Coming into the Bisons second game of a four game series with the Indianapolis Indians, right fielder Valentino Pascucci had four home runs. The slugger nearly doubled his season total in one game as he homered three times in a 6-4 win at Coca-Cola field tonight. After being shut out last night, Pascucci and the Herd got to work early. Pascucci started off the offensive attack in the game in the first inning by hitting his first home run of the night. The right fielder took a 3-2 pitch from Indians starter Brian Burres deep to left and high enough that it cleared the screen that guards the street running behind Coca-Cola Field. The three run blast was good enough to give the Bisons an early 3-0 lead.
Pascucci then led off the third inning with similar results. Facing Burres again, Pascucci sent a line drive to left center field for a solo shot and his second of the game to extend the Herd's lead to what seemed like a comfortable 5-0 mark. While the offense was on track for the Herd, the starting pitching was doing its job as well. The Bisons received a strong start from starting pitcher John Maine, who was on a rehab assignment from the Mets. Maine went four and a third innings with the Herd and only gave up one hit and one unearned run while striking out four. Maine did not allow a hit until Indians center fielder Jonathon Van Every led off the fifth inning with a double to right field. Maine threw 88 pitches on the night having 50 of them for strikes. While only one of his pitches reached over 88 miles per hour the right hander and his previously injured shoulder looked good in his start for the Herd.
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