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Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (September 5-6) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Worcester Red Sox (Boston Red Sox): 1-4 Season Record: 65-71 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Birmingham Rumble Ponies (New York Mets): 2-5 Season Record: 58-72 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Tri-City Dust Devils (Los Angeles Angels): 3-3 Season Record: 64-68 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Tampa Tarpons (New York Yankees): 2-4 Season Record: 62-66 FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Red: Season Complete Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 65-71 Series vs Worcester Red Sox (Boston Red Sox) September 5: Nick Goodwin came to play and then some for Buffalo on Saturday. Unfortunately for the Bisons, he was the only one. In his first at-bat of the day, Goodwin launched his first home run for Buffalo, a screaming line drive to left at 105 mph. In the sixth, it was again Goodwin at the center of the action for Buffalo; he ripped a 100 mph double to left and then scored on Yohendrick Piñango's single to center. The run gave Buffalo a 2-1 lead, as Bisons starting pitcher Richard Gallardo threw a quality start, surrendering just one run across his six innings of work. José Rodríguez replaced Gallardo for the seventh side and was in trouble for most of it. He gave up a single, stolen base, walk, and a wild pitch, but was able to escape the jam with a groundout to end the frame. Yondrei Rojas was next out of the bullpen for Buffalo, and he didn't have as much luck escaping things as Rodríguez did. A triple and sacrifice fly for Worcester tied the game at two, then a single and two-run home run gave the Red Sox the lead late in the game. The bottom of the ninth saw Buffalo come down to their final out, but they kept fighting, as Ismael Munguia singled to keep the comeback alive. Peyton Williams couldn't play hero, though; he struck out, ending the comeback attempt and the game. Buffalo lost 4-2 in a game they almost won, until a late bullpen blow-up cost them the win. September 6: In the finale of the week's series against Worcester, the bats were much more lively than on Saturday. Five players have at least two hits, with Ismael Munguia pacing the pack by tallying three base knocks. Jay Harry and Lenyn Sosa each had two hits, including long balls from each of them. While the bats were on point, the pitching for Buffalo was lacking. Grant Rogers had the mound to start the game for the Bisons and had another bad outing. He didn't make it out of the fourth inning and gave up 10 hits and seven runs (six earned). Harry's home run came in the first inning, a solo blast to right field. Buffalo then went silent, putting zero after zero on the scoreboard, despite having runners on base. Down 7-1 in the seventh, the Bisons finally started to collect the runs on the base paths. Sosa hit his two-run home run, Nick Goodwin singled home two, and then Munguia had the biggest hit of the game. With the bases loaded still in the seventh, Munguia flipped a line drive to right field, bringing home all three runs and giving Buffalo the 8-7 lead. Chad Dallas and Brendan Cellucci pitched scoreless innings to wrap up the game, as the Bisons got a little revenge with a late comeback win, 8-7. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 58-72 Series vs Birmingham Rumble Ponies (New York Mets) September 5: The Saturday game between New Hampshire and Binghamton was not one with much offense. New Hampshire only managed four hits, and Binghamton had three, but both teams made them count. Binghamton scored two runs in the first inning, as a double and fielding error allowed the runners to score. Jefferson Rojas then launched a home run in the fifth inning to give the Rumble Ponies a commanding 3-0 lead given the lack of hits in this one. In the sixth inning, New Hampshire finally broke through with a mammoth home run from Aaron Parker, his 19th on the season. New Hampshire wouldn't be able to mount a comeback, as they lost this one 3-1. September 6: The Sunday game between New Hampshire and Binghamton had a big back-and-forth feel for the game. Alexis Hernandez crushed an opposite-field home run in the third inning to open the scoring. In the fourth, Jacob Reimer hit a two-run single to flip the lead to Binghamton. In the seventh inning, the Rumble Ponies added four more, with the big hit coming from a Jefferson Rojas home run. Things remained that way until the ninth inning. Carter Cunningham started the comeback with a double that scored Dub Gleed. Tucker Toman and Edward Duran locked in two with RBI singles from each. Next up was Aaron Parker, who cleared the bases with a huge double, which flipped the lead back to New Hampshire and capped off their six-run inning. Kelena Sauer finished the ninth for his third save. Gage Stanifer earlier had struck out four in his inning due to a dropped third strike. New Hampshire won this one 7-6. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 64-68 Series vs Tri-City Dust Devils (Los Angeles Angels) September 5: The Canadians let this one slip away from them, as Ryan Sprock got them an early lead with a two-run homer in the first inning. Silvano Hechavarria had another excellent start at the end of the season, with a quality start, allowing only one earned run in six innings pitched. As soon as Hechavarria was taken out, the wheels fell off, as Colby Holcombe blew the lead in the seventh inning, giving up a couple of RBI hits to make it a one-run lead for Tri-City. Ryan Sprock did all he could to win this game for Vancouver, as he drove in his third run of the night to even it up. Bradley Wilson lost the game for the Canadians in the eighth, allowing three runs which the Canadians could not make up, as the final score was 6-3. September 6: This was the last game of the regular season before the Canadians went off to the playoffs. The starters for both teams didn’t allow a run, as Mississaugan Connor O’Halloran went four innings without a run scoring. The Dust Devils got five straight scoreless innings from starter Luke Schafer and reliever Yeferson Vargas. Unfortunately for the Canadians, Reece Fields had a tough fifth inning, allowing four hits and two walks to allow four runs. Ryan Sprock scored the first of two runs for the Canadians in the seventh on a sac fly to right, then in the ninth inning hit his sixth homer of the season, but Carson Myers also gave up two runs himself, making it end up as a four-run ballgame regardless, at 6-2. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 62-66 Series vs Tampa Tarpons (New York Yankees) September 5: Jared Spencer made his professional debut after getting sidelined for the majority of the season and part of his final college season with a shoulder issue. The lefty looked rusty, with a few ticks off of his fastball and some shaky command, only managing to get one out. Denis Samudio was excellent in relief, however, as the former Pirate prospect went five and a third innings, striking out seven batters without allowing a run, lowering his ERA with the Jays organization to 3.70. The offense started off with a bang, as the rehabbing RJ Schreck had a two-run homer in the first, then Jake Bennett followed with his seventh homer of the year at 408.7 mph with a 421 ft distance. Later on in the game, Aldo Gaxiola had homer number 18 on the year with a 450 ft blast at 107.2 mph, then Blaine Bullard hit an RBI double in the seventh to make it three runs. Gaxiola got his second RBI for some insurance, and the bullpen didn’t allow a run, making the final score 6-2 for the Jays. September 6: The Jays and Tarpons traded homers in the final game of the regular season. Paul Gutierrez-Contreras II homered against Edrwin Veras in the first inning, but Owen Carapellotti had his seventh homer of the season in the seventh to tie it up. Josh Rivera, who returned on rehab assignment, homered in the sixth inning to give the Jays a two-run lead, but Deiker Pineda allowed his only run of the game in the sixth inning with a homer to Yostin Pena to make it a one-run game. Josbel Garcia blew the save with a homer given up in the seventh to make it a tie, then took the loss with a double, which ended up being the final run. 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 View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (August 29-30) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Rochester Red Wings (Washington Nationals): 2-4 Season Record: 64-67 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies): 2-4 Season Record: 56-68 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies): 4-2 Season Record: 61-65 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Palm Beach Cardinals (St. Louis Cardinals): 4-2 Season Record: 60-62 FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Red: Season Complete Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 64-67 Series vs Rochester Red Wings (Washington Nationals) August 29: Saturday saw Buffalo ride some hot hitting bats to an early lead against the Rochester Red Wings. Josh Smith and Lenyn Sosa opened the game with singles, Sean Keys showed he can bunt and laid one down to move them over, then Davis Schneider made it pointless by blasting a three-run home run to left field. Buffalo racked up three more singles in the first inning, with the last by William Simoneit bringing home Nick Goodwin to give the Bisons a 4-0 lead. Maxwell Romero Jr. got Rochester on the board in the bottom of the third inning, he launched a moonshot at 40° for a solo home run. In the seventh, Munguia singled on a line drive to center and drove in Schneider for the fifth Buffalo run of the game. In the ninth, Buffalo got another insurance run, with Schneider scoring his third time of the game, this one on a Yohendrick Piñango double. The six runs were more than enough, as Buffalo got good pitching performances from everyone that went to the mound. Austin Marozas pitched 3.1, surrendering just one run. While Ricky Tiedemann made another appearance out of the bullpen, throwing 1.2 scoreless innings and struck out two. Buffalo won this one with ease after a strong first inning, 6-1. August 30: Grant Rogers got roughed up on Sunday against Rochester. Instead of Rogers’ normal near quality start with giving up a lot of hits and not getting many strikeouts, the Red Wings tagged him early in this one. Rochester was able to get to Rogers with two home runs and a number of hits across the 3.2 innings he pitched. Despite the pitching falling on their swords, Buffalo's bats stepped up and fought to make a comeback back. In the first two innings of the game, the Bisons got a solo home run from Sean Keys and an RBI single by C.J. Stubbs that scored Lenyn Sosa. In the fourth, following Rochester's big innings against Rogers, Peyton Williams hit his third home run of the season for Buffalo, a solo blast to right center. Rochester added home runs in the bottom of the fourth and fifth, extending their lead at that point to 8-3. The Bisons had a huge inning in the sixth, Sosa had an RBI double that scored Davis Schneider, Nick Goodwin plated two on a double to center, and Keys played one a double of his own. Buffalo trimmed the lead down to one, but then Rochester answered back with another solo home run in the bottom of the sixth. In the last three frames of the game, Buffalo only got a couple of walks, never threatening to score. They fell to Rochester 9-7. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 56-68 Series vs Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies) August 29: Nolan Perry was the starting pitcher on Saturday for the game between New Hampshire and Hartford. Perry was excellent getting strikeouts, racking up seven of them, but he still had some command issues. He walked two batters and gave up four hits and two runs in four innings. The runs came on a Jimmy Oberton single in the second inning, following a walk, single, and stolen base. Eric Snow had an RBI groundout in the third for New Hampshire and Edward Duran tied the game with a home run in the fourth inning. In the fifth and sixth innings, Hartford added two runs with the big hit being a Jack O'Dowd home run. Gage Stanifer took over in the seventh inning and struck out six batters over two frames. He did allow a run in the seventh on a weak groundball single to right field. Cutter Coffey brought New Hampshire closer in the eighth inning, with a two-run double. Hartford added an RBI single in the ninth to add to their lead. New Hampshire lost this one 6-4. New Hampshire struck out 20 batters in the game, a franchise record for the Fisher Cats. August 30: In the Sunday finale between Hartford and New Hampshire, the Fisher got a quality start from Austin Cates who started the game. He went six innings, allowed three hits, surrendered two walks, gave up two runs, and struck out four. The two runs came in the third inning on a Jared Thomas home run. In the seventh inning, an error allowed Hartford to stretch the lead to three runs. In the bottom of the inning, Carter Cunningham launched a home run to right field. Hartford would then add three runs on a balk, sacrifice fly, and a bases-loaded walk. Cutter Coffey tripled home a run in the ninth inning, but it wasn't enough. New Hampshire lost this game 6-2, continuing a woeful August. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 61-65 Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies) August 29: Landen Maroudis was cruising through the first two innings, getting the first six batters he faced out, but faced a ton of trouble in the third inning, giving up three straight singles and a walk, but luckily Ryan Sprock caught a runner stealing second which kept the score tied 0 to 0. Maroudis got the second out of the inning with the bases loaded with a big strikeout but walked in the next batter, allowing the floodgates to come loose. Tanner Thatch hit a two-RBI single, then Robert Calaz had another RBI single to make it a four run inning for Spokane. Colby Holcombe had to replace Maroudis to end the inning, but more runs came in the fourth, as Holcombe gave up a lead off homer, then another walk hurt the Canadians which ended up coming around to score on a single. Down six to nothing, the Canadians fought back a little, with Jake Casey hitting a two-run shot in the sixth, and Daumery Pena had his first homer as a Canadian to reduce the lead to three, but that was too little too late. August 30: The home regular season finale kicked off with the team singing the national anthem, which proved to have been of benefit. Silvano Hechavarria ended the season strong in a rough season overall as he gave up only two earned runs in his last 10 and two-thirds inning pitched. A throwing error made it so that the Canadians were down three to nothing in the fourth, but Ryan Sprock hit a solo shot in the fourth to break the shutout. Maddox Latta had one himself in the fifth inning to make it a one run lead, and Rake Casey did it again with a two-run double to come from behind, which ended up being the winning runs, to take sole first place in the second half of the Northwest League standings. This brings their magic number to just three to clinch a playoff spot with six games remaining. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 60-62 Series vs Palm Beach Cardinals (St. Louis Cardinals) August 29: Postponed August 30, Game 1: Josh Winckowski started this game as an opener, as the righty is still working his way back from an injury. He pitched one and two-thirds scoreless innings. The Jays got out to an early lead, Raimundo De Los Santos walking with the bases loaded, then Jake Cook hitting a clutch single that scored two runners thanks to a throwing error by the shortstop. Denis Samudio replaced Wincowski in the second and pitched three innings and a third with six Ks, but faced some traffic in the sixth inning, allowing three earned runs to make it a tie game. Cook had his second RBI of the game in the bottom of the sixth however, which ended up being the winning run as Landon waters got the win with two scoreless innings. August 30, Game 2: Jack Nedrow was the starter again and went into the fifth inning, with four strikeouts on the night. The Jays ran away with this one early, as they tacked on seven runs against Cardinals starter Jefferson Moran, capped off by an Aldo Gaxiola grand slam. Jake Bennett had his fifth homer of the season with an inside-the-parker to make it eight to nothing. Nedrow gave up a few hits in the fifth inning to allow the Cardinals to score three runs, but good pitching from the bullpen kept it a dominant win to sweep the doubleheader, 8-3. 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 View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (August 22-24) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies): 2-3 Season Record: 62-63 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Erie SeaWolves (Detroit Tigers): 2-4 Season Record: 54-64 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants): 3-3 Season Record: 57-63 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Clearwater Threshers (Philadelphia Phillies): 4-2 Season Record: 56-60 FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 0-1 (Season Complete) Season Record: 20-35 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 2-1 (Season Complete) Season Record: 34-18 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 62-63 Series vs Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies) August 23: After a rainout on Saturday, Buffalo had an offensive explosion on Sunday. Five of the nine batters in the starting lineup had multiple hits, including Sean Keys, who continued to display his skills as he pushes for a promotion back to the big leagues. For the game, Keys went 4-for-5, with four singles, two RBI, and two runs scored. C.J. Stubbs launched his eighth home run of the season, a two-run blast in the second inning; it had an exit velocity of 108.1 mph and went 402 feet to center. Rudy Martin Jr. followed the Stubbs long ball with one of his own, a solo shot to center. In the third, it was Peyton Williams who continued to stay hot after his promotion to Triple A, ripping an RBI single to center that scored Keys and increased the Buffalo lead to 5-2. In the fourth, Jay Harry and Keys added to the lead with RBI singles, and Yohendrick Piñango provided a two-RBI single to break the game open for Buffalo. Williams would cap off the scoring with another RBI single in the sixth. Ricky Tiedemann pitched out of the bullpen, throwing just one inning, but did walk two before he escaped the self-made jam. Buffalo cruised to a 10-2 win. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 54-64 Series vs Erie SeaWolves (Detroit Tigers) August 22: It was a rough day on Saturday for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats against the Erie SeaWolves. Jackson Wentworth got the start for the Fisher Cats and was hit around early and often. He gave up runs in the first and second innings on solo home runs. In the fifth and sixth innings, Erie launched two more home runs to take command of the game for good. Peyton Graham hit his second home run of the game. On the offensive side, Alexis Hernandez had a double, and Aaron Parker added a single in the game. Those two hits were all the team could get out of the Erie pitchers. Kenny Serwa shut them down over seven innings himself. New Hampshire lost this one 7-0. August 23: Nolan Perry got the start in the Sunday game between New Hampshire and Erie. It was a rough day for Perry, who pitched 3.2 innings but gave up four hits and three runs. The damage was done by giving up two home runs in the second and fourth innings. Down by three, Dub Gleed launched his 10th Double-A home run in the sixth inning, a solo shot to put New Hampshire in the scoring column. A passed ball later in the inning scored Alexis Hernandez. Erie would push out in front with a two-run single and an RBI groundout in the eighth inning. Cutter Coffey brought in the last Fisher Cats run in the ninth inning on a sacrifice fly. New Hampshire lost this one 6-3. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 57-63 Series vs Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants) August 22: The Canadians threatened early, and with runners at the corners, Ryan Sprock hit a sac fly to make it a 1-0 ballgame. Troy Guthrie once again took the mound and gave five innings of work, tying his season high of eight strikeouts and allowing two runs to score. The Canadians had a big third inning to take the lead for good, as Maddox Latta broke the tie with an RBI single, then Max Viera hit yet another grand slam to make it five runs scored that inning. The Canadians added another run as Latta hit his eighth homer of the season, and despite Gilberto Batista giving up a homer of his own, the Canadians were able to win handily, 9-3. August 23: The game remained even as both starters went into the sixth inning without allowing a run. Landen Maroudis went into the sixth inning for the second time this season before getting taken out for Reece Wissinger, who ended up allowing four earned runs. The Canadians were down five runs, and although Gable Mitchell and David Calabrese both hit homers in the ninth inning, they could not fully catch up, as they lost 6-4. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 56-60 Series vs Clearwater Threshers (Philadelphia Phillies) August 22: Red-hot Jake Cook started this game with his fifth homer of the year. Ryan Cooney drove in a run on a single that inning to make it a two-run lead. Brandon Barriera continued his scoreless streak, as he went four innings without allowing a single run to make it 13 ⅓ innings without allowing a run. That earned him a promotion to Vancouver. Raimundo De Los Santos knocked in two runs in two innings to make it a four-run lead, but the rehabbing Joe Mantiply gave up five runs and four hits in the fifth inning. Jake Bennett continued to hit for power, as he hit his first triple of the season to take the lead right back in the sixth, then Cooney had his second RBI of the night with a sac fly for some insurance. Aldo Gaxiola had homer number 14 on the season to make it a three-run game, and De Los Santos had his third RBI to make it nine runs scored for Dunedin. Brayden Heidel struck out four despite walking four in nearly three innings to keep the Threshers from scoring, and Reese Bassinger got the save as the Jays won 9-6. August 23: Cancelled 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) August 22: Saturday was the final game of the DSL playoff pool play, with BJR starting the day 2-0 in their prior games. It would be a pitchers' duel for much of the game. BJR got quality performances from Abrahan Diaz and Cristhian Espinosa, who combined to throw 5.2 scoreless innings. The Royals Fortuna (ROF) team took the lead in the bottom seventh with an RBI single, but BJR answered right back with a sacrifice fly by Frelian Flores in the top half of the eighth. ROF answered with a sacrifice fly of their own in the bottom of the eighth inning. Down one with one out in the ninth, Gabriel Porras tripled, then Samuel Orellana singled to left and tied the game. Later in the inning, Elian Reyes singled, scoring Orellana, but Darwin Nuñez was thrown out on a play at the plate. BJR went into the bottom of the ninth with a one-run lead. After the first two batters for ROF walked, Jaider Suarez laid down a sacrifice bunt, but BJR catcher Diego Arce made an errant throw to first base, allowing both runners to score. BJR lost 4-3 on the walk-off error. To pour salt on the fresh wound, BJR finished pool play 2-1, tying ROF. Unfortunately for BJR, the tiebreaker to move on was the head-to-head matchup (which they just lost on the error). As a result of the tiebreaker, BJR was eliminated from the playoffs, and their season ended in heartbreaking fashion. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (August 15-17) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Worcester Red Sox (Boston Red Sox): 4-2 Season Record: 60-60 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees): 1-5 Season Record: 52-60 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Tri-City Dust Devils (Los Angeles Angels): 5-1 Season Record: 54-60 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Tampa Tarpons (New York Yankees): 2-4 Season Record: 52-58 FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 1-4 Season Record: 19-35 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 5-0 Season Record: 33-18 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 60-60 Series vs Worcester Red Sox (Boston Red Sox) August 15: Buffalo had what amounted to a bullpen day on Saturday against Worcester. Richard Gallardo, Austin Marozas, and Beau Phillip all threw 1.2 innings, while Sam Gardner had the high mark in innings for Buffalo at 2.2. Gallardo struggled, to say the least, coughing up six hits and two walks, all leading to four runs in his short outing. Gardner was near perfection, he recorded eight outs on the day, five from strikeouts, and didn't allow a hit or walk. While the pitching was up and down, the hitting had similar stretches, scoring three in the second inning before going silent until late in the game. In the second, it was two missiles for home runs that provided the scoring, a solo blast from Peyton Williams to right and a two-run shot from C.J. Stubbs also to right field. Buffalo would be relatively quiet until the seventh, when Sean Keys roped a ball to right field, joining the duo with home runs on the day, his was of the two-run variety and gave Buffalo a 5-4 lead. It was looking good for the Bisons, until Chad Dallas surrendered the tying run in the eighth inning, sending the game into extra innings. In the top of the tenth, Buffalo started off with a single by Yohendrick Piñango and Nick Goodwin was hit by a pitch. Ismael Munguia then doubled to center, scoring Keys and Piñango, but Goodwin was thrown out at home. Williams and Stubbs would strike out and end the inning, stranding Munguia on the bases. It was more than enough of a lead for Buffalo, as Devereaux Harrison struck out two in a clean frame to give the Bisons the 7-5 win. August 16: Spencer Arrighetti made a second rehab start for Buffalo on Sunday, and it had some ups and downs with it. Arrighetti looked great in the bottom of the first inning, striking out two, as he worked a perfect frame. The second inning was also perfect, two flyouts and a lineout, keeping Arrighetti facing the minimum through two. Two pop ups, and a groundout in the third saw Arrighetti remain perfect through nine batters. It was the bottom of the fourth that tripped up Arrighetti; a single and two-run home run by Mikey Romeo would get Worcester on the scoreboard. Arrighetti would not make it out of the frame, giving up a single and a walk, before turning it over to the bullpen. When he left the game, Buffalo's bats had already put the Bisons on cruise control, scoring nine runs in the first four innings. Carlos Mendoza had a massive game at the plate for Buffalo, collecting four hits, including a two-run home run in the second, a two-RBI double in the third, and adding two more doubles for a total of three on the day. Davis Schneider capped off the scoring for Buffalo, with a three-run blast in the fourth, his sixth for the Bisons. Buffalo cruised to a 9-6 win. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 52-60 Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees) August 15: For the Saturday matchup between New Hampshire and Somerset, we got to see the Double-A debut of Johnny King. There was both the really good and some bad, as his command was a bit of a wild card on the day. In the first inning, a walk and a double scored a run for Somerset and were followed by another walk. In the second inning, King got his second and third strikeouts, but then allowed a single and a walk before finishing the inning. In the third inning, King walked the first two batters and then got three outs on a groundout, sacrifice fly, and pop up. The next inning, Carter Cunningham drove in a run to cut the lead in half for New Hampshire. In the bottom of the fourth, King had a clean inning with two more strikeouts and a groundout. For the day, King went four innings, allowed just two hits, but walked five, and struck out five. In the sixth, a home run and an RBI single gave Somerset the four-run lead. Daniel Guerra came in to pitch the seventh inning and was masterful. Hitting 99 mph on his way to striking out three batters and allowing a walk. New Hampshire lost this one 5-1. August 16: Things went better on Sunday for New Hampshire against Somerset. The Fisher Cats started with the lead in this one in the second inning. A run scored on a throwing error, and a second run came in via an Alexis Hernandez RBI groundout. In the fourth and sixth innings, Victor Arias added an RBI double and Hedbert Perez did the same. Tucker Toman would score later on a fielding error. Jackson Wentworth went five innings for New Hampshire and only allowed three hits and one run. He only struck out one as well. New Hampshire finished this one strong, as they ended up winning 7-1. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 54-60 Series vs Tri-City Dust Devils (Los Angeles Angels) August 15: The Jays love dipping their toes in Indy Ball, and Max Viera is another success story. The infielder spent the majority of the season with the FCL Blue Jays, but was promoted to the Canadians after the draft, and once again performed on offense, hitting a double in the second inning to put a runner on second and third, then scoring the first run after Jaxson West drove him in on a sac fly. Dasan Hill made his debut at Nat Bailey, and he looked great, not allowing a single walk and striking out three over four innings, only allowing a single unearned run after a JoJo Parker throwing error. The Canadians added to the lead when Maddox Latta hit a homer, and Viera helped add some insurance runs after hitting a triple and scoring in the sixth. Holden Wilkerson took the win after five strong innings in relief, allowing two runs as the Canadians won 5 to 3. August 16: Troy Guthrie was once again the starter for Vancouver, and he went five innings once again for the fifth time in six starts since getting promoted. The Canadians took the lead in the second after loading the bases, but could only score one run on a Jean Joseph sac fly. The Dust Devils were able to tie it in the fifth inning off of Guthrie, who left in line for a no-decision. Franly Urena gave up a homer to Ryan Nicholson which also gave up the lead, but once again Max Viera hit a triple to start the rally for the Canadians, as Dariel Ramon drove him in on a sac fly to tie it up, then in the eighth inning, Viera drove in two more runs with his third triple in two games, which ended up being the winning runs. The 25-year-old infielder now has a 1.412 OPS in Vancouver. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 52-58 Series vs Tampa Tarpons (New York Yankees) August 15: The Tarpons blasted 4 homers against the D-Jays, as it was a non-competitive blowout. Denis Samudio had his worst start with the Jays organisation, walking three batters and allowing four runs in under three innings of work. The bullpen was not better, as each pitcher gave up a homer and the bullpen gave up 10 runs and 11 hits after Samudio was taken out. The Jays were able to score seven runs, including Jake Cook’s third homer of the season, but it was still an insurmountable lead, as they lost 14-7. August 16: What started out well with Brandon Barriera once again having a good start, going three scoreless innings and striking out five batters, quickly turned into a disaster. Jake Bennett and Dean West both had RBI hits in the second inning, but once Brayden Heidel replaced Barriera, things took a turn for the worse. Heidel was unable to get a single out, giving up eight runs with three walks and six hits, ballooning his ERA to 8.23. Josbel Garcia gave up no earned runs replacing him, but fielding errors led to three earned runs scoring. The Jays were able to claw some runs back with a couple of homers from Aldo Gaxiola and Owen Carapellotti, as well as a Jake Cook RBI single, but the seventh inning was another big inning for the Tarpons, as Isaac Williams and Dax Dathe gave up six runs, making it impossible to come back without a miracle, which eventually led to an 18 to 8 defeat for Dunedin. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 19-35 August 15: BJB scored five runs on the backs of a clogged base path for much of the game on Saturday. They had nine hits and seven walks in the seven-inning game. Eiker Lothar had three of the hits, two singles and a double, while Randy Soto provided some fireworks with his first home run of the season. Cristopher Polanco added two runs to the scoreboard in the fourth, with a two-RBI single on a ground ball to center. Michael Mesa walked with the bases loaded in the sixth and brought home Lothar. Then Soto's solo blast in the seventh capped off BJB's scoring. The five runs were just not enough against a Yankees Bombers squad that scored six in the top of the first inning and eased their way to a 7-5 win. August 17: Juan Caricote led the way for BJB against the White Sox DSL team on Monday. Caricote had an RBI double in the first, a solo home run in the third, and an RBI single in the fourth. He ended the day just a triple shy of hitting for the cycle and added three RBI and two runs scored. Michael Mesa had an RBI double in the first inning, matching Caricote. With a 5-0 lead after the fourth inning, BJB pitching kept giving up runs until the game was tied and went into extra innings. BJB got two runs in the top of the eighth, on Cristopher Polanco's two-RBI single, providing BJB enough of a lead to get a win 7-6. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 33-18 August 15: BJR had the bats dialed in on Saturday against the White Sox DSL team, collecting nine hits and walking 11 times on their way to scoring 11 runs. Alex Linares had the only extra-base hit, a double in the second inning. Jose Gori had an RBI single in the first and a two-RBI single in the fifth. Frelian Flores also had a two-RBI single in the fifth. With the game tied up at eight, the game headed into extra innings, where BJR took a lead they wouldn't surrender. Flores scored on a wild pitch, Samuel Orellana was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, and Aneudi Severino knocked in one on a single to center. While the bats were hot, the pitching was hit or miss. Carlos Olivo and Juan Ramirez each struck out five in 2.1 innings of work, but BJB coughed up eight runs (five earned) on the day. BJR was able to hold on for the win, 11-8 in ten innings. August 17: As good of an offensive game BJR had on Saturday, Monday was the exact opposite, just three hits and no walks on the day. Darwin Nuñez hit a solo home run in the second inning to left field; the blast was his third of the season. In the fifth, Ayberson Ortega hit a ball to center for a sacrifice fly, giving BJR a 2-1 lead. The pitching for BJR was great. Franiel Severino, Adrian Moreta, and Jose Melo combined to give up just one run on seven hits, while walking just five. BJR won 2-1. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (August 8-10) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Norfolk Tides (Baltimore Orioles): 4-2 Season Record: 56-58 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox): 3-3 Season Record: 51-55 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners): 4-2 Season Record: 49-59 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Lakeland Flying Tigers (Detroit Tigers): 3-2 Season Record: 50-54 FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 0-5 Season Record: 18-31 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 3-1 Season Record: 29-18 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 56-58 Series vs Norfolk Tides (Baltimore Orioles) August 8: Saturday was a big-time power surge for the Bisons, and they needed all of it and then some. Josh Rivera and William Simoneit started the scoring for Buffalo in the bottom of the second inning, each getting an RBI on singles to center. Later in the frame, Daz Cameron added an RBI on a groundout and gave Buffalo the 3-2 lead. After Norfolk tied the game in the top of the fifth, Yohendrick Piñango blasted his sixth home run of the season for Buffalo, a solo shot to right. Buffalo wouldn't stop there in the inning, getting a timely blast from Willie MacIver for a grand slam. With a bullpen day fully in effect, Norfolk slowly trimmed the Buffalo lead and tied it back up in the top of the eighth. Nearing the end of the game, Charles McAdoo came up clutch and rocketed a ball 103.8 mph that traveled 425 feet over the center field fence for a two-run home run. Buffalo won the game 10-8 on the backs of a trio of long balls. August 9: CJ Van Eyk had the mound for Buffalo on Sunday, and he did a really good job of keeping the Bisons' bats close and in the game. Van Eyk threw 4.1 innings and allowed just one run, while scattering three hits and four walks. While the pitching was strong in this game, the bats stayed hot, with Josh Kasevich starting the scoring on a fly out to right field for a sacrifice fly in the third. Carlos Mendoza gave Buffalo the lead back in the fourth, when he singled to left and brought home William Simoneit. After a Rece Hinds two-run double off of Sam Gardner in the seventh, Buffalo trailed 3-2 headed into the bottom half of the inning. Simoneit came through and tied the game up with an RBI single on a line drive to left. Later in the inning, Daz Cameron opened the game up for Buffalo with their second grand slam of the weekend, a big blast to left. Up five in the eighth, Charles McAdoo added a solo home run, his fourth blast in as many games, putting the game out of reach for Norfolk. Buffalo won going away late, 9-3. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 51-55 Series vs Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox) August 8: The Saturday game between New Hampshire and Portland was a great one all around for the Fisher Cats. Danny Thompson Jr. had another great game on the mound for New Hampshire. He went six innings, didn't allow a run, surrendered five hits, struck out seven, and didn't issue a walk. While he was locking down the Portland offense, the bats for the Fisher Cats went wild. The third inning saw two runs come home on a groundout and a Dub Gleed RBI single. In the fifth inning, Aaron Parker launched a grand slam to center field. Tucker Toman hit his first Double-A homer in the sixth inning, then Victor Arias capped off things in the eighth with a grand slam of his own. New Hampshire won this one 14-0. August 9: The Sunday finale between New Hampshire and Portland didn't go as well as Saturday's game. Mason White homered in the second inning to give Portland the early lead. Eric Snow responded in the bottom of the inning with an RBI single. Will Turner hit a three-run homer in a four-run inning for Portland in the third. Carter Cunningham answered for New Hampshire with a solo shot in the next half inning, but things kept going south. White would hit another home run, a three-run shot for Portland. Victor Arias continued a hot stretch with a home run in the bottom of the fifth, but the bats went cold from there. New Hampshire lost this one 9-6. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 49-59 Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners) August 8: Ty Southisene showed off his wheels with a leadoff triple to start off this game, and Jake Casey drove him in with a two-run homer to start it off for a high-scoring affair. Johnny King was effective for the first two innings, striking out four batters without allowing a run, but it fell apart in the third inning. After getting two quick outs, he also walked two batters, which hurt him immediately as he gave up a three-run shot to Brandon Eike to lose the lead. Austin Smith had his second homer as a Canadian to even it up right after, and Bryce Chance and Southisene both tacked on a run with an RBI single. King’s struggles were exacerbated by some poor defense from Ryan Sprock as well as shaky command, as after King allowed a single, Sprock gave up two passed balls to allow the runner to get to third. King then gave up a hit which brought the game within one. The next batter reached on a fielder’s choice as Raimundo De Los Santos committed an error, then King walked another batter and got taken out. Reece Wissinger was able to get two outs, which allowed all three inherited runners to score, losing the lead once again. The extra base hits kept coming for Vancouver as Maddox Latta had a homer, then Chance had an RBI double to tie it up, and Peyton Williams gave the Canadians the lead for good with a three-run homer. Chance had his third RBI for an insurance run in the seventh, and the bullpen managed to give up only one run to win it 11-8. August 9: Ty Southisene has some first-inning magic, as he once again had an extra-base hit as the leadoff hitter of the game, this time with his first homer ever as a professional baseball player, going deep to dead center. Dasan Hill was the starter for Vancouver in his debut in the Blue Jays organization, and he struggled with his command, walking two batters and allowing two runs, but he showed off his strikeout stuff, striking out three batters over two innings. Holden Wilkerson replaced Hill, and he went five strong innings with five Ks and only one earned run given up. The Canadians were able to take the lead back after Gable Mitchell walked, then Austin Smith hit a double, and both were driven in by Edward Duran with a two-RBI double. Peyton Williams hit his second homer in two days to add to the lead, which helped as the AquaSox mustered up a run in the seventh to make it a one-run game. The Canadians were able to take advantage of some poor defense in the eighth inning, as after Jack White walked the bases loaded, Bryce Chance hit a grounder to the shortstop in what looked like a double play ball, but the shortstop flipped the ball to the second baseman, who ended up dropping the ball, allowing a run to score with no outs being recorded. Southisene got hit by a pitch, which drove in another run, then Jake Casey hit a two-RBI double, and Williams capped off the inning with an RBI single, which made it 9-3. That ended up being the final score. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 50-54 Series vs Lakeland Flying Tigers (Detroit Tigers) August 8: Postponed August 9: It was a low-scoring affair for both teams, as Denis Samudio had his best game, getting his first quality start, going six innings, allowing only a single run, while striking out five batters. The Flying Tigers had a bullpen day, with six pitchers covering the nine innings. Aldo Gaxiola was the first to drive in a run with a sac fly in the second inning against Kelvis Salcedo. Samudio gave up a run in the bottom of the fifth on a single to Anibal Salas, which evened the game up. Jake Bennett came up to the plate with a runner on third and drove in the go-ahead run with a 105.9 mph double, which ended up being the winning run. Jack Nedrow, Isaac Williams, and Dax Dathe then all pitched scoreless innings to clinch the win, a 2-1 victory for the D-Jays. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 18-31 August 8: BJB had a terrible go at it on Saturday down on the island. They only managed to get one hit in the game, an RBI double by Yariel Cordero that scored Deret Gonzalez. Even the free passes were hard to come by, as they only had three of them, one each by Juan Caricote, Gonzalez, and Juarlin Soto. It wasn't the same for the Tigers 2 team, as they collected eight walks, four hits, and scored eight runs. BJB lost big, 8-1, in a game where the bats didn't show up and the pitching was lackluster at best. August 10: BJB got even fewer free passes on Monday, but the hits were there and then some. In a hole already in the second inning, BJB got an RBI double from Eiker Lothar, an RBI sacrifice fly by Fabian Gonzalez, and an RBI single by Cristopher Polanco. Isay Veras added to the BJB lead in the fifth with his third home run of the season, a solo blast to right. With a 4-3 lead headed into the final inning, BJB saw their lead crumble, as they fell into a massive hole. Their bullpen surrendered six runs in the top of the seventh, and they only got an RBI double by Michael Mesa in the bottom half of the inning. BJB lost 9-5 in a game they led by one heading into the final inning. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 29-18 August 8: BJR had their bats going all game on Saturday, 14 total hits on the day, including five players with two base knocks. Diego Arce launched his third home run of the season in the second inning. Luis Nunez had a two-RBI single in the third that scored Aneudi Severino and Samuel Orellana. The Tigers 1 team would claw back and cut the BJR lead to one heading into the bottom of the sixth. In the bottom of the sixth, Darwin Nuñez doubled home two runs, and Luis Nunez knocked in one on his RBI single. Abrahan Diaz was the best pitcher on the mound for BJR, throwing three scoreless innings and striking out six, while allowing just two hits. BJR won going away late, 10-6. August 10: Monday was more of the same for BJR; nine more hits and nine walks fueled the offense. Elaineiker Coronado, Gabriel Porras, and Samuel Orellana all had two hits in the game, and Coronado had the most highlights, as he tripled in two runs in the second inning and doubled to start the fifth. BJR went on an RBI double spree, with three of them across the fifth and sixth innings. Darwin Nuñez doubled in a run in the fifth, then in the sixth Porras notched two runs on his double and Orellana brought in one on his double to center. BJR’s pitching was not up to par in this game, as they trailed 9-7 in the top of the seventh. Aneudi Severino tried to fuel a comeback, bringing home a run on a line drive single to center. It wasn’t meant to be, though, as BJR failed to score any more runs in the frame and fell 9-8. 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Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (August 1-3) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies): 3-3 Season Record: 52-56 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies): 2-4 Season Record: 48-52 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies): 3-3 Season Record: 45-57 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs St. Lucie Mets (New York Mets): 3-2 Season Record: 47-52 FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 1-3 Season Record: 18-26 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 4-0 Season Record: 26-17 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 52-56 Series vs Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies) August 1: Simeon Woods Richardson had the mound on Saturday for Buffalo, as they took on Lehigh Valley and Alan Rangel. While the two starting pitchers were in the game, it was a complete pitchers' duel. The only thing that would break up the string of zeros on the scoreboard would be an error that left open the doors for Buffalo to score a run when Charles McAdoo scampered home from third base on a wild pitch. Woods Richardson ended his outing by going 5.1 innings, giving up just three hits, only one walk, and striking out seven. Javen Coleman would be the man Buffalo turned to pitch the bottom of the eighth inning, up 1-0. The game was all tied up after the first batter Coleman faced, as he gave up a solo home run to Kameron Misner. After Coleman proceeded to load the bases, Pat Gallagher relieved him and wasn't much better. Gallagher gave up RBI singles to the first two batters he faced and then a sacrifice fly, putting Buffalo into a 4-1 hole. The Bisons didn't have a lot of time to make a comeback, just the top of the ninth. Daz Cameron would get a single, but that would be all, as Buffalo fell 4-1 in a game they only managed four hits. August 2: It was a bullpen game for Buffalo on Sunday, with Jack Nedrow up from High-A Vancouver starting on the mound. Nedrow worked around a triple in the first inning to make it out of that frame with a zero still up on the scoreboard. Unfortunately for Buffalo, his troubles put them in a hole in the second inning. A two-RBI double and an RBI single created a three-run deficit for Buffalo. In the fourth, Sean Keys cut into the Lehigh Valley lead with an RBI double that scored Ismael Munguia. Daz Cameron followed that up with a big two-run home run, tying the game up at three. Still in the fourth, CJ Stubbs launched a home run of his own, a solo blast to right, 103.4 mph off the bat. Cameron had himself a game, providing more scoring for Buffalo in the fifth, getting a two-RBI double to center to knock in Nick Goodwin and Munguia. In the sixth, the Bisons extended their lead on a Keys sacrifice fly and when Josh Kasevich scored from third base on a wild pitch. Buffalo's bullpen was on top of its game, shutting down Lehigh Valley the rest of the way, with the exception of two unearned runs that crossed the plate. Tanner Andrews pitched a perfect eighth and ninth to get the save and the win for the Bisons, 8-5. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 48-52 Series vs Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies) August 1: Saturday was a new day for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, but the woes continued. Danny Thompson Jr. was on the mound for New Hampshire and had himself a pretty great game. He pitched a quality start, going six innings, allowing five hits, giving up just one run, and striking out seven. Probably the best part of the day for him was that he didn't issue a walk. Alex Amalfi came in and gave up three runs, which was a rough task for the Fisher Cats once again. New Hampshire only managed two runs on nine hits. Aaron Parker singled in a run in the sixth inning, and Cade Doughty did the same in the seventh. New Hampshire fell in this one 4-2. Arjun Nimmala was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk. August 2: Things were looking up for New Hampshire on Sunday in the week finale against Hartford. Jackson Wentworth threw a quality start, continuing a good run for the Fisher Cats’ starting pitchers. He went six innings and didn't allow a run. The offense had his back this time. In the first inning, Victor Arias drove in a run with a single, and then he hit a three-run home run in the third inning. Dub Gleed finished off the scoring with a two-run double to left field in the eighth inning. In his final game with the Blue Jays organization, Arjun Nimmala went 1-for-4, with a single and a walk while scoring a run. New Hampshire won 6-0. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 45-57 Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies) August 1: Silvano Hechavarria has not found the form he had last season, as the Cuban righty has now given up 27 runs since getting promoted to Vancouver in only five starts. The Canadians went down nine runs early, as Hechavarria gave up two big homers in the second and the fourth inning, and the offense did not have enough firepower to come back from it. The only run of the game for the Canadians happened with runners on second and third with no outs, but Bryce Chance could only muster up an RBI groundout. Reece Fields had his first minor league appearance and pitched five scoreless innings with five strikeouts after Hechavarria was taken out to keep it at nine in a tough loss for Vancouver. August 2: The offense went off on a Johnny King start, as the Canadians skunked Spokane 14-0. King went five strong innings, striking out seven batters without allowing a run, although he did walk three batters. Jake Casey and Alexis Hernandez both hit some big homers to extend the lead in the fifth and sixth. Ryan Sprock had himself a day as well with a three-hit night capped off with his first homer as a member of the Blue Jays’ organization. Carson Myers and Reece Wissinger each pitched two scoreless innings each as the Canadians ran away with this one 14-0. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 47-52 Series vs St. Lucie Mets (New York Mets) August 1: Denis Samudio took the mound for the Jays and gave up two runs early in the first as Ryan Tayman tagged him for a two-run double. Samudio was able to go five innings without allowing another run, striking out six batters with 11 whiffs. JoJo Parker had some sixth-inning heroics as he hit a two-run blast to tie the game up with an absolutely massive 114.2 mph exit velocity, 446 ft homer. Unfortunately for the Jays, Dean West made an error in the seventh, which ended up scoring, putting the Jays down one heading into the bottom of the seventh. Down to their last three outs in the ninth, Jake Cook and Ryan Franden both got on base, and Brayden Martin was able to move Cook to third before West made up for his error with a sac fly to tie it and send it to extras. Noah Palmese allowed three runs in the 10th, however, and the Jays were not able to move the ghost runner over in a 6-3 extra-innings loss. August 2: Canceled FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 18-26 August 1: Yoenis Morales had the mound on Saturday for BJB in the DSL and put in one of the better pitching performances there. He threw four innings, gave up just one hit, walked one, and struck out eight. He did see three unearned runs cross the plate in the top of the first inning thanks to two errors, though. BJB answered Cubs Red's big first with a big inning of their own in the bottom of the third. Frelian Flores and Juan Caricote each had RBI singles, then both would score on wild pitches later in the inning. The runs and hits in the third inning were all BJB would have on the day, but it was enough, as they won the game 4-3 behind Morales' pitching. August 3: Monday was another bad day at the plate for BJB's bats. They only managed to get three hits in the game, matching Saturday's total, but Isay Veras did provide a little thunder. Veras swatted a fifth-inning, two-run home run, his first of the season. In the seventh, Randy Soto scored on an error, giving BJB three runs for the game. Unfortunately for BJB, their pitching was terrible for the day, giving up 13 hits, seven walks, and 10 runs. BJB lost 10-3. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 26-17 August 1: BJR had a fun day on Saturday, tallying 13 hits, 10 walks, and 11 runs for the game against the Mets Blue DSL team. 17-year-old Jose Gori provided the fireworks, blasting his first career home run in the fifth inning. The home run was a grand one, bringing home four runs for a grand slam! Luis Nunez and Darwin Nuñez each had good games as well. Darwin Nuñez had a double, three singles, and scored three times. Luis Nunez was on base four times, with two singles and two walks, while also knocking in three. BJR won going away 13-2. August 3: Luis Nunez and Darwin Nuñez continued to hit on Monday for BJR. Luis Nunez had an RBI single in the fourth, while Darwin Nuñez had a two-RBI double in the same frame. Elaineiker Coronado provided the cherry on top for BJR, his second home run of the season. His solo blast cleared the right field fence in the bottom of the seventh and capped off another good game for BJR, as they won 6-2. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (July 25-27) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Rochester Red Wings (Washington Nationals): 3-3 Season Record: 49-53 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees): 1-5 Season Record: 46-48 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Hillsboro Hops (Arizona Diamondbacks): 2-4 Season Record: 42-54 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Bradenton Marauders (Pittsburgh Pirates): 3-3 Season Record: 44-50 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 2-0 Season Record: 38-20 DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 1-2 Season Record: 16-22 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 3-0 Season Record: 20-17 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 49-53 Series vs Rochester Red Wings (Washington Nationals) July 25: On Saturday, Chad Dallas took to the mound, and he continued his excellent season with another good outing. Facing off against the Rochester Red Wings, Dallas was nearly perfect for three innings. Rochester didn't record a hit or run across Dallas’ three scoreless frames. The only baserunners that reached were two batters who walked, one in the first and one in the third. Dallas also struck out four in the game, all in a row between the second and third innings. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Buffalo broke through on the scoreboard first, getting a big two-run home run to center from Je'Von Ward. The home run was his third in his last four games and would be his last with the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Ward was officially released from the team on Sunday. Following Ward's home run, the game stalled out in the runs department, that is until Brady House cut the Buffalo lead in half with a sacrifice fly in the sixth. In the bottom of the seventh, Charles McAdoo got the run back for Buffalo, tripling home Ismael Munguia. The Bisons turned to Javen Coleman for the ninth, and he rewarded them with the save and a 3-1 win. July 26: In the finale of the series on Sunday, Buffalo sent Simeon Woods Richardson to try and get Buffalo on a roll in the win column. Woods Richardson had a little different result than Buffalo would have wanted. He made it through four innings, but coughed up three runs. Buffalo would have the lead when Woods Richardson departed the game, thanks to a Sean Keys RBI single in the third, and a timely three-run blast from CJ Stubbs in the fourth. Sam Gardner came in for Woods Richardson to start the fifth and promptly got into trouble. He would give up an RBI single and an RBI groundout before getting out of the inning. Buffalo struggled the rest of the way, only getting one hit, a single from Charles McAdoo. They did have a really good scoring chance in the bottom of the eighth, getting three straight walks to load the bases with just one out. Unfortunately for the Bisons, Riley Adams and Rudy Martin Jr. each struck out to end the inning and the threat. Buffalo would fall to Rochester 5-4. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 46-48 Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees) July 25: New Hampshire was again taking on Somerset on Saturday, and again things went south, and quickly. DJ Gladney started things off in unusual fashion, with a two-run home run in the top of the first inning. New Hampshire would inch closer with Nick Goodwin's RBI double in the second inning, but things would spiral out of hand after that. In the third inning, Somerset piled on three more runs on three RBI singles. New Hampshire starting pitcher Danny Thompson Jr. gave up five runs on the day over four innings, but only two of them were earned runs. In the fifth inning, a sacrifice fly and a Thomas Frick home run put Somerset way out in front. New Hampshire managed three more runs in the game via a groundout, bases-loaded walk, and an RBI double from Arjun Nimmala. New Hampshire fell in this one 9-4. July 26: The week finale between New Hampshire and Somerset was again a repeat of the blowout losses on the rough week for the Fisher Cats. Somerset would score the first three runs and the last nine runs. Miguel Palma hit two home runs for Somerset and Kevin Verde crushed a grand slam. On offense, New Hampshire didn't put up much of a resistance to Somerset starting pitcher Ben Hess. He went five innings, struck out seven, and only allowed two unearned runs. Cade Doughty and Nick Goodwin ended up supplying those runs with a sacrifice fly for both of them. New Hampshire would lose badly again, this time 12-2. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 42-54 Series vs Hillsboro Hops (Arizona Diamondbacks) July 25: Everyone on the team contributed in this win against the Hops, as every hitter got a hit and the pitchers threw a combined shutout. Landen Maroudis had his second straight start going five innings or more, as he threw a career-best six innings, striking out four batters and allowing zero runs, lowering his season ERA to 6.23. The game was tied until the third inning, when Jake Casey got the runs rolling in with an RBI single to center. Alexis Hernandez returned from rehab assignment and drove in two more runs with an RBI double, returning where he left off offensively. Eric Snow also had two RBIs this game, with an RBI single in the third and one in the seventh. Ryan Sprock had a good game as well, stealing a base that led to a throwing error to score in the fourth, and got on base three times with a hit and two walks. The Canadians won this one 7-0. July 26: The Canadians did not have a good time with this one, as they faltered both offensively and on the pitching end. Silvano Hechavarria was the starter and immediately put the Canadians in a hole, allowing three runs in the first inning. Alexis Hernandez had one of five hits for the Canadians, with a solo homer in the second to put the Jays on the board, but Hechavarria allowed two more runs in the second inning. Carson Myers replaced him, and they were able to get out of the inning. Myers was solid in relief, striking out three batters, but allowed a solo shot in the fourth inning. Gilberto Batista was performing much better recently, but unfortunately did not have a good day, as he gave up two homers in the fifth inning, making it 9-1. The Canadians added a run in the sixth inning, but Jonathan Todd allowed another run in the ninth, making it a 10-2 loss. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 44-50 Series vs Bradenton Marauders (Pittsburgh Pirates) July 25: It was a disappointing one for the D-Jays, as they looked like they were in command of this game for the majority of it. Juan Sanchez hit a ringing double for the first two runs of the game to score Jake Cook and the rehabbing Jesús Sánchez. Giacomo Taschin’s command wasn’t all there, as he walked four batters, which led to a run scoring on a sac fly in the first, but he kept it a 2-1 ball game. Yimi García pitched a scoreless outing in his rehab appearance, but unfortunately it seems like he’s still dealing with some neck issues. Colby Holcombe came into the fourth but had a disastrous appearance. He gave up a solo shot to Spencer Horwitz, an RBI single after that, then walked in a run with the bases loaded before he was put out of his misery with a bases-clearing double, making it 7-2 for the Marauders. Noah Palmese was able to get out of the inning, and the Jays made a comeback in the top of the seventh in a doubleheader game, with Cook and Blaine Bullard both hitting RBI singles, and a passed ball allowed the speedy Cook to score another run, but it was just too late, as they fell 7-5. July 26, Game 1 (Continuation of yesterday’s game): Carson Messina struggled with his command in this one, allowing three walks and a run in just under three innings pitched. Jake Cook was able to tie it up in the third with an RBI single, as the speedy outfielder had begun to find his footing. Luis Fonseca replaced Messina and struck out two batters without allowing a run. TJ Brock continued that strong relief pitching as he struck out the side in just 13 pitches, before the game was delayed due to rain. Ricky Tiedemann pitched in a rehab game and looked sharp, striking out two batters of his own, allowing just one hit, and topping out at 97.7 mph. Unfortunately for the Jays, the stretch of great pitching ended, as Franly Urena replaced Tiedemann and immediately gave up a double. A sac bunt moved the runner to third, and an RBI single won the game for the Marauders. July 26, Game 2: This was a tight game, and Denis Samudio was excellent once again, showing really strong stuff since getting traded to the Blue Jays. He struck out eight batters over four innings of work, allowing two runs in the third on a sac fly and a solo homer. Raimundo De Los Santos had a homer of his own in the top of that inning, and Aldo Gaxiola added to the homer list with his tenth of the season. Jesús Sánchez took the lead in the seventh with a sac fly, but Richard Ramirez hit a clutch double against Bradley Wilson in the bottom of the inning, sending it to extras. Enmanuel Bonilla had the third homer of the game for the Jays to put them up two in the ninth inning, but Ramirez struck again with a homer of his own to tie it up, then Antonio Pimentel walked it off against Josbel Garcia with a two-run homer. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 July 25: The FCL Blue Jays took on the FCL Rays on Saturday in the playoffs of the Florida Coast League. In the second inning, the Blue Jays jumped on the scoreboard first, as Max Viera and David Guzman hit RBI singles to bring home Andres Arias and Viera. Blue Jays starting pitcher Angel Rivero was great on the day. He only allowed four hits, gave up two walks, but didn't surrender a run. He also struck out four batters on the day. Edrwin Veras came in to pitch for him in the fifth inning, and things went sideways. He allowed an RBI single, a bases-loaded walk, and a wild pitch to give the lead over to the Rays. In the seventh inning, Taitn Gray launched a home run to put the Rays up two. That is where things would stand. The Blue Jays managed to walk eight times in the game, but could only get three singles. The Blue Jays lost 4-2, ending their season and playoff run. DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 16-22 July 25: Against one of the two Yankees DSL teams, Sebastian Casanova led BJB to a statement win in a game that the bats came to play. Casanova ended the day going 4-for-4 at the plate, also scoring two runs, knocking in two on a double in the second inning, stealing two bases, and walking twice. The walks actually stacked up in the game, with BJB drawing nine walks and also getting 13 hits. Five players had two walks and four ended with two or more hits. Cristopher Polanco joined Fabian Gonzalez as the only batters to not record a hit. Polanco did walk twice and score three times, though. Other notable plays were Michael Mesa's RBI single in the first, Juan Caricote's RBI single in the second, and Randy Soto's RBI double in the third inning that went to right field. The rest of the runs in the game were scored on wild pitches, groundouts, and sacrifice flies. BJB won big 12-6. July 27: After Sebastian Casanova's best performance of the season, his next game was drastically cut short. Casanova was hit by a pitch in the top of the first inning and promptly left the game, taken down for a pinch-runner. His replacement was Eiker Lothar, and he did his best to step up for Casanova. He ended the game going 2-for-3 and scoring three runs. Juan Caricote started the scoring for BJB with an RBI double in the top of the first, driving in Lothar. A fielding error by the White Sox DSL team and a bases-loaded walk by Ruben Sanchez would bring in two more in the inning. BJ would add two more in the second, one on a wild pitch and then Michael Mesa doubled home Lothar. Despite leading 7-2, the White Sox jumped all over the BJB bullpen. They were led by Sebastian Romero. Romero ended the game going 2-for-2 and hit his ninth home run of the season. He also added an RBI on a single. Despite the poor pitching, BJB still had a lead going into the final frame, that was, until they gave up a single, followed by four walks, bringing in the tying run and the walk-off winner. BJB fell 8-7. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 20-17 July 25: On Saturday, Carlos Olivo, Fayon Dumorne, and Jose Melo combined to throw a shutout, in what amounted to a dominant pitching day for BJR. BJR only gave up four total hits and walked just three batters in the game. For the DSL, it was brilliance. As for the bats, Jose Gori doubled home Ayberson Ortega in the second inning, a line drive to center. Alex Linares would bring home Gori on a ground out later in the inning. In the fourth, Ortega reached on an infield single that scored Aneudi Severino. Ortega would get another RBI on a double play ball to the shortstop in the sixth. BJB cruised to a 4-0 win. July 27: It was Darwin Nuñez and Luis Nunez that powered the offense on Monday. Luis Nunez started the scoring with a three-RBI triple in the fourth inning that cleared the bases and broke the game open for BJR. In the fifth, BJR scored five more runs, highlighted by Elaineiker Coronado's RBI single to center, Darwin Nuñez's two-RBI double to left field, and another RBI for Luis Nunez on a groundout. The pitching was again really good, with only one run being allowed to cross home plate. Franiel Severino pitched four innings, only surrendering the one run on a bases-loaded walk. BJR moonwalked to a 9-1 win. View full article