The Jays' affiliates need help! Too bad they won't be getting it from three of their top 4 picks, as James Paxton, Jake Eliopolous, and Jake Barrett failed to sign on draft deadline day.
Albuquerque 4 at Las Vegas 3
Fabio Castro pitched well, allowing 2 runs in 7 innings. Unfortunately, the bullpen couldn't hold Albuquerque at bay, and the 51s lost a squeaker, 4-3. Kevin Howard singled, homered and walked, while Angel Sanchez, Howie Clark and Buck Coats each reached base twice.
New Hampshire - scheduled day off
Brevard County 8 at Dunedin 3
Starter Vincent Bongiovanni had a rough outing, allowing 7 earned runs on 8 baserunners over 4 innings, and the D-Jays could never recover. Matt Liuzza did his best, with 2 singles and 2 RBIs, but his teammates didn't help much; Dunedin didn't have a single extra-base hit on the night (though they did manage 6 hits and 6 walks). The bullpen was pretty good: though they allowed 10 base-runners in 5 innings, that only led to 1 run.
Great Lakes 7 at Lansing 5
Since finally making it to Lansing, Joel Carreno has been very good, but tonight was an off-night. In 5 innings, Carreno allowed 5 runs on 8 hits and 2 walks while striking out 4. The Lugnuts actually scored 5 runs of their own to get Carreno off the hook, but Jason "The Other" Roenicke coughed up the tie in his 3rd inning of work. Lots of Nuts had good days at the plate: Brian Van Kirk homered and walked twice, Johermyn Chavez had 3 hits including a double, and Mike McDade drove in 2 on 2 singles and a double.
Auburn - scheduled day off
GCL Yankees 4 at GCL Jays 2
If you're wondering why this game was only 8 innings long, I'm pretty sure it was shortened by rain, since the play-by-play recap ends with the GCL Jays having a runner on first with nobody out in the bottom of the eighth. Obviously, the next batter would have homered to tie this one up! I call shenanigans. Anyway, Eric Thames had the best day for the Baby Jays - he doubled and walked in 2 trips, and scored a run, while Jack Murphy singled and walked twice. Starter Carlos "the Pineapple" Pina only went 4 1/3 innings, but was somewhat effective, allowing 2 runs on 7 baserunners and striking out 5.
Three Stars!
3. Brian Van Kirk
2. Kevin Howard
1. Fabio "lous" Castro
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