Ricky Romero was given the start last-minute for Buffalo. New Hampshire had a great game on both sides of the ball today. Starter Marcus Stroman was fantastic, as his offense managed to put 12 runs on the board lead by Ryan Schimpf and his two homeruns. Dunedin was rained out again for the third consecutive day. Lansing, Vancouver, and Bluefield all lost, while the GCL and DSL Jays each won by a run.
Buffalo 1 – Lehigh Valley 5
Ricky Romero got the start at the last-minute over expected starter Chien-Ming Wang. Ricky had another disappointing start giving up 9 hits, 1 walk and 6 strikeouts over 5.1 innings pitched. Mickey Storey, Joel Carreno, and John Stilson followed up with scoreless outings.
The Bisons only managed 5 hits and scored one run when Mike Nickeas was singled home by Ricardo Nanita in the 5th inning.
New Hampshire 12 – Reading 4
Marcus Stroman had another decent start, today he pitched 5.2 innings giving up 2 earned runs on 5 hits, 2 walks, and 8 strikeouts.
The Fisher-Cats offense was on fire tonight as they scored 12 runs. Adam Loewen was 3-4 with 4 runs scored, a home run, and 3 rbis. Ryan Schimpf was 2-4 with two home runs, and 4 rbis.
Dunedin – Daytona (Rained out, Cancelled)
Lansing 0 – Great Lakes 2
Kendall Graveman pitched 5 innings giving up two runs (one earned), on 5 hits with 1 walk and 1 strikeout. Efrain Nieves and Ian Kadish followed each with 1.2 and 1.1 scoreless innings respectively.
The Lugnuts had 7 hits but didn’t manage to score any runs. Shortstop Emilio Guerrero had 3 hits.
Vancouver 4 – Everett 8
Vancouver’s defense was ineffective tonight as they committed two errors that lead to starter Jeremy Gabryszwski giving up 6 runs over 5 innings, but only 2 were earned.
Andy Fermin and Dawel Lugo each had two doubles while scoring a run. LB Dantzler continues to be a surprise as he hit his team leading 9th home run of the season.
Bluefield 0 – Kingsport 7
Starter Brady Dragmire gave up 7 hits over 5 innings which amounted to 3 earned runs with 0 walks, and 2 strikeouts. Mark Biggs had a rough 6th inning in which he gave up 3 runs on 3 hits including a home run.
Bluefield didn’t managed to score any runs in this game, but Angel Rojas and Jonathan Davis each had two hits in the loss.
GCL Blue Jays 2 – GCL Yankees 1 (10 Innings)
The GCL Jays pitching was fantastic giving up 2 hits over 10 innings pitched. The pitchers responsible for today’s outing were Conner Greene, Daniel Lietz, Francisco Diaz, and Jose Fernandez.
Rowdy Tellez had a good game going 1-4 with a double which drove in the game winning RBI in the 10th inning. Edwin Fuentes had the other RBI in the 4th inning scoring Dan Jansen.
DSL Blue Jays 4 – DSL Brewers 3
Juan Kelly and Juan Tejada each scored two runs. Leudy Garcia had three RBI’s on two doubles.
Miguel Burgos was fantastic, as he had a 5 inning no hitter with 1 walk and 7 strikeouts.
Three Stars
3-Marcus Stroman
2-Miguel Burgos
1-Ryan Schimpf
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