Just two wins and three loses for the affiliates. Even though the losses outnumbered the wins, there were several very good performances. Yohendrick Pinango, Joey Loperfido and Edward Duran stayed hot. Some of other players produced excellent performances to get back on track.
Worcester 1 Buffalo 12
New Hampshire 10 Reading 11
Everett 5 Vancouver 4
Bradenton 6 Dunedin 11
FCL Blue Jays 1 FCL Tigers 9
Three Stars
Third Star - Lazaro Estrada
Second Star - Edward Duran
First Star - Phil Clarke
NOTES
Lazaro Estrada likes May more than April. In April his ERA was 10.93 in five starts. His WHIP was 2.50. Now in three May starts his ERA is 1.04 and his WHIP is 1.15. The six innings he threw on Thursday was by far his longest outing of the season. It is probably too soon to consider Estrada for a call up but he seems to be getting there.
The Bisons had 13 hits, Riley Tirotta and Rainer Nunez homered. Phil Clarke reached base five times, three hits and two walks. Davis Schneider also reached five times, four walks and a triple. Joey Loperfido has raised his batting average by over 30 points in the last ten days. He has had five multi hit games in the last nine games.
Rafael Sanchez was unable to get out of the first inning and New Hampshire were down 5-0. But NH fought back to take an 8-7 lead in the seventh, went down 10-8, tied it at 10-10 but lost to a walk off in the ninth.
Yohendrick Pinango homered again, his third in as many games. Pinango has been on a tear since the middle of April. We always talk about promotions too soon, but Pinango is ready when the call comes. He also singled twice and is hitting .355.
Jay Harry hit his first home run at AA and doubled. RJ Schreck had two hits.
Arjun Nimmala went 1-4 for Vancouver. After hitting .294 in April he is hitting .244 in May. Half of his hits go for extra bases so his OPS is over .800. In May he has nine K's in 45 at bats, a 20% K rate which is good.
Edward Duran is another hitter who has caught fire. He was 3-3 on Thursday and walked. In May Duran is hitting .391 with an OPS over 1,000. Sam Shaw homered and tripled. Yhoangel Aponte and Kendry Chirinos also homered.
Spencer Turnbull made the start and went four innings. Khal Stephen also went four innings. He struck out seven but gave up three runs with back to back to back doubles.
The FCL Jays were two hit by the Tigers. Meanwhile the Tigers scored nine runs with five hits. That's the FCL.
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