A winning night on the farm saw a doubleheader sweep account for half of the win total. A one-run loss prevented a perfect night.
Buffalo Bisons
Dwight Smith Jr. is pushing for another call up to Toronto. He smacked a three-run home run, singled twice and walked while going 5-for-8 since his return to the Herd.
Chris Smith extended his scoreless string to 6-1/3 innings over five appearances. He has struck out seven and walked only one.
New Hampshire Fisher Cats
Jon Harris allowed just a solo home run to cross the plate over six innings to pick up his second Double-A victory. He scattered six other hits, walked a batter, struck out three and induced six groundball outs. Andrew Case blew the save opportunity in the second game but picked up the win in a two-inning appearance. Josh DeGraaf pitched three shutout innings of one-hit ball with a 3-3 K/BB total.
Emilio Guerrero socked a two-run homer to extend his hit streak to six games. Andrew Guillotte went 3-for-3 in his Double-A debut with a double and a stolen base after a brief trip to Buffalo via Dunedin. Jonathan Davis homered and walked in the second game of the doubleheader.
Dunedin Blue Jays
Troy Tulowitzki homered and walked and played all nine innings at short. Josh Donaldson was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run batted in while playing the entire game at third. Lane Thomas had a two-hit game, Max Pentecost singled and waked and D.J. Davis had a base hit and his 11th stolen base, which is the fifth highest total in the Florida State League.
Ryan Borucki surrendered a two-run homer over a season-high six frames as well as five more hits and a hit by pitch. He struck out five while getting six outs on the grass for the victory. Tom Robson pitched 1-1/3 shutout innings with four groundball outs to give him seven scoreless appearances over his last nine. Daniel Young stranded a runner and offset a hit with a strikeout enroute to a five-out save.
Lansing Lugnuts
Christian Williams had an RBI double to tie the game and a sacrifice fly to bring home the winner. He is 6-for-13 in his last three games and seven RBI in his last four but the 6-foot-3 first baseman is still looking for his first homer of the year. Edward Olivares tripled and scored the winning run. Bo Bichette was 1-for-4. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had the day off.
Patrick Murphy was an out short of a quality start, giving up three runs over 5-2/3 innings. The last two batters he faced resulted in a double and a two-run home run. He gave up two long balls among six hits, walked a batter and struck out three. Dan Lietz walked the first man he faced but whiffed four of the seven hitters he faced over 2-1/3 scoreless frames to get the win. Jackson McClelland pitched a one-hit, one-K ninth for his eighth save.
Tuesday's Linescores
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Jon Harris, New Hampshire
2. Andrew Guillotte, New Hampshire
1. Dwight Smith Jr., Buffalo
Wednesday's Games/Probable Starters
Portland @ New Hampshire, 10:35 am ET - Conner Greene (1-3, 3.69)
Fort Myers @ Dunedin, 6:30 pm ET - Conor Fisk (2-4, 4.21)
Buffalo @ Gwinnett, 7:05 pm ET - Luis Santos (1-2, 3.52)
Lake County @ Lansing, 7:05 pm ET - Justin Maese (4-2, 4.09)
Extra Innings
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