RJ Schreck homered twice to help Buffalo win the first game of their doubleheader. Game two didn't go so well. Blaine Bullard is very hot right now, his home run was the difference in Dunedin's win. Johnny King had the worst start of his career and Vancouver lost. New Hampshire were rained out.
Jake Bloss pitched well for four innings for Dunedin in his third rehab start. It is hard to predict the path of pitchers recovering from Tommy John. Its easy to see a jump up to Buffalo for his nest start, or he could remain in Dunedin to build up to five innings.
Buffalo 6 Syracuse 4 - game one
Buffalo 0 Syracuse 1 - game two
Hartford at New Hampshire - postponed
Vancouver 6 Spokane 7
Fort Myers 2 Dunedin 3
Three Stars
Third Star - Alexis Hernandez
Second Star - Blaine Bullard
First Star - RJ Schreck
NOTES
RJ Schreck dominated the first Buffalo game. He went deep twice, a solo shot in the first and a three run home run in the third. He also walked.
Grant Rogers went five innings, three runs, two earned but only one strikeout.
The Bisons had only two hits in game two, both singles. Syracuse had only three hits but one of them was a home run off starter Austin Voth, the only run in the game. Schreck was 0-3 in game two with two K's.
The Vancouver game was an offensive battle, in contrast to the second Buffalo game. Johnny King had his first nightmare start. He didn't get out of the first inning throwing 33 pitches, just 14 of them were strikes. His first pitch of the game was deposited over the fence, that might have spooked him. He then went walk, single, walk, single, double. After getting an out he hit a batter and walked another and that ended his game. Lesson learned? On to the next. Holden Wilkerson didn't pitch well either. Spokane had seven hits in four of his innings.
The bats had a better day with ten hits. The hot Alexis Hernandez singled and doubled. JR Freethy doubled twice, Hayden Gilliland homered and singled and Tucker Toman had two hits.
Blaine Bullard hit a two run home run in the sixth inning to give Dunedin a lead they would not relinquish. Dunedin had just three hits in the game, Bullard had two of them. The home run was measured at 106.2 mph. Over his last 20 games Bullard is hitting .313.
Jake Bloss went four innings in his third rehab start. He struck out five and gave up one home run. He topped out at 97 mph.
