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Bisons Sweep Indians with 5-3 Victory

June 26, 2016 - International League (IL1)
Buffalo Bisons News Release


In what came down to a battle of the bullpens, the Buffalo Bisons scored twice in the eighth inning to break a 3-3 tie and went on to complete the three-game sweep of the Indianapolis Indians at Victory Field Sunday afternoon.

Matt Dominguez led off the eighth by beating the shift as he slapped a single into right field through the vacated area at second. The third baseman then moved up 90 feet with his first stolen base of the season and came home on Andy Burns' double into the left-field corner. Next up was Melky Mesa and he promptly drove a base hit into center to cash in Burns.

Indianapolis took the initial lead in the game as Max Moroff blasted a two-run home run on the first pitch he saw from John Anderson to take the early first-inning lead.

The Bisons answered back with three of their own in the third. Tony Sanchez and Jio Mier each singled to start the inning. Darrell Ceciliani then belted a ball off of the wall in right-center field to score Sanchez. David Adams picked up an RBI on a groundout and two batters later, Dominguez looped a ball over second base to bring home Cecililani and put the Herd up 3-2.

Ceciliani finished the day with three hits and a walk to boost his average to .236.

After winning his first Triple-A game in his last start, Anderson laboured his way through five innings under the hot Indianapolis sun. The left-hander bent but didn't break in the 91-degree heat as he mixed in two walks and a strikeout around nine hits, leaving with the game tied at three.

Aaron Loup and Franklin Morales each threw an inning of scoreless relief before Ben Rowen ran into some trouble in the eighth.

The submariner came on having not allowed a run since May 8th, but gave up a double and a pair of walks to load the bases before getting the hook from manager Gary Allenson.

26-year-old Danny Barnes, in his second career appearance with the Herd, got speedster Gift Ngoepe to ground into the 6-4-3 double play to end the threat.

Barnes took the bump again in the ninth and induced a fly out and a ground out from the first two batters he faced. With power-hitter Josh Bell on deck, Max Moroff lined a ball that looked like a sure single into shallow center field. However, Melky Mesa came charging in and made a head-first diving catch, just as the ball was about to hit the ground, to end the game.

After exchanging high-fives with teammates, Barnes walked off the field with the ball in his hand and his first Triple-A save in the history books.

BISONS NOTES:

The Bisons made more roster moves on Sunday as Chad Jenkins was activated while Bo Schultz was recalled to the Blue Jays...Darrell Ceciliani is 5-for-12 as a leadoff batter this season...Ben Rowen's scoreless innings streak is now at 22.2 innings...The sweep is the Herd's first in Indianapolis since 2003. Buffalo is 50-48 across 20 years of play at Victory Field...The Bisons improve to 14-5 against the International League West in 2016.

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