April 16 Minor League Report

Buffalo Bisons (5-4)

Postponed due to rain.

New Hampshire Fisher Cats (6-7)

In a game where each team matched the other step by step, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats came out just on the wrong side of a 7-6 loss to the New Britain Rock Cats.  Deck McGuire recorded another solid start, throwing six innings, giving up two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out five, but Tommy Hottovy couldn’t get more than one out in the bottom of the seventh, immediately after the Fisher Cats opened a four run lead in the top of the inning.  The score remained tied until the bottom of the 9^th, when Joel Carreno, one of the most reliable pitchers for New Hampshire this year, was small-balled to the loss.  He gave up a single to leadoff batter James Beresord who was bunted over to second and moved up to third on a ground out.  Then, with two outs and Beresford on third, Carreno threw a wild pitch past catcher Sean Ochinko to end the game on a sour note.

1B Clint Robinson led the attack with three hits, including his first home run of the year, Brad Glenn slammed a triple, while doubles-machine John Tolisano hit his sixth of year with Amadeo Zazueto and Ryan Schimpf also doubling.  Kenny Wilson had what one could say was a mixed day.  He went one for four with two stolen bases, but was caught stealing and made an error in the field.

Hitting:

Kenny Wilson –1/4, R, BB, K, 2 SB, CS, E

Kevin Pillar – 1/4, R, RBI, BB

Ryan Schimpf – 1/4, R, 2B, RBI, BB, 3 K

Clint Robinson – 3/5, R, HR, 3 RBI, K

Brad Glenn –1/4, R, 3B, BB, K

Sean Ochinko – 1/3, BB, PO

Adam Loewen – 1/4, RBI, 2 K

John Tolisano – 1/4, 2B, K

Amadeo Zazueta – 1/4, R, 2B, 2 K

Pitching:

Deck McGuire – 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 5 K

Tommy Hottovy – 1/3 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 BB

Fernando Hernandez – 1 2/3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 1 K

Joel Carreno – L, 2/3 IP, 1 H, 1 R

Blue Jays from Away Player of the Game:  Clint Robinson

Dunedin Blue Jays (9-3)

Four was the number of the night for the Dunedin Blue Jays as they maximized their hits and pulled out an 8-6 win over the Tampa Yankees.  Starter Aaron Sanchez had a rough outing as the 20 year old gave up six hits and three earned runs over his four innings of work.  Catcher Aaron Munoz had a big night, going three for four with two runs scored.  Gabe Jacobo had the biggest hit of the night, hitting a three-run double in the third inning.

Hitting:

Jon Berti – 0/5, 2 K

Peter Mooney – 1/4, R, 2 RBI, BB, K

Andy Burns – 0/4, R, BB, K, CS

Kevin Patterson – 0/5, R, RBI, 3 K

Gabe Jacobo – 1/3, R, 2B, 3 RBI, BB, K, E

Matt Newman – 0/3, BB

Marcus Knecht – 1/4, R, K

Nick Baligod – 2/4, R, RBI, K

Aaron Munoz – 3/4, 2 R, RBI, K

Pitching:

Aaron Sanchez – 4 IP, 6 H, 4 R (3 ER), 3 BB, 3 K

Scott Gracey – W, 2 IP, 3 K

Dustin Antolin – 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 5 K

Blake McFarland – S, 1 IP, K

Blue Jays from Away Player of the Game:  Aaron Munoz

Lansing Lugnuts (4-6)

Another outstanding pitching performance got the Lugnuts back on the right track on Tuesday as Javier Avendano went six innings, giving up only a hit and two walks against four strikeouts in a 4-0 win over the West Michigan White Caps.  Avendano was followed out of the pen by Wil Browning for an inning and Tucker Donahue for two innings, all of shutout relief.  The offense, despite being held in check to only four hits and one walk, scored four runs by taking advantage of a couple of West Michigan errors.  Gustavo Pierre led the way with a two for four night with two doubles.

Hitting:

Ronald Melendez – 0/3, R, K

Dalton Pompey –  0/4, RBI

Gustavo Pierre – 2/4, R, 2 2B, 2 K

Christian Lopes – 1/4, RBI, K

Balbino Fuenmayor – 0/4, K

Santiago Nessy –0/2, R, K

Chris Hawkins – 1/3,

Emilio Guerrero – 0/2, R, RBI, BB

Jorge Flores - 0/3, K

Pitching:

Javier Avendano – W, 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K

Wil Browning – 1 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K

Tucker Donahue – 2 IP, 1 H

Blue Jays from Away Player of the Game: Javier Avendano