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Posted on September 2, 2010 by Buffalo Bisons Press Release
 Thursday night wasn’t the way the Bisons had hoped to end the home portion of the 2010 season.
A great year on and off the field in downtown Buffalo concluded on a sour note in front of 15,539 at Coca-Cola Field. The Herd lost to the Yankees, 9-2, and saw their slight playoff chances officially come to and end.
The final game was in no way indicative of the previous 71 contests played in front of minor league baseball’s best fans. The Herd had 11 walk-off victories, including four via a home run. Maybe none was more memorable than Fernando Martinez’ grand slam winner on June 14 at Lehigh Valley.
Bisons Playoffs Hopes End in Final Home Loss – continue reading…
Posted on August 25, 2010 by Buffalo Bisons Press Release
 The Bisons have 70 wins and 32 comeback victories in 2010. They nearly added to both on Tuesday night.
Buffalo batted around in the eighth inning, but an early four-run deficit proved to be too big a hole to climb out of in a 7-3 defeat to the Pawtucket Red Sox from Coca-Cola Field. PawSox centerfielder Josh Reddick had five hits, and helped his team pull away late from the Bisons.
The Herd faced a 4-0 deficit in the eight inning when Luis Hernandez singled and Andy Green drew a one-out walk. Then with two outs, Nick Evans breathed live into the team with a two-run double off the left field wall. Kirk Nieuwenhuis followed with a bloop double down the left field line, bringing Buffalo to within 4-3.
Bisons Rally Falls Short, 7-3 – continue reading…
Posted on August 19, 2010 by Buffalo Bisons Press Release
 Buffalo Bisons pitcher Dillon Gee has broken the Herd’s modern era single-season mark for strikeouts. Gee recorded his 138th strikeout of the season in the 2nd inning of Buffalo’s game against the Rochester Red Wings on Wednesday.
Buffalo won the game, 7-6.
The Bisons previous season-single record for strikeouts in a season was 137, set in 1990 by RHP Vicente Palacios.
Gee’s record breaking strikeout was against Red Wings’ catcher Jose Morales. With a 1-2 pitch, Gee threw a 75 mph off speed pitch past the swinging Morales. Gee tied the modern era record with a first-inning strike out of Dustin Martin.
Bisons’ Gee Breaks Single Season Strikeout Record – continue reading…
Posted on August 11, 2010 by Buffalo Bisons Press Release
 The Herd kept rolling by defeating the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs 6-0 Tuesday night at Coca-Cola Park.
Buffalo jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first. Nick Evans sent a ball to right fielder John Mayberry and looked as it was going to drop in for a hit. Mayberry tried to save the base hit by diving in an attempt to get the out. Unfortunately for Mayberry he missed the ball on the dive as it rolled behind him, allowing Lucas Duda to score all the way from first.
J.R House then added his third home run of the year when he sent a two-run blast to left field to put the Herd up 3-0 in the second. In the following inning, Duda launched a no-doubter to right field for his 15th home run of the year. The Herd then added two more insurance runs in the eighth to secure the victory.
Bisons Win Sixth Straight – continue reading…
Posted on August 8, 2010 by Buffalo Bisons Press Release
 As we get later into summer and the nights are starting to cool down, the Bisons are starting to turn up the heat. The Herd continued on their recent hot streak by defeating the Columbus Clippers 6-2 tonight at Coca-Cola Field.
While the Bisons earned the win tonight for their third straight over the IL’s West Division leader, they didn’t need a nine-run inning or a walk-off home run…they just needed the right arm of Dillon Gee.
Gee who made his 23rd start of the season this evening gave his ballclub an excellent showing in his 7.1 innings. In his outing today Gee (11-7) gave up only five hits and two runs for his 14th quality start this year. He is now tied with Pat Misch for the team-lead in quality starts and leads the team with his eleven wins.
Bisons Win For Seventh Time in Eight Tries – continue reading…
 The Buffalo Bisons announced that Nick Evans has been promoted to the team from Double-A Binghamton. Evans will take the place of Mike Jacobs, who was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays organization today for a player to be named later.
Evans, 24, has spent the majority of the 2010 season with Binghamton and has hit .294 (102-347) with 30 doubles, 17 home runs and 55RBI in 88 games. He ranks T4th in the Eastern League in home runs and doubles, T2nd in extra-base hits (47) and 4th in slugging percentage (.527). Evans was also promoted to New York from July 9-16 and went 0-2 in two pinch hit opportunities.
Last season, Evans hit .211 (50-237) in 66 games with the Bisons and led the club with 10 home runs.
Jacobs has hit .260 (88-339) with 23 doubles, three triples, 15 home runs and 57RBI in 86 games with the Bisons. His home run and RBI total both rank second on the club.
 The Bisons fell to 1-5 on their eight-game roadtrip to Ohio after a 6-4 defeat at the hands of the Columbus Clippers on Wednesday night from Huntington Park.
Buffalo trailed for most of the game, and failed to take full advantage of another home run from Lucas Duda.
Duda’s blast, his 13th of the season and second in as many games, came with a runner on board in the top of the fifth inning. The Triple-A rookie now has 37RBI in 37 games with the Herd.
Bisons Fall For Fifth Time in Six Games – continue reading…
 The New York Mets and Buffalo Bisons today announced a two-year extension of their player development partnership through 2012.
Ike Davis, R.A. Dickey, Josh Thole, Elmer Dessens, Chris Carter and Bobby Parnell all began the season in Buffalo and have become key contributors to the success of the 2010 Mets. The Mets and Bisons partnership began with the 2009 season, and 12 of the 25 players on the current major-league roster have played for the Bisons since the start of last year.
Bisons, Mets Sign Extension Through 2012 – continue reading…
Posted on July 20, 2010 by Buffalo Bisons Press Report
 On July 3 starting pitcher Ramon Ortiz took the mound in Buffalo against the Rochester Red Wings only to find himself on the losing end of a pitcher’s duel against Red Wings starter Glen Perkins. Facing the Red Wings again today at Frontier Field, Ortiz took part in another pitcher’s duel. This time however he got the best of the Red Wings as the Herd won 1-0.
Red Wings starter Anthony Swarzak played the role of Ortiz’s counterpart today and was on the losing end of the duel as Ortiz showed complete dominance over his seven inning start.
Ortiz tossed seven masterful innings by only giving up two hits and eight strikeouts while not issuing a walk. The Bisons starter also allowed only one base runner to reach scoring position when Rochester shortstop Brendan Harris got to second in the fifth inning.
Ortiz Dominates in 1-0 Bisons Win – continue reading…
 The Buffalo Bisons today announced that they have activated Mike Hessman from the disabled list. The slugger will be active for the team’s game against the Rochester Red Wings on Monday night.
The Herd also announced that Valentino Pascucci has been placed on the team’s disabled list with a left ankle sprain.
Hessman was the International League’s top slugger for the first two months of the season. He was placed on the disabled list on June 10 and missed 33 games with a stress fracture in his right hand. Prior to going on the DL, Hessman lead all of baseball with 57RBI and was tops in the International League with 18 home runs.
Bisons Activate Hessman – continue reading…
 The Herd has returned from their All-Star break with a new found flare for the dramatics.
The Bisons defeated the Gwinnett Braves 4-3 at Coca-Cola Field tonight thanks to a walk-off sacrifice fly from Jorge Padilla for the Bisons second walk-off win in as many days. The Herd earned their victory last night thanks to a Jesus Feliciano single in the eleventh inning and the sacrifice fly from Padilla gave the Herd their seventh walk-off win this season.
The Braves jumped out to an early 1-0 lead thanks to a home run from first baseman Freddie Freeman in the first inning. Freeman’s eleventh home run of the season came off of a 1-1 pitch from Bisons starter Oliver Perez and was driven deep to right field to give the Braves the early advantage. After giving up the home run to Freeman, Perez settled down and got through the next four innings with relative ease. Perez ran into a bit of trouble in the sixth however, giving up a two-run home run to Braves left fielder Mitch Jones to tie the game at three.
Bisons Walk-Off With 4-3 Win – continue reading…
 The New York Mets announced that Jesus Feliciano has been optioned to the Bisons. Feliciano is expected to return to the Herd after this week’s All-Star Break.
Feliciano was promoted to New York on June 7 and hit .291 (16-55) with four doubles, two RBI and seven runs scored in 23 games with the Mets. He collected his first major league hit on June 13 in Baltimore.
Prior to joining the Mets, the 31-year old was the best hitter in the International League over the first two months of the season. His .385 (72-187) batting average through 53 games was 57 points higher than any other batter in the league. He also led the IL in hits (72).
Mets Option Feliciano Back to Bisons – continue reading…
 Pat Misch is an All-Star. Wednesday night in Syracuse was more proof of the fact…if that was even needed.
The southpaw struck out six in a complete-game victory as the Bisons bounced the Chiefs, 6-2, from Alliance Bank Stadium. The victory was Misch’s fourth straight and the ninth in his stellar first half to the 2010 season.
The next pitch the southpaw throws will be at Coca-Cola Park a week from Wednesday, when he represents the Bisons at the 23rd Annual Triple-A All-Star game.
Misch Leads Bisons Over Syracuse – continue reading…
 The Buffalo Bisons completed their biggest comeback of the season only to see it squandered by a walk-off home run from Chiefs third baseman Seth Bynum to lose 8-6 at Alliance Bank Stadium.
The Chiefs touched the Bisons up for three early runs off of starting pitcher Tobi Stoner in the first inning. Stoner then gave up one run in the fifth and two in the sixth to see the Bisons trailing 6-1.
Stoner who was credited with the no decision gave up a season-high amount of earned runs when he allowed six of them in his five and two thirds innings of work.
Bisons Comeback Fall Short – continue reading…
 The New York Mets have signed Brian Bruney to a minor league contract. He has been assigned to the Bisons and will report to the team in the coming days.
Bruney, 28, went 1-2 with a 7.64ERA (15ER, 17.1 innings) in 19 games with the Washington Nationals earlier this year. The Nationals designated Bruney for assignment on May 17. The 6-3, 235-pounder was signed by the Milwaukee Brewers to a minor league contract on June 17. He appeared in two games, tossing 3.1 scoreless innings for Triple-A Nashville of the Pacific Coast League, before being released on June 22.
Bruney is 17-12 with 13 saves in 249 major league games with Arizona, the Yankees and Washington. He has recorded 234 strikeouts over 239.0 career innings and has held lefties to a .225 (82-365) career batting average against. Bruney went 12-3 with one save a 3.25ERA (52 earned runs/144.0 innings) with the Yankees from 2006-2009.
The native of Astoria, Ore. was 5-0 with a 3.92 ERA (17 earned runs/39.0 innings) and 36 strikeouts last year for the Yankees.
 Left fielder Lucas Duda has only played 16 games as a member of the Herd, but in that short time he has already left his imprint on the Bisons history books.
Duda homered in his fifth straight game tonight in a 12-4 win against the Rochester Red Wings at Coca-Cola Field. The Triple-A rookie crushed a 1-2 pitch from Red Wings starter Anthony Swarzak deep to right-center field in the third inning.
With a home run in five consecutive games, Duda is only the fifth Bison in the 125-year history of the franchise to accomplish the feat. Duda joins Bisons greats Andy Marte, Ollie Carnegie, Carlos Garcia and Bill Selby as the only other players to do so.
Duda Does It Again For Bisons – continue reading…
 The International league today named Buffalo Bisons LHP PAT MISCH to the league’s mid-season All-Star Team. Misch will represent the Bisons at the 23rd annual Triple-A All-Star Game on Wednesday, July 14 (7:00 p.m.) at Coca-Cola Park in Lehigh Valley, PA.
The 2010 Triple-A All-Star Game will be broadcast live on the MLB Network. WWKB 1520 AM, the flagship radio home for Bisons Baseball, will also carry the game live on July 14.
Misch, 28, has spent the entire season with the Bisons and is 7-3 with a 3.46ERA in 15 starts. He leads all International League left-handed pitchers with seven wins (T3rd overall) and is 4th in the IL with 96.1 innings pitched. Misch is also one of 10 International League pitchers with a complete-game shutout this season. He allowed four hits and no walks while striking out six in a 4-0 win over Norfolk on May 15.
Bisons Pitcher Pat Misch Named to All-Star Team – continue reading…
 It may have took him a little over a month but starting pitcher Dillon Gee got his seventh win of the season in a 6-1 Bisons win tonight against the Syracuse Chiefs at Coca-Cola Field. Gee threw a gem, going seven innings while only giving up three hits, allowing one run and striking out six.
The last time Gee took the mound and got a win was on May 28th when the Herd defeated the Toledo Mud Hens, 7-3. Five starts, four losses and 32 days later, Gee had arguably his best outing of the season by shutting down the Chiefs over his seven strong innings of work.
Gee was excellent from the first pitch he threw. Through his first five innings he only gave up one hit coming way of a Chiefs first baseman Chris Duncan double in the third inning.
Gee Locks Down Chiefs in 6-1 Win – continue reading…
Posted on June 27, 2010 by Buffalo Bisons Press Report
 The Bisons dropped their second consecutive game to the Charlotte Knights by losing 3-2 at Knights Stadium tonight.
After Bisons pitcher Raul Valdes took the mound for the start in place of Dylan Owen, he pitched a fantastic four innings. Valdes, who made two appearances for the Bisons early in the season has spent the majority of this year with the Mets but was recalled to Buffalo this past week when catcher Josh Thole was called up.
Valdes made the most of his start by going a strong four innings. Valdes gave up only four hits while giving up one run due to a solo home run from Knights left fielder Stefan Gartrell in the second inning. Besides Gartrell’s 12th homer of the season, Valdes was in control for the majority of his outing. The left hander commanded the strike zone with ease by striking out seven Knights. Valdes threw 60 pitches and had 43 of them count for strikes.
Bisons drop second straight – continue reading…
 The Bisons used the long ball once again to get their second straight victory on Wednesday night, 5-4 over the Gwinnett Braves from Coolray Field.
The Herd struck first on a two-out rally in the first inning, stringing together four straight hits with two outs to take a 3-0 lead.
The Braves however came back to chip away at the lead with a single run in the first, third, and fifth inning to tie the game at 3-3. Mitch Jones connected for his second home run in as many days with his solo shot in the fifth to tie it up.
Bisons Ride Long Ball For Second Straight Win – continue reading…
 The Gwinnett Braves handed the Bisons their third straight loss when the Herd was defeated 7-2 tonight at Coolray Field.
The Braves scored early and often and forced the Bisons to play catch-up for the remainder of the game. The Herd could not match the offense put up by the Braves and were able to only muster two runs in the losing effort.
The home squad got to starting pitcher Dylan Owen in the first inning when they pounced on the right hander for two early runs. The Braves then came back strong in the second inning, scoring four runs and sending eight batters to the plate. The Braves also collected six hits during the inning.
Bisons Handed Loss In Gwinnett, 7-2 – continue reading…
Posted on June 20, 2010 by Buffalo Bisons Team Release
 After losing to the Indians behind a six run tenth inning last night, the Herd fell again to the Indians in extras by losing 7-3 at Coca-Cola Field in 12 innings.
Following two scoreless innings in the tenth and eleventh the Indians jumped on the Bisons for four runs in the twelfth to get the win. Sparked by a two-run double from first baseman Jeff Clement, the Indians avoided a series split with the Herd by taking three of the four games in Buffalo.
The Indians scored their four runs off of Bisons pitcher Adam Pettyjohn after no team was able to score on Pettyjohn in the previous seven games. The loss now drops the Herd’s record to 4-4 in games that go beyond nine innings.
Bisons fall to Indians in extras, 7-3 – continue reading…
The Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame announced that former Buffalo Bisons INF RICHIE SEXSON and long-time Bisons broadcaster DUKE McGUIRE have been elected as the 80th and 81st members of the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame.
Sexson and McGuire will be formally inducted on Hall of Fame Day, Sunday, July 18, prior to the Bisons 1:05 p.m. game against the Gwinnett Braves.
The Bisons Hall of Fame Day ceremonies will also include the induction of former Bisons OF FRANK CARSWELL and former Newark OF BOB SEEDS into the International League Hall of Fame. IL President Randy Mobley will present the league’s “Curtain Call” statue to descendents of both Carswell and Seeds.
McGuire, Sexson Elected to Buffalo Baseball Hall – continue reading…
 Coming into the Bisons second game of a four game series with the Indianapolis Indians, right fielder Valentino Pascucci had four home runs. The slugger nearly doubled his season total in one game as he homered three times in a 6-4 win at Coca-Cola field tonight.
After being shut out last night, Pascucci and the Herd got to work early. Pascucci started off the offensive attack in the game in the first inning by hitting his first home run of the night. The right fielder took a 3-2 pitch from Indians starter Brian Burres deep to left and high enough that it cleared the screen that guards the street running behind Coca-Cola Field. The three run blast was good enough to give the Bisons an early 3-0 lead.
Pascucci’s 3 Homers Helps Herd To 6-4 Win – continue reading…
Posted on June 14, 2010 by Buffalo Bisons Press Report
 The Buffalo Bisons today announced that OF LUCAS DUDA, INF JONATHAN MALO and LHP ROY MERRITT have been added to the Herd’s roster from the Double-A Binghamton Mets.
To make room on the roster, INF MIKE HESSMAN was placed on the team’s disabled list, retroactive to Thursday, June 10, with a right hand contusion. Also, OF EMMANUAL GARCIA was transferred to Single-A St. Lucie and INF MARSHALL HUBBARD was transferred to Double-A Binghamton.
Big Blow to Bisons with Hessman going to DL – continue reading…
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