IL1 Buffalo Bisons

Bisons Notes

Published on May 25, 2009 under International League (IL1)
Buffalo Bisons News Release


TODAY'S GAME: This afternoon, the Buffalo Bisons face the Lehigh Valley IronPigs in the first game of a four-game series from Coca-Cola Field (2:05 p.m.). The Bisons are coming off a split of a four-game series against Columbus to begin this eight-game homestand. After Thursday, the Bisons will leave for Durham on their first eight-game roadtrip of the season.

VS. IRONPIGS: The Bisons are 1-2 against Lehigh Valley this year, having lost a rain-shortened series in Allentown, PA from May 4-7. Last season, the teams split their 16-game series, with Buffalo winning five of the eight games played at Coca-Cola Field.

GOSH GOLLY GEE: RHP Dillon Gee is back on the mound today, having his most recent start pushed back a couple days because of an illness. Gee last pitched on May 17 in Pawtucket and threw 6.1 shutout innings in a no-decision. In his last two starts, Gee has allowed just one run on six hits in 13.1 innings of work. In those two starts, Gee has struck out a combined 15 batters, including a season-high eight against the Red Sox.

SECRET VALENTIN: C/INF Javier Valentin snapped a 2-2 tie yesterday with yet another RBI-single. The veteran has reached safely in eight of his first 10 games as a Bison with seven of his 10 hits driving in runs. Overall, Valentin has hit .333 (10-30) with three home runs and eight RBI. He has hit .444 (4-9) with runners in scoring position.

F-MART: OF Fernando Martinez extended his hit streak to six-games yesterday, matching a Bisons season-high. He has averaged .400 (10-25) with three doubles, three home runs, six RBI and six runs scored since Monday, May 18. Martinez is tied for 1st in the International League with 24 extra-base hits.

OLLIE JOINS HERD: LHP Oliver Perez will start his major league rehab assignment with the Bisons tomorrow. The Mets placed the southpaw on the disabled list on May 6 (retroactive to May 3) with patellar tendinitis in his right knee. Perez, who has won 25 games with the Mets over the past two seasons, was 1-2 with a 9.97ERA in five starts with New York this year.

MEET THE METS: The Mets (23-20) lost to the Red Sox yesterday, 12-5, from Boston. Ramon Castro doubled and homered in the loss. New York ended up with a 5-5 record on their 10-game road trip that included seven games out west. The Mets will now host the Washington Nationals tonight at Citi Field. New York is tied for 2nd in the NL East, 1.5 games behind Philadelphia.

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