Rochester 8 Buffalo 1
New Hampshire 5 Binghamton 0
Vancouver 3 Everett 12
Dunedin 4 Tampa 2
Three Stars
Third Star - Eddinson Paulino
Second Star - Arjun Nimmala
First Star - Rafael Sanchez
NOTES
Buffalo were outhit 11-3. Easton Lucas was back from the big club and made the start. He went 5.1 innings and was charged with two runs. He walked four and struck out four. He was a bit wild, 32 balls vs 47 strikes.
Rafael Sanchez was outstanding for New Hampshire in a game shortened to six innings because of rain. Sanchez went all six innings, no runs, two hits, one walk, five K's. In four starts for NH, Sanchez has a .95 WHIP, a .181 BA against and 21 K's in 21 innings. The 25 year old Cuban has always been decent without being so good to make the prospects list.
The offense was led by two players who arrived last summer. Jay Harry, just promoted, went 2-3 and drove in a run. Eddinson Paulino was 2-2 with a double and a walk.
Vancouver started Kevin Miranda in a bullpen game and were trailing 9-0 after three innings. Arjun Nimmala hit his third home run, a two run shot, and added a single and an RBI ground out. Aaron Parker and Jacob Wetzel also had two hits each.
Dunedin rolled out the Yesavage/Stanifer due on Friday. Trey Yesavage struck out ten in 4.2 innings. He gave up two runs, both of which scored after the left the game. Gage Stanifer just had one K in four innings but he used just 42 pitches so the hitters were swinging early.
I didn't see the Yesavage start but Marc Hulet did. Here is what he saw "Despite the success overpowering a lineup batting under .200 as a whole, there is still work for Yesavage to do. He had little-to-no fastball control. Luckily, his cutter was on and they really struggled to hit the splitter. Until the fifth. He couldn't land his cutter or fastball consistently and they stopped chasing the splitter. I've noticed, along with the poor fastball command, he seems to rattle easily and things quickly snowball when they go sideways. I agree he needs to face better pitching; I just don't think he's as advanced as it seems."
Peyton Powell is an unusual guy. He was an undrafted free agent out of the University of Texas. He didn't play much in his first few years but then started playing third base. That was unusual because he was an all-state catcher in high school. And now he is an 1B/3B/outfielder. He does seem to have a good bat. On Friday he was 2-2 with two walks and raised his average to .333. All his hits so far have been singled but he has walked more than he has struck out. He probably wont get far but I will give him his moment of attention.
