Bisons remain red-hot on road, defeat Pawtucket 10-6
They say hitting is contagious and there isn't a team in baseball that wouldn't want what the Bisons have going through their lineup right now.Jonathan Davis and Patrick Kivlehan each hit a pair of home runs as the Herd reached double-digits in the run column yet again, scoring a 10-6
They say hitting is contagious and there isn't a team in baseball that wouldn't want what the Bisons have going through their lineup right now.
For the sixth time in just the last 13 days, the Bisons scored 10 or more in a game, reaching that total in the series opener in Pawtucket on the strength of the middle of their lineup. Batting third for the Herd, Davis drove in half the runs himself, launching a two-run homer in the first inning to get Buffalo on the scoreboard and doing one better in the sixth with a three-run shot.
The second of the two, a prestigious blast to straight away center, was Davis' sixth of the year in only 30 games with the Herd. With the 10 doubles he's already racked up, 16 of the outfielder's 27 hits on the year have gone for extra bases.
And the batter that followed Davis in the lineup was not to be outdone. Kivlehan's two home runs went an estimated 839 feet combined, starting with a 411-foot two-run blast in the third inning that put the Bisons up 4-0.
His second shot, a 428-foot no-doubter to left field in the sixth, came just two pitches after Davis's three-run blast and capped a five-run rally that put the game out of reach. The slugger now has nine home runs in only 26 games with the Herd, good for a .621 slugging pct.
Joining the hit parade for the Herd was
Pawtucket made the game closer by scoring four times in the bottom half of the sixth inning, but Zack Jackson and
The Herd's short roadtrip includes one more game in Pawtucket Tuesday night (7:05 p.m.) and a three-game in two-day series in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before the team returns home to Buffalo for a Honda fridaynightbash! against the Mets (TICKETS)
BISONS NOTES: The Bisons had great speed to go along with their power on Monday.