Only two wins out of six for the affiliates on Monday. Two losses were by one run and three were by two. The game I was at involved a converted touchdown spread.
Gwinnett 2 Buffalo 1
Buffalo, NY - The Braves used a walk and a two-run homer off Scott Copeland (4-2, 2.05) in the fourth inning to beat the Bisons. Gwinett got just two other hits against Copeland over seven innings. He struck out two and got 12 of his 15 outs on the ground to give him a Game Score of 64. Ryan Tepera struck out three of the six batters he faced over two perfect frames.
Buffalo's only run came off the bat of Caleb Gindl, who belted a solo home run in the fifth. Gindl had two hits and a walk and Melky Mesa also picked up a couple of hits. Ramon Santiago singled and walked and Josh Thole also had a base hit. Matt Hague walked twice but Andy Burns and Daric Barton were both 0-for-4. Steve Tolleson and Jonathan Diaz were a combined 0-for-6 while Luke Scott and Brad Glenn came up empty in their pinch-hit appearances.
Trenton 3 New Hampshire 2 (13 Innings)
Trenton, NJ - The Yankees affiliate got a double, a single and a sacrifice fly off Jimmy Cordero (0-1), who got only one out before the walk-off loss. Taylor Cole tossed six innings of two-run ball on seven hits, including a home run, and three walks. His strikeout and groundout totals were seven apiece. Dustin Antolin stranded two Cole runners by striking out two in a perfect inning. Colt Hynes got two outs, including a strikeout, but gave up two hits and a walk. Scott Barnes surrendered a hit with a K-BB total of 2-2 in 1-1/3 innings, leaving the bases loaded. Wil Browning stranded all three runners in his 2-2/3 shutout innings. He gave up a hit and a walk but struck out one. He got help from Roemon Fields, who threw out a runner at the plate from center field to end the 10th inning.
The Fisher Cats scored the first run in the first on a Ryan Schimpf sacrifice fly to score a Dalton Pompey single. Pompey scored the tying run in the eighth on a wild pitch after leading off with a triple. Pompey and Roemon Fields had three hits apiece at the top of the order with Fields stealing a base. Jon Berti had two hits, two walks and a stolen base. Jack Murphy and Kevin Nolan also had two-hit games with Murphy getting a double. K.C. Hobson was 0-for-6 with a hat trick, Shane Opitz was 0-for-5 and Dwight Smith Jr. was 0-for-4 with a walk. New Hampshire was 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position and hit into three double plays.
Dunedin 3 Fort Myers 1
Dunedin, FL - The D-Jays scored all of their runs by the third inning to upend the Twins affiliate. Anthony Alford started the game with a double and scored on a Rowdy Tellez ground ball. Alford scored again along with Christian Lopes when their singles were cashed in by a Matt Dean base hit in the third. Dean had three hits while Alford and Emilio Guerrero had two each. L.B. Dantzler and Martin Medina also had singles. Tellez reached base with a walk but Mitch Nay and Dawel Lugo were 0-for-4 and 0-for-3 respectively.
Jeremy Gabryszwski (5-5, 4.00) threw six innings of one-run ball on six hits, a walk and a hit by pitch. He struck out five for a Game Score of 60. Miguel Castro walked only one batter and struck out one in two scoreless innings. All five of his outs in play did not leave the infield. Arik Sikula worked a one-hit ninth for the save.
South Bend 4 Lansing 2
South Bend, IN - The Lugnuts scored first and last but the Cubs scored the most in between, snapping a 1-1 tie in the seventh. Conner Greene (7-3, 3.88) pitched six-plus innings, giving up two runs on nine hits, including a solo homer, but walked nobody and struck out five. Six of his nine outs in play stayed on the grass. Chase Mallard could not strand a runner for Greene and was knocked around for two more runs on three hits and a walk with one K in the seventh. Colton Turner tossed a one-hit eighth.
Ryan McBroom put one over the wall for the fourth time this season to give the Lugnuts a 1-0 lead in the second. Tim Locastro singled home a David Harris double in the ninth but that was all Lansing would get. Chris Carlson had two hits and Harris was on base twice by drawing a walk. Richard Urena, Boomer Collins and Michael De La Cruz also added one to their hit total with Collins collecting a double and De La Cruz stealing a base. D.J. Davis and Jason Leblebijian were both 0-for-4.
Hillsboro 7 Vancouver 0
Brandon Hinkle held down the Hops for 2-1/3 scoreless innings of relief.
Vancouver, BC - The Diamondbacks affiliate got to Evan Smith (0-2, 4.38) for a pair of three-run innings in the first and third. Smith pitched just 2-2/3 innings and gave up six runs but just one of them was unearned after errors by Ryan Metzler and Rolando Segovia at third and short. Brandon Hinkle stranded two runners for Smith and pitched 2-1/3 shutout innings with just one walk. Joey Aquino allowed the other run on two hits in the sixth. Joe Claver survived a hit and two walks in the seventh and Turner Lee overcame a hit and a walk in the eighth. Bob Wheatley struck out one in a shutout ninth.
Gabriel Cenas had two of the C's three hits Monday.
Vancouver only got three singles, two of them by Gabriel Cenas and the other by Earl Burl III. Segovia and Sean Hurley had the only bases on balls. Lane Thomas was 0-for-4 while Metzler, Juan Kelly, Kevin Garcia and Juan Tejada were all 0-for-3. James Lynch and Brett Wellman were 0-for-1.
Burlington 4 Bluefield 1
Burlington, WV - The Royals got to Jake Brentz (0-1, 0.90) for a pair of runs in the third and hung on for the victory. One of the runs was unearned after an error by Carl Wise at third base. Brentz lasted five frames and gave up six hits and a walk with a pair of strikeouts. Jacob DeGraaf worked the final three frames and allowed the other two runs on a home run among his three hits while whiffing a pair.
Bluefield's lone run came when Andrew Guillotte scored on an error after singling to start off the eighth. Guillote had a walk to get aboard twice. The only other hit came from D.J. McKnight. Mattingly Romanin, Christian WIlliams, Freddy Rodriguez and Matt Morgan all drew free passes with Rodriguez stealing a base. Wise and Aaron Attaway were 0-for-4. Deiferson Barreto was 0-for-3.
GCL Tigers 5 GCL Blue Jays 3
Dunedin, FL - The Tigers got runs in five different innings, including four off Jays starter Osman Gutierrez (0-1, 5.87). He pitched 4-2/3 innings and gave up eight hits and a walk while collecting three K's. Gutierrez got eight of his nine outs in play on the ground. Mike Estevez muzzled the Tigers by stranding a runner and throwing 2-1/3 innings of shutout relief. He scattered two hits and a hit by pitch and struck out five. Gunnar Eastman was clipped for a run on three hits, a walk and a hit by pitch over two frames while ringing up three.
Kalik May got the Jays back in the game with a leadoff triple and scored on a Jake Thomas base hit. Thomas also drove in the other two runs with a single in the fifth and added a stolen base.. Thomas, Lance Jones and Owen Spiwak shared the hit lead with two apiece with Jones getting a walk and a stolen base. May also drew a walk to get on base a couple of times and pulled out a double steal of third and second with Jones. Jesus Severino had the other base knock. Nash Knight had a base on balls. Connor Panas and Levi Scott were a combined 0-for-8, Miguel Almonte went 0-for-3 and Cliff Brantley was 0-for-1 pinch-hitting.
DSL Blue Jays 6 DSL Diamondbacks 2
San Pedro de Macoris, DR - The Blue Jays have won 16 of 26 after scoring in five different innings. Yorman Rodriguez got things rolling with an RBI triple in the first. An Emanuel Moreta home run in the second and a wild pitch in the third made it 3-0 Jays. A Jesus Navarro base hit highlighted a two-run fifth and an error led to another run in the ninth. Norberto Obeso had two hits and two walks in five plate appearances. Antony Fuentes also had a two-hit game and a stolen base. Rodriguez, Navarro and Sterling Guzman all had a hit and a walk. Kevin Vicuna was 0-for-5 while Francisco Rodriguez and Sam Buelens were a combined 0-for-8.
Yonardo Herdenez (4-1, 1.47) gave up two unearned runs on six hits while striking out two over six frames. Only four of his 12 outs in play escaped to the outfield. Jairo Rosario pitched three shutout frames, scattering two hits and a walk while whiffing two to earn the save.
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Jeremy Gabryszwski, Dunedin
2. Anthony Alford, Dunedin
1. Matt Dean, Dunedin
Monday's Linescores
Tuesday's Schedule / Probable Starters
DSL Padres @ DSL Blue Jays, 10:30 am ET - TBA
GCL Blue Jays @ GCL Tigers, 12:00 pm ET - TBA
Fort Myers @ Dunedin, 6:30 pm ET - TBA
New Hampshire @ Portland, 7:00 pm ET - Joel Piniero (3-2, 3.59)
Bluefield @ Burlington, 7:00 pm ET - TBA
Gwinnett @ Buffalo, 7:05 pm ET - Randy Wolf (5-1, 3.05)
Lansing @ South Bend, 7:05 pm ET - Sean Reid-Foley (2-3, 3.65)
Hillsboro @ Vancouver, 10:05 pm ET - Francisco Rios (0-2, 7.36)
Gwinnett 2 Buffalo 1
Buffalo, NY - The Braves used a walk and a two-run homer off Scott Copeland (4-2, 2.05) in the fourth inning to beat the Bisons. Gwinett got just two other hits against Copeland over seven innings. He struck out two and got 12 of his 15 outs on the ground to give him a Game Score of 64. Ryan Tepera struck out three of the six batters he faced over two perfect frames.
Buffalo's only run came off the bat of Caleb Gindl, who belted a solo home run in the fifth. Gindl had two hits and a walk and Melky Mesa also picked up a couple of hits. Ramon Santiago singled and walked and Josh Thole also had a base hit. Matt Hague walked twice but Andy Burns and Daric Barton were both 0-for-4. Steve Tolleson and Jonathan Diaz were a combined 0-for-6 while Luke Scott and Brad Glenn came up empty in their pinch-hit appearances.
Trenton 3 New Hampshire 2 (13 Innings)
Trenton, NJ - The Yankees affiliate got a double, a single and a sacrifice fly off Jimmy Cordero (0-1), who got only one out before the walk-off loss. Taylor Cole tossed six innings of two-run ball on seven hits, including a home run, and three walks. His strikeout and groundout totals were seven apiece. Dustin Antolin stranded two Cole runners by striking out two in a perfect inning. Colt Hynes got two outs, including a strikeout, but gave up two hits and a walk. Scott Barnes surrendered a hit with a K-BB total of 2-2 in 1-1/3 innings, leaving the bases loaded. Wil Browning stranded all three runners in his 2-2/3 shutout innings. He gave up a hit and a walk but struck out one. He got help from Roemon Fields, who threw out a runner at the plate from center field to end the 10th inning.
The Fisher Cats scored the first run in the first on a Ryan Schimpf sacrifice fly to score a Dalton Pompey single. Pompey scored the tying run in the eighth on a wild pitch after leading off with a triple. Pompey and Roemon Fields had three hits apiece at the top of the order with Fields stealing a base. Jon Berti had two hits, two walks and a stolen base. Jack Murphy and Kevin Nolan also had two-hit games with Murphy getting a double. K.C. Hobson was 0-for-6 with a hat trick, Shane Opitz was 0-for-5 and Dwight Smith Jr. was 0-for-4 with a walk. New Hampshire was 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position and hit into three double plays.
Dunedin 3 Fort Myers 1
Dunedin, FL - The D-Jays scored all of their runs by the third inning to upend the Twins affiliate. Anthony Alford started the game with a double and scored on a Rowdy Tellez ground ball. Alford scored again along with Christian Lopes when their singles were cashed in by a Matt Dean base hit in the third. Dean had three hits while Alford and Emilio Guerrero had two each. L.B. Dantzler and Martin Medina also had singles. Tellez reached base with a walk but Mitch Nay and Dawel Lugo were 0-for-4 and 0-for-3 respectively.Jeremy Gabryszwski (5-5, 4.00) threw six innings of one-run ball on six hits, a walk and a hit by pitch. He struck out five for a Game Score of 60. Miguel Castro walked only one batter and struck out one in two scoreless innings. All five of his outs in play did not leave the infield. Arik Sikula worked a one-hit ninth for the save.
South Bend 4 Lansing 2
South Bend, IN - The Lugnuts scored first and last but the Cubs scored the most in between, snapping a 1-1 tie in the seventh. Conner Greene (7-3, 3.88) pitched six-plus innings, giving up two runs on nine hits, including a solo homer, but walked nobody and struck out five. Six of his nine outs in play stayed on the grass. Chase Mallard could not strand a runner for Greene and was knocked around for two more runs on three hits and a walk with one K in the seventh. Colton Turner tossed a one-hit eighth.
Ryan McBroom put one over the wall for the fourth time this season to give the Lugnuts a 1-0 lead in the second. Tim Locastro singled home a David Harris double in the ninth but that was all Lansing would get. Chris Carlson had two hits and Harris was on base twice by drawing a walk. Richard Urena, Boomer Collins and Michael De La Cruz also added one to their hit total with Collins collecting a double and De La Cruz stealing a base. D.J. Davis and Jason Leblebijian were both 0-for-4.
Hillsboro 7 Vancouver 0
Brandon Hinkle held down the Hops for 2-1/3 scoreless innings of relief.
Vancouver, BC - The Diamondbacks affiliate got to Evan Smith (0-2, 4.38) for a pair of three-run innings in the first and third. Smith pitched just 2-2/3 innings and gave up six runs but just one of them was unearned after errors by Ryan Metzler and Rolando Segovia at third and short. Brandon Hinkle stranded two runners for Smith and pitched 2-1/3 shutout innings with just one walk. Joey Aquino allowed the other run on two hits in the sixth. Joe Claver survived a hit and two walks in the seventh and Turner Lee overcame a hit and a walk in the eighth. Bob Wheatley struck out one in a shutout ninth.
Gabriel Cenas had two of the C's three hits Monday.
Vancouver only got three singles, two of them by Gabriel Cenas and the other by Earl Burl III. Segovia and Sean Hurley had the only bases on balls. Lane Thomas was 0-for-4 while Metzler, Juan Kelly, Kevin Garcia and Juan Tejada were all 0-for-3. James Lynch and Brett Wellman were 0-for-1.
Burlington 4 Bluefield 1
Burlington, WV - The Royals got to Jake Brentz (0-1, 0.90) for a pair of runs in the third and hung on for the victory. One of the runs was unearned after an error by Carl Wise at third base. Brentz lasted five frames and gave up six hits and a walk with a pair of strikeouts. Jacob DeGraaf worked the final three frames and allowed the other two runs on a home run among his three hits while whiffing a pair.
Bluefield's lone run came when Andrew Guillotte scored on an error after singling to start off the eighth. Guillote had a walk to get aboard twice. The only other hit came from D.J. McKnight. Mattingly Romanin, Christian WIlliams, Freddy Rodriguez and Matt Morgan all drew free passes with Rodriguez stealing a base. Wise and Aaron Attaway were 0-for-4. Deiferson Barreto was 0-for-3.
GCL Tigers 5 GCL Blue Jays 3
Dunedin, FL - The Tigers got runs in five different innings, including four off Jays starter Osman Gutierrez (0-1, 5.87). He pitched 4-2/3 innings and gave up eight hits and a walk while collecting three K's. Gutierrez got eight of his nine outs in play on the ground. Mike Estevez muzzled the Tigers by stranding a runner and throwing 2-1/3 innings of shutout relief. He scattered two hits and a hit by pitch and struck out five. Gunnar Eastman was clipped for a run on three hits, a walk and a hit by pitch over two frames while ringing up three.
Kalik May got the Jays back in the game with a leadoff triple and scored on a Jake Thomas base hit. Thomas also drove in the other two runs with a single in the fifth and added a stolen base.. Thomas, Lance Jones and Owen Spiwak shared the hit lead with two apiece with Jones getting a walk and a stolen base. May also drew a walk to get on base a couple of times and pulled out a double steal of third and second with Jones. Jesus Severino had the other base knock. Nash Knight had a base on balls. Connor Panas and Levi Scott were a combined 0-for-8, Miguel Almonte went 0-for-3 and Cliff Brantley was 0-for-1 pinch-hitting.
DSL Blue Jays 6 DSL Diamondbacks 2
San Pedro de Macoris, DR - The Blue Jays have won 16 of 26 after scoring in five different innings. Yorman Rodriguez got things rolling with an RBI triple in the first. An Emanuel Moreta home run in the second and a wild pitch in the third made it 3-0 Jays. A Jesus Navarro base hit highlighted a two-run fifth and an error led to another run in the ninth. Norberto Obeso had two hits and two walks in five plate appearances. Antony Fuentes also had a two-hit game and a stolen base. Rodriguez, Navarro and Sterling Guzman all had a hit and a walk. Kevin Vicuna was 0-for-5 while Francisco Rodriguez and Sam Buelens were a combined 0-for-8.Yonardo Herdenez (4-1, 1.47) gave up two unearned runs on six hits while striking out two over six frames. Only four of his 12 outs in play escaped to the outfield. Jairo Rosario pitched three shutout frames, scattering two hits and a walk while whiffing two to earn the save.
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Jeremy Gabryszwski, Dunedin
2. Anthony Alford, Dunedin
1. Matt Dean, Dunedin
Monday's Linescores
Tuesday's Schedule / Probable Starters
DSL Padres @ DSL Blue Jays, 10:30 am ET - TBA
GCL Blue Jays @ GCL Tigers, 12:00 pm ET - TBA
Fort Myers @ Dunedin, 6:30 pm ET - TBA
New Hampshire @ Portland, 7:00 pm ET - Joel Piniero (3-2, 3.59)
Bluefield @ Burlington, 7:00 pm ET - TBA
Gwinnett @ Buffalo, 7:05 pm ET - Randy Wolf (5-1, 3.05)
Lansing @ South Bend, 7:05 pm ET - Sean Reid-Foley (2-3, 3.65)
Hillsboro @ Vancouver, 10:05 pm ET - Francisco Rios (0-2, 7.36)
