MiLB Recap July 10th 2016

[King]

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The Bisons won their last contest before the All-Star break on Sunday, defeating the IronPigs 5-3 from Coca-Cola Field. Jesus Montero smacked two of the Herd's three home runs, including a towering shot well over the leftfield wall in the fourth inning, as part of a three-hit ballgame.

 

With the score tied at three, the Herd loaded the bases in the bottom of the eighth against reliever Luis Garcia. Domonic Brown then gave the Bisons a 5-3 lead, drilling a two-run single to leftfield.

 

"That was as good, if not better, than any of the home runs," Bisons' manager Gary Allenson said of Brown's at bat. "A key hit late like that, especially on the last day before the All-Star break."

 

"We've been swinging the bat great," Domonic Brown said postgame. "I was just trying to come up big for my teammates there. I know Garcia pretty well. I know they've been staying away from me the whole series. So I was just trying to sit up the middle, and got a good pitch to hit."

 

A win on a sunny, 78-degree afternoon in Buffalo moves the Bisons to a 50-41 record on the year, as they snap a three-game losing streak. The Herd will again battle IL North rival Lehigh Valley after the break for a four-game series.

 

"We need to show clubs like Lehigh and Scranton and Rochester that we're just as good, if not better, than them," Allenson said. "It's time to be competitive every night."

 

Facing IronPigs' starter Anthony Vasquez, Darrell Ceciliani ripped a line-drive home run to put Buffalo up 1-0 in the bottom of the first. Ceciliani's fifth long ball was crushed into the Bully Hill Party Deck in right field.

 

Down 1-0 in the top of the third, the IronPigs' Taylor Featherston plated Darnell Sweeney with a RBI double to knot up the score. The tie would not last long, as J.P. Crawford brought home Featherston on a run-scoring single off Bisons' starter Casey Lawrence.

 

Lawrence loaded the bases in the top of the fifth with the Bisons still down 2-1, when Carlos Alonso bounced into an inning-ending double play, initiated by David Adams at second.

 

The second tie of the night lasted about as long as the first, as Taylor Featherston knocked his second homer of the series to lead off the top of the fifth, retaking the lead for Lehigh Valley.

 

Jesus Montero's first home run of the game tied the score at two with a moonshot over the leftfield wall to lead off the bottom of the fourth. Montero's blast traveled an estimated 460 feet.

 

He again evened the score in the sixth, mashing his second blast of the ballgame, shooting a ball over the left-centerfield wall.

 

"It was good to hit those two home runs," Jesus Montero said postgame. "It was fun to hit the ball hard, and get the win."

 

Montero's second home run of the game passes Matt Dominguez for the team-lead, as he heads to the All-Star break with 11 homers. Both Montero and Dominguez have led the team in long balls at various points throughout the season.

 

"We just go out there and have fun," Montero said of his back-and-fourth home run chase with Dominguez. "Whoever hits the most, we don't care, we're not in competition for that. I like to see him swinging good, and obviously I've been good too."

 

Casey Lawrence, in his second start since returning to the Herd on July 5, lasted 5.0 innings, allowing three earned runs on seven hits, fanning five hitters. This coming off his winning performance against Rochester last Tuesday.

 

"Lawrence wasn't as sharp as he was last time out," Allenson said. "He could have gone further, but we needed to pitch some guys before the break, and it worked out great."

 

Anthony Vasquez also went 5.0 innings, yielding two earned runs. He gave way to the Lehigh Valley bullpen, who ultimately allowed the Bisons to take the lead in the eighth.

 

Chad Girodo relieved Lawrence for the sixth, and got Carlos Alonso to fly out with runners on the corners. Dustin Antolin walked three in the seventh, but Darin Ruf bounced into the IronPigs' third double play of the afternoon. Danny Barnes pitched a perfect eighth inning, notching his first Triple-A win in the process.

 

Following Domonic Brown's go-ahead single in the eighth, Ryan Tepera earned his 13th straight save in the bottom of the ninth.

 

Now begins the All-Star break, culminating in the 2016 Triple-A All-Star game on Wednesday from BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte, NC. The Herd will send three players to the mid-summer game, Dustin Antolin, Jesus Montero and Ben Rowen, with Montero in the starting lineup and participating in the homerun derby on Monday. Antolin and Rowen will be available out of the bullpen. Starter Drew Hutchison was also named to the team on June 29, but will not see action in the exhibition.

 

Both the Bisons and IronPigs will match up again on Thursday, this time in Allentown, PA, for the opener of a four-game set. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. from Coca-Cola Park.

 

BISONS NOTES:

The Bisons reach the 50-win plateau, a mark they attained last year on July 23… Shane Opitz returned to the Bisons' lineup for the first time since May 11. This was his first home game as a member of the Herd…. Sunday was the first game this season in which the Bisons hit three home runs… Danny Barnes becomes the 18th Bisons' pitcher to record a win this year.

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Manchester, NH - Rowdy Tellez and Dwight Smith Jr. homered as the Fisher Cats reached the All-Star break with an 8-4 win over Binghamton on Sunday afternoon at Northeast Delta Stadium.

 

Tellez' home run, his 13th of the season, capped a five-run third inning against Binghamton knuckleballer Mickey Jannis (3-8). Smith's home run, his ninth, was a two-run shot in the bottom of the eighth inning.

 

Shane Dawson (5-4) earned the win, allowing one run in five innings on six hits for New Hampshire (40-49). He walked three and struck out four. Luis Santos worked three innings in relief before turning the ball over to Chris Smith to finish the game.

 

In the Fisher Cats third inning, Derrick Loveless and Emilio Guerrero started the inning with singles and Ian Parmley laid down a bunt. Jannis threw wild to first, allowing Loveless to score to make it 1-0. Guerrero scored on a groundout by Christian Lopes. After Ryan Lavarnway walked, Tellez homered.

 

The Mets (39-49) scored a run in the top of the fifth inning on consecutive singles by Derrik Gibson, Phillip Evans and All-Star 1B Matt Oberste.

 

Binghamton added two more runs in the top of the eighth. Xorge Carillo singled and L.J. Mazzilli doubled. Carrillo scored on a ground out by Maikis De La Cruz and Stefan Sabol singled to make it 5-3.

 

After the Fisher Cats opened the lead back to 8-3 in the bottom of the eighth, the Mets tacked on a run with three consecutive hits including a run-scoring single by Oberste in the top of the ninth.

 

The teams split the abbreviated two-game series with the teams postponed because of wet grounds on Saturday. That contest will be made up when the Mets return next month.

 

The Eastern League has reached it's All-Star Break with the game to be played on Wednesday night in Akron, OH. Two Fisher Cats will participate in this year's game, Tellez and reliever Murphy Smith. New Hampshrie host next year's All-Star Game at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.

 

The Fisher Cats return to action on Thursday night in Portland. The next home game will be Monday, July 18 when New Hampshire hosts first place Reading. Game time is 7:05 p.m.

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FORT MYERS, Fla. (July 10, 2016) - The Dunedin Blue Jays defeated the Fort Myers Miracle, 6-1, at Hammond Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

 

Dunedin struck in the first on back-to-back doubles. With one out, Richard Urena continued a strong series with his sixth consecutive hit with a double into left center off Miracle starter Fernando Romero. Gunnar Heidt the scalded a 2-2 pitch down the first base line and Urena scored, 1-0.

 

In the second, the D-Jays added a run to the advantage. With one out, Dan Jansen reached on a fielding error from shortstop Nick Gordon. Josh Almonte then hit a ground ball to third. T.J. White's throw to Alex Perez at second base did not give Perez a chance to tag the bag. Jansen was ruled safe and Perez's throw to first was not in time to retire Almonte. With runners at first and second, Andrew Guillotte singled to load the bases. Anthony Alford followed by beating out an infield hit to deep short. Jansen scored to put the D-Jays up 2-0.

 

After a 55-minute delay in the middle of the fifth inning, play resumed with the Miracle going to the bullpen and bringing in John Curtiss. Romero (1-1) lasted five innings and surrendered two runs, one earned, on six hits with no walks and three strikeouts.

 

Curtiss tossed a perfect sixth, but gave up a pair of runs in the seventh on a two-out, two-run hit from Heidt, 4-0.

 

Dunedin starter Justin Shafter hurled six scoreless innings with five hits and two strikeouts. Shafer (3-4) tossed two innings after the delay before giving way to the Blue Jays' bullpen.

 

Adonys Cardona registered a scoreless seventh for the Dunedin pen and Dusty Isaacs was perfect in the eighth. The Blue Jays knocked in two more runs in the top half of the eighth to extend the lead to 6-0. Urena tripled in a run off Miracle reliever Todd Van Steensel and Ryan McBroom drove in a run with a base hit.

 

Alex Perez spoiled the shutout in the bottom of the ninth with a one-out RBI single after Gordon led off with a double into the left field corner, 6-1.

 

The Miracle (46-41, 12-6) complete a series with the Blue Jays (46-41, 13-5) at Hammond Stadium on Monday morning at 11:35 a.m. Gates open at 9 a.m. for Big Splash! The CenturyLink Sports Complex is converted into a wet and wild waterpark with inflatable slides, firehouses and water balloons! All tickets are $9 and there are guaranteed dry sections available upon request. For more information, call the Miracle offices at (239) 768-4210 or visit www.miraclebaseball.com.

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LANSING, Mich. - The Lansing Lugnuts (13-5, 49-39) won their fourth consecutive game, overcoming an early three-run deficit to double up the Lake County Captains (7-10, 47-40), 6-3, on Sunday afternoon at Cooley Law School Stadium.

 

The Lugnuts improved to 6-1 during their current eight-game homestand, coming from behind in all six victories.

 

David Armendariz grounded an RBI single and Sicnarf Loopstok laced a two-run double in the top of the first inning against Lugnuts starter Tayler Saucedo, giving Lake County a quick 3-0 lead. The visitors did not score again.

 

Lansing chipped away: Justin Atkinson's RBI single in the fourth made it 3-1; Aaron Attaway's solo homer in the fifth, his first of the year, made it 3-2; and a three-run sixth inning against reliever Jared Robinson (Loss, 2-2) vaulted the Lugnuts into a 5-3 lead.

 

Ryan Hissey's seventh-inning sacrifice fly added insurance, closing out the scoring.

 

Saucedo (Win, 5-7) finished with six innings worked, allowing seven hits, three runs, one walk and three strikeouts for his team-leading seventh quality start of the year.

 

Starlyn Suriel struck out three Captains in the seventh and eighth innings, and Andrew Case (Save, 2) pitched a clean ninth.

 

John La Prise, Juan Kelly and Atkinson each collected two hits to lead the Lugnuts' offense, with both La Prise and Kelly drawing a walk.

 

The Lugnuts go for the four-game sweep of Lake County on Monday at 12:05 p.m., Skip Work Day, with a strong starting matchup between Lansing right-hander Jon Harris (7-1, 2.50) and Lake County right-hander Casey Shane (7-5, 3.14).

 

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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(Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium - Vancouver, B.C.) - Canadians 2B Cavan Biggio continued his torrid pace at the plate going 3-for-5 to bump his average to .354 while RHP Dalton Rodriguez went five strong innings on the mound, picking up his second win of the summer as Vancouver topped Tri-City 6-2 on Sunday afternoon to move into a 1st place tie along side the Dust Devils atop the North Division.

 

After trading runs in the 1st inning, Vancouver broke a 1-1 tie with a four-run outburst that included a two-run single off the bat of 3B Bryan Lizardo that scored both CF J.B Woodman and 1B Christian Williams. Deiferson Barreto also contributed with an RBI double, his 4th of the season.

 

RHP Dalton Rodriguez went five innings, scattering just three hits allowing just one earned run to improve to 2-2 on the season with a 2.63 ERA. RHP Griffin Glaude allowed one unearned run in the top of the 7th inning, but was strong over his two innings of work, striking out a pair before turning the ball over to RHP Jackson McClelland (1.0IP) and RHP Jackson Lowery (1.0IP) who didn't allow a hit over the final two frames of the game.

 

With the victory, Vancouver (13-11) moves into a tie with the Tri-City Dust Devils (13-11) for top spot in North Division, and Everett looking to move into a tie for first as well as they host Spokane (game not completed at time of article).

 

Vancouver and the Dust Devils wrap up this three-game series on Monday, July 11th at 7:05pm as the Canadians host another Dog Day of summer presented by Petcurean Premium Pet Food. Tickets are available by calling 604.872.5232, online here at www.canadiansbaseball.com or by visiting the Nat Bailey Stadium Box Office at 4601 Ontario Street, Vancouver, B.C.

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Kings 3 Stars of the Night

 

1) Jesus Montero: Montero went 3/4 with 2 home runs.

 

2) Richard Urena: Urena went 3/5 with a double and a triple.

 

3) Cavan Biggio: Biggio went 3/5 with a double.

 

Kings Platinum Arencibia

 

1) Bradley Jones: Jones went 0/5 with 3 strikeouts.

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[RealAccountant]

Smoak has been sucking for a while. It's time to unleash the Jesus

[Belliss101]

Urena is ready for AA. New Hampshire awaits.

[Belliss101]

Smoak has been sucking for a while. It's time to unleash the Jesus

 

#FreeJesus

[RealAccountant]

#freejesus

[THANOS]

#FreeJesus

 

Most definitely.

[bones10]

If they do decide to call up Montero we'd have to let Smoak go right? What if Montero shits the bed

[King]

If they do decide to call up Montero we'd have to let Smoak go right? What if Montero shits the bed

 

Then you call up Tellez and hope he hits bombs.

[Atothe]

Vlad jr showing nice plate discipline

[RealAccountant]

Why do we have to let Smoak go if we call up Jesus. After all Cola and Smoak were on the roster together all of last year

[King]

Vlad jr showing nice plate discipline

 

It's encouraging as that was one of the things that he was hyped about coming out of extended.

[fireballW]

Based on not much besides his numbers, I think Montero is the exact type of hitter that could really benefit from being around Jose and Edwin for a half a season before they peace out.

[Grant77]

Montero does this in AAA every year. There's no reason to believe he'll be any better in the major leagues now.

[Laika]

Montero's numbers aren't even good, lol. Maybe if he had some defensive value there would be some intrigue in what he is doing.

 

I'd rather just move Bautista to DH/1B and keep stupid Carrera in the outfield if we are DFAing Smoak for something. Or trade for Jay Bruce!!!

[Krylian]

Montero has taken only 12 walks this year. Not a great sign.

[Jonn]

Montero can platoon at first base. Have Edwin play 1B against lefties. But obviously if we can convince Jose to play first and aquire an Outfielder we should look to do that move.

[Cyborg]

Montero can platoon at first base. Have Edwin play 1B against lefties. But obviously if we can convince Jose to play first and aquire an Outfielder we should look to do that move.

 

Montero is a righty.

[Jonn]

Montero is a righty.

 

I know that. Montero will hit lefties and Smoak with hit righties or atleast try. But Montero should not be playing 1B at all.

[Boxcar]

"Johnson City" always makes me giggle like a ten year old

[AdamLindsMom]

Montero has taken only 12 walks this year. Not a great sign.

 

Odd how is BB rate has declined so much.