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Minor League Recap: System goes 0-for-4

By Ryan Mueller |
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I am going to let you into a little secret about myself. I love minor league baseball because the odds are greater that one of my favorite teams will win, making every night a guarantee win night. That makes me happy. Well that didn’t happen last night. All four Toronto Blue Jays minor league affiliates lose, and 0-for-4 day in my minor league recap…so sad.

Buffalo Bisons (14-9, 2nd)

The challenge for the Bisons right now is to assimilate all the new players and find which roles they will play. On Saturday, the Bisons lost their 2nd straight game to fall out of first place and now 0.5GB of Boston Red Sox affiliate, Pawtucket. Louisville Bats beat the Bisons 5-2.

RHP Casey Lawrence, making his first start since being recalled from New Hampshire, didn’t have his best game. It was terrible, but definitely not what he was hoping for. Casey made it to the 7th inning, pitching six and a third, allowing 4 runs and a home run on 9 hits. Some of those balls were hit hard, as Louisville collected two doubles, a triple and home run off Lawrence. He throw 92 pitches, 66 for strikes, inducing 8 groundballs, walking none and striking out 6. Not terrible.

Ryan Tepera had another solid relief appearance for Buffalo. If he keeps this up Toronto may come knocking sooner than later. He pitched 1.2 innings with 3 strike outs, lowering his ERA to 0.68. Of his 18 pitches, 12 were strikes.

Preston Guilmet worked the 9th, giving up one run on two hits and walk.

The Bats pitchers held the Herd to 2-runs on 4 hits, none were of the extra variety. 2B Andy Burns, Matt Hague, Chris Colabello and Ryan Schimpf each collected singles.

The Bisons were held hitless until Schimpf singled to right in the 4th.  The next three hits were bunched together in the 6th, which produced the clubs only two runs. Burns singles to lead off the inning. Hague and Colabello followed suit, with Burns coming to score on Colabellos’ single to LF. Hague advanced to third on Schimpf’s sac fly and scored on a Brad Glenn ground ball.

The Bisons didn’t put up much of a fight the rest of the game.

Up Next: Randy Wolf vs Louisville’s David Holmberg

Mandatory Credit: SportsLogo.net (http://news.sportslogos.net/2015/02/26/u-s-historical-figures-on-sports-logos/new-hampshire-fisher-cats-uncle-sam-logo/)

The Rest of the Scores

New Hampshire Fisher Cats (12-11, 4th)

The Fisher Cats got a good pitching performance from Taylor Cole (L 0-3, 5.92ERA)  in 2-1 loss to Binghamton Mets. Cole line looked like this 5.0IP, 7H, 2R, BB, K. Danny Barnes and Scott Barnes shut the Barnes door the rest of the way with 3 innings of perfect relief.

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3B Jon Berti, playing out of position, had one of his best games in the young season. He went 2-for-4 with a double (3). Dwight Smith Jr. continues his hot start and has 12 hits in the last 10 games. Matt Newman has hits in his last 4 games.

Up Next: TBD vs Binghamton’s John Gant

Dunedin Blue Jays (10-13, 5th )

The D-Jays allowed 8 runs to Clearwater for the second time in three games, losing 8-2. Brad Allen (L 0-3, 6.12ERA) gave up 7 runs on 9 hits. He struck out one and walked 2. He fell victim to the long ball, giving up 2 home runs in the 2nd and 4th innings. Alberto Tirado allowed one run in 3 inning of relief. Alberto also walk one batter and struck out 2. Brady Dragmire pitched a perfect 9th, stranded the one single he allowed.

Derrick Loveless had two runs, a single and a triple. David Harris and Jorge Saez drove in Dunedin’s only 2-runs.

Up Next: Jayson Aquino vs Clearwater’s Victor Arano

Lansing Lugnuts (14-9, Tied for 1st)

The Lugnuts their second game, 10-4, to Bowling Green. The loss has allowed Bowling Green to caught the Lugnuts atop the Midwest Eastern Division. Starter Shane Dawson (L 2-2, 1.57ERA) pitched well through 5, but was let down by his bullpen. Dawson allowed one run on 4 hits while striking out 4 and not issuing any free passes. Carlos Ramirez allowed 3 runs in his one inning of work, Colton Turner allowed 4 runs over his 2 innings of work, and closer Phil Kish allowed 2 run in his one inning.

Anthony Alford, Ryan McBroom, Justin Atkinson, and Tim Locastro each collected two hit a piece. Locastro had the big hit for the Lugnuts as he connected on his first home run, a 3-run shot, of 2015 and as a member of the Lugnuts. Alford, McBroom, and Atkinson each had a single and a double.

Up Next:Conner Greene vs Bowling Green’s Enderson Franco

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