May 16th, 2012
On a day after the Blue Jays would lose both the game and one of their best players, there is nothing better than premiere prospects performing on the farm. Let's all take a deep breath and celebrate the exciting potential of Aaron Sanchez and the first hit for Travis Snider since returning from the DL.
Lansing 2 - Dayton Dragons 1
Aaron Sanchez got the start for the Lugnuts in Dayton and went 4 shutout innings giving up just 1 hit and 2 walks. He punched out 5 and got 7 groundball outs compared to one in the air. Justin Nicolino pitched 4 innings in relief of Sanchez but got roughed up a bit giving up Dayton's lone run on 6 hits. He struck out 3 but got exactly half of his outs on the ground. Lansing won the game on sac flies by Hobson and Brisker and Javier Avendano closed the game out with a scoreless 9th.
Aaron Sanchez - 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 7:1 GO:AO
27.0 IP, 0.67 ERA, 2.31 FIP, 9 H, 2 R (2 ER), 33:14 K:BB, 0 HR, 0.85 WHIP
Justin Nicolino - 4.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R (1ER), 3 K, 3:3 GO:AO
27.0 IP, 1.33 ERA, 2.01 FIP, 25 H, 5 R (4 ER), 27:3 K:BB, 1 HR, 1.04 WHIP
Jonathan Berti - 1-4 - 1 BB, 1 K, 2 SB
.287/.396/.403 - .799 OPS
Chris Hawkins - 0-4 - 1 BB
.321/.354/.409 - .763 OPS
Andrew Burns - 0-4 - 1 BB, 1 R, 2 K
.261/.333/.504 - .838 OPS
Carlos Perez - 1-4 - 1 R, 1 K
.257/.328/.416 - .744 OPS
Kevin Pillar - 0-1 - 3 BB, 1 SB
.307/.370/.436 - .806 OPS
Dunedin 10 - Clearwater 2
In Clearwater, Jake Marisnick and Gabe Jacocbo each drove in three runs and Marcus Knecht connected on two solo HRs to lead Dunedin to the win and raised his season batting average above the Mendoza line. Casey Lawrence got the start and pitched 8 innings of 4 hit ball. He gave up one run on 4 hits and a walk with 8 strikeouts.
Casey Lawrence - 8.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 8 K, 7:5 GO:AO
28.0 IP, 3.86 ERA, 3.31 FIP, 29 H, 12 R (12 ER), 19:5 K:BB, 2 HR, 1.21 WHIP
Jake Marisnick - 1-4 - 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
.258/.333/.453 - .786 OPS
Gabe Jacobo - 2-6 - 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 K
.244/.367/.341 - .709 OPS
Kevin Nolan - 2-5 - 1 BB
.320/.387/.447 - .834 OPS
Marcus Knecht - 2-4 - 2 HR (5,6), 2 RBI, 1 BB
.201/.283/.425 - .708 OPS - (Last ten games: .278/.381/.667 - 1.048 OPS - 2 2B, 4 HR, 5:5 K:BB)
Ryan Schimpf - 2-4 - 2 R, 2 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
.252/.314/.480 - .794 OPS
New Orleans 5 - Las Vegas 2
Travis Snider went 1 for 4 with a solo home run and Yan Gomes had the only other extra base hit as the 51s dropped their game with New Orleans. Scott Richmond got torched for all five runs on eight hits over his 5 innings of work.
Adeiny Hechavarria - 0-4 - 2 K
.298/.353/.435 - .788 OPS
Anthony Gose - 0-4 - 1 RBI, 2 K
.239/.318/.352 - .671 OPS
Travis Snider - 1-4 - 1 R, 1 HR (5), 1 RBI, 2 K
.333/.413/.602 - 1.015 OPS
Yan Gomes - 1-4 - 1 2B
.359/.391/.565 - .956 OPS