MiLB Recap June 18th 2016

[King]

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Hutch

 

 

After losing an 11-inning game on Friday night, the Herd split a day-night doubleheader from Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, PA. The Bisons' bested Lehigh Valley 3-1 in the early game, but fell 10-4 in game two.

 

Game one

 

A six-inning shutout start from Drew Hutchison, and RBI from Jesus Montero, Domonic Brown and Matt Dominguez, gave the Herd a 3-1 win in game one.

 

Offense was in short supply for the majority of the game, as both clubs totaled just 10 hits, while hitters struck out a combined 25 times. The Bisons' staff fanned 14 IronPigs, with Hutchison picking up 10 whiffs.

 

Lehigh Valley starter Reinier Roibal, recalled from Double-A Reading, allowed no hits through the first three innings. Domonic Brown leadoff the fourth inning with a ground-rule double for Buffalo's first hit. An RBI double by Jesus Montero scored Brown, giving the Herd a 1-0 lead.

 

The Bisons loaded the bases later in the fourth, and scored a second run on a hot-shot fielder's choice to third base off the bat of Junior Lake. The righty Roibal left after 3.2 innings, in what was his first start since May 4. Gregory Infante entered out of the bullpen for the IronPigs, and got David Adams to chase a high fastball, leaving runners on the corners to end the inning.

 

Matt Dominguez made it 3-0 with one swing off reliever Frank Herrmann in the top of the eighth, drilling his seventh home run of 2016.

 

Nick Williams hit a two-out triple off Hutchison in the bottom of the first, but a strikeout of Darin Ruf ended the inning. Hutchison yielded just one hit through his first four innings, notching four-straight strikeouts at one point.

 

The IronPigs finally threatened in the sixth, as two singles put runners on first and second against. The righty Hutchison proceeded to strikeout first baseman Max Stassi, setting a new season high 10 strikeouts. He left after 6.0 shutout frames, giving up four hits and one walk.

 

Pat Venditte loaded the bases in the eighth, thanks to two walks and a fielder's choice. The switch-pitcher fanned Stassi, and closer Ryan Tepera came in to face Cedric Hunter. Tepera got Hunter, last night's hero for the IronPigs, to chase a full-count pitch for a strikeout.

 

In the bottom of the ninth, Dalton Pompey crashed into the leftfield wall, while making a catch on a Logan Moore fly ball. Pompey stayed in the game. Taylor Featherston avoided a shutout for Lehigh Valley, drilling a RBI double with two outs in the ninth. J.P. Crawford flew out to center to end the game, securing Tepera's ninth save of the year.

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Game two

 

In game two, the IronPigs bested the Bisons 10-4, thanks to a strong offesnve showing up and down the Lehigh Valley lineup.

 

The IronPigs scored three runs in both the first and second innings, scoring at least one run in each of the first five innings. Every IronPig batter had at least one hit by the fifth inning, and every batter, besides Darnell Sweeney had at least one RBI. Lehigh Valley scored in every inning they batted in, besides the sixth and eighth, and the club tailed 16 hits, eight of which were doubles, on top of four Bisons' errors.

 

Darin Ruf gave Lehigh Valley a quick 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first, drilling a two-run double off Bisons' starter Scott Diamond. Emmanuel Burriss drove a two-out RBI triple later in the frame, making it a 3-0 game.

 

David Adams cut the Herd's deficit to 3-1 in the top of the second, scoring Junior Lake with a RBI single off James Russell.

 

Three RBI doubles, all to the right-centerfield gap, pushed the IronPigs' lead to 6-1 in the bottom of the second.

 

Alexi Casilla connected for his second home run of the season in the top of the third, reducing the Pigs' lead to 6-2.

 

In the bottom of the third, David Lough hit a ball off the second base bag for a RBI single. Lehigh Valley pushed their lead to 8-2 by the bottom of the fourth, as Andrew Knapp plated Ruff with a double.

 

The Bisons tried to battle back in the fifth, when Jesus Montero and Junior Lake came through with run scoring singles against Russell. Buffalo loaded the bases in the inning, bringing David Adams to the plate as the tying run in an 8-4 game. Russell got Adams to ground into a force at second, ending the threat.

 

Scott Diamond left after 5.0 innings, allowing nine runs, eight of which were earned, and 14 hits, as his record falls to 4-7. Lehigh Valley starter James Russell surrendered four runs over 5.0 innings, and he improves to 2-2 on the year.

 

Luis Garcia and Edubray Ramos pitched a combined 4.0 shutouts innings in relief for the IronPigs. John Anderson pitched a scoreless top of the sixth for Buffalo, Bo Shultz allowed a RBI double to Carlos Alonso in the seventh, as the IronPigs lead grew to 10-4.

 

Though the Bisons totaled 12 hits, with every hitter having at least one base knock, their loss in game two drops the Herd's record to 36-33. Buffalo still sits in fourth place in the IL North.

 

The Bisons and IronPigs wrap up their four-game series on Sunday. The Father's Day ballgame is set for 1:35 p.m. from Coca-Cola Park. Wade LeBlanc, the Bisons' ace, will be opposed by David Buchanan.

 

BISONS NOTES:

In between games, Andy Burns was activated to the Bisons, after appearing in three games with the Blue Jays this week. Reliever Chad Jenkins has been placed on the disabled list… Junior Lake had hits in both games, increasing his hitting streak to seven games… David Adams went hitless in four at bats in game one, snapping his hit streak at nine games… Drew Hutchison passed teammate Wade LeBlanc and Durham's Jaime Schultz to move into third place on the IL strikeout leaderboard… Ryan Tepera has now recorded nine straight saves in as many opportunities since April 18… Scott Diamond's outing saw him surrender the most earned runs, eight and hits, 14, of any Bisons' starter this year. However, his seven strikeouts are a season high for the lefty.

 

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Rowdy Tellez

 

AKRON - The New Hampshire Fisher Cats stifled the Akron RubberDucks' bats, but their own hitters were even more conspicuously quiet in a 3-1 loss at Canal Park Saturday night.

 

New Hampshire (29-38) fell to a season-worst nine games below .500 with the loss. Akron (40-29) notched their 40th win of the season despite mustering only two hits against the Fisher Cats' pitching staff. Fisher Cats outfielder Dwight Smith, Jr. extended his hitting streak to 15 games in the first inning with a one-out single.

 

The Fisher Cats opened the scoring in the top of the first inning against Akron starting pitcher Nick Pasquale. Jason Leblebijian drew a one-out walk, and Dwight Smith, Jr. singled him to third base. With two outs, Rowdy Tellez poked a grounder to left, scoring Leblebijian and giving New Hampshire the 1-0 lead.

 

Akron evened the score in the bottom of the first against New Hampshire starter Luis Santos. Bradley Zimmer cracked a one-out double, and advanced to third on a Clint Frazier groundout. With Jeremy Lucas at the dish, Santos fired a wild pitch, allowing Zimmer to score and tying the ballgame at 1-1.

 

The RubberDucks took the lead in the bottom of the fifth against Fisher Cats reliever Murphy Smith. Ivan Castillo drew a leadoff walk, and advanced to second on a grounder by Todd Hankins. Zimmer dropped a sacrifice bunt that moved the runners to second and third. Frazier then brought Castillo home on a ground-out, putting Akron in front 2-1.

 

Akron doubled their lead against reliever Matt Dermody in the bottom of the seventh. Castillo led off with a chopper to third that hopped over Leblebijian. Dwight Smith overran the ball, and it rolled slowly to the fence. Castillo took advantage, racing around the bases for an inside-the-park homer to give Akron the 3-1 edge.

 

Santos took a no-decision, allowing one run on a hit and three walks in three innings; he fanned three. Murphy Smith took the loss, allowing an unearned run on two walks against two strikeouts over three innings. Dermody surrendered a run on one hit in two-thirds of an inning, with one strikeout registered. Danny Barnes fired 1.1 perfect innings, whiffing three.

 

The Fisher Cats will try to avoid the sweep Sunday afternoon, with righty Casey Lawrence starting for New Hampshire against Akron lefty Rob Kaminsky. First pitch from Canal Park is at 2:05 p.m., and Ben Gellman has the call starting at 1:45 p.m. on the Fisher Cats Radio Network.

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Kings 3 Stars of the Night

 

1) Drew Hutchison: Hutch went 6 strong innings with 10 strikeouts.

 

2) Jon Harris: Harris moved one step closer to a Dunedin promotion going 6.1 innings with 6 strikeouts.

 

3) Meliton Reyes: The 18 year old RHP continued his stellar start to his professional career striking out 5 in 2.2 innings.

 

 

Kings Platinum Arencibia

 

1) Scott Diamond: Diamond went 5 innings.. giving up 14 hits and 8 earned runs, but struck out 7 and walked none. Some might say he was unlucky, some might say he was downright awful. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Edited June 19, 2016 by King

[Sparky12]

Hutch killing it