Vancouver's doubleheader sweep were the only wins on Wednesday. Dunedin was walked off. Buffalo and New Hampshire had nights to forget.
Worcester 9 Buffalo 1
Nick Allgeyer was annihilated by the Red Sox affiliate after allowing a three-run homer in the first and four more in the second. The damage was done on six hits and a walk with just one strikeout. Sean Rackoski permitted all three Allgeyer runners to score and gave up a run of his own over 1-2/3 innings. Adrian Hernandez offset two hits over 1-1/3 innings with three punchouts. Julian Merryweather had an unearned run over one inning. Kyle Johnston pitched two shutout frames and Zach Pop contributed another.
An Otto Lopez groundout in the eighth led to Buffalo's only run. Spencer Horwitz had a double. Gabriel Moreno, Rafael Lantigua and Trevor Schwecke had the other base knocks with Lantigua hearing ball four once.
Portland 9 New Hampshire 4
The Red Sox affiliate also had their way with their Blue Jays counterpart here as well by putting up five runs in the second against Alejandro Melean who lasted just 1-2/3 innings. He gave up a three-run homer among three hits and walked five, dwarfing his two K's. Gabriel Ponce stranded two runners for Melean but gave up a run in 2-1/3 innings. Juan Nuņez was knocked around for a two-run homer over two innings. Brady Lail coughed up the other run but struck out six over the final three frames.
Davis Schneider tripled home a run in the third and singled home another to cap off a three-run seventh. Luis De Los Santos socked his first homer of the year and Cam Eden had a sac fly. Schneider and Zac Cook had two hits apiece. Eden was on base three times with two walks and a hit by pitch. Zach Britton had a single and a free pass. Will Robertson had a single. Orelvis Martinez, Phil Clarke and Sebastian Espino heard ball four once.
Vancouver 6 Spokane 4 (Game 1 - 7 Innings)
Miguel Hiraldo homered in the fourth inning to snap a 2-2 tie and had an RBI single in the fifth inning to conclude a three-run rally to give Vancouver a win over the Rockies affiliate. Gabby Martinez added an RBI groundout in the first and singled home a run to start the fifth. Alex De Jesus doubled in a run in the first and lifted a sac fly in the fifth. Rainer Nuņez joined Hiraldo in the two-hit club with a double and a single. Michael Turconi had a base hit while Dasan Brown and Andres Sosa walked twice.
Michael Dominguez was an out shy of the win, allowing two runs on four hits and a walk. He struck out seven and split his outs in play evenly with three groundouts and three flyouts. Devereaux Harrison stranded a runner for Dominguez before allowing two runs in 1-1/3 innings but he got the win in his Northwest League debut. Connor Cooke closed it out with a shutout seventh and ended a 1-2-3 frame with a strikeout.
Vancouver 5 Spokane 4 (Game 2 - 7 Innings)
Back-to-back jacks by Alex De Jesus and Miguel Hiraldo in the fourth broke a 2-2 deadlock to give the C's the doubleheader sweep in a game to make up a rained out affair in Vancouver back on July 3. As a result, the C's had the last at-bat and scored in the bottom of the first thanks to a Sosa RBI groundout. Damiano Palmegiani tied the game with a run-scoring single in third. P.K. Morris had an RBI double in the fifth that held up as the game-winner. Palmegiani had two hits and Dasan Brown singled, was hit by a pitch and stole a base. Garrett Spain was the on-base leader with a hit and two walks.
Naswell Paulino had two unearned runs in the third on a Palmegiani throwing error at third but made it through four innings with just one hit and two walks allowed. He struck out two and got four outs on the dirt. Garrett Farmer got the win after giving up a run in two innings but struck out three. T.J. Brock coughed up a run in the seventh but stranded the tying and winning runs on the corners with a game-ending K for the save.
Tampa 4 Dunedin 3 (10 Innings)
The Yankees affiliate walked it off after the D-Jays evened things up on a Devonte Brown sac fly in the seventh. Dunedin took a 2-0 lead in the fourth on throwing errors by the Tarpons pitcher and catcher with Cade Doughty in the middle of it all by reaching base and swiping second. Josh Kasevich, Ryan McCarty, Manuel Beltre and Marcos De La Rosa had the only hits with Kasevich taking one for the team and McCarty and De La Rosa drawing walks. Alan Roden was plunked twice and drew a walk. Peyton Williams had two bases on balls.
Edisson Gonzalez opened with two shutout frames with a hit and a walk while punching out one. Kelsey Ward contributed 2-1/3 scoreless innings by overcoming three walks with two punchouts. Harry Rutkowski stranded a runner for Ward but was hacked for three runs, including a two-run shot, over 1-2/3 innings. Ryan Jennings got away with a hit and three walks over two scoreless frames. Ben Baggett struck out four over 1-2/3 innings but took the loss with the walk-off run.
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Michael Dominguez, Vancouver
2. Alex De Jesus, Vancouver
1. Miguel Hiraldo, Vancouver
Worcester 9 Buffalo 1
Nick Allgeyer was annihilated by the Red Sox affiliate after allowing a three-run homer in the first and four more in the second. The damage was done on six hits and a walk with just one strikeout. Sean Rackoski permitted all three Allgeyer runners to score and gave up a run of his own over 1-2/3 innings. Adrian Hernandez offset two hits over 1-1/3 innings with three punchouts. Julian Merryweather had an unearned run over one inning. Kyle Johnston pitched two shutout frames and Zach Pop contributed another.
An Otto Lopez groundout in the eighth led to Buffalo's only run. Spencer Horwitz had a double. Gabriel Moreno, Rafael Lantigua and Trevor Schwecke had the other base knocks with Lantigua hearing ball four once.
Portland 9 New Hampshire 4
The Red Sox affiliate also had their way with their Blue Jays counterpart here as well by putting up five runs in the second against Alejandro Melean who lasted just 1-2/3 innings. He gave up a three-run homer among three hits and walked five, dwarfing his two K's. Gabriel Ponce stranded two runners for Melean but gave up a run in 2-1/3 innings. Juan Nuņez was knocked around for a two-run homer over two innings. Brady Lail coughed up the other run but struck out six over the final three frames.
Davis Schneider tripled home a run in the third and singled home another to cap off a three-run seventh. Luis De Los Santos socked his first homer of the year and Cam Eden had a sac fly. Schneider and Zac Cook had two hits apiece. Eden was on base three times with two walks and a hit by pitch. Zach Britton had a single and a free pass. Will Robertson had a single. Orelvis Martinez, Phil Clarke and Sebastian Espino heard ball four once.
Vancouver 6 Spokane 4 (Game 1 - 7 Innings)
Miguel Hiraldo homered in the fourth inning to snap a 2-2 tie and had an RBI single in the fifth inning to conclude a three-run rally to give Vancouver a win over the Rockies affiliate. Gabby Martinez added an RBI groundout in the first and singled home a run to start the fifth. Alex De Jesus doubled in a run in the first and lifted a sac fly in the fifth. Rainer Nuņez joined Hiraldo in the two-hit club with a double and a single. Michael Turconi had a base hit while Dasan Brown and Andres Sosa walked twice.
Michael Dominguez was an out shy of the win, allowing two runs on four hits and a walk. He struck out seven and split his outs in play evenly with three groundouts and three flyouts. Devereaux Harrison stranded a runner for Dominguez before allowing two runs in 1-1/3 innings but he got the win in his Northwest League debut. Connor Cooke closed it out with a shutout seventh and ended a 1-2-3 frame with a strikeout.
Vancouver 5 Spokane 4 (Game 2 - 7 Innings)
Back-to-back jacks by Alex De Jesus and Miguel Hiraldo in the fourth broke a 2-2 deadlock to give the C's the doubleheader sweep in a game to make up a rained out affair in Vancouver back on July 3. As a result, the C's had the last at-bat and scored in the bottom of the first thanks to a Sosa RBI groundout. Damiano Palmegiani tied the game with a run-scoring single in third. P.K. Morris had an RBI double in the fifth that held up as the game-winner. Palmegiani had two hits and Dasan Brown singled, was hit by a pitch and stole a base. Garrett Spain was the on-base leader with a hit and two walks.
Naswell Paulino had two unearned runs in the third on a Palmegiani throwing error at third but made it through four innings with just one hit and two walks allowed. He struck out two and got four outs on the dirt. Garrett Farmer got the win after giving up a run in two innings but struck out three. T.J. Brock coughed up a run in the seventh but stranded the tying and winning runs on the corners with a game-ending K for the save.
Tampa 4 Dunedin 3 (10 Innings)
The Yankees affiliate walked it off after the D-Jays evened things up on a Devonte Brown sac fly in the seventh. Dunedin took a 2-0 lead in the fourth on throwing errors by the Tarpons pitcher and catcher with Cade Doughty in the middle of it all by reaching base and swiping second. Josh Kasevich, Ryan McCarty, Manuel Beltre and Marcos De La Rosa had the only hits with Kasevich taking one for the team and McCarty and De La Rosa drawing walks. Alan Roden was plunked twice and drew a walk. Peyton Williams had two bases on balls.
Edisson Gonzalez opened with two shutout frames with a hit and a walk while punching out one. Kelsey Ward contributed 2-1/3 scoreless innings by overcoming three walks with two punchouts. Harry Rutkowski stranded a runner for Ward but was hacked for three runs, including a two-run shot, over 1-2/3 innings. Ryan Jennings got away with a hit and three walks over two scoreless frames. Ben Baggett struck out four over 1-2/3 innings but took the loss with the walk-off run.
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Michael Dominguez, Vancouver
2. Alex De Jesus, Vancouver
1. Miguel Hiraldo, Vancouver
