Blue Jays Minor League Recap: Alek Manoah Was On The Mound, Jonatan Clase Shows Off His Wheels, All As Buffalo Inches Closer To The End Of The Season

CURRENT W-L Records
-Buffalo Bisons: 60-84
-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
09/19/25 - Buffalo Bisons placed SS Leo Jiménez on the 7-day injured list.
09/19/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated C Phil Clarke.
09/18/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent LHP Ryan Borucki outright to Buffalo Bisons.

Buffalo Bisons

Buffalo (2), Scranton Wilkes-Barre (0) - 9/18
Box Score

Thursday night was a tough fought pitcher's duel between Buffalo and Scranton Wilkes-Barre. Alek Manoah was pitching for the Bisons and had one of his better starts again. He went 4.2 innings, only allowed a single hit, gave up no runs, and struck out four. Unfortunately, there were still some growing pains, as he would walk five batters in the game. Buffalo took a one run lead in the bottom of the first inning, when RJ Schreck drew a six pitch walk and then scored on a Buddy Kennedy RBI double. In the fifth inning, rehabbing Anthony Santander launched his second home run of the series, a solo shot to left field that left the bat at 111.5 MPH. Both teams would be shut out after that, with Buffalo holding the RailRiders to just two hits in the game and only managing five hits of their own. Buffalo won this game 2-0.

Anthony Santander- 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR

Alek Manoah- 4.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 5 BB, 4 K

Buffalo (2), Scranton/Wilkes Barre (10) - 9/19
Box Score

With only a few games left in the regular season for Buffalo, they looked to wrap up the year and give the fans some good games to watch. However, Friday would not be one of the good ones. Adam Kloffenstein was on the mound for the Bisons, and he got into trouble from the start. Jorbit Vivas and J.C. Escarra singled and then both came around to score on Spencer Jones’ two-RBI double to right field. Jonatan Clase provided some fireworks in the bottom half of the inning, with a lead-off inside the park home run to right field. From there, Kloffenstein settled in and made it the next three innings without surrendering a run. In the top of the fifth, the RailRiders got to Kloffenstein again, this time it was a big inning. Jose Rojas cranked a home run to right, scoring Escarra and then Jones chased him from the game with another double. Lazaro Estrada came in for Kloffenstein and did not fare any better, giving up an RBI single to the first batter he faced and then Bryan De La Cruz muscled up for a two-run home run with an exit velocity of 107.4 mph. Escarra added another run for the RailRiders in the sixth, on his RBI double that came screaming off the bat at 108.3 mph. Josh Kasevich got a ball up in the air for a sacrifice fly in the bottom half of the inning. Unfortunately for Buffalo, Vivas and Escarra each had RBI base knocks in the eighth, as the RailRiders steamrolled Buffalo 10-2. 

Jonatan Clase: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1 SB

Hayden Juenger: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day
Pitcher of the Period: RHP Alek Manoah (Buffalo): 4.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 5 BB, 4 K

Hitter of the Period: OF Jonatan Clase (Buffalo): 3-7, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1 2B, 1 SB

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