MiLB Recap May 27th 2016

[King]

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Jio Mier

 

Daniel Norris had his best start in what has been a difficult 2016 season.

 

The 23-year-old fanned a season-high eight Bisons as the Mud Hens cruised to an 8-0 win at Fifth Third Field on Friday.

 

The former Bison faced the minimum through three innings and spread out four hits and a walk across six scoreless frames. The effort was enough to lower the lefty's ERA from 6.91 to 5.67.

 

For the second consecutive start, Scott Diamond was charged with five runs and a loss. The lefty struck out two and walked a pair before exiting after a three-run Hens' half of the fifth. Following a hitless first, Diamond allowed the leadoff batter to reach base in each of the next four frames, including a homerun to Tyler Collins to start the second.

 

Buffalo's starter gave up another run in the fourth as Casey McGehee doubled in Chad Huffman.

 

Toledo then used five singles and a fielder's choice groundout to plate a trio of runs an inning later.

 

The Mud Hens continued their offensive outburst against Pat McCoy in the sixth. A two-run blast from John Hicks was followed up by a double from Argenis Diaz, who later made his way home on a deep sac fly off of the bat of Wynton Bernard.

 

The highlight of Buffalo's night came with two Hens aboard in the bottom of the fourth.

 

David Adams backhanded a hard grounder as he stepped on the third-base bag, side-armed a throw to Andy Burns at second who rifled a throw to Matt Dominguez at first to complete a perfectly executed 5-4-3 triple play.

 

BISONS NOTES:

The fourth-inning triple play was the first turned by the Bisons since June 1 of last season against Indianapolis…Jesus Montero's single in the fourth extends his hit streak to seven games…Blue Jay Aaron Loup faced three batters as part of his rehab. The reliever punched out one and allowed one hit…Scott Diamond's start was long enough to move him ahead of teammate Wade LeBlanc and into first in the International League with 59.2 innings pitched.

 

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The Fightin Phils (33-15) and the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (20-26) went 13 innings on Friday night. Reading won 9-8 as former Fisher Cat Jake Fox hit a go-ahead RBI single off Brady Dragmire (1-4) in the top of the 13th inning.

 

Reading jumped out of the gate early by scoring four runs off Fisher Cats starter Jeremy Gabryszwski to take a 4-0 lead. Jorge Alfaro hit a RBI single that was followed by a RBI double from Dylan Cozens. Rhys Hoskins added a RBI single then Cozens scored on a ground-ball double play.

 

The Fisher Cats tied the game at 4-4 off Mark Leiter Jr. in the bottom of the fourth inning. Leiter Jr. left the game after three innings of work. He allowed four runs off four hits with three walks and three strikeouts. Reinier Roibal entered the game in the bottom of the fourth inning. He gave up a three-run home run to Christian Lopes in the bottom of the sixth that gave New Hampshire a 7-4 lead.

 

Roibal was ejected from the game after three innings of work. He allowed three runs off three hits with three strikeouts. Tom Windle pitched two scoreless innings in relief as he gave up one hit with two walks and one strikeout.

 

Aaron Brown hit his first AA home run of the season in the top of the ninth inning off Fisher Cats reliever Will Browning. A three-run home run by Brown tied the game at 7-7. Gregory Infante (2-1) tossed three scoreless innings in relief for the win. Miguel Nunez faced four batters and recorded one out before leaving the game for Hoby Milner (3-0) in the bottom of the 12th. The Fisher Cats tied it at 8-8 as Roemon Fields hit a RBI single to score Ian Parmley.

 

The Fightin Phils and Fisher Cats will meet again on Saturday night. First pitch is at 6:05 pm from Northeast Delta Dental Stadium. Fans can listen to the game on Sports Radio AM 1240/FM 98.5 and fightins.com at 5:35 pm.

 

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Francisco Rios

 

DUNEDIN, FL - RHP Francisco Rios (W, 2-2) twirled his first career shutout while the Dunedin Blue Jays' (22-27) offense churned out a season high 13 runs on a season high 16 hits to beat the Daytona Tortugas (21-28) on Friday night.

 

Rios scattered seven hits and a walk fanning three throughout the ballgame, facing no more than four batters in any of the nine innings he pitched. While Rios was dealing, the offense brought their A-game to the park, starting with five runs out of the gate in the first inning. The Jays' put up five more in the sixth, one in the seventh and two in the eighth to get to 13.

 

The first big hit of the game came from RF Derrick Loveless, extending his hit streak to ten games. With a run already in and the bases juiced, Loveless took a LHP Seth Varner (L, 3-3) fastball to straight away center over the head of CF Jonathan Reynoso, a triple scoring all three baserunners. Dunedin scored multiple runs in the first inning for the third straight game. They got to Varner early, but the lefty starter for Daytona did not allow another run through his five innings, despite giving up two hits in the second and third innings.

 

The sixth inning brought LHP Greg Williams to the mound for the Tortugas. Williams had only allowed three hits without a run in ten inning all season entering the game, but could not get out of the inning, surrendering five runs on four extra-base hits. The final blow was 1B Ryan McBroom's two-run home run to left field, his eighth of the year.

 

Loveless fell a home run shy of the cycle while McBroom collected three hits on the night as well. 3B Emilio Guerrero also aided with a pair of doubles. CF Anthony Alford extended his hit streak to 11 games while DH L.B. Dantzler pushed his to nine.

 

These two teams play one more game in Dunedin before heading over to Daytona for four more. RHP Kyle Westwood duels RHP Tejay Antone with first pitch at 6:30.

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Ryan Hissey

 

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Tyler Alamo broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-out, two-run double to lift the South Bend Cubs (29-17) to a 4-2 win over the Lansing Lugnuts (24-22) on Friday night at Four Winds Field.

 

With the score tied at 2-2 entering the bottom of the seventh, Lansing reliever Ryan Cook (Loss, 1-5) issued a leadoff walk to Donnie Dewees and a one-out walk to Ian Rice. Cook recovered to strike out top prospect Eloy Jimenez, but Alamo followed with a decisive liner into the left field corner.

 

Alamo finished the game 2-for-3 with a walk and three runs batted in, the first delivered on an RBI single in a two-run first inning against Lansing starter Tayler Saucedo.

 

Saucedo settled in to pitch five innings without any further damage, allowing seven hits and two walks and striking out one.

 

Meanwhile, his teammates fought back to tie the game against South Bend starter Ryan Kellogg, halving the deficit on a J.C. Cardenas RBI double in the second before leveling the score on a Ryan Hissey home run in the sixth. It was the catcher's second home run of the season.

 

Kellogg struck out eight Lugnuts in six innings, handing the ball to Casey Bloomquist (Win, 3-1) for three perfect innings out of the pen to finish the game.

 

Sizzling Lugs right-hander Jon Harris (3-0, 0.83) receives the start for the second game of the four-game series, putting his 28-inning scoreless streak on the line against the Midwest League's best offense. South Bend counters with right-hander Preston Morrison (3-2, 3.96).

 

The next Lugnuts home game is on Friday, June 3rd, a LAFCU Fireworks night against the Bowling Green Hot Rods. The weekend continues with Star Wars Night on Saturday, June 4th, also featuring postgame LAFCU Fireworks. To purchase tickets or for more information, stop by the Cooley Law School Stadium box office, call (517) 485-4500 or visit lansinglugnuts.com.

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Kings 3 Stars of the Night

 

1) Emilio Guerrero: The lanky infielder went 3/4 with 2 doubles to help Dunedin win 13-1.

 

2) Ryan McBroom: McBroom went 3/5 with a double and a home run, also to help Dunedin win 13-1.

 

3) Francisco Rios: Rios pitched a complete game, albeit with just 3 strikeouts, on 91 pitches, also to help Dunedin win 13-1.

 

Honorable Mention to everyone else in Dunedins lineup except Michael De La Cruz, and to the Buffalo Bison for turning a triple play.

 

 

Kings Platinum Arencibia

 

1) Matt Dean: Dean had a legitimate Platinum Arencibia going 0/7 with 5 strikeouts. I kind of feel bad.

 

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[King]

Alford 11 game hitting streak.

[THANOS]

Alford 11 game hitting streak.

 

Too bad that excellent plate discipline has vanished.

[King]

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[KingKat]

Even though it came against the Bisons, it's nice to see Dreamboat Danny turn it around. I know a lot of people got kind of annoyed at him last year but it's not entirely his fault that the media overhyped him and since then he's had to face the kind of adversity you wouldn't wish on anyone. I want to see him succeed.

[KingKat]

Significant Injury for the least hyped member of the great shortstop class of 2015.

 

" (Kevin) Newman suffered a fractured left orbital bone Thursday while playing for High-A Bradenton, Pirates Prospects reports. (...) He'll travel to Pittsburgh for further evaluation, but it wouldn't be surprising to see the No. 1 draft choice miss at least a month. Newman is hitting .346/.414/.444 in 38 games this season.

Edited May 28, 2016 by KingKat