MiLB Recap – D-jays win 4th in a row! Boyd Debut

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New Hampshire Fisher Cats @ Altoona Curve (Loss 6-7)

Fisher Cat pitching had a rough start to the game.  Austin Bidens-Dirkx pitched 4 innings and allowed 4 runs which included a home run to Jose Osuna.  Jimmy Cordero came on and did not fair any better.  He allowed 3 runs on 3 hits in 1 inning of work.  Finally Luis Perez and Dustin Antolin showed that the Cats can get people out and pitched 3 innings combined and allowed only 1 hit.  The hole dug by the pitching would be a difficult climb for their offense.

The Cats were able to collect 6 runs them selves but were unable to cap the rally in the final inning.  The bottom of the Cat lineup continues their recent hot streak.  Shane Opitz now has RBI’s in 3 straight games and went 2-3.  The bottom 4 batters in the lineup Sunday collected 8 of the 11 Fisher Cat hits.  The top of the lineup did their job by plating a many of those base runners.  They could have done better platting runs seeing they went 4-11 with runners in scoring position, but they came close to squeaking this one out.

Line of the night

Dwight Smith Jr. 2-4 with 3 runs scored

Up Next

New Hampshire Fisher Cats @ Erie Sea Wolves (Pitchers TBD)

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Dunedin Blue Jays vs Lakeland Flying Tigers (Win 7-2)

The day was led by offense but solid pitching kept the Tigers from flying to high.  Luis Santos pitched a solid 5.2 innings and allowed only 2 runs on 5 hits.  Santos also recorded 8 strike outs and only allowed 1 free pass.  The 2 runs knocked Santos from the game in the 6, but Alberto Tirado came on to keep the Tigers down.  He allowed only 3 hits over the remaining 3.1 innings.

The offense came out of the gate red hot.  The D-Jays rocked Tigers pitcher Locke St. John for 7 runs in the first inning.  St. John was chased from the game after recording only 2 outs.  The Tigers bullpen would prove to be efficient and did not allow another run through the rest of the game.  Christian Lopes went 3-5 with 2 doubles and a pair of RBIs.  Catcher Jorge Saez recorded 2 RBIs also on a single.  He would go 1-2 after walking 2 times in the game.  The D-Jay’s performed well and have now won 4 in a row.

Line of the night

Alberto Tirado 3.2 IP, 1 K’s, 3 hits, 0 ER, 0 BB

Christian Lopers 3-5 with 2 doubles, 1 run scored, and 2 RBI

Up Next

Dunedin Blue Jays @ Palm Beach Cardinals (Pitchers TBD)

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Lansing Lugnuts @ Cedar Rapids Kernels (Loss 3-8)

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Errors by the Lugnut defense caused this game to look more one sided.  The Lugnuts allowed 4 un-earned runs Sunday.  Although there were plenty of issues the pitching did not help the situation.  Like pouring salt on an open wound the Lugnut pitchers combined to allow 13 hits.  Shane Dawson allowed 10 of those hits and 1 was a 2 run homer by Tanner English.  English would continue to haunt the Lugnut pitchers through out the game as he went 3-4 with the 2-run homer, 3 runs scored, and 3 RBI before the game was over.  He was only a double short of the cycle out of the 9th spot in the Kernels lineup.

On offense the Lugnuts just could not get base runners.  The offense only collected 5 hits and 2 of those hits were solo home runs.  Rowdy Tellez continues to rake and collected hit league leading 45th RBI on his 7th homer of the year.  Ryan McBroom also popped a ball of out the park for his 3rd of the year.  The Lugnuts were just unable to get anything going Sunday to make the game interesting.  The defensive issues were just to much to over come.

Line of the night

Ryan McBroom 3-5 with a double, a home run, 2 runs scored, and an RBI

Up Next

Lansing Lugnuts @ Cedar Rapids Kernels (Conner Greene vs Jared Wilson)

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