On a campout night in front of 12,087 fans, the Buffalo Bisons put to bed their nine-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Syracuse Chiefs at Coca-Cola Field on Friday.
In the bottom of the seventh, Andy Burns broke a 1-1 tie with a two-run shot over the 371 sign in left-center field.
“I hit a couple of balls hard early in my first two at bats. Then in my third at-bat, I got a good pitch to hit and put a good swing on it,” noted Burns postgame.
“Luckily it got out.”
In his second start with the Herd, Scott Copeland took a no-hitter into the fifth inning before a single by Matt Skole broke up the bid for a no-no. The 28-year-old Texan limited the Chiefs to four hits and a run, punching out six before leaving the game with one out in the sixth.
“We got great pitching today,” said manager Gary Allenson.
“Copeland was the Scott Copeland of last year.”
Bo Shultz shut down the Chiefs’ threat in the sixth, inducing a fly ball and a grounder with two runners on to end the inning.
Danny Barnes continues to impress as he sat down all six hitters that came his way.
The right-hander kept Syracuse batters off balance with his changeup, adding to more K’s to his stats sheet while lowering his ERA to 0.54.
“It’s not easy to go two innings and that’s a hot-hitting club right there that he shut down tonight,” added Allenson of his reliever.
Chiefs’ starter Paulo Espino matched his mound counterpart with six strikeouts, also surrendering a lone run on five hits over a full six frames.
Matt Dominguez took Espino deep to center, giving the Herd a 1-0 advantage in the second.
The highlight of the night went to Darrell Ceciliani. Buffalo’s left-fielder made a sensational diving grab at full speed as he entered foul territory, taking extra-bases away from Christopher Bostick in the bottom of the eighth.
BISONS NOTES:
Andy Burns’ two-run home run ended a streak of 20 consecutive solo blasts by the Bisons…Domonic Brown extended his hitting streak to 14 games with an infield single in the eighth…Danny Barnes has now retired all 27 left-handed batters that have come his way…Matt Dominguez’s home run was his team-leading 13th.
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