Tobi Stoner put an end to a pair of losing streaks with an impressive showing on Saturday night from Victory Field.

The Bisons’ righty fanned eight batters in six solid innings to lead the Herd to a 4-3 win over the Indianapolis Indians. In doing so, Stoner snapped a personal five-game losing streak and helped Buffalo pick up their first win since Tuesday.

The 25-year old rebounded nicely on Saturday by allowing just one run on four hits and four walks. Indy threatened for most of the game, but Stoner and two Herd relievers forced the Indians to strand 11 base runners and hit just 3-14 with runners in scoring position.

The Indians almost rallied against the Bisons bullpen. The I-Tribe scored two runs in the seventh inning and came very close to tying the score in the eighth. Jose Tabata singled with a runner on second base and two outs, but Herd right fielder Jesus Feliciano threw out Luke Carlin trying to score on the play.

Buffalo closer Elmer Dessens stopped the Indians from threatening any more. He struck out two batters in the ninth to earn his fourth save of the season.

The Bisons scored two in the second and two more in the fourth inning to build a 4-0 lead. Josh Thole and Ruben Tejada produced back-to-back RBI-hits with two outs in the second to get the Herd on the board.

Mike Hessman added to his league-leading RBI total with a run-scoring double in the fourth. The slugger now has 33RBI on the season. Two batters later, Hessman scored on Russ Adams’ RBI-single.

After an intentional walk to Ruben Tejada in with two outs in the fourth inning, Indianapolis pitchers retired the final 16 Bisons hitters they faced.

Chris Carter singled in four trips to extend his hit streak to nine games. The 13 combined strikeouts from Tobi Stoner (8), John Lujan (3) and Elmer Dessens (2) set a one-game season-high for the Bisons

BUFFALO BISONS
Jason Pridie – CF
Jesus Feliciano – RF
Mike Jacobs – 1B
Mike Hessman – 3B
Chris Carter – LF
Russ Adams – 2B
Josh Thole – C
Ruben Tejada – SS
Tobi Stoner – RHP

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
Jose Tabata -CF
Neil Walker – 2B
Brian Myrow – 1B
Pedro Alvarez – 3B
Brandon Jones – RF
Brandon Moss – LF
Luke Carlin – C
Doug Bernier – SS
Mike Crotta – RHP

The Bisons dropped their second straight game 8-5 on Friday night in Indianapolis.

The Herd jumped out to a 4-0 lead. A sac fly by Mike Hessman scored the first run of the game in the first, while Chris Carter scored Mike Jacobs on an RBI double.

In the third frame Hessman struck again. With Jacobs on base, Hessman blasted his ninth homer of the season off the left field foul pole to put the Bisons up four. The three RBI night for Hessman gives him an IL-best 32 on the year.

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Dillon Gee suffered his first loss on the year, going five innings and giving up five runs on six hits.

With his RBI double in the first inning, Chris Carter extended his hitting streak to eight games.

BUFFALO BISONS
Jason Pridie – CF
Russ Adams – 2B
Mike Jacobs – 1B
Mike Hessman – 3B
Chris Carter – LF
Fernando Martinez – RF
Josh Thole – C
Ruben Tejada – SS
Dillon Gee – RHP

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
Jose Tabata -CF
Neil Walker – 1B
Pedro Alvarez – 3B
Brandon Jones – RF
Brandon Moss – LF
Luke Carlin – C
Brian Friday – 2B
Argenis Diaz – SS
Donnie Veal – LHP

The Bisons dropped the first of an eight-game road trip in Indianapolis, falling 9-2 to the Indians on Thursday night.

The Indians took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI single from Brandon Jones.

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The Bisons came back to tie the game in the fourth on Chris Carter’s solo home run, his fifth long ball of the year.

The game unraveled for the Herd in the sixth. Indianapolis unloaded for seven runs on seven hits and sent 12 men to the plate. The big hit in the inning came on a three-run home run from Pedro Alvarez, Pittsburgh’s top prospect.

Bisons starter Bobby Livingston went five innings, giving up just two runs on six hits.

Chris Carter extended his hitting streak to seven games with his fourth inning homer. With an RBI double in the ninth, Mike Hessman added to his IL leading RBI total (29), and is now tied for the league lead in extra-base hits (16).