Kevin Pillar the Doubles Machine

Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 12:05 AM EDT

Contributed by: tercet

Kevin Pillar had a career night with 4 doubles for Buffalo.  New Hampshire won both games of a double header, while the younger Blue Jays prospects continue to excel in Bluefield and the GCL.

Buffalo 4 – Gwinnett 3

Kevin Pillar continues to mash the ball since his promotion from NH, as he was 4-5 with 4 doubles.  Luiz Jimenez had his 14th homerun of the year as well.

Thad Webber pitched 7 inning of 4 hit ball giving up 3 runs, only 1 earned.

 

New Hampshire 7 – Reading 1 (First Game)

Adam Loewen was 5-5 tonight with, Kevin Nolan and Brad Glenn each had 2 RBI.

Ryan Tepera, Matt Wright and Dustin Antolin combined for a 9 inning 2 hitter, while only giving up 1 run.

 

New Hampshire 7 – Reading 4 (Second Game – 7 Innings)

Marcus Stroman had another strong start going 5 innings of 3 hit ball, giving up 2 unearned runs, with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts.

Clint Robinson was 1-2 with a 3 run homerun, and AJ Jimenez was 2-4 with 2 RBI.

 

Dunedin 5 – Lakeland 1

Aaron Sanchez had his second start since returning from the DL, and he pitched 3 scoreless innings giving up 1 hit, with 2 walks, and 3 strikeouts.

Brett Lawrie was 1-2 in his first rehab game for Dunedin,  Jon Berti was 2-4 with 2 doubles, and 3 runs scored.

 

Lansing 7 – Fort Wayne 5

The Lugnuts combined for 12 hits tonight, led by Kevin Patterson hitting his team leading 12th homerun.

Ben White had a quality start in which he went 7 innings giving up 7 hits and 3 earned runs.


Vancouver 2 - Spokane 3

Vancouver tied up the game in the 9th inning, only to unfortunately lose it in the 10th.  2011 2nd round pick Jeremy Gabryszwski had a fantastic start going 6 innings of 4 hit ball, giving up one earned run, with a walk, and three strikeouts.  Justin Atkinson, was 2-4 with a solo home run which tied the game up in the 9th inning.


Bluefield 7 – Burlington 3

Alberto Tirado pitched 4 scoreless innings giving up 3 hits, with 1 walk and 4 strikeouts.

Dawel Lugo had a two run homerun, and Eric Arce was 2-3 with 2 HR and a walk.  DJ Davis and Johnathan Davis were each 2-4 with a double.

 

GCL BlueJays 10 – GCL Yankees

Anthony Alford was 1-3 with 2 runs scored, a double, and a walk.  Franklin Barretto continued to hit early in the GCL season, as he was 3-5 with a run scored.

5 Different Blue Jays pitchers combined for 9 scoreless innings only giving up 5 hits, with a walk and 9 strikeouts.  2012 supplemental pick Tyler Gonzalez pitched a clean 6th inning giving up 1 hit with a strikeout.

 

DSL Blue Jays 1 – DSL Mets 0 (Suspended after 1 inning)

 

Three Stars

3-Adam Loewen

2-Eric Arce

1-Kevin Pillar

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