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Bisons Split Doubleheader with IronPigs

June 18, 2016 - International League (IL1)
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After losing an 11-inning game on Friday night, the Herd split a day-night doubleheader from Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, PA. The Bisons' bested Lehigh Valley 3-1 in the early game, but fell 10-4 in game two.

Game one

A six-inning shutout start from Drew Hutchison, and RBI from Jesus Montero, Domonic Brown and Matt Dominguez, gave the Herd a 3-1 win in game one.

Offense was in short supply for the majority of the game, as both clubs totaled just 10 hits, while hitters struck out a combined 25 times. The Bisons' staff fanned 14 IronPigs, with Hutchison picking up 10 whiffs.

Lehigh Valley starter Reinier Roibal, recalled from Double-A Reading, allowed no hits through the first three innings. Domonic Brown leadoff the fourth inning with a ground-rule double for Buffalo's first hit. An RBI double by Jesus Montero scored Brown, giving the Herd a 1-0 lead.

The Bisons loaded the bases later in the fourth, and scored a second run on a hot-shot fielder's choice to third base off the bat of Junior Lake. The righty Roibal left after 3.2 innings, in what was his first start since May 4. Gregory Infante entered out of the bullpen for the IronPigs, and got David Adams to chase a high fastball, leaving runners on the corners to end the inning.

Matt Dominguez made it 3-0 with one swing off reliever Frank Herrmann in the top of the eighth, drilling his seventh home run of 2016.

Nick Williams hit a two-out triple off Hutchison in the bottom of the first, but a strikeout of Darin Ruf ended the inning. Hutchison yielded just one hit through his first four innings, notching four-straight strikeouts at one point.

The IronPigs finally threatened in the sixth, as two singles put runners on first and second against. The righty Hutchison proceeded to strikeout first baseman Max Stassi, setting a new season high 10 strikeouts. He left after 6.0 shutout frames, giving up four hits and one walk.

Pat Venditte loaded the bases in the eighth, thanks to two walks and a fielder's choice. The switch-pitcher fanned Stassi, and closer Ryan Tepera came in to face Cedric Hunter. Tepera got Hunter, last night's hero for the IronPigs, to chase a full-count pitch for a strikeout.

In the bottom of the ninth, Dalton Pompey crashed into the leftfield wall, while making a catch on a Logan Moore fly ball. Pompey stayed in the game. Taylor Featherston avoided a shutout for Lehigh Valley, drilling a RBI double with two outs in the ninth. J.P. Crawford flew out to center to end the game, securing Tepera's ninth save of the year.

Game two

In game two, the IronPigs bested the Bisons 10-4, thanks to a strong offesnve showing up and down the Lehigh Valley lineup.

The IronPigs scored three runs in both the first and second innings, scoring at least one run in each of the first five innings. Every IronPig batter had at least one hit by the fifth inning, and every batter, besides Darnell Sweeney had at least one RBI. Lehigh Valley scored in every inning they batted in, besides the sixth and eighth, and the club tailed 16 hits, eight of which were doubles, on top of four Bisons' errors.

Darin Ruf gave Lehigh Valley a quick 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first, drilling a two-run double off Bisons' starter Scott Diamond. Emmanuel Burriss drove a two-out RBI triple later in the frame, making it a 3-0 game.

David Adams cut the Herd's deficit to 3-1 in the top of the second, scoring Junior Lake with a RBI single off James Russell.

Three RBI doubles, all to the right-centerfield gap, pushed the IronPigs' lead to 6-1 in the bottom of the second.

Alexi Casilla connected for his second home run of the season in the top of the third, reducing the Pigs' lead to 6-2.

In the bottom of the third, David Lough hit a ball off the second base bag for a RBI single. Lehigh Valley pushed their lead to 8-2 by the bottom of the fourth, as Andrew Knapp plated Ruff with a double.

The Bisons tried to battle back in the fifth, when Jesus Montero and Junior Lake came through with run scoring singles against Russell. Buffalo loaded the bases in the inning, bringing David Adams to the plate as the tying run in an 8-4 game. Russell got Adams to ground into a force at second, ending the threat.

Scott Diamond left after 5.0 innings, allowing nine runs, eight of which were earned, and 14 hits, as his record falls to 4-7. Lehigh Valley starter James Russell surrendered four runs over 5.0 innings, and he improves to 2-2 on the year.

Luis Garcia and Edubray Ramos pitched a combined 4.0 shutouts innings in relief for the IronPigs. John Anderson pitched a scoreless top of the sixth for Buffalo, Bo Shultz allowed a RBI double to Carlos Alonso in the seventh, as the IronPigs lead grew to 10-4.

Though the Bisons totaled 12 hits, with every hitter having at least one base knock, their loss in game two drops the Herd's record to 36-33. Buffalo still sits in fourth place in the IL North.

The Bisons and IronPigs wrap up their four-game series on Sunday. The Father's Day ballgame is set for 1:35 p.m. from Coca-Cola Park. Wade LeBlanc, the Bisons' ace, will be opposed by David Buchanan.

BISONS NOTES:

In between games, Andy Burns was activated to the Bisons, after appearing in three games with the Blue Jays this week. Reliever Chad Jenkins has been placed on the disabled list... Junior Lake had hits in both games, increasing his hitting streak to seven games... David Adams went hitless in four at bats in game one, snapping his hit streak at nine games... Drew Hutchison passed teammate Wade LeBlanc and Durham's Jaime Schultz to move into third place on the IL strikeout leaderboard... Ryan Tepera has now recorded nine straight saves in as many opportunities since April 18... Scott Diamond's outing saw him surrender the most earned runs, eight and hits, 14, of any Bisons' starter this year. However, his seven strikeouts are a season high for the lefty.

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