There were many very good hitting performances over the weekend. Vlad Guerrero Jr. and Reece McGuire led the way. Among the lesser heralded hitters DJ Davis had a four hit game on Sunday. Connor Panas, Chavez Young and Freddy Rodriguez each had a three hit game. Freddy drove in four runs.
Buffalo
Buffalo won on Friday, Rowdy Tellez had two hits, so did Danny Jansen who hit his first AAA home run. That was it for highlights as the hitters picked up four hits combined over the next two days.
Buffalo's pitching is running on fumes with so many pitchers on the DL and in Toronto. The TJ House call up led to a bullpen game on Friday, their win. New signing Brett Anderson was limited to four innings and 50 pitches on Saturday. He gave up one run on three hits but had just one strikeout. To help out the bullpen Justin Shafer is now in Buffalo.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire rolled out three good pitchers this weekend, Sean Reid-Foley, Conner Greene and Ryan Borucki. SRF went 5.1 innings and had five K's. That's it for the good news. He gave up eleven hits and five walks, leading to six runs. Greene was better, five innings, four hits, two walks and three strikeouts. Borucki went six innings, also five hits and two walks. Borucki struck out five.
The Fisher Cats were hitting well. Reece McGuire led the way, over two games he was 5-9. Emilio Guerrero produced three multi hit games, two hits in each game.
The major prospects each had a multi hit game. Richard Urena, Anthony Alford and Lourdes Gurriel are the prospects in question. Gurriel hit his third AA home run.
Dunedin
Vlad Guerrero Jr. seems to have figured out high A. He homered on Friday and Saturday to make it three games in a row with a home run. Over the weekend he was 6-11 with two walks and two strikeouts. Vlad has just 128 at bats in Dunedin and that doesn't qualify him for the batting title. But if he was eligible he would be leading the league in batting average and in OPS. Bo Bichette hasn't played in a week but also has not been placed on the DL.
The fourth person in OPS in the FSL is Connor Panas. Panas is 24 and in the FSL but he is hitting well. He went 3-4 on Sunday. DJ Davis had just one hit between Friday and Saturday but broke outwith a 4-4 on Sunday. Cavan Biggio hit his eleventh home run on Friday.
Taylor Saucedo and Jordan Romano each produced good pitching performances.
Lansing
Lansing have lost eight straight games. Sundays loss was a bad one, losing a 6-1 lead. Osman Gutierrez started on Friday, conceded five runs, and was traded on Saturday.
A few years ago Tim Locastro was setting Lugnut records for hit by pitches. Locastro was traded to the Dodgers for international bonus slots. Nick Sinay has now surpassed Locastro and on Sunday he tied the Midwest League record for hit by pitches. Its a safe bet Sinay will have the record soon.
Josh Palacios had three two hit games to raise his average to .269.
Vancouver
The C's received some of the best starting pitching among the affiliates. Nate Pearson pitched three perfect innings on Friday. On Saturday Dalton Rodriguez started and recorded five K's in 3.1 innings. Wilfri Aleton had one of his best starts of the season on Sunday, five shutout innings with six K's.
Among the hitters Brock Lundquist hit his first home run on Friday. Samad Taylor homered on Saturday, his second. On Sunday Brandon Polizzi got his first home run in the Northwest League. Reggie Pruitt had another two hit game on Sunday.
Bluefield
The Jays won two of three, the hitters produced double difit hits in each game. Ryan Gold was 2-4 in Friday's and Saturday's games. On Friday he hit his fourth home run. He only caught Fridays game, he Dh'd on Saturday but he had three passed balls in the game. He has eight on the season. Kevin Smith had seven hits through the weekend, five of them were doubles. Ryan Noda and Chavez Young had five hits. Most of the hitters Manager Denis Holmberg threw into the lineup had a multi hit game. Freddy Rodriguez was a double short of the cycle on Sunday, he drove in four runs.
Randy Pondler had the best pitching line, six innings, seven hits, one run. Maximo Castillo and Josh Winckowski were OK but not very good. Marcus Reyes had a weird line on Friday out of the bullpen. He pitched one inning and recorded four strikeouts. He also allowed four runs, none of them earned.GCL Blue Jays
The Jays won both their games. DJ Neal was 2-5 in each game. One of the hits was his third home run. Otto Lopez had two hits on Saturday, a double and a home run, his first.
The Jays used four pitchers in each game, none in particular stood out.
Three Stars
Third Star - Vlad Guerrero Jr.
Second Star - DJ Davis
First Star - Freddy Rodriguez
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