Stephen King of the Hill
Wednesday, June 11 2025 @ 03:32 AM EDT
Contributed by: #2JBrumfield
Tuesday saw Buffalo and Dunedin finish on the wrong end of a one-run game. New Hampshire needed overtime to win while Vancouver won to pull into a three-way tie for first place in the Northwest League. The F-Jays and Dominican Jays Blue also won to give the affiliates a winning record on the night.
Khal Stephen has a 2-0 record with a 2.25 earned run average for Vancouver.
Columbus 4 Buffalo 3
New Hampshire 4 Reading 3 (10 Innings)
Vancouver 5 Spokane 1
Fort Myers 5 Dunedin 4
FCL Blue Jays 4 FCL Tigers 2
DSL Blue Jays Red 5 DSL Arizona Red 4 (8 Innings)
DSL Blue Jays Blue DSL Arizona Black - Rained out
Boxscores
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. CJ Van Eyk, Buffalo
2. Eddinson Paulino, New Hampshire
1. Khal Stephen, Vancouver
Notes
The Herd had just four hits, with Riley Tirotta and Will Robertson getting doubles. RJ Schreck was hit by a pitch and was replaced by pinch-runner Rainer Nuñez. Orelvis Martinez had a walk. CJ Van Eyk had a strong start and was in line for the win after going six innings of two-run ball, both coming as the result of a home run. That was among three hits and two walks which was countered by two strikeouts and seven groundball outs. Trenton Wallace gave up a long ball to blow the save and Justin Bruihl was tagged with the loss.
Eddinson Paulino had three hits out of the leadoff spot and was also hit by a pitch. Peyton Williams had three knocks out of the cleanup spot. Cade Doughty had the other multi-hit night and produced the winning run with a sacrifice fly. Charles McAdoo had an RBI groundout and a double. Ryan McCarty was 0-for-5 but his ground ball to second moved the runner over and set up Doughty's sac fly in the top of the 10th. Devereaux Harrison limited Reading to two runs despite giving up two doubles and six singles. Nate Garkow struck out a batter in a perfect frame. Alex Amalfi put up two scoreless frames with two punchouts for the win.
Khal Stephen will follow Trey Yesavage to New Hampshire very soon. He delivered six shutout stanzas, scattering six hits and two walks while striking out nine. JJ Sánchez gave up a solo dinger but struck out one over two innings. Irv Carter finished up with a perfect ninth that included back-to-back whiffs to end it. Carter Cunningham homered to open the scoring and Sean Keys socked a two-run shot. Victor Arias had a two-run triple. Arjun Nimmala saw his 15-game on-base streak end. Aaron Parker had a two-hit night.
Alexis Hernández had a double and single along with a stolen base while Tucker Toman was on base thrice with a single and two walks. Manuel Beltre and Eduardo Duran each had a hit and a walk. Sam Shaw was 1-for-3. Daniel Guerra gave up four runs (three earned) over two innings on two hits, one of them a homer. He walked three and whiffed three. Eliander Alcade tossed three shutout innings and fanned four but allowed all of Guerra's three runners to score. Jay Schueler and Jack Eshelman contributed two bagels and three punchies apiece. In between, Javen Coleman could not record an out and gave up an unearned run after walking two batters. Dunedin had three errors in the game, committed by Duran, Tucker and Shaw.
In the FCL, Yorman Licourt had a two-run triple to put the good guys ahead and that was followed up by a David Beckles sacrifice fly in the seventh to cap off a two-hit day. Enmanuel Bonilla singled and walked and had a perfect day at the plate as he also got on base due to catcher's interference. Dylan Leach made his pro debut and produced a sacrifice fly in his first at-bat and also drew a walk. Leach was signed out of Billings in the Pioneer League. Sann Omasko surrendered two runs (one unearned) on four hits, a walk and a hit by pitch while recording three strikeouts over five innings. The win went to Diego Dominguez, who struck out three of the six men he retired in order.
In the Dominican, Diego Arce had a perfect day at the dish by going 1-for-1 with a double and three walks. Elaineiker Coronado had a hit and two free passes. Carlos Almonte stranded a runner and retired the two men he faced to get the win.
Extra Innings
C's Plus Baseball has a chat with Arjun Nimmala.
Victor Arias hauls one down at the center field warning track.
Carter Cunningham (#16) is congratulated by Victor Arias (#2) after opening the scoring with a solo home run in the third inning. Spokane catcher Cole Messina, the older brother of Blue Jays pitching prospect Carson Messina, remains in the squat behind the pentagon.
Sean Keys points skyward after hitting a two-run shot in the fifth inning.
Victor Arias is safe after hitting a two-run triple in the sixth inning.
Irv Carter yells after striking out his final two batters to end the game.
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