Two runs in the 7th inning off Garrett Olson led to a extra inning affair for the Buffalo Bisons and a late run off CJ Nitkowski in the 12th inning led to defeat as the Bisons fell 4-3 to Scranton Thursday night in Buffalo. The Bisons scored an early run in the 1st inning with a leadoff double for Fred Lewis and an RBI single for Brad Emaus to score Lewis and give Buffalo a [...]

The Yankees rallied for three runs in the sixth inning of a 4-2 victory over the Bisons on a sunny Tuesday afternoon at Coca-Cola Field. The loss was the Herd’s third straight. Through three innings, Zack Wheeler was pitching great following a poor outing last time, allowing only a walk over three innings. In the 4th inning, Wheeler’s struggles began as he allowed a walk, single, sacrifice fly, and another walk but escaped only allowing [...]

Although the Bisons scored five runs and had ten hits, Buffalo went 1-for-5 with runners in scoring position as they were defeated by Scranton Wilkes Barre Monday night 7-5. In the top of the 2nd inning, Buffalo took an early lead with a two-run homer by Matt Tuiasosopo but let up a run in the 2nd, one in the 4th, two in the 5th, 2 in the 6th, and one in the eighth, which was [...]

In an early afternoon game of their series versus Lehigh Valley, Zack Wheeler struggled for the first time in his three starts in Buffalo allowing five early runs in five innings. The four runs scored in the second and the one run in the 4th off Wheeler led to a defeat for Buffalo 5-2 as the runs were too much for the Bisons offense. In his third start for Buffalo, and second at home, Zack [...]

The Bisons had only six hits in the game Wednesday night and went 1-for-6 hitting with runners in scoring position as they were defeated 4-1 by the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. Fred Lewis and Mike Nickeas had the only multiple hit games as Lewis went 2-for-4 and Nickeas went 2-for-4 with a double. The only other hits were singles by Lucas Duda and Matt Den Dekker and a double by Adam Loewen. Den Dekker had [...]

One of Jeurys Familia‘s best starts of the season and a grand slam by Matt Den Dekker in the 7th helped the Bisons cruise to a 6-0 victory on Tuesday night. In the 7th inning, following singles by Lucas Duda and Zach Lutz, an RBI double by Adam Loewen, and an intentional walk to Josh Satin, Matt Den Dekker hit a grand slam to put the game out of reach for Lehigh Valley. Den Dekker [...]

After pitching a 1-2-3 seventh inning, Pedro Beato returned for a second inning of work in Buffalo and did not retire a batter as the Bisons fell 5-1 Monday night. In the eighth inning, Beato let up a single, then back-to-back home runs, followed by two more singles which was all the Pawtucket Red Sox needed to secure the victory. Collin McHugh started the game for the Bisons and showed poor command although only allowed [...]

A rain delay which lasted 30 minutes ended in a victory for the Buffalo Bisons as the game was called in the 7th inning with Buffalo up 10-1. Multiple hit efforts by Josh Satin, Valentino Pascucci, Matt Tuiasosopo and Matt Den Dekker led to seven early runs for the Bisons in the first three innings. In the 2nd inning, Den Dekker doubled to score two runners and Mike Nickeas scored the third run on a [...]

A wild pitch by Fernando Cabrera with the bases loaded and two outs led to Lehigh Valley getting the victory over Buffalo 5-4 in 12 innings Wednesday night. Jeurys Familia started the game for the Bisons and pitched much better than his previous two outings for Buffalo. Familia threw six innings, allowing five hits, four runs, although only one earned due to errors, with two walks and most importantly seven strike outs. This performance was [...]

Outfielder Travis Taijeron was drafted by the New York Mets in 2011 out of Cal-Poly Pomona in the 18th Round (552nd Overall Pick). In his final season for Cal-Poly before being drafted, Taijeron hit .392 in 199 at-bats with 78 hits, 20 doubles, 16 home runs, 51 RBIs and .534 on-base percentage. After leading the conference in almost every offensive category, Taijeron was named the 2010-11 California Collegiate Athletic Association Male Athlete of the Year and named [...]

Vicente Lupo was signed on July 8, 2010 as one of the Mets first moves in the International Market in 2010 along with Leon Jackson Canelon. Lupo was ranked 25th on Baseball America’s List of International Prospects at the time, and scouts said he had plus-plus power. One scout said, “Vicente Lupo is so strong,” repeating it twice for effect. “That drew much of our attention.” Ben Badler, when announcing the signing, stated “Lupo, who [...]