Minor League Recap: Matt Hague plates three

Buffalo Bisons (4-3)

Lehigh Valley (3-5)

The Herd held the Iron Pigs to a single run in the 4th inning, winning 5-1.

#Bisons win 3rd straight, 5-1 over @IronPigs. @SCopeland345 (W, 7.0ip, 3h, 1r). HRs from @mdhague & @CC20rake. RECAP: http://t.co/EAhL0loN5Q
— Buffalo Bisons🦬 (@BuffaloBisons) April 17, 2015

At the Plate- 3B Matt Hague was 2-for-3 with his first home run of 2015 in the 1st inning, a three run shot to left-center, cashing in Ezequiel Carrera and Chris Colabella. Speaking of Colabello, he was 3-for-4 with 2-runs, a home run and 2-RBI. Everybodies Japanese infielder, Munenori Kawasaki, was 2-for-4 with 2 doubles.

On the Mound- Scott Copeland has done it again, but this time he gets the win. Just look at the embedded tweet for the Bisons twitter account. For a guy that isn’t considered a prospect, he sure is pitching like one. Copeland now owns a 0.64 ERA, 0.053 BABIP, 0.29 WHIP, and 2.64 FIP. RP Preston Guilmet pitched the final two innings, allowing 2 hits, no runs, with no walks or strikeouts.

Copeland's night is done (7.0ip, 3h, 1r/er, 3bb, 3k). 5th time in 6 career @TripleABaseball starts with 7.0ip with 1r or fewer! #Bisons
— Buffalo Bisons🦬 (@BuffaloBisons) April 17, 2015

Next Game: Lehigh Valley Adam Morgan vs Randy Wolf

Other Scores

New Britain (3-5) beat New Hampshire (5-3), 8-5

Cory Burns (L 2-1, 9.53 ERA)

LF Dwight Smith Jr. hit his first home run of the year, DH Jake Fox had 3 hits. C Jack Murphy and SS Shane Opitz collected 2 hits.

Taylor Cole was roughed for 4 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks over 2.2IP. Cole struck out 6. Matt West throw a near perfect 2.1IP.

Next Game: New Britain Shane Carle vs Casey Lawrence

Bradenton (3-5) shutout Dunedin (4-4), 6-0

Jayson Aquino (L, 0-1, 3.60ERA)

It’s final in Dunedin. The Marauders top the D-Jays, 6-0. The two clubs split the four-game series.

— Dunedin Blue Jays (@DunedinBlueJays) April 17, 2015

Alberto Tirado pitched 2 innings, allowing one run on 3-hits and striking out 3. He owns a 2.70 ERA. Next Game: Brevard County Javier Salas vs Luis Santos Lansing Lugnuts (7-1) Great Lakes Loons (3-2) Lansing needed 16 innings but they beat Great Lakes 4-2 in 16 innings. Andrew Case (W, 2-0, 0.00 ERA)

FINAL in 16 innings:#Lugnuts 4#Loons 2

WP: @caser137 (2-0) for a second straight day.

That's five straight wins for the 7-1 Lugnuts.
— Lansing Lugnuts (@LansingLugnuts) April 17, 2015

Dickie Joe Thon was 3-for-6 with a triple, a walk,a nd 3K. It was his walk in the top of the 16th that got things going and would prove to be the winning run. The next batter Rowdy Tellez would hit a deep fly ball over the right field wall for a 2-run home run. Tellez drove in 3 runs in the game.

Starlyn Suriel and Shane Dawson each pitched 5 innings of 1-run ball.

Next Game: Loons Brock Stewart vs Chase Mallard