Buffalo 2 Iowa 4
Portland 2 New Hampshire 8
Hillsboro 7 Vancouver 4
Daytona 2 Dunedin 8
Three Stars
Third Star - RJ Schreck
Second Star - Yhoangel Aponte
First Star - Ryan Watson
NOTES
In Buffalo's loss Orelvis Martinez doubled twice and walked...signs of life? Trenton Wallace was the starter and struck out six in five innings. He walked three and Iowa had three hits off him.
Ryan Watson threw seven shutout innings for New Hampshire. He used 84 pitches, just 12 an inning. He had just three strikeouts but ten ground balls versus two fly balls. Watson's strikeout rate is just 7.3 per nine innings but his walk rate is under one. His 2025 BABIP is .203 which is probably unsustainable.
Coming into Fridays game RJ Schreck had been very disappointing in 2025. He was back in AA where he hit .255 last season. On Friday morning Schreck had not hit a home run and was hitting just .132. So the manager out him in the lead off position in the order and he homered in the first inning. He added a single and a double for a 3-4 game.
Fernando Perez looked to have gotten back on track after his last start but it was another step back on Friday. In four innings Hillsboro had eight hits off him leading to three runs.
Dunedin had eleven hits, three players had nine of them. Manuel Beltre, Yhoangel Aponte and Kendry Chirinos each had three hits. Aponte doubled and homered and drove in four runs. Peyton Powell walked five times.
Colby Holcombe went five innings with six K's, one walk, one run.
The FCL season starts today.
