Columbus 5 Buffalo 6 - 10 innings
New Hampshire 6 Reading 4
Tri-City 3 Vancouver 5
Dunedin 7 Fort Myers 12
Three Stars
Third Star - Danny Thompson Jr.
Second Star - Enmanuel Bonilla
First Star - Sean Keys
NOTES
Buffalo blew a three run lead in the ninth, had to score a run in the bottom of the ninth to get to extra innings, then scored in the tenth for a walk off win. In that ninth inning Hayden Juenger loaded the bases before Adam Macko came on to throw gas on the fire. Macko stayed in the game to strike out the side in the tenth. That ninth inning took the win away from Grant Rogers who produced his best AAA start, five shutout innings, three hits, one K.
Josh Rivera homered for the Bisons, his third, all while hitting .164. Catcher William Simoneit delivered the walk off it, one of three hits in the game for the 29 year old. Josh Kasevich also had three hits.
Sean Keys had a nice night, a solo homer in the second and a two run shot in the third. Not to be a party pooper but the Reading park is very good for runs and for left handed hitters. Free agent signing Ismael Munguia hit his first home run, a solo shot.
Gage Stanifer had what for him is a usual start. He had trouble with the zone, walking three in four innings and needed 74 pitches.
Danny Thompson Jr preserved his zero ERA in Vancouvers game. He went 3.2 innings, one hit, two walks and five K's. This season he has a WHIP of 0.67 and has 24 K's in 15 innings. The NWL is tough because there are few teams so you get exposed to the hitters a lot. We will see if Thompson can maintain his great performances second time through the teams.
Carter Cunningham had three hits including a triple, Peyton Williams had two.
Nolan Perry started and the D Jays gave up twelve runs. But ten of them were on the bullpen. Perry needed 69 pitches to get through 3.2 innings, striking out seven. He was charged with two runs, one earned.
Enmanuel Bonilla continued his fine start to 2026, he hit a two run home run and later added a two run single. Bonilla is now hitting .308 with a .844 OPS. Aldo Gaxiola also had two hits. Juan Rojas, a 19 year old, usually light hitting catcher, homered and walked twice. Rojas was called up due to the high number of catcher injuries among the affiliates.
