Buffalo Bisons (5-3, 2nd(-1.0), North) vs. Scranton/WB Yankees (4-4, 3rd(-2.0), North)
Saturday, April 17, 2010 (4:05 p.m.) - Coca-Cola Field
RHP Dillon Gee (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Jason Hirsh (0-1, 5.79)
Radio: WWKB AM 1520, http://www.bisons.com/
TODAY’S GAME: Tonight, the Bisons host the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees for the first game of a four-game series at Coca-Cola Field (4:05 p.m.). The Herd began its first homestand of 2010 with a two-game, rain-shortened sweep of the Pawtucket Red Sox. The Bisons beat the PawSox, 8-2, on Wednesday and 3-2 on Thursday prior to last night’s rainout.
vs. THE YANKS: The Bisons are 3-1 against the Yankees so far in 2010. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre shut out the Herd, 1-0, on Opening Night, but Buffalo rallied to win three straight to take the series at PNC Field, April 8-11. The Bisons now have 100 wins over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre since 1998.
MOUND WORK: The Bisons enter tonight’s game with an International League-best 2.25 team ERA. Buffalo hurlers have allowed just 71 hits in 72.0 innings of work. RHP R.A. DICKEY’S complete game victory over Pawtucket on Wednesday is the only complete game thrown so far this season.
HOMERING HESSMAN: INF MIKE HESSMAN hit his fourth home run in six games on Thursday, giving him 315 blasts for his minor league career. The slugger continues to widen his lead over the INF SCOTT McCLAIN (292), who is on the disabled list in the Cubs’ chain. Hessman’s four blasts are tied for the International League lead while his .846 slugging percentage ranks behind only Columbus’ C CARLOS SANTANA.
WE LIKE IKE: Another game, another two stops on base for INF IKE DAVIS. The slugger has reached base twice in every game but one this season (4/13 at Syracuse). Davis is currently riding a team-high five-game hit streak, over which he has averaged .313 (5-16). The 23-year old has also drawn a walk in six of the last seven games. Davis leads the International League with eight walks, is second in the IL with eight runs scored and is 4th with a .500 on-base pct.
METS UPDATE: The Mets (3-7) rallied in the ninth inning, but fell to the St. Louis Cardinals last night, 4-3. Former Bisons LHP OLLIE PEREZ allowed just one run in 6.1 innings of work, but did not earn a decision as the Cards scored four in the seventh inning against the southpaw and the Mets’ bullpen. OF JEFF FRANCOEUR continued his hot streak with two hits and now boasts a .457 batting average.
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