Reno 10 Las Vegas 9
Starter TJ Beam was roughed up for nine runs on 11 hits and a walk over 3.2 innings of work. Dumas Garcia, up all the way from high-A, worked 2.2 scoreless innings. Richie Lewis, up from double-A, allowed one run over one inning, and Sean Stidfole worked a no-run inning. First baseman Brandon Allen, just acquired by Arizona from the White Sox, hit a three-run homer in the second innings. Offensively for the 51s, Brett Harper hit a homer and drove in three runs. Joe Inglett, Kevin Howard and Kyle Phillips each had two hits. Howard had two doubles.
The Fisher Cats' hitters forgot to show up AGAIN. Adam Calderone had a hit, as did Brad Emaus, Nick Gorneault, Al Quintana, and Bryan Kervin. Darin Mastroianni went 0-for-4 with a K. Brian Jeroloman was 0-for-3 with two Ks. On the mound, Marty McLeary allowed one earned run in five innings. Leon Boyd allowed three runs on six hits and one walk over three innings.
Lakeland 3 Dunedin 0 (Game 1 - seven innings)
Vince Bongiovanni allowed three runs in six innings with seven Ks. Tim Collins worked a scoreless inning. Moises Sierra went 1-for-3, while Adam Loewen had two hits. Kevin Ahrens had the only other hit. Jonathan Jaspe struck out twice.
Dunedin 2 Lakeland 1 (Game 2 - seven innings)
Andrew Liebel allowed one run on five hits over seven innings. He also struck out seven. Canadian Brad McElroy (from my hometown) went 1-for-2 with a double and a walk. Manny Rodriguez went 1-for-3, as did CJ Ebarb. Justin Jackson had the only other hit.
Lansing Rained Out
Egan Smith allowed two runs (one earned) over 4.2 innings of work. He walked one and struck out six. Zach Outman allowed one run in three innings and struck out four. Welinton Ramirez went 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored. Kyle Gilligan and Brad Glenn each had two hits. Yan Gomes went 1-for-4 with a double and two RBI. Gilligan also drove in two runners.
Scott Strickland had another rough outing and allowed seven runs (three earned) in three innings. Matt Fields struck out three batters over two shutout innings. Tyler Ybarra also had two shutout innings. A few batters had rough nights... Oliver Dominguez struck out four times, Yudelmis Hernandez struck out three times and Yeico Aponte also K'd three times. Catcher Carlos Perez (a prospect to keep an eye on) went 3-for-3 with two triples and also walked. Canadian Michael Crouse went 1-for-4 with two Ks.
Three Stars:
3. Welinton Ramirez for three hits
2. Andrew Liebel for one run in seven innings
1. Carlos Perez for going 3-for-3 with two triples
