Scranton 5 Buffalo 3 - game one
Scranton 3 Buffalo 4 - game two, 9 innings
New Hampshire 1 Akron 4
Tri-City 3 Vancouver 2
Dunedin 3 Lakeland 9
Three Stars
Third Star - Yeuni Munoz
Second Star - CJ Van Eyk
First Star - Joey Loperfido
NOTES
Two bad innings consigned the Bisons to a loss in game one. Trey Yesavage had the first one. In his second inning Scranton went single, double, double, out, single and the Bisons were down by three. Yesavage went 4.2 innings total. He did not give up a hit over the other 3.2 innings and in total he struck out eight. Ryan Jennings came on to pitch the seventh and that was the other bad inning. Single, triple, double and the Bisons went from a 3-3 tie to being down 5-3.
RJ Schreck had an RBI double and walked. Christian Bethancourt homered.
Game two went to extra innings. CJ Van Eyk had a good start, he allowed just one unearned run in five innings with seven K's. The game was tied at one each after seven innings. Both teams scored twice in the eighth inning, on to the ninth. Phil Clarke hit a ground ball between first and second base. The second baseman dived for the ball but knocked it away allowing the runner to score for a walk off win. The Bisons had five hits, Joey Loperfido had three of them including an RBI double in the eighth.
Fernando Perez had a rough start for NH. He walked five in three and a bit innings running his pitch count up. Akron scored four off him in their second inning. The lead off hitter homered which was followed by two walks and a throwing error by the catcher. A single later and four runs were in. The Cats had just four hits.
Similarly Vancouver hitters were held to five hits. Nick Goodwin hit a two run home run for the C's only runs. Chris McElvain started and went four innings. He struck out six but his pitch count was high at 77. Edinson Batista gave up two runs in the eighth to turn a lead into a loss.
Johnny King also did not have a great start. He went 2.2 innings, 59 pitches, 31 strikes ad 28 balls. He was taken deep twice, walked four, and was charged was five runs. One to forget.
The hitters had just five hits, Yeuni Munoz had two and drove in two of the three runs.
