Somerset 9 New Hampshire 1 in Six Innings
Vancouver 7 Hillsboro 6
Scranton/WB 7 Buffalo 2
C’s are the lone winner for the affiliates.
Vancouver Canadians
The Vancouver Canadians (45-36) sit tied for first overall in the Northwest League Standings with the Eugene Emeralds heading into Wednesday’s games.
Vancouver hung on for a 7-6 victory in Hillsboro Wednesday night as the Hops rally was cut short after scoring one run in the bottom of the ninth.
With the bases loaded for Hillsboro, Kenny Castillo walked home to score and then Druw Jones grounded into a force out.
The quick defence of Carter Cunningham and catcher Aaron Parker caught the Hops Kevin Sim on his way to home plate.
Angel Ortiz then strike out to end the game with the bases still loaded for the Hops and Vancouver escaped with the victory.
Vancouver and Hillsboro play the third game of their series today at 6:35pm PDT.
Buffalo Bison
The Bisons were raked 7-2 by the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Rail Riders (SWB) Wednesday night as the Rail Riders held a 5-0 after three innings.
Michael Stefanic homered to make it 5-1 in the fourth and the Bisons added another in that frame but could push no more runs across the rest of the game.
Buffalo is now 35-52 on the season. The two teams play again today at 6:35PM ET.
New Hampshire Fisher Cats
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats game against the Somerset Patriots was washed out after 5 and a half innings with the Patriots leading by a commanding 9-1 score on Wednesday.Charles McAdoo on base streak has reached 29 games after walking in the first. McAdoo has hit safely in 26 of 29 as well giving this game a positive spin on what was 7-0 lead after three frames.
Starter Ryan Watson bore the brunt of Somerset’s offence allowing seven runs in four innings including six hits, three walks a lone punch out. The two-out two run homers in the third battered and bruised Watson despite being unearned.
New Hampshire and Somerset play today at 6:35 PM ET with Kendry Rojas set to make his second Double-A appearance.
Dunedin Blue Jays
The Dunedin Blue Jays scored a run in their half of the 10th inning but they were outdone by the Palm Beach Cardinals who used their last at bat to score two in the bottom of the inning.
Palm Beach won this game 3-2 scoring one in the bottom of the 9th and the two in the 10th.
Dunedin and Palm Beach play today at 6:30 PM ET.
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