New Hampshire and Vancouver won but Buffalo did the opposite. Dunedin's game in Fort Myers was rained out.
Lehigh Valley 6 Buffalo 1
The Herd waited until the ninth to break the shutout against the Phillies affiliate. Kevin Smith walked, Tyler White doubled and Christian Colón delivered the RBI single. White got on base twice by drawing a walk. Juan Graterol doubled while Cullen Large and Richard Ureña singled.
Thomas Hatch was perfect through two innings but was beaten up for five runs in his next two frames. He pitched five innings and allowed 10 baserunners with nine hits and a walk. He had a strikeout-walk total of 3-1 and seven of his 10 outs in play were on the ground. Dany Jiménez struck out the side, needing just a dozen pitches. Jacob Waguespack put up a zero in the seventh but Jon Harris gave up a run in the eighth.
New Hampshire 8 Hartford 2
The Rockies affiliate got the first two runs but the Fisher Cats scored eight unanswered in the second half of the game to get the win. Kevin Vicuña tied the game with a two-run single and scored the go-ahead run in the fifth. Nick Podkul poked a two-run home run in the seventh before a Chavez Young sacrifice fly and RBI singles by L.J. Talley and Vicuña put the game away in the eighth. Vicuña, Podkul and Talley all had two hits with Vicuña getting hit by a pitch and Talley stealing a base. Samad Taylor reached base all five times by going 3-for-3 with a walk and hit by pitch and stole his 21st base of the year. Tanner Kirwer was perfect at the plate with two hits and two walks. Young had two stolen bases.
Reilly Hovis put together a workman-like effort with five innings of two-run ball. Only one run was earned as he gave up five hits and a walk while striking out two. Six of his 10 outs in play were of the infield variety. Connor Law, Sean Rackoski, Marcus Reyes and Kyle Johnston all worked a scoreless frame.
Vancouver 5 Hillsboro 2
The C's did all their shopping for offence in the fifth inning to down the Diamondbacks affiliate. A Zac Cook safety squeeze to first scored a Luis De Los Santos leadoff walk to put Monty's Mounties on the board. A ground-rule double by Rafael Lantigua drove in an Eric Rivera base hit and Tanner Morris' sac fly scored Cook. Orelvis Martinez capped off the inning with two-run homer to score Lantigua in his High-A debut. The hit and on-base leader was Lantigua with two hits and a walk. De Los Santos and Rivera were on twice with a base hit and a base on balls.
C.J. Van Eyk avoided the big inning and avoided being scored upon as he threw five shutout frames averaging a baserunner per inning on two hits, two walks and a hit by pitch. He struck out three and got five outs on the fake turf over his head that 70 pitch outing in which he tossed 44 strikes. Gabriel Ponce and Andrew Bash blanked the Hops in their inning of work. Roither Hernandez coughed up two unearned runs in the eighth. Parker Caracci struck out one in a perfect ninth to get his eighth save.
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. C.J. Van Eyk, Vancouver
2. Nick Podkul, New Hampshire
1. Samad Taylor, New Hampshire
Lehigh Valley 6 Buffalo 1
The Herd waited until the ninth to break the shutout against the Phillies affiliate. Kevin Smith walked, Tyler White doubled and Christian Colón delivered the RBI single. White got on base twice by drawing a walk. Juan Graterol doubled while Cullen Large and Richard Ureña singled.
Thomas Hatch was perfect through two innings but was beaten up for five runs in his next two frames. He pitched five innings and allowed 10 baserunners with nine hits and a walk. He had a strikeout-walk total of 3-1 and seven of his 10 outs in play were on the ground. Dany Jiménez struck out the side, needing just a dozen pitches. Jacob Waguespack put up a zero in the seventh but Jon Harris gave up a run in the eighth.
New Hampshire 8 Hartford 2
The Rockies affiliate got the first two runs but the Fisher Cats scored eight unanswered in the second half of the game to get the win. Kevin Vicuña tied the game with a two-run single and scored the go-ahead run in the fifth. Nick Podkul poked a two-run home run in the seventh before a Chavez Young sacrifice fly and RBI singles by L.J. Talley and Vicuña put the game away in the eighth. Vicuña, Podkul and Talley all had two hits with Vicuña getting hit by a pitch and Talley stealing a base. Samad Taylor reached base all five times by going 3-for-3 with a walk and hit by pitch and stole his 21st base of the year. Tanner Kirwer was perfect at the plate with two hits and two walks. Young had two stolen bases.
Reilly Hovis put together a workman-like effort with five innings of two-run ball. Only one run was earned as he gave up five hits and a walk while striking out two. Six of his 10 outs in play were of the infield variety. Connor Law, Sean Rackoski, Marcus Reyes and Kyle Johnston all worked a scoreless frame.
Vancouver 5 Hillsboro 2
The C's did all their shopping for offence in the fifth inning to down the Diamondbacks affiliate. A Zac Cook safety squeeze to first scored a Luis De Los Santos leadoff walk to put Monty's Mounties on the board. A ground-rule double by Rafael Lantigua drove in an Eric Rivera base hit and Tanner Morris' sac fly scored Cook. Orelvis Martinez capped off the inning with two-run homer to score Lantigua in his High-A debut. The hit and on-base leader was Lantigua with two hits and a walk. De Los Santos and Rivera were on twice with a base hit and a base on balls.
C.J. Van Eyk avoided the big inning and avoided being scored upon as he threw five shutout frames averaging a baserunner per inning on two hits, two walks and a hit by pitch. He struck out three and got five outs on the fake turf over his head that 70 pitch outing in which he tossed 44 strikes. Gabriel Ponce and Andrew Bash blanked the Hops in their inning of work. Roither Hernandez coughed up two unearned runs in the eighth. Parker Caracci struck out one in a perfect ninth to get his eighth save.
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. C.J. Van Eyk, Vancouver
2. Nick Podkul, New Hampshire
1. Samad Taylor, New Hampshire
