Lansing was the only bright spot on Wednesday. Lansing hammered the first place Quad Cities with twelve hits and twelve runs including home runs from Anthony Alford and Richard Urena. Rowdy Tellez had three RBI. Elsewhere none of the games were close. Fekix Doubront had a rough start while Matt Hague picked up his usual two hits. Dalton Pompey had two hits for New Hampshire. Dunedin got some hits but their pitching was shellacked.
Scranton 7 Buffalo 2
Felix Doubront is looking less major league ready over his last couple of starts. On Wednesday he only lasted four innings and was charged with five runs on seven hits and one walk. Austin Bibens-Dirkx and Gregory Infante each allowed a run in relief.
The hitters were facing Luis Severino, a hot-shot Yankeee prospect. Severino faced one over the minimum through five innings, but then he walked the lead-off hitter in the sixth. Ramon Santiago and Caleb Gindl each singled to load the bases and that was it for Severino. Matt Hague singled to drive in two runs off the reliever and the Bisons were back within 3. But they only had one more hit in the game. Hague had two hits and both RBI. Ramon Santiago is hitting .201 and Jon Diaz .221, neither seems over due for a call-up. Andy Burns is hitting .306.
New Hampshire 1 Akron 8
Casey Lawrence has a bit of the Mark Buehrle in him, in that he gives up a lot of hits and relies on his defense and double plays. In this game he put on 10 runners, 8 hits and 2 walks. However he had no double plays and six runs allowed. Dustin Antolin was taken deep for a two run home run.
Only six hits for the Fisher Cats. Dalton Pompey had two, including a triple. KC Hobson had two also. Shane Opitz had an RBI triple.
Charlotte 12 Dunedin 6
Dunedin had 12 hits, unfortunately Charlotte had 19. With offense lacking this season in the FSL the hits were a small consolation but most of the hits came from the older hitters. Ian Parmley, Boomer Collins and Martin Medina, all 25 years old, combined for 8 hits and 24 year old LB Dantzler had 3. Christian Lopes, Dawel Lugo, JD Davis, Matt Dean, Derrick Loveless and Dickie Thon combined to go 2-21.
The beating was laid upon Jeremy Gabryszwski, Carlos Ramirez and Alberto Tirado. Boomer Collins got the final out. Tirado gave up four runs, three earned, on five hits in 1.2 innings. Dunedin are close to being eliminated from playoff contention for the first half.
Lansing 12 Quad Cities 5
Conner Greene has gone on the DL so Starlyn Suriel was back in the starters role for a face-off between the two first place teams in the Midwest League. Suriel walked the first two hitters and both came around to score. But after that he was great, he went five innings and only gave up two hits and those two first inning runs. Chase Mallard went three innings and also was charged with two runs. Mark Biggs pitched the ninth and gave up the fifth run.
Lansing got on the board in the third, Anthony Alford hit his first home run of the season, a two run shot. Richard Urena followed with a back to back shot, his ninth. From there the Lugnuts scored in the fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth innings. Alford, Rowdy Tellez, Ryan McBroom, Mike Reeves and Tim Locastro each had two hits. Tellez had 3 RBI's.
3 Stars
3rd star: Rowdy Tellez
2nd star: Starlyn Suriel
1st star: Anthony Alford
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