IL1 Buffalo Bisons

Bisons Notes

Published on May 9, 2007 under International League (IL1)
Buffalo Bisons News Release


TODAY'S GAME: Tonight, the Buffalo Bisons face the Columbus Clippers in the third game of a four-game series at Dunn Tire Park (7:05 p.m.). The series is tied after the Herd won Monday night, 4-2, and the Clippers picked up a 5-2 victory last night. LHP Rafael Perez gets the start for Buffalo tonight. The southpaw last pitched for Cleveland, throwing three innings of shutout relief on Saturday. Columbus will counter with former Bisons pitcher, LHP Mike Bacsik.

VS. THE CLIPPERS: The Bisons are 5-1 against the Clippers this year. Buffalo has already visited Columbus, completing a four-game sweep at Cooper Stadium, April 13-16. The Herd has outscored the Clippers, 31-11, in the six games. Outfielders Shin-Soo Choo (.353, 6-17, 4RBI) and Jason Cooper (.667, 6-9, 3 2B, 3B, 5RBI) and infielder Ryan Mulhern (.333, 6-18, 2 2B, HR, 7BRI) have excelled against Clippers' pitching this season.

HIGH OCTANE O: The Bisons' 161 runs in 28 games (5.8 runs/game) are the most in the International League. The total is (14 more than any other team and 39 more than the league average of 122. The Herd is also second in the IL in average (.272), third in stolen bases (37) and tied for third in hits (255).

BACK ON THE BUMP: LHP Rafael Perez is making his first appearance with the Bisons after his brief stint with the Indians. Cleveland used him as a reliever and he threw three shutout innings last Saturday in Baltimore. As a starter for the Herd this year, Perez is 1-0 with a 3.24ERA in three starts. Buffalo has won all three of the games he's started.

MR. BUBBIE: RHP Bubbie Buzachero has thrown shutout baseball in each of his first three Triple-A appearances. Last night, he came on with the bases loaded and struck out Abraham Nunez. Buzachero has stranded all five of his inherited runners.

HOMER FOR WINS: The Bisons are 14-1 this season in games they hit at least one home run. That includes a perfect 6-0 record when they hit one out at Dunn Tire Park. The team also has identical records for when they outhit their opponent this season.

POWER SPOT: Ryan Mulhern is providing some great run production while batting primarily in the #9 spot in the order. The first baseman leads the Bisons in home runs (6 -T4th in the International League), RBI (22 -T2nd in the IL) and slugging percentage (.581, 4th in IL). Mulhern has also mixed in a .301 (28-93) average to his great start to the year.

Rafael Perez

-Last Outing w/ CLE (5/5 @BAL): (ND, 3.0IP, 3H, BB, 3K).

-2007 with Bisons (1-1, 3.74)(4G, 3GS, 21.2IP, 21H, 12R, 9ER, 7BB, 13K).

-2007 with Cleveland (0-0, 0.00)(1G, 3.0IP, 3H, BB, 3K)

-2006 with Bisons: (0-3, 2.63)(27.1IP, 20H, 11R, 8ER, 8BB, 33K).

-2006 with Cleveland: (0-0, 4.38)(18G, 12.1IP, 10H, 6R, 6ER, 6BB, 15K).

-2005: finished T3rd in system with 12 wins in Akron and Kinston combined

-Signed as a free agent, January 25, 2002.

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