Iowa 0 Buffalo 2 - 5 innings
Binghamton 1 New Hampshire 2
Spokane at Vancouver, postponed
Dunedin 1 Jupiter 3
Three Stars
Third Star - Steward Berroa
Second Star - Victor Arias
First Star - Trenton Wallace
NOTES
Buffalo won a rain shortened game. The rains came with one out in the bottom of the fifth but the Bisons led 2-0 so the game was called. Leo Jimenez, Max McDowell and Steward Berroa each singled to start the fourth to make it 1-0. A groundout made it 2-0. The Bisons had five hits in the short game, three came in that one inning.
Troy Watson started and went 2.2 innings, 48 pitches. He struck out five. His FB averaged 95.4 mph. Connor Cooke got four outs, Nick Fraze three.
Trenton Wallace went five shutout innings, striking out five for New Hampshire. Three relievers closed it out with Jimmy Burnette picking up his second save.
The Fisher Cats scored two runs with two hits. The two runs came in the third inning via a walk, a single an error and a groundout. Riley Tirotta had the hit in that inning. Gabriel Martinez added a double in the seventh for the only other hit.
The D Jays lost again but at least on this day they outhit Jupiter 8-6. Victor Arias went 3-5 and is leading the team by far with a .383 BA and an 1.026 OPS. Arias was not a rated prospect coming into the season. In John Northey's summary just one site listed him in the 30-50 range. Arias hit .222 in the FCL last season but in 2022 he hit .315 in the DSL. Arias is 20 years old and maybe is finding his way now. He will be watched to see if he can keep this going. Arias started the game by getting out with a 105 mph fly ball. His singles exit velocities were 86, 98 and 102 mph.
Gage Stanifer was called up for the game from the FCL and went two innings allowing two runs on three hits. His FB averaged 93 mph and he had six whiffs. He was followed by Eliander Alcalde who had nine whiffs and he used his slider more than his fastball.
