Jesus Feliciano had three more hits and scored a pair of runs as Buffalo defeated Lehigh Valley 6-5, on Sunday afternoon. Josh Thole added three hits as Buffalo collected their fifth consecutive victory.

Feliciano collected two singles and a triple for his third consecutive multi-hit game. He extend his hit streak to a Bisons’ season-high 12 games with a base knock off IronPigs’ starter Nate Bump. Feliciano also drove home a run with a bloop single in the fourth and used his three-bagger in the sixth inning to score the eventual game-winning run.

Feliciano’s average now stands at .383, an amazing 34 points higher than any other batter in the International League. After going 3-5 on Sunday, he has averaged .458 since his hit streak began on May 12.

Like Feliciano all season, the Bisons attack was a constant force on Sunday. The Herd scored in four consecutive innings, starting with a pair of runs in the third. Andy Green and Mike Hessman drove home runs with hits to give Buffalo a 2-1 edge.

Hessman now has 48RBI on the season, nine more than any IL slugger.

Feliciano and Green plated runs in the fourth inning and Ruben Tejada knocked in Mike Cervenak in the fifth. Green followed Feliciano’s triple in the sixth inning with a sacrifice fly to drive in his second run of the game.

The run support went to the benefit of Tobi Stoner (3-4), who won his third consecutive decision. The Bisons’ starter allowed four runs on six hits and struck out six batters. At the plate, Stoner also singled, scored a run and laid down a sacrifice bunt.

Bobby Parnell used a 99 mph fastball to work through the seventh and eighth innings with five strikeouts. John Lujan struck out the side around a base hit in the ninth inning for his second save in as many days. Bisons pitchers combined to strike out a season-high 14 batters.

Bisons Notes: Prior to Sunday’s game, the Bisons activated INF/OF Mike Cervenak off the disabled list. Cervenak went 1-4 after missing the last 17 games with right plantar fasciitis. INF Mike Jacobs was ejected after a strikeout in the fourth inning. Jacobs went 0-3 in the game and failed the reach base for the first time in his last 23 games.

BISONS:
Jesus Feliciano – RF
Andy Green – 2B
Mike Jacobs – 1B
Mike Hessman – 3B
Mike Cervenak – LF
Josh Thole – C
Ruben Tejada – SS
Emmanuel Garcia – CF
Tobi Stoner – RHP

IRONPIGS:
Chris Duffy – LF
Luis Maza – 2B
Rich Thompson – CF
John Mayberry – RF
Cody Ranson – 3B
Brian Schneider – C
Neil Sellers – 1B
Brian Bocock – SS
Nate Bump – RHP

The Bisons won their fourth straight game on Saturday night, 4-1 in the first game of a four-game road trip against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs at Coca-Cola Park.

Dillon Gee delivered another quality start for the Herd giving up just a run on three hits over 6.2 innings. The lone run came on a Melvin Dorta solo homer in the third frame. Gee improved to 5-1 on the year.

Gee figured into the game offensively as well, leading off the third inning with a walk. After advancing to third on a double by Jesus Feliciano, Gee scored the Bisons first run of the game on a Mike Jacobs groundout.

The Bisons broke the 1-1 tie in the seventh. Following a Josh Thole double, Gee grounded a ball to IronPigs third-baseman Cody Ransom. The ball however was booted off the heel of Ransom’s glove, bounded into left field, and allowed Thole to score the go-ahead run.

The Bisons would tack on two more insurance runs in the ninth inning. One run came in via an Oscar Villarreal error and the other on a pinch-hit RBI single by D.J. Wabick.

Adam Pettyjohn and John Lujan combined for 2.1 innings of hitless relieve of Gee to close out the victory and improve the Bisons to a season best nine games above .500.

Buffalo will look to extend their winning streak tomorrow afternoon with a 1:35 p.m. start time from Coca-Cola Park.

BISONS NOTES: Jesus Feliciano went 2-4 tonight to extend his hitting streak to 11 games, which ties a team season high…Mike Jacobs went 1-4 with an RBI to extend his hitting streak to seven games…Jon Malo made his 2010 Bisons debut in the ninth inning to pinch-run for Valentino Pascucci…Emmanuel Garcia had his first multi-hit game for the Bisons going 2-4.

BISONS:
Jesus Feliciano – LF
Andy Green – 2B
Mike Jacobs – 1B
Mike Hessman – 3B
Val Pascucci – RB
Josh Thole – C
Ruben Tejada – SS
Emmanuel Garcia – CF
Dillon Gee – RHP

IRONPIGS:
Chris Duffy – LF
Luis Maza – 2B
Rich Thompson – CF
John Mayberry – RF
Cody Ranson – 3B
Brian Schneider – C
Melvin Dorta – SS
Neil Sellers – 1B
Brandon Duckworth – RHP

Buffalo travels to Lehigh Valley for a four-game series with the IronPigs. The Bisons are now a season-high 8-games over the .500 mark (25-17) and despite winning three in a row are still 1.5 games behind Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (winners in 9-of-10) and one game back of Syracuse (who have won 5 in a row) in the North Division standings.

IronPigs & Bisons: pitching probables:
SAT: RHP Brandon Duckworth (1-0, 1.89) vs. RHP Dillon Gee (4-1, 4.21)
SUN: RHP Nate Bump (4-1, 2.29) vs. RHP Tobi Stoner (2-4, 4.83)
MON: LHP Joe Savery (0-4, 4.38) vs. RHP Dylan Owen
TUE: RHP Drew Carpenter (4-4, 3.98) vs. LHP Pat Misch (4-0, 3.02)

The 2009 Buffalo & Lehigh Valley Series Review
May 5: G1) LHV 3, BUF 0; G2) PPD
The Bisons fall to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, 3-0, in game one of a doubleheader. Game two is postponed due to rain.

May 6: LHV 2, BUF 1
Buffalo drops to 4-20 on the season, losing 2-1 to the IronPigs. Tim Redding, with the Herd on major league rehab, gives up one run over six innings. For the second day in a row and third time this month, the Bisons can only get game one of a doubleheader in. The Bisons starting rotation loses Jonathon Niese, who is promoted to the Mets.

May 7: BUF 6, LHV 4
Mike Lamb drives in the winning runs with a three-run double in the sixth inning as the Herd knocks-off the I-Pigs, 6-4. Closer Elmer Dessens picks up his first save of the year.

May 25: BUF 8, LHV 7
The Bisons overcome a 4-0 deficit, their largest comeback of the season, to beat the IronPigs, 8-7. Fernando Martinez and Mike Lamb each go deep for the Herd, who uses a five-run fourth inning to get back in the game. The win marks the first time all season the Bisons have won three in a row.

May 26: LHV 2, BUF 1
Oliver Perez, on rehab from New York with right knee tendinitis, strikes out five and walks five over 4.1 innings. The southpaw scatters three hits and allows only one run to the I-Pigs, who win the game 2-1. Michel Abreu cuts the lead in half with a pinch-hit, home run in the eighth inning. Fernando Martinez is promoted to New York and leaves the Bisons as the team leader in home runs (8) and RBI (28).

May 27: LHV 5, BUF 3
The I-Pigs open up a 5-0 lead and hold on to win 5-3 over the Herd. The game goes into a rain delay with two outs and a 3-0 count on Jesus Feliciano in the bottom of the ninth inning. After a 70 minute delay, Feliciano walks and pinch-hitter Robinson Cancel lines out to end the ball game.

May 28: LHV 7, BUF 1
Lehigh Valley beats up the Bisons with a 7-1 victory over the Herd. Nelson Figueroa has a rare off night, allowing six runs in 6.2 innings. Buffalo avoids the shutout thanks to a solo home run from Wily Mo Pena in the ninth inning.

August 14: LHV 12, BUF 6
The Bisons are thumped by the IronPigs, 12-6, despite out hitting Lehigh Valley, 16-11. Six Bisons have multi-hit games, including three apiece from Argenis Reyes and Andy Green, as the Herd match a season high in hits. On the mound, Lance Broadway is roughed up for eight runs (seven earned) in five innings.

August 15: BUF 7, LHV 5
A three-run homer from Nick Evans and a solo blast from Chip Ambres in the fifth inning breaks open a tie game and sends the Herd to a 7-5 win over the IronPigs. Argenis Reyes extends his hit streak to 14 games with his third consecutive three-hit game.

August 16: BUF 3, LHV 0
Tobi Stoner throws six scoreless innings and relievers Jon Switzer and Adam Bostick combine to work the last three as the Herd picks up their eighth shutout of the season, beating the I-Pigs, 3-0. Argenis Reyes’ hit streak is snapped at 14-games as the infi elder goes 0-for-3 with an RBI. Prior to the game, former Bisons Carlos Garcia and Dave Hollins are inducted into the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame.

August 17: BUF 9, LHV 4
Down 4-1 heading into the bottom of the eighth, the Bisons explode for eight runs in the inning to beat Lehigh Valley, 9-4, and take the series, 3-1. The Herd sends 12 batters to the plate, collects six hits, three walks and score a season-high in runs in the monster eighth inning. Chip Ambres collects two hits in the inning and Rene Rivera has two run-producing at bats in the inning: a two-run homer and a sacrifice fly.

September 4: G1) LHV 4, BUF 1; G2) LHV 7, BUF 2
The Bisons begin their last series of the season by losing both games of a doubleheader to Lehigh Valley. The offense only produces three runs on 10 hits over the two games.

September 5: BUF 6, LHV 4
The Bisons collect their final win of the 2009 season with 6-4 victory over the IronPigs. Tobi Stoner turns in his fi fth consecutive quality start and wins his fourth decision in a row. Stoner is rewarded for his strong finish with a Big League promotion after the season. Each of the Bisons 1-5 hitters have at least two hits.

September 6: LHV 5, BUF 4
Jason Dubois’ three-run home run in the top of the ninth seems to give the Bisons a come from behind victory, but the I-Pigs answer with three runs of their own in the bottom half of the ninth to walk-off with the 5-4 win. Jesus Feliciano’s three hits puts him in firm control of the IL hit lead.

September 7: LHV 3, BUF 0
The Bisons end the 2009 season with a 3-0 loss to the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. Adam Pettyjohn gives the Herd seven solid innings but the off ense sputters in the season finale. Jesus Feliciano ends the season with an International League-league best 154 hits. Tobi Stoner is promoted to the Mets after the game, the only Bisons player to be promoted with the MLB roster expanded.