Buffalo 9 Rochester 6
New Hampshire 1 Portland 7
Vancouver 9 Everett 2
Dunedin 0 Lakeland 4
FCL Blue Jays 10 FCL Tigers 4
Three Stars
Third Star - Joey Loperfido
Second Star - Enmanuel Bonilla
First Star - Eddie Micheletti Jr
NOTES
Buffalo scored nine runs on 14 hits with contributions all over the diamond. Eight of the starters had a hit with six of them having two. Seven hitters picked up an RBI. Joey Loperfido and Phil Clarke had two RBI each.
This was a bullpen game, Mason Fluharty was back in town. Jonatan Clase was also in the lineup, Alan Roden had the night off.
Kendry Rojas cruised through four innings in his AA debut. He ran into trouble in the fifth, the bullpen added to the misery, and NH scored their only run in the ninth. That run came from a Peyton Williams home run. The Fisher Cats had just five hits.
Through four innings Rojas had given up two hits with four K's. But in the fifth a hit and a walk had two on with two outs. Another hit scored two runs and then the bullpen came on and gave up another leaving three runs on Rojas's record. All in all it was an encouraging start.
Vancouver, like Buffalo, had eight hitters who picked up a hit. They had four hitters with a multi hit game. Eddie Micheletti went 3-4 and was a triple short of the cycle. Hayden Gilliland hit his first home run of the season and added a double.
Fernando Perez had a little problem with his command. He walked four in 4.2 innings. He struck out five but only gave up one hit, a home run.
Dunedin had only two hits, both by Sam Shaw. Colby Holcombe wasn't great, three runs allowed in 3.2 innings.
The FCL Jays hit four home runs. One of them was from Enmanuel Bonilla who was a triple shy of the cycle. It was Bonilla's best game of the season and his first home run since June 2nd. Yorman Licourt also homered and doubled. Edrick Felix and Aldo Gaxiola hit their first homers of the season.
Troy Guthrie started and pitched five innings. He gave up a pair of runs but had just one K.