Starting pitcher Ramon Ortiz was in cruise control for the first five innings of his start against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. Unfortunately he hit a speed bump in the sixth inning and saw his quality start unravel when the Bisons lost 10-7 at Coca-Cola Field tonight.
The Bisons started off the game at the plate swinging for the fences. Second baseman Justin Turner led off the game with his third home run of the season and became the first Bison since Jason Pridie did it back on April 18th to hit a leadoff home run. First baseman Mike Jacobs followed Turner's suit by also hitting a home run in the first when he swatted his 14th home run of the season to deep right field.
Jacobs has found his home run swing as of late as he has been hitting the cover off the ball in the past few games. Over the last five games Jacobs is hitting .315 with seven RBI and five home runs.
On the mound for the Herd Ortiz started tonight's game in dominant fashion, allowing only one hit in the first five innings. That hit came way of an Eric Bruntlett home run in the third inning to make the score 3-1 in favor of the Herd.
Ortiz then ran into some trouble in the sixth inning. Ortiz allowed five men on base in the inning and saw the Yankees push five runs across in the frame while they batted around the order in the sixth. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre would not look back and added four runs over the final three innings to secure the victory.
The Bisons made a strong push in the ninth inning to make the comeback, scoring three runs along with three hits in the frame, but the Yankees had built up an insurmountable lead and ultimately won 10-7.
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