Pat Misch just keeps delivering quality start after quality start.
The southpaw dealt seven strong innings on Tuesday night to lead the Bisons past the Syracuse Chiefs, 4-1. Mike Jacobs and Mike Hessman added home runs as the Herd defeated their Thruway rival for the first time in 2010.
Misch improved to 5-1 on the season and lowered his ERA to 2.83 -ninth best in the International League. He allowed just five hits and no walks while tying a season-high with seven punchouts. The lone run he allowed in the sixth inning was the only base runner to advance past third base all night. Misch retired 16 of the first 19 batters he faced. Overall, he threw 71 of his 100 pitches for strikes. The quality start was his team-leading seventh of the year, and his fifth consecutive.
With Misch's dominance on the mound, the Bisons scored the only runs they would need in the first inning. Hessman knocked in his 54th of the season with an RBI grounder. Three pitches later, Jacobs crushed a 2-0 pitch from Chiefs' starter Shairon Martis into the berm in right-center for a two-run homer.
Bobby Parnell closed out the impressive win for his third save of the season. The reliever retired all six batters he faced with three strikeouts.
BISONS NOTES: Josh Thole hit his 15th double of the season. The total is tied for fifth most in the International League and only one behind Mike Hessman for the team lead...Daniel Murphy made his first start with the Bisons at second base and went 2-4 at the plate.
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>>Daniel Murphy made his first start with the Bisons at second base and went 2-4 at the plate >>
6 assists & 4 PO according to the recap. Any word on how he "looked" doing this?
No, haven't heard anythng.
I'm going to write about this in a feature for tomorrow.
To me, this is the best solution until if or when Reese Havens develops. I miss Murphy's bat, especially the doubles he could be hitting in Citi Field. He would be such a better hitter than either Cora or Castillo.
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