Indianapolis 2, Buffalo 0

From Press Release:

After growing up in Buffalo, Indians second baseman Jim Negrych did some damage against his hometown team as he provided the only two runs that either club scored on the night. In the sixth inning after Indians right fielder Brandon Moss drew a leadoff walk, Negrych hit a two-run home run to center field in a 2-0 Indians win at Coca-Cola Field. The St. Francis graduate took a 2-1 offering from Bisons starter Pat Misch to deep center field for his second Triple-A home run in only six games. Negrych accounted for three of the Indians seven hits by collecting two singles and his two-run blast on his 3-4 night. Since being called up to Triple-A on June 11, Negrych has been hitting .470 with five RBI.


Besides the homer given up to Negrych, Misch pitched seven solid innings in his thirteenth start of the season. In his seven innings of work, Misch only gave up six hits and those two runs from Negrych's home run while striking out four. Misch's excellent pitching performance was negated by the fact that the Bisons bats were silenced by the Indians and their starting pitcher Hayden Penn. Penn outdueled Misch by throwing six innings and giving up only three hits while also striking out four. The three hits given up by Hayden would be the only three hits the Bisons would collect as a team for the night. After Penn left the game the Indians bullpen held the Herd hitless in their three innings pitched. Towards the end of the game the Indians pitching staff retired 19 of the final 20 batters faced, including 18 straight. The Herd was finally able to put a runner on base in the ninth inning when catcher Josh Thole drew a walk with two outs. Thole was unable to extend his multi-hit game streak to four games tonight by only going 1-3. Thole has been one of the Bisons best hitters in recent games by hitting a staggering .426 since May 18. Center fielder Fernando Martinez and left fielder Lucas Duda had the other two hits for the Bisons by going 1-4 and 1-3 respectively. The loss for the Herd drops their record to 35-32 while the win improves the Indians record to 36-31.