double-A level.
Wednesday's Schedule & Probable Starters...
DSL Astros Orange @ DSL Blue Jays, 10:30 a.m. ET - TBA.
GCL Yankees1 @ GCL Blue Jays, 12:00 p.m. ET - TBA.
Vancouver @ Hillsboro, 4:35 pm ET - TBA.
Columbus @ Buffalo, 5:35 pm (DH) - Aaron Sanchez (0-1, 6.00).
New Hampshire @ Portland, 6:00 pm - Scott Copeland (5-6, 3.81).
Dunedin @ Daytona, 7:00 p.m. - Jesse Hernandez (3-5, 4.48).
West Michigan @ Lansing, 7:05 p.m. - Frank Viola III (2-0, 1.15).
Bluefield @ Kingsport, 7:05 p.m. - Jesus Tinoco (0-1, 9.00).
Extra Innings...
The Lansing State Journal has a story on Derrick Loveless and a feature on Frank Viola III.
The Vancouver Province says Canadians ownership is looking at adding seats to Nat Bailey Stadium in the near future.
The Vancouver Sun takes a look back on Opening Day for the C's.
Bob Elliott of The Toronto Sun has penned a piece on C's hurler Andrew Case.
The Huntsville Times has a word with recently signed free agent pitcher Turner Lee.
