Buffalo and Dunedin were your Wednesday winners. It was not a nice day for a ball game for New Hampshire or Vancouver.
Buffalo 6 Columbus 2
The Herd scored all six runs in the first two innings and made it stand up against the Guardians affiliate. Gabriel Moreno opened and closed the scoring with an RBI single and a two-run knock while Nathan Lukes belted a three-run homer to cap off the first. Moreno later doubled for a three-hit night while Lukes reached base three times by adding a single and a walk. Otto Lopez had a couple of hits. Stevie Berman doubled and Vinny Capra singled.
Bowden Francis worked around two hits with two strikeouts over two innings. Adrian Hernandez struck out two in a perfect third. Julian Merryweather allowed a hit and a walk with a punchout over a scoreless fourth. Colt Griffin and Zach Pop put up goose eggs with strikeout/walk totals of 1-1 and 1-2 respectively. Hayden Juenger was awarded the win with two shutout innings with a K/BB total of 1-1. Matt Gage gave up two runs in the ninth.
Somerset 3 New Hampshire 2
Back-to-back home runs by Will Robertson and Trevor Schwecke gave the Fisher Cats a one-run lead but the Yankees affiliate scored twice in the sixth off Braden Scott to edge the Fisher Cats. Schwecke had a two-hit night but New Hampshire was held to three hits total. Davis Schneider and Ryan Gold both drew a walk and Cam Eden was hit by a pitch. Addison Barger and Orelvis Martinez were 0-for-4 and struck twice.
Alejandro Melean was in line for the win after pitching five innings of two-run ball on two hits and three walks while punching out three batters. Brady Lail took over for Scott and tossed two no-hit frames with two K's.
Hillsboro 9 Vancouver 5
The C's could not make it all the way back from a 6-0 deficit against the Diamondbacks affiliate. Andrés Sosa had a three-run double and Gabby Martinez and Miguel Hiraldo had RBI singles in the eighth to make it a one-run game. P.K. Morris had two doubles and was 3-for-3 with a walk. Garrett Spain doubled and walked and Anthony Morales added a single.
Michael Dominguez yielded a home run and two runs in total on four hits and a walk while ringing up seven batters. Naswell Paulino gave up a solo shot in the sixth. Justin Kelly was jolted for three unearned runs over 1-2/3 innings after an error by Martinez in left. T.J. Brock stranded a runner for Kelly but gave up a three-run homer in the ninth that put the game out of reach. He did hit 99 miles per hour on the radar gun so there's that.
Dunedin 11 Bradenton 6
The D-Jays broke the game open with a five-run sixth against the Pirates affiliate. An RBI groundout in front of the plate by Cade Doughty put Dunedin on the board in the fourth before RBI singles by Michael Turconi and Ryan McCarty and a bases-clearing double by Roque Salinas took place two innings later. José Ferrer added a sacrifice fly in the eighth. A bases-loaded walk by Peyton Williams, a sac fly by Turconi and a McCarty ground-rule double highlighted a four-run ninth. Kasevich, Doughty, Turconi, McCarty and Salinas all had two hits. Williams and Dylan Rock walked twice.
Edisson Gonzalez had just one runner reach base against him on an error by Kasevich at short after retiring eight in a row. Gonzalez would pick that runner off to end three shutout frames in which he struck out four and got four outs on the ground. José De Leon struck out one in a perfect fourth. Ryan Jennings scattered two hits over two shutout frames and struck out two for the win. Kelsey Ward served up a two-run homer and allowed three runs in his one inning of work. Devereaux Harrison allowed a Ward runner to score and was dinged for the other two runs in two-thirds of an inning. Ryan Chasse stranded the bases loaded. Despite being nicked for an unearned run on a walk, a hit and a pair of errors by Kasevich and Williams at first, Chasse earned the save.
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. P.K. Morris, Vancouver
2. Nathan Lukes, Buffalo
1. Gabriel Moreno, Buffalo
Buffalo 6 Columbus 2
The Herd scored all six runs in the first two innings and made it stand up against the Guardians affiliate. Gabriel Moreno opened and closed the scoring with an RBI single and a two-run knock while Nathan Lukes belted a three-run homer to cap off the first. Moreno later doubled for a three-hit night while Lukes reached base three times by adding a single and a walk. Otto Lopez had a couple of hits. Stevie Berman doubled and Vinny Capra singled.
Bowden Francis worked around two hits with two strikeouts over two innings. Adrian Hernandez struck out two in a perfect third. Julian Merryweather allowed a hit and a walk with a punchout over a scoreless fourth. Colt Griffin and Zach Pop put up goose eggs with strikeout/walk totals of 1-1 and 1-2 respectively. Hayden Juenger was awarded the win with two shutout innings with a K/BB total of 1-1. Matt Gage gave up two runs in the ninth.
Somerset 3 New Hampshire 2
Back-to-back home runs by Will Robertson and Trevor Schwecke gave the Fisher Cats a one-run lead but the Yankees affiliate scored twice in the sixth off Braden Scott to edge the Fisher Cats. Schwecke had a two-hit night but New Hampshire was held to three hits total. Davis Schneider and Ryan Gold both drew a walk and Cam Eden was hit by a pitch. Addison Barger and Orelvis Martinez were 0-for-4 and struck twice.
Alejandro Melean was in line for the win after pitching five innings of two-run ball on two hits and three walks while punching out three batters. Brady Lail took over for Scott and tossed two no-hit frames with two K's.
Hillsboro 9 Vancouver 5
The C's could not make it all the way back from a 6-0 deficit against the Diamondbacks affiliate. Andrés Sosa had a three-run double and Gabby Martinez and Miguel Hiraldo had RBI singles in the eighth to make it a one-run game. P.K. Morris had two doubles and was 3-for-3 with a walk. Garrett Spain doubled and walked and Anthony Morales added a single.
Michael Dominguez yielded a home run and two runs in total on four hits and a walk while ringing up seven batters. Naswell Paulino gave up a solo shot in the sixth. Justin Kelly was jolted for three unearned runs over 1-2/3 innings after an error by Martinez in left. T.J. Brock stranded a runner for Kelly but gave up a three-run homer in the ninth that put the game out of reach. He did hit 99 miles per hour on the radar gun so there's that.
Dunedin 11 Bradenton 6
The D-Jays broke the game open with a five-run sixth against the Pirates affiliate. An RBI groundout in front of the plate by Cade Doughty put Dunedin on the board in the fourth before RBI singles by Michael Turconi and Ryan McCarty and a bases-clearing double by Roque Salinas took place two innings later. José Ferrer added a sacrifice fly in the eighth. A bases-loaded walk by Peyton Williams, a sac fly by Turconi and a McCarty ground-rule double highlighted a four-run ninth. Kasevich, Doughty, Turconi, McCarty and Salinas all had two hits. Williams and Dylan Rock walked twice.
Edisson Gonzalez had just one runner reach base against him on an error by Kasevich at short after retiring eight in a row. Gonzalez would pick that runner off to end three shutout frames in which he struck out four and got four outs on the ground. José De Leon struck out one in a perfect fourth. Ryan Jennings scattered two hits over two shutout frames and struck out two for the win. Kelsey Ward served up a two-run homer and allowed three runs in his one inning of work. Devereaux Harrison allowed a Ward runner to score and was dinged for the other two runs in two-thirds of an inning. Ryan Chasse stranded the bases loaded. Despite being nicked for an unearned run on a walk, a hit and a pair of errors by Kasevich and Williams at first, Chasse earned the save.
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. P.K. Morris, Vancouver
2. Nathan Lukes, Buffalo
1. Gabriel Moreno, Buffalo