Two affiliate wins by the top teams in the system.  Las Vegas's win moved them to within a half game of first place.  Chad Jenkins was good enough to get the win for New Hampshire.  Elsewhere on the farm there were a series of blow-ups.  Egan Smith had a no hitter through five innings but blew up good in the sixth as Dunedin lost.  Vancouver lost both ends of a double header.  In the first game they had a lead going to their closer in the seventh but he coughed up the lead.  Then he gave up another run in the eighth but Vancouver came back to tie but Eugene scored the winning run in the ninth.  In game two Vancouver again had the lead but lost. The GCL Jays took a lead to the ninth but made two errors to lose the game and throw a win away.  Bluefield were rained out and Lansing had the day off.

Las Vegas and Vancouver could not be accused of having slow hands at the plate as they put up a dozen runs apiece.  New Hampshire and the boys in the Gulf could not be accused of having slow feet as they each executed a double steal of home and second base. That was part of a 4-3 Monday night for the affiliates.

David Cooper and Moises Sierra combined for seven hits, two home runs and six RBI to help Las Vegas defeat Reno in the Pacific Coast League (AAA).

Two wins in seven tries and virtually nothing worth mentioning. So read on!

There were shutouts galore as the pitching staffs for three of the affiliates threw combined shutouts. However, it was a pitching performance in one of the games that wasn’t a shutout that really stood out on the farm last night. Meanwhile, Las Vegas and New Hampshire both went to extra innings, with one winning and one taking the loss.

Sure, there was over half a dozen games to comment on, but I couldn't pass p that headline, could I?

Las Vegas and Dunedin won, but the other teams on the farm lost or had their games postponed.

After yesterday's MLU I avoided puns in the title today.  Eric Arce continued his hot hitting, including another home run.  Jake Marisnick stayed hot with another multi-hit game.  Sean O'Sullivan turned in another very good pitching performance, through seven innings he had faced 21 hitters.  Dunedin turned a triple play.  All-in-all it was a 5-2 night on the farm.

The affiliates split eight games down the middle on Monday.  They were 1-3 against Twins affiliates and 3-2 against non-Minnesotan clubs.  Dunedin was rained out and the Dominican Jays had the day off.

There was some decent pitching for the minor league affiliates on Sunday. Ryan Tepera (AA), Jesse Hernandez (A+) and Taylor Cole (SS) combined to allow just two hits in 14.1 combined innings of work.

A 2-5 Saturday for the affiliates with four games involving nine runs as the winning total.  Three of the games ended 9-3 and that's where you will find the two wins.  Turn me on, dead man!

Las Vegas continued their run at Sacramento and Lansing, Vancouver, Bluefield and the DSL Blue Jays put W’s on the Board as well.

Due to lack of time, this will be the travel size version sans all bells and whistles.

Some nights you really have to scour the boxscores to find performances worthy of being awarded a star for the evening and other nights you can find more than enough contenders without trying. Last night was one of the latter, with three strong pitching performances, some nice offensive lines in Lansing, a display of power by Dwight Smith Jr. and a standout line in an All-Star Game.

All-Star Tuesday was a day off for everybody in the system, except for the boys in the Gulf Coast and Dominican Summer Leagues.