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Buffalo Bisons (15-10, 3rd)

Daniel Norris pitched 5.2IP giving up one run on 4 hits, walking 3 and striking 4 in a 1-0 loss to Durham.

It was Buffalo’s second loss in a row, but 7th in the past 10 games. The Herd have fallen out of first place and sit a game and half back of the Pawtucket Red Sox.

Back to Norris. He throw 95 pitches and 53 of those went for strikes. A couple things can be taken from Norris’ first Triple-A start:

He allowed the same number of flyball outs as groundball outs (3)….needs to do a better job of keeping the ball on the ground.
Still walking too many guys
Was unable to strike out J.P. Arencibia….he even allowed J.P. to get a hit.

All kidding aside. Norris didn’t throw the ball too badly, but he did battle, needing 95 pitches to get through 5.2IP. He needs to finish batters off if he hopes to make it back to Toronto.

At the plate Dalton Pompey collected his first hit with Buffalo and is now hitting .091. Matt Hague waited til his final at-bat in the 9th inning to extend his hit streak to 7 games and is hitting .330 on the year (.250 in the past 10 games). Andy Burns hit his 4th double and Melky Mesa collected his first, but the Herd was completely shut down by Dylan Floro.

Player of the Game: RP Ryan Tepera (2.1IP, no hits, no runs, no walks, and 4 strike outs)

Ps Ronald Belisario (1.04 ERA), remember him from this offseason, collected his 4th save.

Up Next: Miguel Castro vs Durham’s Matt Andrieses

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New Hampshire Fisher Cats (14-13, 4th)

The Fisher Cats continue to play .500 baseball with a 5-2 win over Reading.

The versatile Jon Berti, playing CF, continues his hot streak with a two hit game, both doubles. Berti has hit .362 with 17 hits in 10 games. The mighty SS Jorge Flores collected a hit and now has 9 hits over his last 4 games and is hitting .441 in his past 10 games.

Matt Boyd (W 2-1, 1.39 ERA) pitched into the 7th inning for the second time, throwing 84 pitches over 6.1IP. He allowed two run on 3 hits while walking 2 and striking out 4. Blake McFarland (2-0, 0.79 ERA) collected his 3rd save after retiring the final 5 batters.

Player of the Game: C Jack Murphy drove in 2 runs, going 2-for-4 with a double (2).

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Dunedin Blue Jays (12-15, 5th )

Jeremy Gabryszwski (L 1-1, 4.91 ERA) had a one of those days that you wish you could just do over. Jeremy only pitched one inning, giving up a a single, a strike out, a triple, a single, a single, soft ground out, a Dawel Lugo error, a ground-rule double, a single, and finally a strike out.

End of the 1st, Dunedin zero……Tampa 6. Tampa never looked back winning 9-1. Roemon Fields went 0-for-3 but managed to work 2 walks and swipe his 12th and 13th bases of the year. L.B. Dantzler, hitting .194, collected a pair of hits and is on a modest 4-game hit streak. He also drove in the clubs only run.

Player of the Game: Hard to find a player of the when you lose 9-1.

Up Next: Brad Allen vs Lakeland Kevin Ziomek

Lansing Lugnuts (15-10, Tied for 1st)

The Lugnuts split their double-header on Wednesday with a 7-2 win and 6-2 lose.

Game 1

Making his Lugnut’s début Jesus Tinoco had a decent line.

4.0IP, 4H, zero runs, 2 BB, 3 K, 6GO, and 3 AO.

This is yet another live arm the Jays have hidden in their system. I don’t expect him to stay in Lansing, likely just here for the double-header. Tinoco will likely start the year with the Vancouver Canadians.

Starlyn Suriel (W 2-1, 2.96 ERA) gave up just one hit in one inning of work and collected win.

Boomer Collins hit his first of the year and drove in 3, in the 25-year-old third game. D.J. Davis, J.D. Davis, and Gunnar Heidt each had multi-hit games.

Player of the Game: D.J. Davis (2-for-4 with 2 runs, a strike out, and his 6th SB)

Game 2

Chase Dejong (L 2-2, 3.86 ERA) got roughed up for 6 runs over 5IP, but did manage to induce 7 ground ball outs to only 2 fly ball outs. Chase just wasn’t fooling the Whitecaps, as they hit 4 doubles and a triple. Just one of those games.

The Lugnuts registered 4 hits while striking out 7 times and walking 3 times. They were 1-for-5 with RISP and only managed one extra-base hit (Rowdy Tellez).

Player of the Game: Tim Locastro, actually he gets it because he made an impact in both game. He drove in the clubs only earned run.

Up Next: Shane Dawson vs Fort Wayne’s Taylor Cox

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