The rain held off just long enough for the Bisons to get in their 21st home opener in downtown Buffalo. Too bad for the fans, the Bisons couldn’t pull out a victory as they were only able to put up two hits in a lost 4-1 to the Toledo Mud Hens on Friday night.

Bisons’ lefty starter Jeremy Sowers saw his record drop to 0-2 as he gave up three solo home runs to Matt Joyce, Mike Hessman, and Jeff Larish.

“The one thing about all those home runs is that they were solo home runs. As a pitcher I don’t worry about that at all. The Tides are a very aggressive hitting team, they don’t get cheated up there at all,” Sowers said.

The Bisons’ haven’t really been as good offensively than it looked they they would on paper at the beginning of the season. As a team Buffalo is second last in batting after the first week, hitting .228 as a team. Players like Ben Fransisco, Josh Barfield, Ryan Mulhern, Aaron Herr, are all proven hitters at this level as look to help Buffalo at the plate this season.

“It’s easy to say that we could be concerned but I believe in these guys theses guys are proven at this level and beyond and I think its going to get better, I know its going to get better at the end of the season we are going to be a totally different team and looking at this totally different,” Manager Torey Lovullo said.

After Sowers left the game after 6th innings, Reid Santos came in relief and pitched three exceptional innings as he recorded six strikeouts and only gave up two hits.

“Reid did a great job. We’ve been trying to find some innings for him. He got better as his outing progressed. His fastball’s got a little life to it and he’s got some quality secondary stuff. The best part about Reid is that he is unfazed by any situation. He’ll go after his hitters and attack anybody,” Lovullo said.

The Bisons will try to get back on the right track as they play three more games against the Mud Hens finishing up on Monday.