On a night when farm-system pitching was impressive everywhere else, the surprise success of Las Vegas, Jesse Chavez picked this night to have a huge misstep. The Redbirds rang up 12 hits and plated 8 runs in five innings of work by Chavez. The only positive news on the mound was that no Las Vegas pitcher walked a batter.
Offensively, it was an equally unimpressive night. Hech and 'dArnaud had 2 hits, both Travis' had a double.
New Hampshire 3, New Britain 1
Taking the mound for the first time since his 1/3 inning disaster, Deck McGuire was anyone's guess tonight, but he got solid results. Six innings, 3 hits, one earned run. Recently promoted Sam Dyson followed with 2 shutout innings.
Offensively it was a relatively white night here as well. The slumping Justin Jackson managed to come up with a 2-hit night as did Brian Van Kirk. Jackson and Ryan Goins had a double apiece.
Egan Smith may not have been the model of good pitching on Thursday but he dodged the bullets and escaped without allowing an earned run. In 4.2 IP he gave up 4 hits and 6 walks (while striking out only 3) and allowed one unearned run. Four relievers combined to shut out the Marauders another 6.1 IP and also walked six more opposing hitters. The Bradenton manager can't be happy with drawing 12 walks and only scoring a single run.
Then again, the D'Jays had 10 hits and only scored two so there might be another displeased manager. Kevin Nolan and Jon Talley continued to roll along, both 2/5 with a double. Jack Murphy was 2/4 as well. I can't describe the scoring of the go ahead run in the 11th inning in any dramatic terms. Nolan singled, Gabe Jacobo advanced him to 3B and he scored on a wild pitch.
Shocking news from Lansing: top notch pitching was in evidence (with Alex Anthopoulos in the house to watch).Synder-afaini racked up 8 innings, allowing only 2 hits (both given up by Anthony DeSclafani) and 11 K eight of those by DeSclafani. Noah Syndergaard had his four innings of work marred only by an error he made and a single walk.
On offense, lead-off hitting 2B Jon Berti was 2/2 with a pair of walks and a couple of steals, Kevin Pillar picked up 2 hits in 3 At bats with a walk, Carlos Perez tripled and KC Hobson scored.
Third Star: Deck McGuire, 6 IP 1 ER
Second Star: Noah Syndergaard, 4 no-hit innings
First Star: Jon Berti, 4 times on base in 4 PA, 2 steals.
