Buffalo 3 Scranton 2
A three run third inning was the difference. Matt Hague singled in Caleb Gindl and Andy Burns. Daric Barton then doubled in Hague. Barton went 2-4 and Sean Ochinko 3-4 although he did not figure in any scoring.
Feliex Doubront had a strong start, seven shutout innings, four hits, four walks, five K's. Blake McFarland made his AAA debut and pitched a 1-2-3 eighth. But the first two hitters he faced in the ninth singled. Gregory Infante came on and also gave up a couple of singles, but then buckled down for the save.
The Bisons were rained out on Saturday. Jeff Francis was outstanding on Friday, he pitched seven shutout innings with just four hits to lead Buffalo to the win.
New Hampshire 5 Trenton 2
Dalton Pompey helped the Cats get going in the first inning as he singled to lead off the game. A couple of walks and a sac fly made it 1-0. Pompey singled again with two outs in the fifth. Roemen Fields also singled to move Pompey to third and Pompey scored on a wild pitch. on Berti walked and KC Hobson doubled in two runs. Dwight Smith Jr. tripled and scored in the sixth to make it 6-0. Hobson was 3-3, Pompey and Kevin Nolan had two hits each.
Casey Lawrence pitched seven strong innings, he gave up one run on four hits. Chad Girodo got the five out save.
New Hampshire were rained out on Saturday. On Friday they won 3-0, Ryan Schimpf hit a three run home run, Dalton Pompey had two hits and Austin Bibens-Dirkx had a good start.
Fort Myers 2 Dunedin 7
Anthony Alford tripled to lead off the game but was stranded. Rowdy Tellez didn't get him in in the first inning but Tellez singled in two runs in the third, singled in another in the sixth and homered in the eighth. Christian Lopes also had three hits, Mitch Nay was 2-4 with a walk and Emilio Guerrero 2-4.
Luis Santos pitched 4.1 innings but Alberto Tirado went 1.2 for the win. Matt Dermody closed out with 3 innings.
Dunedin won on Saturday, Rowdy Tellez had two hits including a home run while Jeff Hoffman had six K's over five shutout innings. Dunedin lost on Friday despite Anthony Alford and Rowdy Tellez each having two hits and a home run. Mitch Nay also had two hits. Jairo Labourt took the loss and Miguel Castro pitched a perfect inning in relief.
West Michigan 5 Lansing 7
Tied game, eighth inning, bases loaded, two outs, DJ Davis up to bat. Davis doubled in two runs for the win. It was Davis' second hit of the day. Jason Leblebijian and Alexis Maldonado also had two hits.
Jesus Tinoco went four innings with just one hit allowed but when he warmed up for the fifth he called out the trainers and left. Mark Biggs and Justin Shafer let Michigan back in the game before Carlos Ramirez and Tim Mayza locked it down.
On Saturday Shane Dawson struck out nine in 7.2 innings while Ryan McBroom had three hits. Lansing lost on Friday with DJ Davis being a home run short of the cycle.
Hillsboro 2 Vancouver 6
Vancouver scored six runs on two hits. Hit by pitch and errors helped. The first two runs came though a hit batter, a single from Lane Thomas, and an error. With the game tied at 2 in the seventh another hit batter was followed by a walk and a sacrifice that reached and loaded the bases. Earl Burl had the second and last Vancouver single which combined with an error scored three. A wild pitch completed the scoring.
Clinton Hollon went six innings with a good line of 6 2 2 2 2 4. Travis Bergen went 2.1 innings for the win.
On Saturday JC Cardenas delivered a walk off single in the bottom of the ninth for a win. Lane Thomas hit a home run and Conor Fisk pitched five shutout innings for the win. Jon Harris made his debut on Friday and just pitched good 2.2 innings. Sean Hurley and Earl Burl led the offense to the win.
Bluefield 8 Kingsport 7 - 10 innings
It was 24 up, 24 down for Bluefield and down 4-0 it looked like the only thing left was to avoid the perfect game. Mattingly Romanin singled to lead off the inning, DJ McKnight was hit by a pitch and Matt Morgan singled to load the bases. Then the top of the order went to work, Yeltsin Gudino singled, Rodrigo Orozco doubled and Christian Williams doubled to give Bluefield the lead. Kingsport scored three runs in the ninth to tie with the tying run coming on a passed ball. In the tenth Carl Wise singled in the winning run with two outs.
Nick Wells pitched 3.1 innings and was charged with three runs, Miguel Burgos went 3.2 innings and gave up an unearned run.
Bluefield gave up four runs in the bottom of the ninth to lose. Juliandry Higuera pitched five shutout innings. On Friday Bluefield had 8 hits, 13 walks and 15 runs as they took advantage of Kingsport being short of pitchers. Angel Perdomo went five innings.
3 Stars
3rd star: Carl Wise
2nd star: DJ Davis
1st star: Rowdy Tellez
