On Wednesday the affiliates were an ugly 3-7, with the wins coming for Buffalo, New Hampshire, and Dunedin.

Buffalo 6 – Rochester 2

Liam Hendriks continued to dominate AAA having another fantastic start in which he allowed 2 earned runs over 8 innings pitched.

Kevin Pillar had 4 hits including his 3rd HR.  Jared Goedert had 3 hits, including his 10th HR, and Brad Glenn hit his 5th HR.

New Britain 1 – New Hampshire 7

The Fisher Cats faced top Twins prospect Jose Berrios who happened to be making his AA debut after dominating the FSL for the first half of the year.  The Fisher Cats had a field day with Jose scoring 5 runs on him over his 5 innings pitched.  Dalton Pompey hit his first AA HR, and Mike Crouse hit his 6th HR of the season which both came off of Jose.

Casey Lawrence was brilliant on the mound, pitching 7.2 innings, allowing one unearned run on 8 hits, with 2 walks, and 5 strikeouts.

Dunedin 1 – Daytona 4 (7 Innings)

Ben White allowed 3 earned runs over 2 innings, and Chad Girodo allowed one unearned run over 4 innings pitched. 

Dunedin only had 1 hit this game, Kevin Patterson singled home Marcus Knecht in the 5th inning.

Dunedin 8 – Daytona 6 (7 Innings)

Frank Viola had a rough second start in Dunedin, allowing 4 runs, on 5 hits, with 3 walks, and no strikeouts over 2.2 innings.

Nick Baligod hit his 4th HR, and Andy Fermin had his 1st HR of the season. 

Lansing 3 – Lake County 4

Jeremy Gabryszwski had started for the Lugnuts, pitching 7 innings allowing 4 earned runs on 6 hits, with no walks, and 3 strikeouts.

Dickie Joe Thon was 1-5, with a double, and 2 RBI.  Matt Dean had 3 hits.  Mitch Nay was 2-3 with a double and a RBI.

Vancouver 4 – Everett 9

Jairo Labourt allowed 5 earned runs over 3.2 innings on 3 hits, with 4 walks, and 7 strikeouts.   Mark Biggs allowed 1 earned run over 1.1 innings, Andrew Case allowed 1 run over 2 innings, and Tim Mayza pitched 1 inning allowing 2 runs.

Vancouver scored their 4 runs in the top of the 5th.  Ryan McBroom doubled home two, and a third in Franklin Barreto scored on a catching error by the Everett shortstop Chris Mariscal.  Ryan McBroom later scored on a sacrifice fly by Michael De La Cruz.

Bristol 4 – Bluefield 7

Miguel Burgos pitched 3 scoreless innings.  Matt Smoral followed up with 4 innings allowing 2 hits, 1 unearned run, with 1 walk, and 4 strikeouts.

Rolando Segovia had 2 doubles, and Dan Jansen had 2 run HR.

GCL Pirates 7 – GCL Blue Jays 2

Patrick Murphy pitched 2 scoreless innings, but Daniel Rodriguez followed with giving up 5 runs over 3 innings.

Max Pentecost was 0-3, Freddy Rodriguez, Juan Kelly, and Andres De Aza each had a double.

DSL Marlins 2 – DSL Blue Jays 9

Three Stars

1.  Casey Lawrence

2.  Kevin Pillar

3.  Liam Hendriks