Syracuse 6 Buffalo 10
New Hampshire 4 Somerset 9
Everett 2 Vancouver 1
Dunedin at Bradenton - cancelled
Three Stars
Third Star - Eddinson Paulino
Second Star - Joey Loperfido
First Star - Brandon Valenzuela
NOTES
Buffalo scored early and often against the Mets. Joey Loperfido homered in the first inning. Josh Rivera singled in Yohendrick Pinango in the second inning. Pinango singled in the third run in the third before Brandon Valenzuela hit a grand slam. That made it a 7-1 game. RJ Schreck singled in Loperfido in the fourth and Buddy Kennedy singled in two more in the fifth. Buffalo scored ten runs with ten hits thanks to going 6-12 with RISP.
Easton Lucas went the first three innings with five K's. Trey Yesavage followed but only threw 18 pitches before being lifted. Five relievers followed to bring home the win. The Mets scored six runs with just four hits, none of them a home run. They were helped by eight walks and two errors by the Bisons.
It is tough for a starting pitcher to face the same team twice in a week. That was Fernando Perez's problem on Sunday. Somerset were lying in wait and they scored five runs off him in the first inning. The inning took 38 pitches and Perez's day was done. Six relievers covered seven innings and gave up four more runs.
NH did do much offensively until the sixth. In that inning Jevon Ward singled in a run and Eddinson Paulino hit a three run home run. NH had six hits, Paulino had two.
Vancouver and Everett played a low scoring game. Vancouver made four errors in the game, two of them in the second inning that helped Everett score two unearned runs. Chris McElvain was the starter. He went four innings with five K's.
Vancouver didn't score until the eight inning and that run came on a balk. In total Vancouver had seven hits, Alexis Hernandez had two.
