Blue Jays Minor League Recap: Andrew Bash and Eloy Jiménez Power Buffalo

CURRENT W-L Records

• Buffalo Bisons: 59-83
• New Hampshire Fisher Cats: Season Complete
• Vancouver Canadians: Season Complete
• Dunedin Blue Jays: Season Complete
• FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete
• DSL Blue Jays Blue: Season Complete
• DSL Blue Jays Red: Season Complete

Transactions

• 09/17/25 Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Elieser Hernández from the temporarily inactive list.
• 09/17/25 Buffalo Bisons transferred C Phil Clarke to the Development List.
• 09/16/25 DH Eloy Jiménez assigned to Buffalo Bisons from FCL Blue Jays.
• 09/16/25 DH Eloy Jiménez assigned to Buffalo Bisons from FCL Blue Jays.

Buffalo Bisons
Buffalo (1), Scranton/Wilkes Barre (3) - 9/17
Box Score

Buffalo opened up a series on Tuesday against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (SWB), a team with an entirely opposite record than the Bisons. The game began with a virtual pitchers duel for the first three innings before the RailRiders got on the scoreboard. In the top of the fourth inning, T.J. Rumfield got ahold of a hanging curveball from Adam Macko and sent it over the right field fence for a solo home run. Later in the inning, Bryan De La Cruz singled to center, scoring Jeimer Candelario.

It wasn't until the bottom of the fifth that Buffalo joined the RailRiders on the scoreboard. Riley Tirotta walked to lead off the inning, moved to second base on a groundout by Michael Stefanic, and then came in to score on René Pinto's RBI double (105.5 mph exit velocity). In the following half inning, the RailRiders got an RBI double of their own, this one from Braden Shewmake. The Bisons had a chance to close the gap or even tie the game in the bottom of the seventh inning. They loaded the bases and had Anthony Santander at the plate. Unfortunately for Buffalo, Santander struck out looking on six pitches to end the scoring opportunity.

In the bottom of the eighth, Buffalo again loaded the bases and again got nothing out of it when Pinto struck out swinging. Santander would also strike out to end the game in the bottom of the ninth, with Buffalo losing this one 3-1. 

René Pinto: 1-4, 1 RBI, 3 K, 1 2B

Andrew Bash: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB 5 K

Buffalo (1), Scranton Wilkes-Barre (6) - 9/18
Box Score

The Bisons went up against the RailRiders on Wednesday night, and the bats weren't around much of the game for Buffalo. In the top of the first, Jorbit Vivas led off the game with a triple and would score on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Brennen Davis to give the RailRiders the early lead. In the bottom of the second inning, Buffalo countered with an RBI single from Stefanic to drive in Yohendrick Pinango, who had doubled earlier in the frame. That would be all the Bisons could manage on the scoreboard, as the RailRiders took control of the game. Spencer Jones launched a two-run home run in the fourth inning and a three-run home run in the sixth. Buffalo would lose this one 6-1.

Yohendrick Pinango: 2-2, 1 R, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 2B

Justin Bruihl: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Period

• Pitcher of the Period: RHP Andrew Bash - 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
• Hitter of the Period: LF Eloy Jiménez - 3-7, 0 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 2B

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