IL1 Buffalo Bisons

Bisons Notes - Buffalo at Lehigh Valley (7:05 p.m.)

Published on April 19, 2013 under International League (IL1)
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Buffalo Bisons (8-4, 2nd(-1.0), North) vs. Lehigh Valley IronPigs, (7-6. 3rd(-2.5), North)

Friday, April 19, 2013 (7:05 p.m.) - Coca-Cola Park

RHP David Bush (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Ethan Martin (1-0, 4.82)

Radio: WWKB 1520 AM

Today's Game:

The Buffalo Bisons take on the Lehigh Valley IronPigs in the first game of a four-game series from Coca-Cola Park (7:05 p.m.). The Bisons are coming off a four-game sweep of Syracuse and are now 5-1 on the road this season.

Bisons vs. IronPigs

The Bisons were 8-7 against the IronPigs last season, including a 4-3 record at Coca-Cola Park. With a win tonight, Buffalo can even up the all-time series with Lehigh Valley (39-40).

Record-Breaking Win

Here is the list of Bisons records that fell in yesterday's historic 27-9 victory over the Syracuse Chiefs at NBT Bank Stadium:

-Most Runs in a Game, Modern Era (27) -Broke the old record of 25, set in a 25-13 win in Rochester on April 29, 2004.

-Most Hits in a Game, Modern Era (29) -Broke the old record of 27, set in a 15-9 win in 10 innings in Indianapolis on April 18, 1985. The record for a nine-inning game was 25, set in the 25-13 win in Rochester on April 29, 2004. The International League reports that no IL club has scored 27 runs or recorded 29 hits in over 40 years.

-Largest Margin of Victory, Modern Era (18) -Broke the old record of 16, set in a 17-1 win in Toledo on July 17, 2012.

-Most Runs in an inning (10 in 7th inning) -Tied the record, first set in the 3rd inning of a 14-0 win on May 6, 2001 against Richmond

-Jim Negrych, Hits for the Cycle -Negrych went 4-7 with a walk and four runs scored. It is the first Bisons cycle since Justin Turner hit for the cycle on September 6, 2010 in Rochester. It was the fifth regular season cycle in the Buffalo modern era, all of which have come on the road.

-Moises Sierra, 6-hit game -Only the third, six-hit performance over the last 77 years of Bisons baseball. The other two were Justin Turner on September 6, 2010 in Rochester and Howard "Butch" Meyers on June 29, 1936 in Rochester. Sierra finished the game 6-6 with a double, a triple, five runs scored and three RBI.

-Ryan Langerhans, Moises Sierra, 5-run game -The only other Bisons batter in the modern era to score five runs in one game was Brett Abernathy on June 19, 2004 vs. Indianapolis.

-Luis Jimenez, 8-RBI game -Tied for the second-most RBI for a Bison in the modern era, matching Earl Snyder on June 13, 2002 in Syracuse and falling one shy of Dusty Wathan's team record of nine set June 2, 2005 vs. Toledo.

Hitting Shoes

The Bisons now have a team batting average of .333. The mark is 23 points better than any club in affiliated baseball (Double-A Bowie, .310). INF JIM NEGRYCH'S .515 average is 15 points better than any hitter in professional baseball, ahead of Sacramento's Stephen Vogt.

What Brown does for us

With Thursday's win, MARTY BROWN tied Terry Collins for the 2nd-most managerial wins in the modern era. Brown now trails only Brian Graham as the winningest manager in Buffalo's modern era.

Toronto (7-9) defeated the White Sox, 3-1, last night. Former Bisons RHP R.A. DICKEY picked up his second straight win with six shutout innings. OF RAJAI DAVIS went 2-4 with a double and two stolen bases. The Blue Jays host the Yankees tonight at 7:07 p.m.

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