ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
BUFFALO BELLFLOWERS AT LINCOLN PRINCES
07/02/2025
 
ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
BUFFALO BELLFLOWERS AT LINCOLN PRINCES
GAME ID: 11278 - WEDNESDAY, JULY 2ND , 2025 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Buffalo Bellflowers (54-26) 0 1 0 4 0 3 1 7 0 16 18 0
Lincoln Princes (34-46) 3 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 1 11 20 2
Macoilos Hits 2 home runs in Bellflowers Win
The Buffalo Bellflowers powered past the Lincoln Princes, 16-11, at Lincoln Grounds. Allvaro Macoilos belted 2 home runs, while adding 6 RBI and scoring twice, to lead the charge. Buffalo reliever Jonathan Kellerstrass picked up the win, upping his record to 2-0. Tim Buckland absorbed the loss. Buffalo now has a record of 54-26 with the win.

With one out in the top of the eighth, Nick Machuca had a game-changing hit. The Bellflowers catcher slammed a run-scoring single off Juan Rodriguez, making the score 12-10, Buffalo.

"It doesn't matter if you're 10 games over .500 or 10 games under, it feels good to win," Macoilos told the Buffalo Citizen.
BUFFALO BATTING LINESCORE LINCOLN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Segura 3B 6 2 3 3 0 0 2 .370 10 43
C. Martinez LF 6 2 2 2 0 1 1 .360 8 64
R. Lopez 1B 6 1 2 0 0 1 2 .350 11 57
J. Garza CF 6 0 1 0 0 2 4 .244 3 9
M. Gutierrez SS 4 3 2 0 2 1 1 .306 15 75
V. Jara RF 3 3 1 2 3 0 3 .373 4 25
J. Dowd DH 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .308 1 3
   a-R. Pastor DH 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 .309 14 67
N. Machuca C 5 2 3 2 0 1 2 .286 5 33
A. Macoilos 2B 4 2 3 6 0 0 4 .243 3 24
Totals 44 16 18 16 7 6 23      
a - R. Pastor inserted as DH in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: N. Machuca (8, 2nd Inning off R. Sokol, 2 on, 2 outs) , V. Jara (10, 4th Inning off R. Sokol, 1 on, 0 outs) , M. Gutierrez (15, 4th Inning off R. Sokol, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: A. Macoilos 2 (3, 4th Inning off R. Sokol, 2 on, 1 out; 6th Inning off I. Reyes, 0 on, 1 out) , C. Martinez (8, 6th Inning off I. Reyes, 1 on, 1 out) , C. Segura (10, 8th Inning off J. Rodriguez, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: C. Segura 6 , C. Martinez 5 , R. Lopez 2 , J. Garza , M. Gutierrez 3 , V. Jara 2 , J. Dowd , N. Machuca 4 , A. Macoilos 9
2-out RBI: C. Segura , N. Machuca , A. Macoilos
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Segura , R. Pastor , A. Macoilos
Sac Fly: A. Macoilos
Team LOB: 9

FIELDING
OF assists: 1 (Jara(Hall at 3rd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
I. Vallejo LF 6 1 4 2 0 0 2 .314 9 41
J. Saenz 3B 6 1 2 1 0 2 8 .250 0 1
N. Perry CF 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 .323 11 38
S. Mikami SS 5 1 0 0 1 0 6 .000 0 0
Y. Okazaki 2B 5 2 2 4 0 1 0 .333 1 4
J. Hall 1B 5 3 4 1 0 0 0 .352 16 65
C. Laurentino RF 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .318 4 38
A. Lucero DH 5 0 2 1 0 3 5 .333 0 1
S. Youk C 5 0 1 1 0 3 5 .326 3 26
Totals 46 11 20 11 2 10 27      
BATTING
Doubles: J. Hall 3 (32, 1st Inning off T. Cruz, 0 on, 2 outs; 6th Inning off T. Cruz, 0 on, 0 outs; 7th Inning off D. Cantu, 1 on, 0 outs) , I. Vallejo (9, 4th Inning off T. Cruz, 2 on, 2 outs) , Y. Okazaki (1, 7th Inning off D. Cantu, 1 on, 0 outs)
Triples: I. Vallejo (2, 9th Inning off J. Kellerstrass, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: Y. Okazaki (1, 1st Inning off T. Cruz, 2 on, 2 outs) , N. Perry (11, 7th Inning off D. Cantu, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: I. Vallejo 7 , J. Saenz 2 , N. Perry 5 , Y. Okazaki 6 , J. Hall 7 , C. Laurentino 3 , A. Lucero 2 , S. Youk
2-out RBI: I. Vallejo , Y. Okazaki
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , J. Saenz 3 , S. Mikami
Hit by Pitch: C. Laurentino
Team LOB: 11

FIELDING
Errors: N. Perry (7) , Y. Okazaki (1)
Double Plays: 1 (Okazaki-Mikami)
BUFFALO PITCHING LINESCORE LINCOLN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Cruz 5.1 11 5 5 0 4 1 88 6.49   
D. Cantu BS (2) 0.2 5 5 5 1 0 1 23 10.44   
J. Kellerstrass W (2-0) 2.1 3 1 1 1 5 0 43 6.23   
M. Cousin 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 2.10   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Cruz 30
Batters Faced: T. Cruz 27, D. Cantu 8, J. Kellerstrass 11, M. Cousin 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Cruz 3-8, D. Cantu 1-1, J. Kellerstrass 1-1, M. Cousin 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: T. Cruz 88-63, D. Cantu 23-14, J. Kellerstrass 43-27, M. Cousin 10-6
Inherited Runners - Scored: D. Cantu 2-0 , J. Kellerstrass 2-1 , M. Cousin 1-1
WP: D. Cantu
Hit Batsmen: T. Cruz
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Sokol 3.1 7 5 5 1 3 1 57 7.53   
I. Reyes 2.0 5 3 3 0 0 2 23 8.94   
T. Buckland L (0-4) 2.0 3 5 5 4 1 0 60 7.83   
J. Rodriguez 1.2 3 3 3 2 2 1 32 9.95   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Sokol 26
Batters Faced: R. Sokol 18, I. Reyes 11, T. Buckland 13, J. Rodriguez 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Sokol 4-3, I. Reyes 1-4, T. Buckland 0-5, J. Rodriguez 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: R. Sokol 57-38, I. Reyes 23-18, T. Buckland 60-33, J. Rodriguez 32-18
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Rodriguez 3-3
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Allvaro Macoilos
Ballpark: Lincoln Grounds
Weather: Partly Cloudy (74 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 12 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM CT
Time: 4:04
Attendance: 1744
Special Notes: Jay Hall ties the LP regular season game record for doubles with 3.
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