The biggest offensive output in the minors on Friday was in the DSL. they scored 18 runs. Several of the Jays top signings down there had big games including top signing Enmanuel Bonilla who hit a grand slam. Buffalo also broke out the bats and had a narrow win. Vancouver and Dunedin lost while New Hampshire's game was suspended.
In other news Connor Cooke was promoted from AA to AAA. Brandon Barriera has gone on the IL again.
Buffalo 7 Lehigh Valley 6
New Hampshire 0 Binghamton 0 - suspended
Vancouver 3 Hillsboro 4 - 10 innings
Fort Myers 5 Dunedin 0
FCL Yankees 6 FCL Blue Jays 7 - game one
FCL Yankees 1 FCL Blue Jays 2 - game two
Three Stars
Third Star - David Guzman
Second Star - Spencer Horwitz
First Star - Enmanuel Bonilla
NOTES
The Bisons found their bats again. They scored five runs in the second inning highlighted by a three run home run from Addison Barger. Barger was 1-3 with two walks. Spencer Horwitz had three hits and a walk. Nathan Lukes had two doubles.
Wes Parsons was the starting pitcher and he wasn't good, six runs allowed in 5.1 innings. He did get the win though. Newly signed Rowan Wick got the save.
New Hampshire's game was suspended after two innings. Michael Dominguez was making his AA debut. He struck out two and walked one in his two innings.
Vancouver lost in 10 innings. Cade Doughty homered, singled and walked. He had a slow start to the season but has been improving in the second half. In July he hit .299 with a.959 OPS. He also reduced his strikeout rate. And August has started even better. Josh Kasevich is a similar story. His July was his best month of the season. Kasevich was 3-5 on Friday.
Ricky Tiedemann started for Dunedin and struck out nine in three innings. That was the end of the good news for Dunedin. They had just four hits and lost 5-0. Tiedemann should be on to AA next week surely.
In the first FCL game eighth round pick Braden Barry hit his first pro home run, a three run one. CJ Van Eyk made another rehab start, two shutout innings. Nolan Perry started the second FCL game and had his best start of the season. He threw five shutout innings, four hits, two walks, seven K's.
The DSL Jays had 17 hits. It was nice to see that three of the Jays big money signings were among the hits. Enmanuel Bonilla had four hits including a grand slam. He drove in six. David Guzman was 4-5 with two walks. Railin Tejada had two triples. Box fave Aneudi Escanio triples, singled and walked twice. All of those four hitters are hitting just under or over .300. Bonilla and Guzman are 17, Tejada 18 and Escanio 19.
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