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Lehigh Valley Totals 17 Hits in 6-1 Win over Bisons

July 14, 2016 - International League (IL1)
Buffalo Bisons News Release


The Bisons began the unoffical start of the second half of the 2016 season with a 6-1 loss to the IronPigs Thursday night.

The first game of a four-game set from Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, PA saw Lehigh Valley total 17 hits, ten more than the Bisons. Six IronPigs had multi-hit performances, including a three-run home run by J.P. Crawford. Lehigh Valley starter David Buchanan allowed one earned run over 7.0 innings, winning his fifth game of the year.

The Bisons and IronPigs are in the midst of seven-straight contests against one another, with the All-Star break sandwiched in between road trips.

In his first road game since crashing into the outfield wall in Lehigh Valley on June 18, Bisons' outfielder went 2-4 with a stolen base. Darrell Ceciliani and Domonic Brown also had multi-hit games, with Jesus Montero going hitless, although he walked twice.

Lehigh Valley shortstop, J.P. Crawford, took Buffalo starter Wilmer Font deep in the bottom of the third. Crawford, ranked on July 11 as the third best prospect in all of Minor League Baseball by Baseball America, crushed a three-run home run over the right field wall. His third long ball of the year put Lehigh Valley up 3-0. Nick Williams was brought home on a RBI single by Cedric Hunter later in the inning, increasing the IronPigs' lead to 4-1.

The Bisons took a 1-0 lead early in the game, their only run against the 'Pigs. A double by Dalton Pompey and single by Darrell Ceciliani to begin the ballgame was followed by Matt Dominguez bouncing into a double play that scored Pompey. IronPigs' starter David Buchanan walked two straight hitters following the double play, but fanned Casey Kotchman to limit the first inning damage to one run.

Wilmer Font's rough outing continued in the bottom of the fourth, making it a 6-1 game, when Darin Ruf plated a pair with a two-run triple.

Font allowed six earned runs over 10 hits in his second start as a Bison. In his first outing of the season on July 8, also against Lehigh Valley, he allowed two runs over 6.0 innings.

David Buchanan faced Casey Kotchman with two on in the sixth, getting the veteran to ground into an inning-ending double play. The Lehigh Valley starter pitched 7.0 innings, allowing one run on five hits, fanning five Bisons. He has allowed four runs in 14.2 innings over two starts against Buffalo this season.

Switch-pitcher Pat Venditte relieved Font in the fourth, stranding Darin Ruf on third. He worked into and out of trouble in the fifth, loading the bases with one out, and then striking out J.P. Crawford and Nick Williams.

Franklin Morales appeared in his first game for Buffalo since July 8. The rehabbing reliever stranded two runners in the bottom of the sixth inning. Lefty Matt Dermody made his Bisons' debut out of the bullpen in the bottom of the seventh, hurling a scoreless inning. The 26-year old sported a 0.92 ERA in 16 games with the Fisher Cats.

J.P. Crawford and Emmanuel Burris both finished the day 3-5 for Lehigh Valley, while Nick Williams and Max Stassi each notched two hits, with a double a piece.

Reliever Luis Garcia sealed the win for the IronPigs, as David Adams ended the game by grounding into a double play.

Game two of the Herd's four-game series in Allentown will take place on Friday, with first pitch set for 7:05 p.m. Buffalo's Chris Leroux will be opposed by Jake Thompson.

BISONS NOTES:

It was announced before Thursday's game that Blue Jays' second baseman Ryan Goins will join the Herd on a MLB injury rehab assignment. Goins was placed on the disabled list on July 2 with a forearm strain, and previously played with the Bisons from 2013-2015... While Matt Dermody was called-up to Buffalo, pitcher John Anderson was sent to Double-A New Hampshire... Dermody becomes the first Iowa Hawkeye to play for the Bisons since first baseman Tim Costo in 1996... Tony Sanchez's 23-game on base streak ended, as he went 0-3... Darrell Ceciliani has knocked a hit in 14 of his last 17 games... Dalton Pompey's two-hit game was his first multi-hit contest since he went 3-5 against Rochester on June 9.

-the herd

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