Buffalo and Dunedin won. Buffalo had a big 9-0 win while Arjun Nimmala starred in Dunedin's win. Two wins was the best showing of the week but it could have been better. New Hampshire led 2-0 in the eighth but lost 5-2. Vancouver led 8-3 in the ninth and lost. The common thread in the two losses? Walks. The Jays relievers walked eight in those two innings.
Buffalo 9 Durham 0
New Hampshire 2 Altoona 5
Vancouver 8 Hillsboro 9
Lakeland 3 Dunedin 4
Three Stars
Third Star - Brennan Orf
Second Star - Arjun Nimmala
First Star - Alan Roden
NOTES
The Bisons scored nine runs with 13 hits. Steward Berroa had the only home run, a three run shot. Alan Roden had four hits, one a double, with four RBI. He has boosted his AAA average to .308 and his OPS to .868. Damiano Palmegiani and Rafael Lantigua had two hits each.
Trenton Wallace started and just went three innings with six K's. Andrew Bash added three innings too, he just gave up one hit.
New Hampshire scraped together two runs in the fifth inning to take a 2-0 lead. It looked like this would hold up to break their losing streak. Michael Dominguez went five innings with five K's. He just had given up two hits. CJ Van Eyk chipped in two shutout innings. Trent Palmer, who was activated today from rehab, was called on to pitch in the eighth. He walked three straight hitters and was pulled. Johnathan Lavallee came in and walked in a run, then wild pitched in two more. A sac fly made it 4-2 and then he added another for good measure.
NH had five hits. They were unable to bunch them as Rainer Nunez, in the fourth spot, had three hits and Josh Rivera, in the eighth spot, had two.
Vancouver built an 8-3 lead into the ninth inning. Brennan Orf had a 3-4 day with a double and an RBI. Cutter Coffey was 2-5 with an RBI. In general the offense was evenly distributed with seven hitters picking up an RBI.
Pat Gallagher started and was charged with three runs in seven innings. Kai Peterson was called on to close out the game with a five run lead. He started the inning out, walk, single, out. So two on and two outs. Just one out needed for a win. And what do coaches say when you have a big lead? Throw strikes and let the hitters get themselves out. Peterson doesn't do that. He walked a hitter to load the bases. He walked another, on four pitches, to bring in a run. The score now was 8-4 and the tying run was at the plate. He walked another, on five pitches this time, and now its an 8-5 game. Peterson was yanked, Grayson Thurman came in. He ran the count to 3-1 and had to throw one down the middle. A double made it 8-7. The next hitter singled to walk it off.
Dunedin scored a run in the bottom of the eighth to break a 3-3 tie. In that eighth Nick Mitchell singled, Arjun Nimmala doubled and Sean keys added the RBI single. Earlier Nimmala had hit a two run home run, his 16th. Nimmala, Yhoangel Aponte and Brock Tibbets had two hits each. Tibbets, like the other 2024 college draftees, is hitting well, his average is over .300 at .304.
The D Jays used five pitchers, Colby Holcombe started and gave up one run in three innings.
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