Another two-homer performance in New Hampshire was the highlight of Tuesday's action on the farm which saw the affiliates post a 2-2 record.
Pawtucket 9 Buffalo 6 (Resumption of April 14 game)
Buffalo, NY — The Bisons were unable to fight back from an 8-3 hole from the night before. Garin Cecchini increased the PawSox lead to 9-3 with a home run in the fourth inning before an RBI single by Ryan Goins and a two-run knock by Josh Thole in the seventh and eighth made the final score respectable. Matt Hague had the only two-hit game for the Herd. Chris Colabello and Caleb Gindl were both hitless but walked twice.
Ryan Tepera relieved Rob Rasmussen and gave up the Cecchini homer and two more hits in his 2-1/3 innings of work but struck out two. Scott Barnes pitched 2-1/3 scoreless frames of one-hit ball with two strikeouts. Steve Delabar took care of the ninth without incident. The loss went to Chad Jenkins (0-1) after lasting just 2-2/3 innings.
There was supposed to be a second game but the lights at Coca-Cola Field did not cooperate. There will be a doubleheader today at 1:05 pm Eastern.
New Hampshire 5 Reading 4
Manchester, NH — The Fisher Cats improved to 5-1 on the season with a come-from-behind walk-off victory over the Phillies affiliates. Jack Murphy belted his second homer of the game with a runner on in the ninth for the winning blast to cap off a three-RBI night. Ryan Schimpf hit a two-run shot to score a Dwight Smith Jr. double in the first before Murphy deposited his first ball over the wall in the second. New Hampshire had just six hits with Schimpf and Jorge Flores contributing singles.
John Anderson pitched 5-1/3 innings and allowed two runs on four hits and two walks with a strikeout. One of those hits was a homer by former Jays farmhand Gustavo Pierre. Matt West stranded a runner and matched his two hits allowed with two K's over 1-2/3 innings. Cory Burns (1-0) blew the save by giving up two runs in the eighth but redeemed himself with a scoreless ninth. He had to work around four hits and a walk and struck out just one.
Bradenton 7 Dunedin 1
Dunedin, FL — Jairo Labourt (0-1) got just one out against the Pirates affiliate before exiting the game. He issued three walks, gave up a hit and made a throwing error on a bunt,which eventually resulted in a four-run first inning. Matt Dermody permitted two of three inherited runners to score but soaked up 3-1/3 innings of one-run ball. Tiago Da Silva and Jimmy Cordero allowed runs of their own over 2-1/3 innings and two innings respectively. Chad Girodo worked a one-hit ninth.
Derrick Loveless doubled home the lone Dunedin run in the seventh. Mitch Nay had a two-hit night while Jorge Saez and Matt Dean accounted for the other base hits. Roemon Fields, David Harris and Dawel Lugo were a combined 0-for-11 at the top of the order with Harris getting hit by a pitch.
Lansing 6 Fort Wayne 4
Fort Wayne, IN — The Lugnuts bolted out to a 6-0 lead before hanging on. Michael De La Cruz opened the scoring with a two-run double in the second inning. Three more runs came in the fourth on RBI singles by Josh Almonte and D.J. Davis and a fielder's choice groundout by Rowdy Tellez. Chris Carlson doubled in the final run in the fifth to highlight a three-hit night. De La Cruz and Justin Atkinson had two hits apiece. Davis walked once to get aboard twice. Each Lugnut got on base at least once with Carlson and Davis adding stolen bases.
Sean Reid-Foley scattered two hits and two walks and struck out six over three scoreless innings. Justin Shafer (1-0) went the next 4-2/3 innings and held the Padres affiliate to a pair of runs (one earned) after recording nine groundball outs. Mark Biggs stranded two runners for Shafer and struck out a pair but he had two unearned runs on his ledger after a hit and a hit by pitch in his one inning of work. Dickie Joe Thon's second error of the game at short led to the unearned markers. Phil Kish gave up a hit that led to two inherited runs but got the final out for the save.
Tuesday's Linescores
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Ryan Schimpf, New Hampshire
2. Chris Carlson, Lansing
1. Jack Murphy, New Hampshire
Today's Schedule & Probable Starters
Reading @ New Hampshire, 10:35 am ET — Matt Boyd (0-0)
Pawtucket @ Buffalo, 1:05 pm ET (DH) — Jeff Francis (NR) & Andrew Albers (0-1, 7.71)
Lansing @ Great Lakes, 6:05 pm ET — Chase De Jong (0-0, 1.93)
Bradenton @ Dunedin, 6:30 pm ET — Brad Allen (0-1, 3.38)
Pawtucket 9 Buffalo 6 (Resumption of April 14 game)
Buffalo, NY — The Bisons were unable to fight back from an 8-3 hole from the night before. Garin Cecchini increased the PawSox lead to 9-3 with a home run in the fourth inning before an RBI single by Ryan Goins and a two-run knock by Josh Thole in the seventh and eighth made the final score respectable. Matt Hague had the only two-hit game for the Herd. Chris Colabello and Caleb Gindl were both hitless but walked twice.
Ryan Tepera relieved Rob Rasmussen and gave up the Cecchini homer and two more hits in his 2-1/3 innings of work but struck out two. Scott Barnes pitched 2-1/3 scoreless frames of one-hit ball with two strikeouts. Steve Delabar took care of the ninth without incident. The loss went to Chad Jenkins (0-1) after lasting just 2-2/3 innings.
There was supposed to be a second game but the lights at Coca-Cola Field did not cooperate. There will be a doubleheader today at 1:05 pm Eastern.
New Hampshire 5 Reading 4
Manchester, NH — The Fisher Cats improved to 5-1 on the season with a come-from-behind walk-off victory over the Phillies affiliates. Jack Murphy belted his second homer of the game with a runner on in the ninth for the winning blast to cap off a three-RBI night. Ryan Schimpf hit a two-run shot to score a Dwight Smith Jr. double in the first before Murphy deposited his first ball over the wall in the second. New Hampshire had just six hits with Schimpf and Jorge Flores contributing singles.John Anderson pitched 5-1/3 innings and allowed two runs on four hits and two walks with a strikeout. One of those hits was a homer by former Jays farmhand Gustavo Pierre. Matt West stranded a runner and matched his two hits allowed with two K's over 1-2/3 innings. Cory Burns (1-0) blew the save by giving up two runs in the eighth but redeemed himself with a scoreless ninth. He had to work around four hits and a walk and struck out just one.
Bradenton 7 Dunedin 1
Dunedin, FL — Jairo Labourt (0-1) got just one out against the Pirates affiliate before exiting the game. He issued three walks, gave up a hit and made a throwing error on a bunt,which eventually resulted in a four-run first inning. Matt Dermody permitted two of three inherited runners to score but soaked up 3-1/3 innings of one-run ball. Tiago Da Silva and Jimmy Cordero allowed runs of their own over 2-1/3 innings and two innings respectively. Chad Girodo worked a one-hit ninth.
Derrick Loveless doubled home the lone Dunedin run in the seventh. Mitch Nay had a two-hit night while Jorge Saez and Matt Dean accounted for the other base hits. Roemon Fields, David Harris and Dawel Lugo were a combined 0-for-11 at the top of the order with Harris getting hit by a pitch.
Lansing 6 Fort Wayne 4
Fort Wayne, IN — The Lugnuts bolted out to a 6-0 lead before hanging on. Michael De La Cruz opened the scoring with a two-run double in the second inning. Three more runs came in the fourth on RBI singles by Josh Almonte and D.J. Davis and a fielder's choice groundout by Rowdy Tellez. Chris Carlson doubled in the final run in the fifth to highlight a three-hit night. De La Cruz and Justin Atkinson had two hits apiece. Davis walked once to get aboard twice. Each Lugnut got on base at least once with Carlson and Davis adding stolen bases.Sean Reid-Foley scattered two hits and two walks and struck out six over three scoreless innings. Justin Shafer (1-0) went the next 4-2/3 innings and held the Padres affiliate to a pair of runs (one earned) after recording nine groundball outs. Mark Biggs stranded two runners for Shafer and struck out a pair but he had two unearned runs on his ledger after a hit and a hit by pitch in his one inning of work. Dickie Joe Thon's second error of the game at short led to the unearned markers. Phil Kish gave up a hit that led to two inherited runs but got the final out for the save.
Tuesday's Linescores
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Ryan Schimpf, New Hampshire
2. Chris Carlson, Lansing
1. Jack Murphy, New Hampshire
Today's Schedule & Probable Starters
Reading @ New Hampshire, 10:35 am ET — Matt Boyd (0-0)
Pawtucket @ Buffalo, 1:05 pm ET (DH) — Jeff Francis (NR) & Andrew Albers (0-1, 7.71)
Lansing @ Great Lakes, 6:05 pm ET — Chase De Jong (0-0, 1.93)
Bradenton @ Dunedin, 6:30 pm ET — Brad Allen (0-1, 3.38)
