Three wins outta four for the affiliates including a couple of big comebacks and one excellent start in Florida.
Las Vegas 9 Albuquerque 8 (10 innings)
Quite the back and forth affair as the 51s scored 6 times between the 7th and 9th to overcome a 5-2 deficit before Jeremy Accardo blew the save but picked up the victory. Mark Rzepczynski started and was awful for the second straight outing giving up six runs (five earned) on 10 hits in four plus innings. He walked one and struck out none. The good news, if any, is that he coaxed nine ground ball outs against just two in the air.
Jarrett Hoffpauir was the hero at the plate again, homering, singling, and driving in the winning run on a bases loaded walk. Luis Figueroa was 3-for-6 with two doubles, two RBI, and two runs. Brett Wallace went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts.
New Hampshire 2 Bowie 7
Knowing that Zach Stewart was on the mound today and seeing the final score doesn't seem all that encouraging. But have no fear. Good Zach was in the building on Sunday. Stewart went six innings allowing two runs (both solo homers) on five hits. He walked one and struck out five. That's two straight encouraging starts for Stewart. Things went to hell when Vince Bongiovanni allowed four runs in his inning plus of work. Tim Collins pitched the ninth, allowing a run on two hits and striking out a pair. Obviously.
Not much worth getting excited about at the plate outside of Eric Thames who homered and had an RBI single.
Dunedin 1 Jupiter 0
What a day for Charles Huggins. The 24 year-old went 8 innings allowing just three hits while striking out five. The win moved Huggins to 5-0 with an ERA of 2.09. Matthew Daly picked up his 12th save with a scoreless ninth.
The D-Jays scored the game's only run the hard way. With two out and nobody on they went walk, error, walk, infield single. Just like they wrote it up. Mike McDade continued his hot stretch with two hits and a walk. Adeiny Hechavarria was 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
Great Lakes 4 Lansing 5 (10 innings)
This one mirrored the 51s victory. Lansing trailed 4-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth, and 4-1 in the 8th. The comeback was completed by a two-out ninth inning homer off the bat of Mark Sobolewski and a walk-off single by Eric Eiland in the tenth. Sobolewski had three hits, including a double to go with his homer. Sean McElroy matched him completely with a single, double and homer and Balbino Fuenmayor picked up two hits and a walk of his own.
Dave Sever started and went five allowing a run on six hits. Dustin Antolin picked up the win with a scoreless tenth.
Three Stars:
3rd Star: Zach Stewart- 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 5 K
2nd Star: Brad McElroy & Mark Sobolewski- 3 hits, 2B, HR, 2 R, RBI each
1st Star: Charles Huggins- 8 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 5 K
Las Vegas 9 Albuquerque 8 (10 innings)
Quite the back and forth affair as the 51s scored 6 times between the 7th and 9th to overcome a 5-2 deficit before Jeremy Accardo blew the save but picked up the victory. Mark Rzepczynski started and was awful for the second straight outing giving up six runs (five earned) on 10 hits in four plus innings. He walked one and struck out none. The good news, if any, is that he coaxed nine ground ball outs against just two in the air.
Jarrett Hoffpauir was the hero at the plate again, homering, singling, and driving in the winning run on a bases loaded walk. Luis Figueroa was 3-for-6 with two doubles, two RBI, and two runs. Brett Wallace went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts.
New Hampshire 2 Bowie 7
Knowing that Zach Stewart was on the mound today and seeing the final score doesn't seem all that encouraging. But have no fear. Good Zach was in the building on Sunday. Stewart went six innings allowing two runs (both solo homers) on five hits. He walked one and struck out five. That's two straight encouraging starts for Stewart. Things went to hell when Vince Bongiovanni allowed four runs in his inning plus of work. Tim Collins pitched the ninth, allowing a run on two hits and striking out a pair. Obviously.
Not much worth getting excited about at the plate outside of Eric Thames who homered and had an RBI single.
Dunedin 1 Jupiter 0
What a day for Charles Huggins. The 24 year-old went 8 innings allowing just three hits while striking out five. The win moved Huggins to 5-0 with an ERA of 2.09. Matthew Daly picked up his 12th save with a scoreless ninth.
The D-Jays scored the game's only run the hard way. With two out and nobody on they went walk, error, walk, infield single. Just like they wrote it up. Mike McDade continued his hot stretch with two hits and a walk. Adeiny Hechavarria was 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
Great Lakes 4 Lansing 5 (10 innings)
This one mirrored the 51s victory. Lansing trailed 4-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth, and 4-1 in the 8th. The comeback was completed by a two-out ninth inning homer off the bat of Mark Sobolewski and a walk-off single by Eric Eiland in the tenth. Sobolewski had three hits, including a double to go with his homer. Sean McElroy matched him completely with a single, double and homer and Balbino Fuenmayor picked up two hits and a walk of his own.
Dave Sever started and went five allowing a run on six hits. Dustin Antolin picked up the win with a scoreless tenth.
Three Stars:
3rd Star: Zach Stewart- 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 5 K
2nd Star: Brad McElroy & Mark Sobolewski- 3 hits, 2B, HR, 2 R, RBI each
1st Star: Charles Huggins- 8 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 5 K
