Familia Shaky As Bisons Get Swept By Charlotte

34 to 14. That’s how badly the Charlotte Knights have outscored the Buffalo Bisons over the last four days, resulting in four straight victories for the Knights in a series sweep over the Herd. Monday night’s loss reflected every part of the Bisons horrendous weekend versus the Knights. “Pitching wasn’t good, defense wasn’t good” said Bisons manager Wally Backman “We just got to be more consistent, play smarter baseball.” It started when Josh Rodriguez managed to bobble a ground ball, committing an error on the Knights very first batter of the game. The error quickly led to a pair of runs for Charlotte, and before you knew it, the Bisons were playing catch-up ball. The Herd managed to do well from behind early, twice coming back to tie the game after a pair of Charlotte leads. “We tried to battle early today,” said Backman “The pitching is not as good as you want it to be and it makes it tough on your offense.” However, Buffalo couldn’t come back after Charlotte’s 5-run 5th proved