Guerrero Jr. Powers Bisons Past Stripers Wednesday
BUFFALO, NY - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. showed why he's rated baseball's top prospect Wednesday as he carried the Buffalo Bisons to a 6-1 win over the Gwinnett Stripers at Coca-Cola Field.Guerrero, rated No. 1 overall by MLB.com, went 3-for-3 against No. 24-ranked Kyle Wright in a battle of highly-touted prospects.
BUFFALO, NY -
Guerrero, rated No. 1 overall by MLB.com, went 3-for-3 against No. 24-ranked
After being shut out Tuesday, the Bisons quickly got on the board in the bottom of the first Wednesday. With two outs, Guerrero pounded a double to left off the right-hander Wright and scored on a single to center by
Gwinnett tied the game in the top of the fifth as
The Bisons committed five errors in the game, but the Stripers were only able to push the one run across.
Buffalo took the lead for good in the bottom of the inning, as Guerrero blasted a two-run shot to center off Wright to make it 3-1. Wright allowed another two-run long ball to
Wright (L, 1-1) allowed seven hits, five runs (four earned) and a walk with six strikeouts over 6.0 innings.
Waguespack (W, 4-6) pitched 5.1 innings with four hits, one unearned run, one walk and six strikeouts. Jose Fernandez tossed 1.2 innings with one walk and two strikeouts.
At the plate,
For Buffalo, Guerrero finished 3-for-4 with two runs, a double and a two-run homer. He is now 6-for-10 in the series. McGuire was 2-for-3 with three RBIs.
The rubber match of the three-game series in Buffalo is set for Thursday night at 7:05 p.m. The Stripers (53-59) will run 20-year-old righty