A splitsville Friday for the affiliates in their eight games. One game involved a steal of home for the winning run and Vancouver got a solid start and an even better finish from its pitchers.
Syracuse 8 Buffalo 2
Syracuse, NY - The Nationals affiliate gave a beatdown to Scott Copeland (9-4, 2.60) like the one Stewart Copeland would give to his drum set. Copeland was creamed for eight runs on 10 hits in 3-2/3 innings while whiffing four. All the runs came in the fourth inning. Bobby Korecky mopped up with 2-1/3 innings of shutout relief while Colt Hynes and Ben Rowen chipped in with one each.