Blue Jays Minor League Recap: McAdoo and Piñango Carry Buffalo, Perez Homers, and Guzman Debuts in Dunedin

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (July 11-13)

Triple-A Buffalo Bisons
Series vs Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (New York Yankees): 2-4
Season Record: 44-49

Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats 
Series vs Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox): 3-3
Season Record: 44-41

High-A Vancouver Canadians
Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners): 3-3
Season Record: 37-50

Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays
Series vs Lakeland Flying Tigers (Detroit Tigers): 3-3
Season Record: 41-45

FCL Blue Jays
Week Record: 3-1
Season Record: 34-17

DSL Blue Jays Blue
Week Record: 2-3
Season Record: 13-18

DSL Blue Jays Red
Week Record: 3-2
Season Record: 15-15

Triple-A Buffalo Bisons

• Season Record: 44-49
• Series vs Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (New York Yankees)

July 11, Game 1: After dropping every game so far this week to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, Buffalo needed an offensive explosion with the bats to get back on track. They got the fireworks they needed from Charles McAdoo and Davis Schneider. Both Bisons hitters crushed solo home runs. McAdoo took Kyle Carr deep in the first inning, and Schneider took him deep in the fifth inning. In between the big bombs, C.J. Stubbs added a run on an RBI single to center field in the second inning. In the third, Yohendrick Piñango matched him with an RBI single to center, and Willie MacIver tacked on another run in the third on his RBI double to center. Simeon Woods Richardson was on the mound and got tagged for two solo home runs, one each by Spencer Jones and Kenedy Corona. Other than the two blasts, Woods Richardson pitched rather well. He kept off the scoreboard after that, just giving up the two runs. He only struck out two, though, pitching mostly to contact. Buffalo took the first doubleheader shortened game 5-2. 

July 11 Game 2: In the second game of the doubleheader Saturday, Jake Bloss had the mound and was dialed in. He didn't go deep into the game, only pitching four innings, but he only walked one, gave up just one unearned run, and just four hits. He, too, didn't get many swings and misses, or strikeouts, getting only two batters on strike three. While it wasn't an innings-eating game for Bloss, he did keep Buffalo in it long enough for the bats to finally break through and put enough runs on the scoreboard for the win. Yohendrick Piñango provided most of the offense for Buffalo. He scored on an error in the second inning, had a solo home run in the fourth, and drew a bases-loaded walk in the fifth inning. Lazaro Estrada and Conor Larkin combined to throw three scoreless innings in relief of Bloss, giving Buffalo the 3-1 win and a sweep of the doubleheader. 

July 12: In the final game of the week-long series against the RailRiders, Buffalo had their bats dialed in and loaded for doubles. Five different players had doubles for Buffalo, including Willie MacIver's RBI double in the second inning and Yohendrick Piñango's two-RBI double in the bottom of the ninth to send the game to extra innings. Brendon Little, who pitched the ninth and struck out three, got a groundout and walked a guy in the 10th. Tanner Andrews came in for Little and promptly gave up a three-run home run to Jonathan Ornelas. Down three, Buffalo tried their best in the bottom half of the inning to match the RailRiders. Davis Schneider led it off by being hit by a pitch, then Eloy Jiménez followed that up with a single to load the bases up. One run would score on a fielder’s choice, and Je'Von Ward would hit a ball to left field for a sacrifice fly, bringing the deficit down to just one. After Ismael Munguia grounded into a force out, Jay Harry hit a missile, 104.4 mph off the bat, to center field. Unfortunately for Buffalo, the ball fell short of the wall and into a RailRiders' glove, as the Bisons fell 8-7. 

Double-A New Hampshire

• Season Record: 44-41
• Series vs Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox)

July 11: It wasn't a fun day for New Hampshire pitchers on Saturday against Portland. Portland took a two-run lead in the first on an RBI single, but Dub Gleed brought things closer with an RBI triple in the second inning. The third and fourth innings saw two more runs for Portland on singles, before Hedbert Perez stopped the scoring drought for New Hampshire with a big home run to right field. Unfortunately, Portland kept hitting just about everything. They ended the day with 16 hits and added three more runs in the eighth inning. New Hampshire lost this one 8-3. 

July 12: Mason Olson was on the mound for the Sunday contest between New Hampshire and Portland. He set the tone for the game, going four innings, only allowing one run on five hits, and striking out four. With Olson shutting down the Sea Dogs' offense, the Fisher Cats were on full go with their bats. Eddie Micheletti Jr. started things off in the first inning with a two-run home run, his 13th on the season. In the third inning, newly promoted catcher Adam Hackenberg launched a solo home run. In the fourth, New Hampshire scored three times without getting a hit to score the run. They got a bases-loaded walk, a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch, and a sacrifice fly. They continued the barrage in the sixth inning. Carter Cunningham had an RBI single, Hackenberg a sacrifice fly, and Arjun Nimmala added an infield single driving in a run. New Hampshire would go on to win easily, 10-3. 

High-A Vancouver 

• Season Record: 37-50
• Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners)

July 11: It was another strong Johnny King start, but once again he was plagued by an early first-inning run and command issues as he walked four batters despite striking out seven. He pitched into the sixth inning after the Canadians grabbed the lead with a Jake Casey RBI groundout in the third, a Kendry Chirinos sac fly in the fourth, and a Tucker Toman double in the fifth, with King in line for the win. However, King couldn’t get out of the fifth as he gave up a run, and Reece Wissinger came in to replace him. Things did not go better for him as he gave up a three-run homer to put the Canadians down three. Another sac fly from Manuel Beltre inched it closer, and Peyton Williams came up big in the eighth inning, pinch-hitting for Chirinos with a two-RBI double to tie up the game. Beltre had another clutch RBI with a single, which ended up being the winning run as Wissinger settled down and got the win. 

July 12: The Canadians were once again comeback kids, as they fell early with Jack Nedrow’s ERA continuing to balloon with seven earned runs in the first four innings. Down seven runs, the Canadians did not give up at all, firing back with a four-run inning of their own, starting with a Jacob Sharp single to score the first run, then a Mathieu Vallee two-RBI double, before Kendry Chirinos drove in Vallee. Austin Marozas replaced Nedrow and gave up a homer to make it a four-run game again, but the Canadians loaded the bases in the fifth inning, with Vallee coming up and walking to bring it back to a three-run game. The pitching completely fell apart for the AquaSox in the seventh inning with the Canadians once again loading the bases, but this time they walked in not one, not two, not three, but four batters in the seventh inning, which led to the Canadians' win, as Jonathan Todd and Gilberto Batista were able to keep Everett from scoring in another comeback close win. 

Single-A Dunedin

• Season Record: 41-45
• Series vs Lakeland Flying Tigers (Detroit Tigers)

July 11, Game 1: This was a continuation of the suspended game from June 10, and Carson Messina pitched well, going 3.1 innings and allowing one run due to a Brock Tibbitts missed catch. Luis Fonseca replaced him and finished the fourth inning before the game was postponed due to rain until the next day. Bradley Wilson took the mound, then hit a batter, allowed a stolen base, then a single and a double to make it 2-0 for the Flying Tigers. The Jays loaded the bases in the sixth inning, but all they could get was a single run after Will Cresswell hit a single to score Jake Cook. The D-Jays tied it up in the seventh inning, with Dariel Ramon hitting a single that led to an error which allowed Tibbitts to score, and with the bases loaded once again the Jays capitalized with a Juan Sanchez 104.8 mph grand slam to blow the game open. Wilson gave up his second run of the game on a homer, but the Jays got that run back as well with a Jake Cook single that drove in Raimundo De Los Santos after he tripled. Diego Dominguez was able to get the last two outs after Wilson gave up a double in the ninth for a nice commanding win. 

Game 2: The Jays got a strong performance from Denis Samudio, who struck out nine batters in over five innings pitched, and the offense helped support him with a four-run inning in the second inning after loading the bases. Jake Cook walked to score the first run, then Blaine Bullard hit a bases-clearing double, although he was thrown out trying to get to third. Samudio gave up a single in the fourth, but cruised until the sixth inning, where he allowed a homer to Beau Ankeney, then allowed a hit before getting taken out of the game. Lluveres Severino allowed that runner to score after loading the bases himself, then hitting a batter. Severino allowed the tying run in the seventh inning after a fielding error by Raimundo De Los Santos, which sent the game to extras. The Tigers were able to get their ghost runner to score, advancing the runner twice with a lineout and a sac fly, but the Jays managed to tie it up with a passed ball before the manager and pitcher for the Tigers were ejected in the middle of the inning. Cook ended up being the walk-off hero as he hit a single for the winning run in a crazy ending to an extra-innings game.

July 12: After sweeping the doubleheader the day before, the Jays didn’t seem as sharp on this day. Blake Purnell gave up three runs in four innings, despite only two of them being earned, as a throwing error allowed another run to score. Blaine Bullard made his best effort to keep the Jays in the game, however, driving in three runs by himself with a sac fly in the bottom of the third inning, and after Hunter Dobbins scored in the fourth, Angel Guzman had his first RBI as a D-Jay in the fourth to make it 3-1. The Flying Tigers put up a four-spot in the fifth inning off of Purnell and Luis Victorino. Bullard hit his eighth homer of the season on a two-run homer in the eighth, but that was all she wrote for Dunedin, as they lost 4-2 to spoil Bullard’s night.

FCL Blue Jays

• Season Record: 34-17

July 11: It was a back-and-forth matchup between the FCL Blue Jays and the FCL Tigers on Saturday. The Blue Jays jumped out to a three-run lead in the first inning. Franklin Rojas hit an RBI single, followed by Denzer Guzman bringing in two runs on a single and an error. In the top of the second inning, the Tigers scored four, though. One on a bases-loaded walk, one on a wild pitch, and two on a single. Guzman responded by tying the game in the third on a line drive single to right field. Andres Arias brought in two runs on a double in the fourth and another run on a single in the sixth. The Blue Jays won 7-4. 

July 13: In the Monday rematch between the FCL Blue Jays and FCL Tigers, Jackson Jobe was on the mound for the Tigers in a rehab appearance. He went three innings and only allowed two hits. Once he came out, the game became closer. The Blue Jays scored four in the fourth inning. Two on a single and two on a stolen base and throwing error. The Tigers tied the game at four, and it remained there until the sixth inning, when Kennew Blanco tripled home the winning run. The Blue Jays won 5-4. 

DSL Blue Jays Blue

• Season Record: 13-18

July 11: Sunday was another good day on offense for BJB. They combined to have nine base hits, nine walks, and stole five bases, all resulting in seven runs. Juan Caricote led the way for BJB with the bat; he racked up four singles in his five at-bats, also knocking in two runs. The only other registered RBI came from Sebastian Casanova, while he also scored twice and had two hits. BJB scored four runs in the game that were not RBI, one scored in the second on a double steal of home and second, one scored in the fourth on a wild pitch, another scored on an error in the seventh, and the last scored in the eighth on a wild pitch. Despite BJB's lack of RBI base hits, they were up 6-3 in the bottom of the seventh, when the bullpen imploded and coughed up the lead and sent the game into extra innings. They again had the lead going into the bottom of the eighth. Here it was the bullpen that failed them. Orlando Marcelin gave up two runs, and BJB took the loss 8-7. 

July 13: Roberto Castellanos had himself a good game on the mound Monday. He worked a strong six innings, staying in command on the bump by just walking one, surrendering just three hits, and striking out five. He did get tagged for an RBI double in the fourth and a solo home run in the fifth. The two runs were all that he and BJB would give up in the game. While the pitching did their job, the hitting did not. Deret Gonzalez doubled home Randy Soto in the second; it was the only run BJR would score in the game. They only had five hits: Gonzalez added a single to his double, Sebastian Casanova had two singles, and Fabian Gonzalez also had a single. BJB lost this one in a lackluster game, 2-1. 

DSL Blue Jays Red

• Season Record: 15-15

July 11: After the first two innings, BJR was down 7-0, with Carlos Olivo being charged with all seven runs. BJR tried to make a comeback, scoring one in the fourth, when Darwin Núñez scored on a throwing error. In the fifth, Luis Nunez hit a ball to right field for a sacrifice fly. Darwin Núñez then doubled home Gabriel Porras, and Ayberson Ortega singled in Núñez. Unfortunately for BJR, it was the closest they would come, as their bullpen coughed up a few more runs. BJR dropped the game 10-4. 

July 13: Aneudi Severino and Gabriel Porras each had monster games at the plate for BJR on Monday. Severino led the way with a 3-for-4 day, scoring two runs, knocking in three, and hitting his fourth home run of the season. Porras didn't have as many hits, but he did more damage with his base knocks. He went 2-for-5, scored once, but knocked in six. Three of his RBI came from a ninth-inning three-run blast. He also had a two-RBI single in the seventh and an RBI groundout in the third. Pitching and fielding were terrible for BJR, though. They committed three errors, and their starter (Franiel Severino) gave up 10 runs (nine earned). Thanks to Porras’ ninth-inning home run, BJR still had a chance to win. Later in the ninth, Samuel Orellana singled home Severino and brought BJR to within one. Unfortunately, BJR stranded runners at first and second, following a pop-up, a strikeout, and a groundout. The game ended with BJR losing 12-11. 

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