MiLB Recap May 30th 2016

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The Bisons fell in extra innings to the Columbus Clippers on Memorial Day, losing the opener of a three-game series 5-4.

 

In the top of the 12th, Adam Moore brought home Ronny Rodriguez on a RBI single off Bisons' reliever Chad Jenkins, breaking a 4-4 tie that had held since the fifth inning. Rodriguez and shortstop Erik Gonzalez both collected five hits, combining for 10 of the Clippers' 14 hits.

 

Dalton Pompey dropped a pop up in the second inning, setting the stage for a four run outburst for the Clippers. With Chris Leroux on the mound for Buffalo, Erik Gonzalez gave Columbus a 3-0 lead, picking up a three-run double. The next batter, Tyler Naquin, plated Gonzalez with a RBI triple, though Naquin was thrown out at home trying to score. On the play, Pompey crashed into the centerfield wall attempting to make a catch, and he was removed from the game.

 

"I think it was more precautionary," manager Gary Allenson said postgame of taking Pompey out of the game. "Hopefully he's just day to day."

 

Facing Clippers' starter Will Roberts, the Herd cut the game to 4-1, as Alexi Casilla doubled to score Tony Sanchez. Casilla was then thrown out at third trying to stretch a triple.

 

A wind-blown double by Casey Kotchman lead off the bottom of the fifth for the Bisons. Two batters later, Casilla came through again, doubling for the second time in the game, making it a 4-2 score. Domonic Brown tied the game with a double of his own, driving in Casilla and Andy Burns. Roberts escaped further trouble, as Tyler Naquin caught a hot-shot in centerfield off the bat of Matt Dominguez to end the frame.

 

Chris Leroux stranded the bases loaded in the top of the sixth, fanning Adam Moore and inducing a Collin Cowgill groundout. The righty allowed seven hits and four runs, all unearned, lowering his ERA to 2.82.

 

"He wasn't as sharp as he was 5 days ago against the same team," Allenson said of Chris Leroux, who shutout Columbus over seven innings on May 25. "He had a much better slider five days ago, and he really didn't use his slider that much today. His fastball command wasn't as good either., but he gave up the four unearned runs and gave us a chance, and that's the mark of a good pitcher."

 

Both team's bullpens fired scoreless frames from the sixth through the 11th innings. Ben Rowan entered in the seventh for the Herd, and stranding runners on second and third. Josh Martin took over for Columbus in the bottom of the seventh. With the score still tied at four in the ninth, Casey Kotchman stranded the bases loaded, grounding out against Martin. Jeff Johnson pitched a perfect bottom of the ninth to send the game to extra innings. In the top of the 11th, Chad Jenkins punched out Jesus Aguilar and Giovanny Urshela with runners on the corners, again keeping the game tied.

 

Tom Gorzelanny picked two shutout innings for the Clippers', and earns his first win of the year. Toru Murata earned the save for Columbus in the bottom of the 12th, his third save of the season.

 

Game two of the three game series between the Bisons and the Clippers will take place on Tuesday. Drew Hutchison is slated to take the mound for Buffalo, and will opposed by Jarrett Grube. First pitch from Coca-Cola Field is scheduled for 6:05 p.m.

 

BISONS NOTES:

Bobby Korecky was activated off the disabled list before Monday's game. Korecky has not pitched in a game since May 17. In a corresponding move, Ryan Tepera was recalled to the Blue Jays. The right-hander has tossed 17.2 innings out of the bullpen for the Bisons this year, and appeared in three games for Toronto earlier in the season… Chris Leroux allowed four unearned runs on Monday, and has not allowed an earned run in four of his last five games… The stolen base by Domonic Brown in the first inning is his fourth of the season, tying him with Alexi Casilla and Dalton Pompey for the team lead. Erik Gonzalez and Ronny Rodriguez both went 5-5 against Buffalo. The last five-hit game against the Bisons since Josh Reddick, playing for Pawtucket, picked up five hits on August 24, 2010.

 

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Casey Lawrence

 

Manchester, NH - Casey Lawrence allowed one run in seven innings and Christian Lopes drove in three runs as the Fisher Cats earned a series win against Reading with a 9-1 win on Monday afternoon at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.

 

Lawrence (2-3) matched his longest outing of the season, holding the first place Fightin Phils to seven hits, walking one and striking out three. Colt Hynes and Wil Browning finished up on the mound for New Hampshire (23-26).

 

Lopes went 3-for-4 with three RBI, finishing off a terrific series against Reading. Lopes went 7-for-14 with 10 RBI in the four-game series.

 

Reading (33-18) put together three consecutive singles to take a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Jesmuel Valentin blooped a single to center, moving to second on a single by Jorge Alfaro. Dylan Cozens followed with his single, plating Valentin with the only run Lawrence allowed.

 

For the second consecutive game, the Fisher Cats put five runs on the board in the bottom of the second inning. Ryan Lavarnway walked and Rowdy Tellez singled. Matt Dean singled to score Lavarnway and Ian Parmley beat out a grounder as Tellez scored to make it 2-1. Christian Lopes doubled home a run, Jorge Flores had a sacrifice fly, and Jon Berti singled to complete the big frame.

 

Lopes delivered two more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Lavarnway walked and Tellez was hit-by-pitch. Parmley singled to load the bases and Lopes followed with a single to make it 7-1.

 

In the bottom of the seventh inning, Roemon Fields walked and stole second. He scored on a double by Melky Mesa and Tellez followed with a double for a 9-1 lead.

 

Anthony Vasquez (6-3) took the loss for Reading.

 

New Hampshire will start a seven-game roadtrip in Harrisburg on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. RHP Luis Santos (4-1, 3.14) will start for the Fisher Cats and RHP Austen Williams (1-5, 5.62 ) takes the mound for the Senators. Coverage with Ben Gellman begins at 6:45 p.m on the WGIR Fisher Cats Radio Network and online at www.nhfishercats.com.

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Ryan Borucki

 

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Carl Wise homered, Ryan Borucki set a new career high with seven innings pitched, and the Lansing Lugnuts (25-24) ended a four-game losing streak with a 5-4 win over the South Bend Cubs (31-18) in a Memorial Day matinee at Four Winds Field.

 

The Lugnuts avoided a four-game sweep at the hands of the Eastern Division leaders.

 

With the game tied 2-2 in the fifth inning, Ryan Hissey and Juan Kelly delivered back-to-back doubles off Cubs reliever Greyfer Eregua (Loss, 1-2). Three batters later, Wise knocked his first home run of the year to left, putting the Lugnuts up 5-2.

 

Borucki (Win, 2-1) did his utmost to make the lead stand up. Coming off six-inning stints in his last two games, the 6-foot-4 left-hander scattered seven singles and a walk, striking out two. He allowed only an Ian Rice two-run single in the first inning and a Bryant Flete RBI fielder's choice in the seventh inning that brought the Cubs within 5-3.

 

20-year-old Patrick Murphy relieved Borucki in the eighth, and South Bend tightened the screws. Eloy Jimenez hooked an RBI single to left, shaving the lead to one run, and Ian Rice drew a walk to load the bases. Murphy remained unwavering, overpowering both Daniel Spingola and Tyler Alamo with swinging strikeouts to escape the jam.

 

Dusty Isaacs (Save, 9) recorded the final three outs, pitching around an Andrew Ely two-out double to tie for the league lead in saves.

 

In victory, Hissey went 1-for-3 with two walks and Kelly finished 2-for-5 with two runs batted in.

 

The Lugs continue their seven-game road trip with the Tuesday opener of a three-game set in Dayton, Ohio. Right-hander Sean Reid-Foley (2-3, 3.65) duels with Dragons right-hander Tanner Rainey (1-5, 6.27) at 7:00 p.m. at Fifth Third Field.

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Kings 3 Stars of the Night

 

1) Christian Lopes: Lopes had a nice day at the plate again Monday going 3/4 with a double and a stolen base.

 

2) Rowdy Tellez: Tellez is finishing off his strong month of May on a high note (.258/.339/.454, 127 wRC+), as he went 2/3 with a double on Monday.

 

3) Dominic Brown: Brown went 3/6 with a double and a stolen base.

 

 

Kings Platinum Arencibia

 

1) Dalton Pompey: Pompey had an afternoon to forget on Monday..

 

Error 1: After a leadoff walk in the bottom of the 1st, Pompey was caught sleeping at 1st base and was picked off.

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Error 2: Top of the 2nd. Pompey drops a lazy fly ball in the outfield.

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Error 3: A few batters later, Pompey slams face first into the wall after he loses his balance chasing down a flyball to the warning track. He left the game, and is reportedly day to day with a knee injury.

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He sprinted to the right field wall, trying to make the inning-ending play. But the ball got caught up in the infamous winds off Lake Erie, the ones that can turn a routine fly into a circus adventure of twists and turns and dives. The ball sailed over the head of Dalton Pompey. And then Pompey crashed into the wall.

 

That’s the kind of season the outfielder has been having for the Buffalo Bisons.

 

Pompey went down and stayed down. Trainer Voon Chong came out to check on him. After some time, Pompey got up and walked off on his own power, even jogging the final few yards into the dugout. But his day was done after an inning and a half Monday evening at Coca-Cola Field.

 

“No idea,” Bisons manager Gary Allenson said when asked the status of Pompey after the Bisons’ 5-4 12-inning loss to the Columbus Clippers. “Didn’t have time to even go see him there. I think it was more precautionary. He came in the dugout, said he was all right, just banged his knee against the wall. But they’re just going to be safe and do a test on him,” Tuesday. “Hopefully just day to day."

 

Pompey has been dealing with the injury bug this season. He missed the first five games with an injury to his left toe, then an injury to his left heel kept him sidelined a total of 12 more games.

 

“You know it is what it is," Allenson said. The crash into the wall was "probably a make up for the first play right there. Long run and the wind was blowing in. The guy obviously hit it really well.”

 

The “first play” Allenson alluded to was an error by Pompey earlier in the second inning. He ran in to field a short fly to center, but dropped the ball. That started a rally for the Clippers, who scored four unearned runs off that error, starting with a three-run double from Erik Gonzalez.

 

Then came the play against the wall. That was a two-out hit from Tyler Naquin that scored Gonzalez. With Pompey on the ground, Naquin tried for an inside-the-park home run. But right fielder Junior Lake recovered the ball for Pompey and relayed it to second baseman Andy Burns, who made a perfect throw for catcher Tony Sanchez to make the play at the plate.

 

“Right when it happened, there’s still a baseball play going on,” Burns said. “You kinda focus on finishing the play and try to figure out what happened after. He almost had an inside-the-parker but Junior ended up getting it in and we got him at the plate and then you realize,” Pompey “wasn’t getting back up. So you hope for the best and hopefully it’s nothing that’s going to keep him out for too long. It was a heck of an effort. I was surprised he came that close to it to be honest.”

 

Burns, who had made three great plays at second base in the first two innings, got a first-hand taste of the outfield winds for the rest of the game. With Pompey out, Allenson made a four-player defensive shuffle, moving Burns to left field, Lake to center field and Domonic Brown to right field. Alexi Casilla, who started the game at short, moved to second and Jio Mier entered the game at short, taking Pompey’s spot in the batting order.

 

Over the past two years in the Toronto Blue Jays organization, Burns has evolved into a utility player. This year he has 23 starts in the middle of the infield with five at third and 11 in the outfield. He’s still getting accustomed to the rhythm and feel of the outfield, but Burns tends to shrug off change and roll with what the game brings himt.

 

“For me it’s no different than showing up to the park and seeing that I’m in the outfield,” Burns said of moving from second to left during Monday’s game. “You know, you try to play this game pitch to pitch anyway so it’s just refocus and lock-in what we’re trying to get accomplished out there and get ready for the next pitch.”

 

And then there was adjusting to the wind.

 

“That’s part of baseball is the elements,” Burns said. “It’s definitely different and in the outfield, not having a ton of time out there, that makes it tougher for me. It makes it tougher on guys who have been doing it their whole career. You know, it’s all about repetition and trying to get out there and get those reads early in the day. It was an interesting day to say the least.”

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