Johnny King had his worst start last time out but he was back to top form on Saturday. It wasn't enough for Vancouver to win. The high flying Fisher Cats and the FCL team also were unable to keep the good times going. To add to the misery Dunedin also lost. Buffalo were the only winners thanks to a pair of late home runs. Jake Bloss hit a speed bump on his way back to the major leagues.

Lehigh Valley 5 Buffalo 6

New Hampshire 3 Somerset 4

Eugene 4 Vancouver 5

Dunedin 5 Clearwater 6

FCL Blue Jays 3 FCL Tigers 5

Three Stars

Third Star - Blaine Bullard

Second Star - Josh Rivera

First Star - Jevon Ward

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NOTES

Buffalo were leading 4-0 headed to the eighth inning. Matt Bowman came on for his second game for Buffalo. LHV scored three off him in one inning a few days ago. Here he gave up four runs, Chase Lee added another and a 4-0 lead turned into a 5-4 deficit. In the bottom of the eighth the number eight hitter, Josh Rivera, homered to tie the game. Jevon Ward came on as a pinch hitter and he homered to put Buffalo ahead for good. The starting pitcher was Grant Rogers who threw 5.2 shutout innings with two K's.

Earlier William Simoneit homered and RJ Schreck went 2-3 with a walk.

The vaunted NH offense was held to five hits and three runs. Jace Bohrofen doubled in two runs in the first inning. Aaron Parker added a solo home run in the fourth. Arjun Nimmala has not played since he was taken out of a game a few days ago. No IL stint though so he could be back next Tuesday.

Jackson Wentworth started and was charged with three runs in six innings. Mason Olson followed and struck out five in two innings. He only allowed one hit but it was a triple and he followed that with a wild pitch. That was the winning run.

Johnny King had his worst start for Vancouver his last time out. This time he was out to make amends. He threw five shutout innings with eight K's. Back on track. Holden Wilkerson was responsible for Eugene's four runs in his four innings.

Two home runs drove the Cats offense. Jacob Sharp hit a solo shot in the first inning and Dub Gleed added a three run home run in the sixth.

Jake Bloss had a rough start for Dunedin. Clearwater had seven hits including two home runs in three innings off Bloss. He struck out four. Jack Nedrow went five innings in relief and he took the loss by allowing two runs.

The D Jays did have eleven hits. Seven of them came from the top three in the order. Blaine Bullard had three hits, Eric Snow and Sam Shaw had two each.

The high flying FCL Jays took a 3-2 lead to the bottom of the seventh and final inning but gave a three run home run to lose to a walk off by 5-3. Pascual Archila and Andres Arias both homered for the Jays.