Blue Jays Minor League Recap: New Hampshire Closes the Season, Schneider and Stanifer Play Big for Buffalo

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (September 12-15)

Triple-A Buffalo Bisons
Series vs Charlotte Knights (Chicago White Sox): 2-3
Series vs Rochester Red Wings (Washington Nationals): 1-0
Season Record: 67-75

Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats 
Series vs Harrisburg Senators (Washington Nationals): 1-3
Season Record: 59-75

High-A Vancouver Canadians: Season Complete

Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays: Season Complete

FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete

DSL Blue Jays Blue: Season Complete

DSL Blue Jays Red: Season Complete

Triple-A Buffalo Bisons

• Season Record: 67-75
• Series vs Charlotte Knights (Chicago White Sox)

September 12, Game 1: To wrap up the Charlotte series, Buffalo was set to take them on in a doubleheader on Saturday. The Bisons sent Grant Rogers to the mound in game one, and the Knights had a field day with his pitching. Charlotte scored multiple runs in three of the first four innings; nine were charged to Rogers, eight of them earned. While it was a bad day for Buffalo pitching, their bats were almost as bad. The Bisons only had four hits in the game, and Davis Schneider had two of those. Schneider launched a solo home run in the third inning and a single in the sixth. Lenyn Sosa and Rhylan Thomas each also provided singles, but Buffalo couldn't get either runner across the plate. The Bisons had no shot in this game, as they fell 10-1 in the opener of what was supposed to be a doubleheader. 

September 12, Game 2: Cancelled 

September 13: No game

September 15: Buffalo kicked off the week Tuesday night with a game against the Rochester Red Wings. The Red Wings struck first with an RBI double by Cayden Wallace and an RBI from Riley Adams in the first inning. Shawn Ross and Daz Cameron answered with RBI singles in the bottom of the second inning, with Cameron's hit scoring three runs (aided by an error) and putting Buffalo up two. Jay Harry added a run in the fifth inning on a single to left, which would score Yohendrick Piñango. The Red Wings cut their deficit in half in the sixth inning with a run scoring on a single again. Cameron answered in the bottom of the inning, this time with a three-run double. Piñango added an RBI single to give Buffalo a 9-4 lead. After the Red Wings added a run on a single in the eighth inning, the game entered the ninth. Rochester scored three runs on a home run, walk, and a sacrifice fly. Then, Gage Stanifer entered with one out and the bases loaded. He struck out both batters he faced to earn the save and finish off the win for Buffalo. Buffalo won this one 9-8. 

Double-A New Hampshire

• Season Record: 59-74
• Series vs Harrisburg Senators (Washington Senators)

September 12: In what turned out to be the final game of the season for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Eli Willits and the Harrisburg Senators were taking center stage. In the third inning, Harrisburg got two runs on the board via an RBI single and a wild pitch. In the next inning, Kevin Bazzell launched a home run to give Harrisburg a three-run lead. Carter Cunningham and Tucker Toman erased much of that lead in the bottom of the inning, this time with RBI singles from each. The star hitters for Harrisburg then took over. Devin Fitz-Gerald and Willits crushed home runs in the next two innings, the big one being Willits’ three-run blast. Another home run would put Harrisburg up seven. Peyton Williams hit an RBI double in the eighth inning, which would turn out to be the last run for New Hampshire on the season. New Hampshire lost this one 9-3, ending their season. 

September 13: Cancelled

High-A Vancouver 

• Season Record: 64-66

Season Completed

Single-A Dunedin

• Season Record: 62-66

Season Completed

FCL Blue Jays

• Season Record: 38-20

Season Completed

DSL Blue Jays Blue

• Season Record: 20-35

Season Completed

DSL Blue Jays Red

• Season Record: 33-18
• Playoffs: 2-1

Season Completed

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