Corpus sweep!!! And OKC and Lancaster are on the verge of one.
Oklahoma City 8, New Orleans 1
W- Paul Clemens (1-0)
L- Brian Flynn (0-1)
OKC home runs: Max Stassi (1, 3-run in 1st)
OKC did all their damage in the first 5 innings of the game by scoring all 8 of their runs in that timeframe.
Max Stassi finished 2-4 and opened the scoring with a 3-run homer (1) in the 1st inning. Japhet Amador's only hit of the night was an RBI single in the 3rd.
The top 4 in the order (Austin Wates, Gregorio Petit, George Springer, and Stassi) all had 2 hits apiece. Petit and Springer added to the RedHawks lead in the 4th with a single and groundout, respectively. And finally in the 5th, Wates grounded into a force out that Domingo Santana; on the ensuing error, Carlos Perez scored the final run. Ronald Torreyes joined them in the 2-hit club, going 2-3 with a run scored. He's really made himself a factor in the lineup despite being the #9 hitter.
Paul Clemens allowed 3 hits and struck out 6 over 5 shutout innings to get the victory. Jake Buchanan came in for 3 innings; he gave up New Orleans' lone run in the 6th, but that was all they could muster up against him. He allowed 3 hits and struck out 2. Chia-Jen Lo struck out the first 2 batters he faced in the 9th, then gave up a pair of singles, but nothing came of those as he got Juan Diaz to ground out for the final out.
In game 3, the RedHawks will send out Collin McHugh and Nick Tropeano to the mound later this morning to take on Bryan Evans. First pitch will be at 11 AM.
Corpus Christi 7, Springfield 6 in 11 innings
W- Jorge De Leon (1-0)
L- Ryan Sherriff (0-1)
S- Travis Ballew (2)
CC home runs: Jio Mier (1, go-ahead solo in 11th)
The Hooks got the sweep as they rallied in the top of the 9th to take the lead. It didn't hold up, but they scored the lone run of the extra innings to recapture the lead, and Travis Ballew made sure it did hold up.
Delino DeShields led off the game with a double, advanced to 3rd on a wild pitch from Springfield starter Kurt Heyer, and scored the first run of the day as Preston Tucker grounded into a force out. Corpus would have to wait until the 9th to get another run; by then, they were down 5-1. They didn't have to wait very long for another run, though, as they put up 5 in that 9th inning to take a 6-5 lead.
Andrew Aplin started things off in the 9th inning by drawing a walk off of Ronnie Shaban, and then a Tucker double put him at 3rd. And then the floodgates opened. They both scored on a Kiké Hernandez ground-rule double which cut the deficit to 5-3. Leo Heras then drew a walk, and M.P. Cokinos brought Hernandez home with a single to make it a 1-run game. Cokinos proceeded to steal 2nd to put runners on 2nd and 3rd again with no one out. After Tyler Heineman became the first casualty of the inning, Joe Sclafani tied it at 5 with a single, and DeShields put the Hooks on top by leaving Ryan Sherriff in the dust on a bunt single that brought Cokinos home. Hernandez (3-5) and Cokinos (2-4) joined DeShields in the multi-hit club. Aplin went 1-3 and walked 3 times. He's now on a 5-game walk streak, and in 4 of those 5, he's drawn more than 1 BB, with 3 straight 2-walk games. Aplin now has 10 walks against 4 strikeouts through the first 2 series of the season.
Aaron West was jumped for 3 runs in the 1st, which included a 2-run homer from Jonathan Rodriguez. He went 3.2 innings and gave up 4 runs on 6 hits, walked 2, and struck out 1. Alex Sogard was the first man out of the bullpen and allowed a hit over 1.1 scoreless. David Rollins came on to piggyback and he did rather well. He bowed out in the 9th after walking Mike O'Neill to lead off the inning. O'Neill wound up scoring the tying run off Jorge De Leon to close up Rollins' line; he went 3+ innings and allowed 2 runs (1 earned, 1 inherited) on 3 hits, walked 1, and struck out 4. De Leon did not allow any runs himself over 2 innings; he allowed a hit, walked 1, and fanned 2.
Jio Mier came on in the bottom of the 9th as a defensive replacement for Joe Sclafani, who had been playing 3B. He led off the 11th inning and sent the first pitch he saw from Ryan Sherriff OUTTA THERE. Perfect timing for his first homer of the season. Travis Ballew allowed a single to O'Neill to lead off the bottom of the 11th, but he slammed the door and secured the sweep by retiring the next 3 batters he faced, getting James Ramsey to pop out to Hernandez at 2B, striking out Aledmys Diaz, and getting Patrick Wisdom to fly out.
The Hooks are heading home to play at Whataburger Field for the first time this season. They will host Tulsa for 3 beginning tomorrow at 7:10. Ross Seaton and Luis Cruz will take the mound for the first Hooks home game this year. They will be opposed by Dan Winkler.
Lancaster 4, San Jose 2
W- Mitch Lambson (1-0)
L- Chris Stratton (1-1)
S- Jamaine Cotton (1)
Lancaster home runs: Brandon Meredith (2, solo in 2nd)
The Jethawks gave up 2 in the 1st, but they forced the Giants to put up 8 zeros the rest of the way to put themselves in position for a sweep.
All 4 Lancaster runs were unanswered. Brandon Meredith went 2-4 and put the JetHawks on the board in the 2nd with a solo shot (2). Jordan Scott went 2-3; he led off the 5th with a single, advanced to 2nd on a Justin Gominsky sac bunt, and scored on an error after Tony Kemp legged out an infield single. One batter later, Kemp would score on a Teoscar Hernandez triple. Meredith led off the 6th with a single, advanced to 2nd on a wild pitch, and scored on a single from Dan Gulbransen. Kemp went 3-4, while Meredith, Gulbransen, and Scott all had 2 hits each.
Kyle Smith went 3 innings and allowed 2 runs on a single and a bases-loaded walk. That walk was one of 5 that he issued, and he struck out 1. Mitch Lambson allowed 2 hits over 2 scoreless to get the victory. Lance McCullers went 3 scoreless, allowing 3 hits, walking 1, and striking out 4. Jamaine Cotton worked around a single to get the save, throwing a scoreless 9th.
What does Josh Hader have in store after striking out 10 in his first starte of the year? He'll be backing up Chris Devenski, who will get the start against Kendry Flores as the JetHawks look to sweep the Giants out of The Hangar. First pitch is at 6:30 Pacific.
Lansing 5. Quad Cities 4
W- Jimmy Cordero (1-0)
L- Andrew Walter (0-1)
QC home runs: None.
The River Bandits walked off with the loss in the series opener as Dickie Joe Thon delivered the game-winning RBI single for the Lugnuts in the bottom of the 9th.
Chris Lee got the start for QC and he threw 4.1 shutout innings, allowing 4 hits, walking 1, and striking out 3. 58% Cotton (aka Chris Cotton) got the final 2 outs of the 5th inning after coming on for Lee. Andrew Thurman tagged in and was rudely greeted by D.J. Davis, who took him deep to lead off the 6th. Thurman allowed 4 runs on 4 hits and walked 1 while getting just 2 outs (both via strikeout) in the inning. Tyler Brunnemann came in and restored order, striking out 1 in his 2.1 perfect innings. Andrew Walter walked his first 2 batters, then a sac bunt moved the runners over to 2nd and 3rd, and the son of Dickie Thon did the rest.
Jack Mayfield went 2-3 with 2 runs scored and 2 walks and put the River Bandits on the board first in the first with an RBI double. He then scored on a balk in the 3rd. He'd score again in the 8th on a Tyler White single. Jobduan Morales was also 2-3; he hit an RBI single later in the 8th to tie the game at 4. James Ramsay went 2-5 with a run scored and 2 steals (5). The 5 steals puts Ramsay at the top of the organization in that category.
The middle game of this series has the team of Jandel Gustave and Kent Emanuel taking on Alberto Tirado at 7:05 Eastern/6:05 Central.
Three Stars
3.
Jack Mayfield, 2B, Quad Cities
2-3, 2B, RBI, 2 R, 2 BB
2.
Jio Mier, SS/3B, Corpus Christi
GW solo HR (1) in 11th inning
Max Stassi, C, Oklahoma City
2-4, 3-R HR (1)
1.
My hair tips paying off? #lookgoodplaywell MT @jluhnow: Who is dealing on farm? Paul Clemens, 8 ins, 5 hits, & 9 ks. pic.twitter.com/IQWQV4QwvF
— Cory Hepola (@CoryHepolaCSN) April 9, 2014
Paul Clemens, RHP, Oklahoma City
W (1-0), 5 IP, 3 H, 6 K
Many apologies to: Brandon Meredith, Delino DeShields, Kiké Hernandez, Lance McCullers, Tony Kemp, Tyler Brunnemann, Chris Lee, Chris Cotton, James Ramsay, the top third of the OKC batting order
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