Sebastian Espino hit three home runs for Vancouver as they romped to a win. They hit six home runs. One of them was by Orelvis Martinez who had seen his average dip below .200. Another player who had some recent struggles was Kevin Smith who came back after a day off with four hits on Sunday. With Casey Lawrence throwing blanks it was an easy win for the Bisons. New Hampshire were down early and lost. Dunedin had the day off.
Rochester 1 Buffalo 7
New Hampshire 5 Harrisburg 11
Vancouver 11 Everett 3
Dunedin - day off
This is what I noted from yesterday's games.
Kevin Smith had been scuffling and so he got a day off on Saturday. That paid off on Sunday when Smith went 4-5 with two doubles, two runs scored and four RBI. Tyler White had three hits and Josh Palacios two.
Casey Lawrence dominated, six shutout innings, no walks, seven strikeouts. The major leaguer Tim Mayza gave up a solo home run for the only Rochester runs. Cavan Biggio struck out three times and walked twice.
Reilly Hovis got rocked for ten hits and seven runs in 4.2 innings. Brandon Eisert also had a game to forget, four runs in an inning. Adrian Hernandez mopped up but had two more K's in an inning. That's 12 K's in 7 AA innings. His "major league ready change-up" is still working in AA.
Vinny Capra and Nick Podkul each homered and had two hits. Tanner Kirwer went 2-4 and drove in two. Jordan Groshans was 0-3 and is now .209 for August.
Adam Kloffenstein had an excellent start. He only pitched five innings but a solo home run was the only run he allowed. His line was 5 3 1 1 3 4. Kloff's last two starts of July were rough but he has been better in August.
The C's scored two in the fourth with a two run home run by Sebastian Espino. Espino homered again in the seventh. And to top it off he homered again in the ninth, this time off a normal third baseman. In between Rafael Lantigua scored twice, once on an error and another on a triple by Tanner Morris. Lantigua and Zac Cook also homered in the ninth off the third baseman. In the eighth M homered, his fourth. Martinez was 3-4 on the day to get his average back over .200. He had been scuffling.
With a tropical storm approaching, Dunedin advanced their Sunday game to Saturday and played a doubleheader yesterday.
Three Stars
Third Star - Casey Lawrence
Second Star - Kevin Smith
First Star - Sebastian Espino
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