MiLB Recap – Lugnuts homer their way into first!

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New Hampshire Fisher Cats @ Erie Sea Wolves (Loss 3-6)

Taylor Cole took the ball Tuesday and battled for 6 innings.  He did allow 8 hits which included a solo home run to Tony Thomas but deserved a better fate.  Cole allowed 2 earned runs but was let down by his defense which allowed another run.  Danny Barnes also threw 2 innings in the loss and allowed 3 hits with no earned runs but Cat errors lead to the 3 runs the Erie needed to win the game.  The defense let the team down Tuesday.  Cole and Barnes pitched well enough that this game could have ended much differently.  Yes there were plenty of hits allowed that Erie may have scored more runs regardless but the should be outs could have changed some of their fortunes.

Offensively Dalton Pompey continues to remain hot and collected another 2 hits.  He is working on his Player of the Week credentials well so far this week.  Last week he won those honors after raking homers.  Ryan Schimpf supplied the power on Tuesday however.  He popped a 3 run homer in the 4th inning to tie the game at the time.  The Cat offense would fall flat other then that though and would not score any more runs for the rest of the game.  The 3 run home run may have been enough offense if there wasn’t 4 unearned runs allowed on the three errors.

Line of the night

Ryan Schimpf 1-3 with a home run and 3 RBI

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Dunedin Blue Jays @ Palm Beach Cardinals (Loss 1-6)

Jeff Hoffman got of to a great start but as the game progressed allowed more and more base runners.  He allowed 9 hits and 3 walks over 5.2 innings.  This came to haunt him in the 6th in which he allowed 3 earned runs.  The Cardinals continued to ride there offense against the bullpen and scored another 3 runs in the 8th against Matt Smoral.  Smoral was knocked out of the game after recording only 1 out.

The D-jays recorded 8 hits but were unable to string anything big together.  They scored there lone run in the 6th on a single by J.D. Davis.  The top 6 batters in the lineup recorded 7 of the 8 hits with Roemon Fields recording the only multi-hit game.  Number 9 hitter catcher Martin Medina was the only runner to score.  The lack of pitching and hitting in the game did in the D-Jay’s Tuesday

Line of the night

No huge standouts.

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Lansing Lugnuts vs Bowling Green Hot Rods (Win 13-3)

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Solid pitching and a ton of offense will win you many games and was the case Tuesday for the Lugnuts.  The Lugs pitching staff was able to keep the Hot Rods to 3 runs even with the defense committing 4 errors.  Starlyn Suriel pitched 6 innings of shut out ball to allow the offense to outburst.  The stellar performance lead to the win that put the Lugnuts into first place.

The offense just pounded the ball all night and had a huge surge from the 6th inning on.  The team compiled 17 hits which included 4 home runs.  Jason Leblebijian collected 2 of those home runs and went 3-5 for the night with 3 RBI.  Richard Urena hit his 11th home run with a runner on in the 6th.  Chris Carlson also hit a homer and went 4-5 with a double, 3 runs scored, and 2 RBI.  Not to be out done Anthony Alford tied his career high with 4 hits in the game and was only a homer away from the cycle.  He also collected 2 RBI’s.  The offense is looking good as the now first place Lugnuts look to keep rocking during their home stand.

Line of the night

Jason Leblebijian 3-5 with 2 home runs, 2 runs scored, and 3 RBI

Chris Carlson 4-5 with a double, a home run, 3 runs scored, and 2 RBI

Anthony Alford 4-5 with a double, triple, 2 runs scored, and 2 RBI

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Lansing Lugnuts vs Bowling Green Hot Rods (Sean Reid-Foley vs Enderson Franco)

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