Buffalo, New Hampshire, Vancouver and Dunedin all found the win column Tuesday. The Complex League teams did not.
Buffalo 5 Lehigh Valley 2
The Herd got the jump on the Phillies affiliate with a two-run first thanks to a Zack Collins sacrifice fly and a Vinny Capra RBI double. They regained the lead for good in the eighth when Collins doubled home a pair and came home on a Nathan Lukes triple. Lukes was hit by a pitch. He is now hitting .301 with an .803 OPS. Gabriel Moreno had a two-hit night but was caught stealing for the first time this season. The first six hitters in the Bisons order had a hit and the other three had a walk.
Thomas Hatch threw five shutout frames before giving up a two-run home run in the sixth. That was among the five hits and two walks he allowed while punching out four. Julian Merryweather got the win with two perfect innings and two inning-ending strikeouts. Matt Gage got the save with a game-ending punchout.
New Hampshire 5 Hartford 1
Two two-run homers by Orelvis Martinez in the first and sixth innings and a Sebastian Espino dinger in the ninth boosted the Fisher Cats to victory over the Rockies affiliate. Martinez was on base three times by taking one for the team. Espino and Davis Schneider joined Martinez in the two-hit with Schneider getting a double. John Aiello and Cam Eden singled. Addison Barger and Phil Clarke walked with Clarke swiping a bag, joining Espino as a member of the stolen base club.
Adam Kloffenstein scattered two hits, three walks and a plunk over five scoreless to get his first Double-A win. He struck out four and picked up seven outs on the ground. Jake Elliott allowed an unearned run over three innings and Jimmy Burnette wrapped things up with a scoreless ninth.
Vancouver 12 Everett 8
The C's had an 8-1 9-1 lead at one point but the Mariners affiliate closed to within 9-8 before adding late insurance for a much-needed win in the Northwest League's version of Fenway Park, Funko Field. Damiano Palmegiani brought in the first two runs with a fielder's choice and a single in the first and three innings before scoring on a Rainer Nuñez home run, his first in High-A. P.K. Morris homered in the fourth and fifth innings with RBI singles from Alex De Jesus, Palmegiani and Gabby Martinez tacked on RBI singles in between. A Dasan Brown double, a throwing error and a De Jesus base hit scored three Vancouver runs in the ninth. De Jesus, Morris, Nuñez and Miguel Hiraldo all had two hits with De Jesus and Morris drawn a walk. Brown was on base five times with a double, three walks and an HBP along with four runs scored and a stolen base. Andrés Sosa had a single to give eight of the nine hitters a hit for the C's.
Abdiel Mendoza gave up a homer and two runs overall over 4-1/3 innings on six hits and a walk while striking out two. Matt Svanson stranded a runner for Mendoza before surrendering four runs in 1-1/3 innings but got the win. Troy Watson did not strand any of the three Svanson runners he inherited before getting his two outs. T.J. Brock stranded a runner for Watson, struck out three but was charged with two runs. Connor Cooke stranded the bases loaded and struck out three two in his 1-2/3 innings for the save.
Dunedin 8 Jupiter 5
The D-Jays roared back from a 5-0 deficit with four-run innings in the fifth and sixth to down the Marlins affiliate. Alan Roden clubbed his first professional homer with a three-run shot before Estiven Machado knocked home a run. Cade Doughty completed the comeback with a grand slam. Roden took a couple for the team to get on base three times. Machado and Dylan Rock were on base twice with a hit and a walk with Rock getting a double and Machado stealing a base. Michael Turconi and Devonte Brown also recorded a '1' in the hit column with Brown getting plunked. Peyton Williams and Victor Mesia drew a walk. Josh Kasevich was 0-for-5 but scored a run.
Irv Carter coughed up four runs on five hits and two walks in his Florida State League debut. He struck out three and got five outs on the ground. Harry Rutkowski gave up the other run over two innings but struck out three. Ryan Chasse walked one but struck out the side in the seventh to get the win. Devereuax Harrison also walked one and whiffed three but did so over two innings to get the hold. He faced the minimum by erasing a leadoff walk in the seventh with a double play and struck out the side in the eighth. Jiorgemy Casimiri worked a 1-2-3 ninth for the save.
FCL Phillies 5 FCL Blue Jays 3
The F-Jays had a 2-1 lead but the Phillies scored three runs over the last two innings for the comeback win. Sac flies by J.C. Masson and Juan Pizzaro and a balk provided the scoring for the Jays. Manuel Beltre and Endri Garcia had two hits apiece with Garcia picking up a double. Tucker Toman drew a walk.
José DeLeón was the opener and struck out two in a flawless first inning. Lefties Johan Simon surrendered a run over four innings and Marc Civit coughed up a run over three frames, getting charged with a blown save. Edgar Castro also blew a save opportunity and took the loss after yielding three runs over two innings.
DSL Orioles 6 DSL Blue Jays 5 (11 Innings)
Victor Arias tripled home a run in the third inning and Jonathan Bautista hit a two-run homer as the Dom-Jays held a 4-1 lead at one point in the early going. Jean Joseph and Omar Romero had two-hit efforts.
Daniel Guerra gave up a run over four innings on three hits and two walks and recorded five strikeouts. Francisco Lucumi allowed four runs in the fifth but they were all unearned. Jorge Guerra tossed three frames of one-hit ball with three K's. Ramon Suarez pitched 2-1/3 innings and took the loss.
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Dasan Brown, Vancouver
2. P.K. Morris, Vancouver
1. Orelvis Martinez, New Hampshire
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