#OTD in 1933, #Buffalo beat Columbus 7-6 in the opening game of the Junior World Series. Len Koenecke hit a solo home run for the Herd in a well-balanced 11-hit attack. #Bisons

#OTD in 2021, Gregory Polanco’s 3-run home run in the bottom of the ninth, his second walk-off hit in two nights, gave the #Bisons a 7-4 win over Lehigh Valley. Polanco finished 3-for-5 with 2 HRs and 5 RBIs. Earlier in the game Forrest Wall scored from second base on a sac fly.

#OTD in 1961, the #Bisons beat Louisville 18-8 in the opening game of the Little World Series. Bob Sadowski hit 2 HRs and had 5 RBIs in #Buffalo’s nine-run first inning.

Happy Birthday Moisés Sierra. He hit .261 with 11 HRs and 51 RBIs for the 2013 #Bisons. #Buffalo

Happy Birthday John McDonald. He played shortstop for three seasons in #Buffalo. Hit .316 in 66 games for the 1999 #Bisons. #BlueJays

#OTD in 1953, Tommy Lasorda fired a four-hit shutout to lead the Montreal Royals to a 7-0 series-clinching win over the #Bisons in Game Six of the semifinals. Montreal advanced to play Rochester in the Governors’ Cup Finals.

#OTD in 2021, the #Bisons tied the game in the ninth inning on Christian Colón’s two-run single and won it in the tenth on Gregory Polanco’s RBI single. The Herd beat Lehigh Valley 5-4. #Buffalo

#OTD in 1949, Gene Markland went 3-for-4 with 2 home runs, a double, and 4 RBIs in the #Bisons 9-3 win over Montreal in the opening game of the Governors’ Cup Finals. #Buffalo

#OTD in 1936, the #Bisons beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 to win the Governors’ Cup in six games and advance to the Junior World Series where they’d take on the American Association champion Milwaukee Brewers. Ken Ash tossed a complete game in #Buffalo’s series clinching victory.

Happy Birthday Easton Lucas. He had a 3.78 ERA in 64 1/3 IP for the 2025 #Bisons. Currently pitches for the Hanshin Tigers. I spoke to him for Conversations with the Herd: www.herdchronicles.com/single-post/...

Happy Birthday Brent Abernathy. He hit .294 with 10 HRs, 56 RBIs, and 27 stolen bases for the 2004 Governors’ Cup Champion #Bisons. #Buffalo

#OTD in 1936, Carl Fischer tossed a two-hitter to lead #Buffalo to a 3-1 win over Baltimore that gave the Herd a three games to two lead in the Governors’ Cup Finals. Buck Crouse went 3-for-4 with a triple and a double to lead the #Bisons’ offense.

#OTD in 2004, Baseball America named #Bisons skipper Marty Brown the Minor League Manager of the Year. #Buffalo

#OTD in 1933, the #Bisons beat Rochester 8-1 to capture the first ever Governors’ Cup. Ollie Carnegie went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run, a three-run double, and a sacrifice fly. You can read more about it here: www.herdchronicles.com/single-post/...

#OTD in 1998, the #Bisons beat the New Orleans Zephyrs 9-2 to tie the Triple-A World Series in Las Vegas at a game apiece. Mike Matthews allowed 2 runs over 6 2/3 innings, and Jeff Manto went 2-for-3 with 2 doubles and 2 RBIs. #Buffalo

#OTD in 1957, the #Bisons beat Miami and Satchel Paige 7-1 to win the Governors’ Cup four games to one. Glenn Cox tossed a complete game for the Herd and Mike Baxes went 3-for-5 with a double and 2 RBIs. #Buffalo

#OTD in 1961, the #Bisons beat Rochester 4-0 to win the Governors’ Cup in five games. Ted Savage went 4-for-5 with a triple, double, and a stolen base, and Paul Brown hurled 6 1/3 shutout innings for the victors. #Buffalo

Happy Birthday Chris Schwinden. He won 16 career games with the Herd and was 8-6 with a 2.70 ERA for the 2012 #Bisons.

Happy Birthday to 2012 #Bisons manager Wally Backman. He hit .275 in 14 major-league seasons and was a World Series Champion with the 1986 #Mets.

Anse Moore was born #OTD in 1917. He hit .268 with 57 HRs and 279 RBIs in three seasons with the #Bisons in the late 1940s. #Buffalo