Spencer Horwitz hits for average and gets on base but the power has been in short supply. On Thursday he went deep twice, but Buffalo coughed up the lead twice and lost. No such worries in New Hampshire where Sem Robberse was excellent. And the hitters were pretty good too. Similarly for Vancouver where Devereaux Harrison was back in top form. Dunedin also had good pitching and they made it three wins.
Buffalo 6 Syracuse 8
New Hampshire 7 Portland 4
Vancouver 7 Spokane 3
Lakeland 1 Dunedin 5
FCL Blue Jays 2 FCL Phillies 10
Three Stars
Third Star - Sem Robberse
Second Star - Kekai Rios
First Star - Spencer Horwitz
NOTES
It started well for Buffalo. Addison Barger led off the game with a home run. Spencer Horwitz added his own homer in the first and tacked on a second one in the fifth. Meanwhile Bowden Francis struck out six in 3.1 innings. Hayden Juenger came on in relief and it didn't go well. He allowed four runs in two thirds of an inning.
Heading to the ninth the Bisons were down 6-3. Three singles loaded the bases, then two walks and a double play let Buffalo tie the game. On to the bottom of the ninth where Matt Peacock surrendered a two run home run. Barger and Horwitz had two hits each. Orelvis had the night off.
Sem Robberse shutout Portland through 5.2 innings, five hits, one walk and five K's. Sem got eight groundballs to two fly balls.
New Hampshire had 13 hits, every starter had one. Leo Jimenez and Andres Sosa had three each. Jimenez led off the game with a triple but in true Blue Jay fashion was stranded there. Alan Roden was 1-3 and walked twice.
For Vancouver, Kekai Rios hit a three run home run in the second inning to get the C's on the board. That was plenty for Devereaux Harrison who threw five shutout innings. The C's added four more in the eighth. Every starter had a hit for the C's. Garrett Spain and Ryan McCarty each had two hits. Both of McCarty's were doubles and he is hitting .462 in his brief high A career so far.
Dunedin had good pitching. Three pitchers combined on a three hitter. Lazaro Estrada struck out seven in three innings. He had 12 swings and misses. He was followed by Davis Feldman who had 18 whiffs in four innings, most of them with his changeup.
Dunedin had six hits, all singles.
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