Last night, the Bisons beat the Rochester Red Wings in Buffalo by a score of 5-3 behind a solid pitching performance by Chris Schwinden. Schwinden took the mound looking for his eighth Triple-A win this season and looked to improve off his last start, when he allowed four runs in five innings. Last night was definitely an improvement for him. He allowed one run in the second on an RBI-single,...
One night after beating the Pawtucket Red Sox in a squeaker at Fenway Park, the Buffalo offense struggled once again, losing 4-1. Jeurys Familia took the mound trying to build on his dominant performance in his last start against Lehigh Valley, when he tossed seven shutout innings, allowing only four hits and striking out eight. He kept the Bisons in the game, but it sure wasn’t pretty....
In last night’s pitching duel in Buffalo between the Bisons and Syracuse Chiefs, the Bisons prevailed 1-0. Chris Schwinden got the start for Buffalo, looking to build off his dominant performance on Wednesday night, when he tossed seven innings and allowed only one run on three hits. Schwinden didn’t dominate last night, but he scattered hits very well. He got into trouble on quite a...
Pawtucket 6, Buffalo 1 Sunday was the final game of the four-game set, and the end result was no different from the first three. The Bisons fell 6-1 to the PawSox, drifting eight games behind in the divisional race heading into an 8-game road trip to Norfolk and Durham. Inefficient starting pitching doomed the Herd this weekend, and the case was no different Sunday. Garrett Olson got the start...
Pawtucket 8, Buffalo 3 By Dave [Retire 31] The Buffalo Bisons gave up four home runs, and then attempted a late inning rally, but to no avail as they lost 8-3 to Pawtucket. Dylan Owen with the start Friday night for Buffalo, got tagged really early giving up a solo homer on the second pitch of the game. He induced three straight groundouts to end the inning. In the third inning, Owen was tagged...
Lehigh Valley 4, Buffalo 3 By Joe DeCaro Buffalo rallied from three runs down to tie the game and sen it into extra-innings, but it was to no avail as the Iron Pigs touched up Bisons reliever Jack Egbert for the winning run as the Pigs walked off with a 4-3 victory in the bottom of the 11th. Oink, oink. Vinny Rottino gave the Herd hope when he belted a two-run homer in the eighth, and Omar...
Buffalo – Syracuse (Postponed Rain) By Pete Shapiro The Bisons game against the Syracuse Chiefs on Saturday afternoon was postponed due to rain. The teams will play a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon. The first of two, seven-inning games will begin at 12:00 p.m. Right-handers Jeurys Familia and Chris Schwinden will toe the rubber for the Herd today. Herd Rumblings: After today’s...
