IL1 Buffalo Bisons

Bisons Sweep Clippers in 13-10 Offensive Explosion

Published on May 26, 2016 under International League (IL1)
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The Bisons' completed a sweep of the Clippers on Thursday afternoon, besting Columbus 13-10 in a game filled with offense. Every Bison batter had at least one hit, and seven hitters had multi-hit games, with both clubs combining for 28 combined hits, and six errors.

The Bisons led 8-0 in the second inning, but the Clippers slowly battled back against Buffalo, making it a one-run game in the seventh. Drew Hutchison allowed four earned runs on just three hits, all extra base hits. Though he allowed a season-high five walks, he earns his first win of not only the season, but in 15 career Triple-A starts.

Casey Kotchman drilled a RBI double that scored Matt Dominguez to put Buffalo up 1-0 in the second inning. Junior Lake then connected for an opposite field two-run home run off Clippers' starter Jerret Grube, making it a 3-0 ballgame. Dalton Pompey made it 4-0, as he brought home Alexi Casilla with a RBI single. The Herd totaled five hits and two stolen bases in the second inning.

The Bisons' continued their hot-hitting in the third, scoring four more runs on RBI singles by A.J. Jimenez, Alexi Casilla, Dalton Pompey, and Andy Burns. Grube's final line was two and 2/3 innings, nine hits and eight earned runs, as he falls to 0-2 on the season.

The Herd scored two more runs in the fourth. Jesus Montero took reliever Toru Murata deep to lead off the inning, and Jimenez drove home Kotchman with a RBI double, increasing the Bisons' lead to 10-2.

Tyler Naquin put the Clippers on the board with a two-run opposite field home run in the third, his first long ball of the season. Hutchison allowed a solo shot to Yandy Diaz in the fourth, and after walking two in the fifth, escaped the inning on a deep fly out to right field by Jesus Aguilar.

In the bottom of the sixth, Yandy Diaz doubled and reached third on an error by right fielder Domonic Brown, which resulted in Chad Jenkins replacing Hutchison on the mound. Collin Cowgill drove home Diaz with a single, and Guillermo Quiroz doubled and reached third on another Buffalo error, as Cowgill scored to cut the Bisons' lead to 11-5.

A nightmarish seventh inning for the Buffalo bullpen made it a one run game. 11 Clippers hitters came to the plate, scoring five runs in the inning. Three straight RBI doubles off Jenkins reduced the Bisons' lead to 11-9. With Patrick McCoy on the mound, Quiroz singled to left, and Cowgill came across to score on an error, making it a one-run game.

Buffalo added two runs of insurance in the eighth, as with the bases loaded against Shawn Armstrong, two runs scored on a Junior Lake fielder's choice, and an error by second baseman Yhoxian Medina. Ben Rowan pitched two scoreless innings for the Bisons', earning his first save of the year.

Buffalo has now won 14 of their last 19 games, improving to three games above .500. They are now just two games out of first place in the IL North. The Bisons now head to Toledo to take on the Mud Hens at Fifth Third Field. Scott Diamond will take the mound for the Herd on Friday, with first pitch scheduled for 7:05. He will be opposed by former Bison Daniel Norris.

BISONS NOTES:

The 13 runs scored by the Bisons are the most the team has scored in a game this season. They plated 10 runs in an April 23 win over the Rochester Red Wings. The 23 combined runs for both clubs is the most involving the Herd this season, besting the previous high of 20 runs in a 14-6 loss to Syracuse on May 5. Buffalo's Thursday win is their 15 road victory this season, which passes Louisville's total for most in the IL this year... Junior Lake continues his hot hitting, driving in three runs with a home run on Thursday. Lake has homered in his last two ballgames, and now has a hit in eight of his last ten games played... The 17 Bisons' hits becomes their new season-high, as the club also totaled 16 hits in an 8-1 win over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on April 20.

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