IL1 Buffalo Bisons

Bisons Drop Second Straight to Rival Red Wings

Published on June 7, 2016 under International League (IL1)
Buffalo Bisons News Release


Buffalo Bisons Pitcher Scott Diamond
Buffalo Bisons Pitcher Scott Diamond
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For just the second time this year, the Buffalo Bisons failed to win while outhitting their opponent.

The Herd left 11 runners on base in a 5-2 loss to the Red Wings Tuesday night at Frontier Field.

The Bisons had a streak of five consecutive innings where they got their leadoff batter on, but also went through five frames in a row where they stranded runners in scoring position.

Buffalo started the night off well by scoring a run in the top of the first. With one out, Andy Burns smacked a ball high off of the fence in straightaway center for a double. He came around two batters later as Jesus Montero lofted a ball just over first and inside the right-field line for his 64th hit of the campaign.

Domonic Brown was the only other member of the Herd to successfully navigate the base paths. The 6-foot-5 right fielder shot a ball down the first baseline in the sixth for a double and was cashed in on Darrell Ceciliani's second single of the night, making it a 3-2 game for Rochester.

Coming in with a team-low 2.2 runs of support, Scott Diamond pitched well but was still saddled with the loss. The lefty struck out a season-best six batters over 6.1 innings of work while walking a pair.

The Red Wings used six hits to score five times off of Diamond, including two runs which were unearned.

Both unearned tallies came in the fifth after Brown dropped a fly ball while moving to the line in right field. That allowed Wilfredo Tovar to reach third and John Ryan Murphy to belt his first homerun of the year with two out, giving the Red Wings the opportunity to take the lead and make it a 3-1 contest.

Rochester then boosted its advantage to 5-2 with a run in each of the next two innings.

Eddie Rosario doubled off of Diamond and was batted in by Tovar in the sixth. Adam Walker walked to lead off the seventh and moved to second on a wild pitch. He eventually made his way to third on Diamond's 100th and final pitch of the night - a strikeout of Murphy that bounced in front of catcher A.J. Jimenez, forcing a throw to first as Walker scampered up 90 feet.

At that point, Chad Girodo came on in relief and gave up an RBI single to James Beresford for the Wings' fifth run.

Logan Darnell gave up 10 hits and was charged with both runs while improving his record to 6-5. The 27-year-old lefty came into Tuesday's action having allowed just one run over 15 innings in two starts against the Herd this year.

BISONS NOTES:

Prior to the game, reliever Pat Venditte was recalled to the Blue Jays...Dalton Pompey's third-inning single extended his road hitting streak to 14 games. He also has an overall streak of nine games going as well...Scott Diamond has now pitched 74 innings in 2016, retaking the IL-lead from teammate Wade LeBlanc. LeBlanc goes tomorrow back in Buffalo to start the second half of the home-and-home series with the Red Wings.

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