Buffalo at Lehigh Valley - postponed
Binghamton 9 New Hampshire 4
Vancouver 0 Eugene 1 - game one, 8 innings
Vancouver 12 Eugene 4 - game two
Tampa 0 Dunedin 1
This is what I noted from yesterday's games.
You wouldn't know it from the score but Maximo Castillo pitched well. He went five innings, allowing two runs on three hits and two walks. He only struck out two. The game went out of reach with Gabriel Ponce and Sean Rackoski on the mound.
New Hampshire's run came on a hit by pitch with the bases loaded. Rafael Lantigua was 2-3 and he was the one hit for the RBI. Ryan Gold also had two hits. Orelvis Martinez was 0-4.
In the first Vancouver game Adam Kloffenstein was all fours. Four innings pitched, four hits and four walks. Even with eight baserunners he stopped them scoring and had four shutout innings. Hunter Gregory followed and went three shutout innings with eight K's. Jimmy Burnette took the loss.
The C's had just four hits in game one. Zach Britton was 2-2 with a walk.
A ten run sixth inning was the key in game two. That inning featured five walks, back to back home runs and three doubles. The inning started with three walks followed by a ground rule double from David Schneider. Addison Barger hit a grand slam followed by a PK Morris solo shot. Garrett Spain had two hits in the inning. Barger had six RBI in the game.
Chad Dallas started but only lasted two innings. They were shutout innings but he allowed three hits and two walks. He may have been withdrawn because he used 29 pitches in the second inning. Naswell Paulino followed and went three innings.
Nick Frasso came off the IL to start. He is coming back from a form of Tommy John surgery a year ago. Frasso threw three innings with eight K's. His fastball averaged 97.5 mph and three pitches hit 100 mph. He got 18 swings and misses (whiffs). Dahian Santos followed with four innings and ten K's. He had 23 whiffs but got them in a different way. 16 of his whiffs were on the slider which he threw 60% of the time. Can you be a major leaguer throwing 60% sliders? You probably can but his fastball averaged 91.6. The final pitcher was Braden Scott who had six K's in two innings with his 91 mph fastball. That's a total of 24 K's. Tampa had just two hits.
Dunedin's run came on Cameron Eden's home run, his second this week. I would assume that after tomorrows game Eden will be on his way, likely to New Hampshire. Gabriel Martinez doubled to stay hot while Chavez Young, also on rehab, was 0-4.
Three Stars
Third Star - Nick Frasso
Second Star - Addison Barger
First Star - Dahian Santos
