Shane Opitz had two doubles and drove in the only run. Rob Refsnyder had a hit and a walk in his organizational debut.
Luis Santos gave up two runs over three frames for the loss. Nick Tepesch gave up a run on three hits and struck out three over two innings in his first appearance with the Herd. Tim Mayza pitched 2-2/3 innings of three-hit ball and struck out four. J.P. Howell pitched 1-1/3 innings with one hit allowed and one K.
New Hampshire Fisher Cats
Harold Ramirez homered, doubled and drove in two runs and Matt Dean went deep and drew a pair of walks. Richard Urena, Jonathan Davis and Matt Dean all had two-hit games with Urena knocking home two. Anthony Alford walked and was hit by a pitch twice.Shane Dawson was dummied for eight runs over four frames. Tom Robson plunked two and walked one but had a strikeout over 2-2/3 scoreless innings. Daniel Young blew the save when he gave up a run over 1-1/3 innings. Carlos Ramirez gave up an unearned run but stranded both inherited runners while getting the final five outs for the save, striking out two and walking two. His ERA remains at 0.00.
Dunedin Blue Jays
Bo Bichette had a hit in four at-bats one night after getting plunked on the hand. Max Pentecost and J.C. Cardenas had two hits apiece. Cavan Biggio had a double and two RBI.
Josh DeGraaf suffered his first loss after surrendering three runs over 5-1/3 innings on five hits (including a home run) and two walks while racking up four strikeouts. Dan Lietz got away with a walk and two walks over 1-2/3 innings but Adonys Cardona was dinged for two runs in the eighth.
Vancouver Canadians
The C's took advantage of a wild pitch and an error in the first to produce the only two runs of the game. Reggie Pruitt doubled, walked and scored while Kevin Vicuna stole his 14th base and crossed home plate. Cullen Large had a hit and a walk while Logan Warmoth doubled.Jose Espada pitched four one-hit innings before Donnie Sellers matched those four goose eggs to get his first pro win. William Ouellette stranded a pair of singles in the ninth for the save.
Bluefield Blue Jays
Ryan Noda had a well-rounded night with a double, a single, a walk, an RBI and a stolen base. Jesus Navarro had the other two-hit performance. Freddy Rodriguez singled and collected an RBI.Maximo Castillo gave up just two hits over five shutout innings. He struck out seven and collected six groundball outs for a Game Score of 73. Mitch McKown struck out three over two frames and Kelyn Jose had two in his inning of work to collect holds. Marcus Reyes rung up two more in the ninth for the save.
GCL Blue Jays
The 9-1-2 spots in the order produced six hits with D.J. Neal, Dominic Abbadessa and Jose Theran splitting the honours. Neal doubled and drove in a run and Theran also had an RBI. Hagen Danner, Aldo Ovando and Patrick Morris had the other hits.Travis Bergen struck out one in a scoreless first to mark his 2017 debut. Claudio Galva pitched the next six frames and gave up a run on four hits and a walk while striking out six for the win. Jonathan Cheshire grinned his way through two shutout frames with two strikes for the save.
DSL Blue Jays
Warnel Valdez, Yeison Estevez and Victor Figuereo all had a double and an RBI.
Naswell Paulino was pounded for nine runs (eight earned) over 2-1/3 innings. Jhon Victorino allowed both inherited runs to score and gave up another in 2-1/3 innings. Yohandy Martir had an unearned marker over two frames. Geremy Jimenez also surrendered a run over his two innings. *** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Matt Dean, New Hampshire
2. Harold Ramirez, New Hampshire
1. Maximo Castillo, Bluefield
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