IL1 Buffalo Bisons

Bisons Move into Tie for First in 13-4 Rout of Syracuse

June 4, 2016 - International League (IL1)
Buffalo Bisons News Release


The Bisons' beat the Columbus Clippers 13-4 on Saturday, thanks to 19 hits from nine different Buffalo batters, with seven hitters driving in runs . The club has won five straight games, and are now in a three-way tie for first place with the Red Wings and RailRiders in the IL North, thanks to losses by both Rochester and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Saturday night.

After besting the Clippers in a two-game series in Buffalo on Thursday and Friday, the Herd took game one of a two-game set in Columbus from NBT Bank Stadium.

A big four-run seventh inning was the key for the Bisons' victory. David Adams lined a ball into right field. scoring Dalton Pompey, to give Buffalo a 4-3 lead. Domonic Brown, Casey Kotchman and Junior Lake each collected RBI singles later in the inning, as the Herd ended the frame with a 7-3 lead.

Chris Leroux went 6.0 innings, his lone mistake being a three run home run to Scott Sizemore. The righty starter finished strong, retiring the final nine hitters he faced following the homer. He picks up his fourth win of the year, and Leroux is a perfect 4-0 since rejoining the Bison' starting rotation on May 14.

With one on and one out in the bottom of the third, Matt den Dekker flew a ball to centerfield, when Dalton Pompey made an over-the-shoulder catch in front of the warning track. Leroux left the bases loaded in the third, getting Caleb Ramsey to ground out to short, ending the threat.

Casey Kotchman gave the Bisons a 1-0 lead in the fifth, grounding out with runners on second and third, scoring David Adams.

The Herd's lead did not last long, as a three-run home run in the bottom of the fourth by Scott Sizemore made it a 3-1 Syracuse lead. Sizemore has gone deep in back-to-back games against the Bisons.

Buffalo cut the deficit to 3-2 in the fifth, as A.J. Jimenez doubled, and he was brought home via a RBI single by Dalton Pompey.

Kotchman struck again in the sixth, this time with a home run, tying the game at three with a shot to right-center field.

Patrick McCoy relieved Chris Leroux for the seventh inning, and after walking back-to-back hitters, fanned two straight Chiefs' batters. Ben Rowan, pitching in the eighth, surrendered a RBI fielder's choice to Scott Sizemore, cutting the Bisons' lead to 8-4. Chad Girodo pitch a perfect ninth inning for Buffalo.

Chiefs' starter A.J. Cole also pitched 6.0 innings and allowed three earned runs, an improvement over the four allowed over 3.2 innings in his last start against the Bisons on May 8. Trevor Gott entered in the seventh for the Clippers, when he allowed four earned runs on four hits.

Andy Burns made it 8-3 Bisons, driving in Alexi Casilla with a single off Columbus' reliever Abel De Los Santos. Buffalo added five runs of support in the ninth, as six straight hitters reached base against reliever Juan Gutierrez. Casilla and Dalton Pompey each added two-run doubles in the inning.

Drew Hutchison will take the mound for the Herd on Sunday, with first pitch scheduled for 1:05 p.m. from NBT Bank Stadium. Taylor Hill is set to start for the Chiefs.

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