Victor Arias did his best to get a win for New Hampshire but to no avail. He had four hits and eight total bases. New Hampshire could not execute and lost in twelve innings. Bryce Arnold was hot for Vancouver and they did get a win. Buffalo lost and Dunedin were rained out.
All eyes were on a pair of pitchers on Thursday. Adam Macko was wild again for Buffalo and doesn't look major league ready yet. And speaking of not being major league ready, Alek Manoah wasn't great for New Hampshire. But returning from surgery is not a simple exercise, lets see if he can improve next time out.
Buffalo 1 Worcester 2
Reading 3 New Hampshire 2 - 12 innings
Hillsboro 1 Vancouver 4
Palm Beach at Dunedin - postponed
Three Stars
Third Star - Nick Goodwin
Second Star - Bryce Arnold
First Star - Victor Arias
NOTES
Buffalo played a low offense game. Riley Tirotta homered in the eighth to tie the game at one. But Nate Eaton homered off Joe Mantiply in the bottom of the inning and that was it. Just three hits for the Bisons.
Adam Macko started and was wild, as usual. He walked five in four innings and struck out four. He threw 49 strikes and 38 balls. Obviously he needs to get more in command of his pitches and he needs that before he could be considered for a call-up.
New Hampshire also played a low offense game. They took a 3-2 lead to the ninth but a two out hit tied the game for the Phils. That sent the game to extra innings. NH had the winning run on third base with one out in both the tenth and eleventh innings but could not get the run home. That let the Phils take the lead for good with a sac fly in the twelfth.
Victor Arias has been really heating up with NH and on Thursday he tripled twice, singled twice and scored two runs. The first time he scored when Jevon Ward homered. It was Ward's second home run this week and he is having a hot start to August with his OPS over 1200 for the month. Jackson Hornung had two hits and he is keeping his average well above .300 at . Arias has his AA average up to .291 and his OPS is 930. Arias has eleven hits in his last six games and six of those went for extra bases.
Alek Manoah started and he pitched into the fourth inning. The Phils had five hits off him and he walked three with two K's. Obviously he needs more rehab starts.
Vancouver had a pair of two run innings. In the third inning Bryce Arnold scored on an error which was followed by an RBI single by Arjun Nimmala scoring JR Freethy. In the eighth inning Arnold singled in two more runs. Arnold was 3-3 with a walk. Nick Goodwin also had three hits. Edinson Batista threw five shutout innings for the win.
