Buffalo was the only affiliate not to score double figures yesterday. It was a six game clean sweep on the farm. Even though there were 52 runs scored in the five full games played on Thursday, no batter had three hits in a game. The hits were spread around which is good for scoring and for total hitter development. It wasn't a great night for the pitchers. Nick Allgeyer was the only starter who went five innings. Elvis Luciano was the best of the starters.
Buffalo 8 Syracuse 5 - game 1
Buffalo 5 Syracuse 4 - game 2
New Hampshire 10 Bowie 2
Vancouver 13 Eugene 9
Dunedin 12 St Lucie 11 - game 1, continuation of suspended game
Dunedin 16 St Lucie 7 - game 2
This is what I noted from yesterday's games.
Thomas Hatch had control problems in hame one. He threw 77 pitches, 42 strikes, 35 balls. He walked four in four innings. He only gave up one run. Nick Allgeyer started game two. It took him 99 pitches to get through five innings. He had nine baserunners on six hits and three walks. He struck out six.
Although Buffalo played two games, it was the guys who played one game that led the hitters. Dilson Herrera homered in game one. Richard Urena homered in game two. Kevin Smith played in game one and went 2-3 with a walk.
Vinny Capra went deep again, his fourth, one of his two hits. Capra kept his average above .400, at .415. At 24, Capra is age appropriate for AA. His 2021 hitting is out of character, but maybe he learned something in the 2020 downtime. However, he was on the IL and returned June 13th and it is since then that he has hit .556 to drive up his average. Hi BABIP is over .600 in those last twelve days so we do need a bigger sample to see what is real. Samad Taylor and Otto Lopez were among those with two hits. Austin Martin was hit by a pitch and left the game an inning later.
Elvis Luciano pitched three shutout innings as he builds himself up. One hit and one walk was all he allowed. The bullpen took it from there. Kyle Johnston is still coming out of the bullpen, he went three shutout innings too.
Cameron Eden had just one hit but he scored four runs. He walked twice. Spencer Horwitz hit a three run home run to turn a 5-3 deficit into a 6-5 lead. Sebastian Espino, Ryan Gold and Luis De Los Santos had two hits each.
Adam Kloffenstein battled through three innings, throwing 70 pitches. He was charged with four runs. Mr. Reliable, Brandon Eisert threw the next three innings and allowed one run to get the win.
Dunedin scored two runs in the top of the seventh to win game one, which was a continuation of the game suspended on Wednesday. In the regular scheduled game the Jays scored 16 runs, with 11 hits and 16 walks! Addison Barger hit his seventh home run and walked twice. Harry Ray also homered and walked three times. Orelvis Martinez, Leo Jimenez and Zach Britton each had a single and a double.
Three Stars
Third Star - Addison Barger
Second Star - Ryan Gold
First Star - Spencer Horwitz
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