The farm affiliates went 2-3 on the evening.
Richmond 1 @ Syracuse 8
Wayne
Lydon had 4 hits, including 2 doubles and a homer, and drove in 4 to
lead the Sky Chiefs to a much-needed laugher. Dustin McGowan
started and went 7 innings, allowing a run on 5 hits and 2 walks with 2
strikeouts. Vinny Chulk and Game Over Gronkiewicz finished up
without incident. Justin Singleton walked, singled, doubled and
tripled in 5 plate appearances and scored twice, while John Hattig and
Jason Phillips pitched in with a couple of hits each. This one
was over early as Syracuse scored 3 in each of the first and fourth
innings.
New Hampshire 3 @ New Britain 6
Ricky
Romero is finding the double A test to be a toughie. He gave up 2
runs in each of the first and second innings and 5 earned runs in 5
innings on 4 hits and 4 walks with 3 strikeouts. The Fisher Cats
scored 3 in the 3rd inning on Ryan Klosterman's 1st double A homer and
Adam Lind's 2 run double. Lind went 2-4 for the Fisher Cats, who
struck out 13 times on the evening. Curtis Thigpen and Ryan Patterson
wore the collar, while Chip Cannon singled in 4 plate trips. Dustin
Majewski reached base 3 times in 4 opportunities as the leadoff hitter.
Dunedin @ Sarasota, ppd. rain
Fort Wayne 6 @ Lansing 4
The
Wizards scored 2 runs in the top of the sixth inning off Randy Dicken
to break a 3-3 tie and held on for the win. Brian Pettway did the
things he does best- a solo homer, a walk, two strikeouts, and a
baserunner kill at the plate. Sean Shoftit and Josh Bell had two
hits each, while Anthony Hatch reached base thrice. Chi-Hung
Cheng started and went 5 innings, allowing 3 earned runs on 4 extra
base hits, 1 single, 3 walks and 4 strikeouts. Yesson Berroa
threw a perfect ninth with 2 strikeouts and lowered his ERA to 1.31.
Auburn 6 @ Aberdeen 3
Four
Doubleday pitchers combined on a 3 hitter, and Matt Liuzza 1st pro
homer, a 3 run shot in the 3rd inning, provided the necessary
offence in an easy Auburn win. Fourth round pick Brandon Magee
got his second start and again went 4 innings. This time he
allowed 1 earned run on 2 hits and a walk, while punching out 3.
Ted Serro came on later and threw 3.2 no-hit innings with 1 walk
and 3 strikeouts. He has thrown 10.1 innings so far in Auburn,
with just 2 hits and 1 walk and 8 strikeouts. Liuzza had 3 hits
in the game and drove in 4.
Pulaski 0 @ Johnson City 1
1
hit and 13 strikeouts for P-Jay hitters on the evening, so we won't try
to put a positive spin on this one. Alex McRobbie started and
went 5 solid innings, allowing a run and 6 baserunners, but took the
loss for his troubles. Chris Emanuele had the only Pulaski hit
coming in the 9th inning. The log for the hit is a bit unusual-
Chris Emanuele grounds a single to third baseman Casey Mulligan (now
there's a name) and reaches second on Mulligan's error; pitcher Luke
Gregorson leaves the game due to an injured head. I hope it wasn't the
loss of the no-hitter that led to it.
3 stars!
Honourable Mentions- Dustin McGowan, Justin Singleton
3rd star- Ted Serro
2nd star- Matt Liuzza
1st star- Wayne Lydon
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