Five wins in eight tries for the affiliates. Deck McGuire threw seven shutout innings and didn't have a prayer at the first star.
Salt Lake 2 Las Vegas 7
The 51s easily dispatched the Salt Lake Bees thanks in part to David Cooper's continued dominance. Cooper smashed his 10th homer of the year and is now sporting an absurd 1.375 OPS over his last ten games. Eric Thames and Moises Sierra each had two hits including a double while Danny Perales added his 5th homer.
Shawn Hill started and pitched very well going seven shutout frames and allowing just a walk and five hits against five strikeouts. Newly acquired David Carpenter struck out one and walked one in his inning of work.
New Hampshire 5 Altoona 1
Deck McGuire continued to tease by putting together seven shutout innings allowing just four hits and three walks against three strikeouts.
The bottom five members of the Fisher Cats lineup went 10-20 highlighted by John Tolisano's 2-for-4 effort with a triple. Jake Marisnick was 0-for-5 with a strikeout.
Charlotte 13 Dunedin 6
Marcus Knecht hit his 12th homer while Catcher Jack Murphy went 3-for-4.
Casey Lawrence started and allowed four runs in the first before putting up five shutout frames. He then started the seventh and allowed two more before turning things over to a bullpen that imploded to the tune of seven additional seventh inning runs.
South Bend 5 Lansing 9
K.C. Hobson had a nice night on Saturday going 4-for-5 with a double and two RBI. Kevin Patterson chipped in a pair of doubles and three RBI while Chris Hawkins had two hits.
Anthony DeSclafani took the hill and performed well going five allowing a run on five hits and a walk against three strikeouts.
Vancouver 6 Everett 7
Roberto Osuna, the 17 year-old fireballer from Mexico, made his Northwest League debut last night and came out relatively unscathed. Osuna's blemishes included a runner reaching on an error in the first, a third inning flyout, a fourth inning walk and single, and a fifth inning popout. Everyone else struck out. Yup, 13 in all. In five innings. 13 K's. Five innings. Once more: 13 in 5.
Marcus Stroman pitched the sixth and seventh and allowed a hit while striking out two. From there the bullpen fell apart and turned a 5-1 lead into a 7-6 loss. But who cares. 13 K's!
Nicholas Baligod was 3-for-5 with a double while Kellen Sweeney went 2-for-4 with a double and a triple.
Bluefield 2 Princeton 8
Jorge Vega-Rosado, a favourite of some on Da Box, hit his first homer of the year while Matt Dean continued his hot ways with a 2-for-4 day including a double.
Deivy Estrada started and went 5 innings allowing four runs (one earned) on four hits and two walks against three strikeouts.
GCL Blue Jays 7 GCL Tigers 1
DSL Blue Jays 5 DSL Braves 3
Three Stars:
3rd Star: K.C. Hobson- 4-for-5, 2B, 3 RBI
2nd Star: Deck McGuire- 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 K
1st Star: Roberto Osuna- 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 13 K
Salt Lake 2 Las Vegas 7
The 51s easily dispatched the Salt Lake Bees thanks in part to David Cooper's continued dominance. Cooper smashed his 10th homer of the year and is now sporting an absurd 1.375 OPS over his last ten games. Eric Thames and Moises Sierra each had two hits including a double while Danny Perales added his 5th homer.
Shawn Hill started and pitched very well going seven shutout frames and allowing just a walk and five hits against five strikeouts. Newly acquired David Carpenter struck out one and walked one in his inning of work.
New Hampshire 5 Altoona 1
Deck McGuire continued to tease by putting together seven shutout innings allowing just four hits and three walks against three strikeouts.
The bottom five members of the Fisher Cats lineup went 10-20 highlighted by John Tolisano's 2-for-4 effort with a triple. Jake Marisnick was 0-for-5 with a strikeout.
Charlotte 13 Dunedin 6
Marcus Knecht hit his 12th homer while Catcher Jack Murphy went 3-for-4.
Casey Lawrence started and allowed four runs in the first before putting up five shutout frames. He then started the seventh and allowed two more before turning things over to a bullpen that imploded to the tune of seven additional seventh inning runs.
South Bend 5 Lansing 9
K.C. Hobson had a nice night on Saturday going 4-for-5 with a double and two RBI. Kevin Patterson chipped in a pair of doubles and three RBI while Chris Hawkins had two hits.
Anthony DeSclafani took the hill and performed well going five allowing a run on five hits and a walk against three strikeouts.
Vancouver 6 Everett 7
Roberto Osuna, the 17 year-old fireballer from Mexico, made his Northwest League debut last night and came out relatively unscathed. Osuna's blemishes included a runner reaching on an error in the first, a third inning flyout, a fourth inning walk and single, and a fifth inning popout. Everyone else struck out. Yup, 13 in all. In five innings. 13 K's. Five innings. Once more: 13 in 5.
Marcus Stroman pitched the sixth and seventh and allowed a hit while striking out two. From there the bullpen fell apart and turned a 5-1 lead into a 7-6 loss. But who cares. 13 K's!
Nicholas Baligod was 3-for-5 with a double while Kellen Sweeney went 2-for-4 with a double and a triple.
Bluefield 2 Princeton 8
Jorge Vega-Rosado, a favourite of some on Da Box, hit his first homer of the year while Matt Dean continued his hot ways with a 2-for-4 day including a double.
Deivy Estrada started and went 5 innings allowing four runs (one earned) on four hits and two walks against three strikeouts.
GCL Blue Jays 7 GCL Tigers 1
DSL Blue Jays 5 DSL Braves 3
Three Stars:
3rd Star: K.C. Hobson- 4-for-5, 2B, 3 RBI
2nd Star: Deck McGuire- 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 K
1st Star: Roberto Osuna- 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 13 K
