Bobby Ray had a rough night and Las Vegas lost; Luis Perez was human and New Hampshire lost; Dunedin had to use a committee of pitchers and they lost. Ryan Shopshire pitched well for Lansing and the Luggies were the only winners on the farm. Brett Wallace and JP Arencibia went deep. Jon Talley and Tyler Pastornicky continued to hit well for Dunedin. Brad McElroy and AJ Jimenez led the Luggies hitters.
Bobby Ray just didn't have "it" on Friday. He put the lead runner on in each of the first three innings but escaped further damage. In the fourth the first five hitters all reached base and Ray needed an inning ending double play to escape with three runs allowed. In the fifth a three run home run made it six rns allowed by Ray. His night ended soon thereafter and Ray had given up nine hits and walks in his 4.2 innings.
Las Vegas got their first run in the sixth on three singles. They added two in the eighth with home rns by Brett Wallace and JP Arencibia. they scored their final run in the ninth thanks to a triple by Luis Figueroa.
Wallace, Arencibia and Figueroa had two hits each.
New Hampshire scored a run in each of the first two innings and with Luis Perez on the mound it looked like a win for the Fisher Cats. In the first Darin Mastroianni walked, stole second and third, and scored on a ground out by David Cooper. In the second Jon Diaz walked, stole second, and scored on a single by Brian Jeroloman.
Through three innings Perez had given up one hit. In the fourth Perez walked the first two hitters and then made an error to load the bases with no-one out. Perez induced a double play but a run scored. In the fifth with two out Binghamton hitters had an infield single, an RBI double and an RBI single, giving the Mets a 3-2 lead.
New Hampshire loaded the bases on walks in the ninth inning but Jeroloman was called out on strikes to end the game. Each team had five hits and walked more than they hit.
Perez pitched 6.2 innings and gave up three runs, all earned, on five hits. Perez' ERA is now 1.52. Tim Collins pitched 1.1 hitless innings with two walks.
This was an offensive contest, 27 hits between both teams. The game was tied at 4 after 4 but Brevard scored five runs in the fifth and sixth to put it away.
Because Dunedin had a rain out on the 18th and a double header on the nineteenth they went with pitcher by committee on Friday. Daniel DeLucia started and gave up four runs in two innings. Chad beck followed and gave up five runs in four innings. Boomer Potts and Matt Daly finished up with three scoreless innings.
Dunedin had 11 hits. Jon Talley led the hitters going 3-4 with two doubles. Pastornicky was the only other hitter with a multi-hit game, with two hits. His recent hot hitting has bumped his average to .308. Pastornicky is hitting .450 over his last ten games.
Lansing scored three in the fourth to take the lead. AJ Jimenez singled and Kevin Nolan walked. Brad McElroy singled in a run and Balbino Fuenmayor tripled in two more. In the sixth McElroy doubled and scored on a single by Eric Eiland. Eiland then went to third on a passed ball and scored on a wild pitch and Lansing led 5-0.
Ryan Shopshire cruised through seven innings but in the eighth he gave up two doubles and a run. Dustin Antolin relieved Shopshire and gave up an rbi single. Steve Turnbull pitched the ninth.
Jimenez and McElroy led the hitters with two hits each. Shopshire pitched 7.1 innings and gave up seven hits, no walks, seven K's, and two runs.
Three Stars
3rd star - AJ Jimenez
2nd star - Ryan Shopshire
1st star - Brad McElroy
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