Some days, all you have are replacement reporters. And that's me. Yesterday, the farm affiliates went 2-3.
Syracuse 0 Indianopolis 13
The Indians sent the Chiefs packing, scoring in each inning from the 2nd to the 7th. Josue Matos and Adrian Burnside absorbed most of the damage, posting lines that were not fit to print. Corey Koskie went 1-3 and Joe DePastino had 2 hits.
Akron 2 New Hampshire 3
The Fisher Cats continued their winning ways behind the fine pitching of Zach Jackson. Zach Jack went 8 innings, allowing 1 earned run on 5 hits and 1 walk with 5 strikeouts. Steve Andrade came on for the save in the ninth, and allowed a solo homer, but struck out 2. Miguel Negron again led off the game with a homer, while Chip Cannon doubled twice.
Dunedin-scheduled day off
Fort Wayne 2 Lansing 1
Chi-Hung Cheng was touched for 2 runs in the first inning but pitched well for 6 innings, allowing 4 hits in total with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts. Aaron Tressler finished up well. The offence however was quiet, with Eric Nielsen's 2 hits a small highlight. Charlie Anderson cooled off and struck out 3 times in 4 plate trips. Yuber Rodriquez walked twice in 3 appearances.
New Jersey 9 Auburn 16
The Doubleday bats boomed again. Cory Patton homered twice and drove in 5, while Nick Thomas and Anthony Garibaldi also homered. Ryan Patterson singled thrice in 6 appearances, and Joey Metropoulos reached based 4 times. Every starter had at least one hit. Randy Dicken started and went 4 innings, striking out 9 and walking nobody. Sean Stidfole pitched well in relief for 3 innings, Josh Sowers was raked again, and Paul Phillips closed things out on the rout with 1.1 perfect innings including 2 punchouts. A. Van Slyke hit his 1st homer of the year for New Jersey; seeing that in the linescore sure brings you back.
Danville 7 Pulaski 5
Four erros proved costly for the P-Jays. Jesse Litsch pitched fairly well despite the L beside his name. He surrendered 4 runs, 2 earned on 6 hits and 2 walks with 4 strikeouts. The game was salted away in the eighth when Raymon Sanchez left 2 runners on, and Hector Delgadillo allowed those runners to score plus one of his own. Jorge Sandes reached base 3 times in 4 trips, while Lee Soto struck out twice and walked once in 3.
3 star selection
3rd star-Chi-Hung Cheng, a fine start but a shortage of run support
2nd star-Zach Jackson, a fine start and just enough support
1st star-Cory Patton, 2 homers for Auburn
