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Bisons Notes (DH) -Buffalo at Pawtucket (G1: 12:05 p.m.)

April 9, 2016 - International League (IL1)
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Buffalo Bisons (0-1, 5th(-1.5), IL North) vs. Pawtucket Red Sox (1-0, 2nd(-0.5), IL North)

Saturday, April 9, 2016 (Game 1: 12:05 p.m.) - McCoy Stadium

LHP Scott Diamond (NR) vs. RHP Sean O'Sullivan (NR)

RHP Chad Jenkins (NR) vs. LHP Edwin Escobar (NR)

Radio: ESPN 1520 AM, Bisons Radio Network

Today's Game

This afternoon, the Bisons face the Pawtucket Red Sox in a doubleheader from McCoy Stadium (12:05 p.m.). Today's twinbill will allow the teams to make up their Thursday night contest that was postponed due to rain. The Herd will close out the four-game series tomorrow afternoon before leaving for a three-game set in Syracuse.

Last Game

The Bisons were shutout 2-0 last night in Pawtucket. The two teams combined for 30 strikeouts and just seven hits. Bisons pitchers struck out 16, just two shy of the club's modern era record set in an 11-inning, 11-10 win over Syracuse, August 24, 2005. RHP Drew Hutchison had nine of the punchouts, allowing just one run in five innings.

vs. Pawtucket (0-1)

The Bisons and Red Sox will play 17 more times this season in the IL's unbalanced schedule. The teams have now evenly split the 310 games they've played since the Herd returned to Triple-A in 1985. Buffalo has just a .446 winning pct. (70-87) at McCoy Stadium.

Diamond on the Mound

LHP Scott Diamond will make his Bisons debut in game one of today's doubleheader. The southpaw from Guelph, Ontario -roughly 100 miles north-west of Buffalo- won 11 games while pitching for the Durham Bulls last season. He also made four scoreless relief appearances for the Blue Jays this Spring (4.0 IP).

Chad Jenkins

RHP Chad Jenkins will be making his 68th career appearance with the Bisons in today's game two. The righty is 9-12 with a 4.07 ERA in his career with Buffalo, making 20 starts and 47 relief appearances since 2013. In that same time period, he has been promoted to Toronto on 10 different occasions.

Opening Day Roster

The Bisons 2016 season-opening roster includes 21 player with Major League experience. OF Domonic Brown was a National League All-Star with Philadelphia in 2013 and 1B Casey Kotchman has the highest fielding pct. (.9975) in MLB history. RHP Drew Hutchison, RHP Scott Copeland, RHP Chad Jenkins, RHP Ryan Tepera and OF Dalton Pompey all appeared for the Blue Jays last season.

Bisons Bits

With his scoreless inning of relief last night, RHP Ben Rowen has now tossed shutout relief in 14 of his 15 outings with the Bisons since being claimed by the Blue Jays last season (Cubs)...Buffalo was tied for an International League-worse with 20 shutout defeats last season...The last time the Bisons were shutout in their first game (1-0 loss on April 8, 2010 at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre), they won their next three games.

Blue Jays Update

The Blue Jays (2-3) fell to the Red Sox in their Home Opener last night, 8-7, from Rogers Centre. DH Josh Donaldson received his 2015 American League MVP award pre-game and then hit a grand slam and drove in five in the loss. Toronto had a 7-2 lead before Boston scored the final six runs of the game. Toronto hosts the Red Sox again today at 1:07 p.m.

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