Three New Hampshire pitchers combined on a two hitter. Five Vancouver pitchers combined on a three hitter. Both teams won. Buffalo also won behind Casey Lawrence but Dunedin lost in a definitely not a well pitched game.
Jordan Groshans hit his first home run of the season. Rainer Nunez hit his league leading eleventh.
Buffalo 7 Columbus 5
New Hampshire 4 Akron 1
Vancouver 2 Hillsboro 0
St Lucie 11 Dunedin 9
This is what I noted from yesterday's games.
Seven runs on eight hits for the Bisons. Nate Lukes had three hits, the only hitter with a multi hit game. Two of his hits were doubles. Zack Collins and Jordan Groshans homered, Groshans one was a two run shot. Vinny Capra also drove in two runs.
Casey Lawrence had a usual start for him, six innings, two runs, just two K's. Joe Biagini picked up his first save.
Trent Palmer cruised through four innings with just one hit, one walk and a hit batter allowed on base. But in the fifth he hit the first batter. He stole second, went to third on a groundball and scored on a balk. Palmer then walked a couple more and was yanked after 4.2 innings losing the game despite one hit allowed.
The Fisher Cats played turnabout is fair play in the seventh. LJ Talley was hit by a pitch, wild pitched to second, went to third on a single by Will Robertson and scored on another wild pitch. Ryan Gold singled in the second run. The Fisher Cats got some insurance in the ninth. Sebastian Espino doubled, Rafael Lantigua tripled and Tanner Morris singled.
Andrew Bash and Mike Ellenbest combined to pitch the last 4.1 innings and they allowed just one hit for a two hitter in total.
Five Vancouver pitchers combined on a three hit shutout. Alejandro Melean started and just allowed one hit over five innings. He struck out four.
The C's had just four hits, two from Trevor Schwecke. Both C's runs were similar, Steward Berroa gets on base and Schwecke drives him home. Two runs scored for Berroa, two RBI for Schwecke.
Dunedin played in a game that was very similar to the parent clubs game, lots of runs, not much good pitching and plenty lead changes. Nick Frasso worked three innings and struck out seven but conceded two runs. A walk, a triple and a single cost him in the third.
Rainer Nunez had two hits and drove in four runs. One of his hits was a three run home run, he leads the league in homers. Damiano Palmegiani also homered, a two run shot. Gabriel Martinez was 1-4.
Three Stars
Third Star - Rainer Nunez
Second Star - Trevor Schwecke
First Star - Alejandro Melean
