Hitters to the left, Hitters to the Right – That Makes for a Great Firday Night.

Seven games, six wins and a whole whack of dominant pitching.

There were 3 great pitching performances on the farm, plus plenty of late inning fireworks.

A .500 night on the farm and it would have been better had it not been for an extra-innings loss and another loss of the come from ahead variety.

One of the youngest (read: born during the strike year) Jays minor-leaguers earned the first star as the farm went 4-2.

It was an off day on the farm as the affiliates went 2-4.

Toronto’s affiliates had two on walk-off victories last night. One of those came on the always-exciting walk-off balk. New Hampshire also swept their doubleheader with a pair of one-run victories. Unfortunately, it wasn’t so rosy everywhere else, as Vancouver was shut out and Las Vegas lost by 11 runs and not one, but two, position players pitched in relief for the 51’s.

Hot lumber told the story on the farm on Friday with the affiliates winning 5 of 6 games played.  Some nice pitching performances, but the story was told by so many stepping up to the plate on offence.

Three wins in nine tries for the young guys. But that didn't stop some key individuals from performing well.

The higher level affiliates pounded out a bazillion hits while the lower level affiliates had a couple of pitching gems. Read all about it while you prepare for the arrival of the Colby!

It was a 3-5 night on the farm that included a nail-biter in New Britain, a doubleheader split in West Virginia and a split of sorts in Florida.  There's also lots of stuff to check out in Extra Innings.

The farm featured some exciting games, with a walk-off victory and a 13-inning near-victory.

The affiliates went 3-for-3 on the day but there were not many standout performances, aside from Marcus Walden pitching a one-hitter for five innings for Lansing.

This would be a better headline at another time of the year, as right now it immediately conjure up images of a fortnight-long losing streak and Brendan Ryan’s facial hair. Aside from the GCL Blue Jays, the affiliates scored 15 runs over 6 games, doing their best impersonation of the Seattle Mariners offence. Although that’s 2.5 runs per games, keep in mind that includes a game in the friendly confines of Las Vegas. While there wasn’t much to write home about offensively, the night feature several fine pitching performances.

The Farm Cubs were undefeated on the evening and 4 of the 7 games were decided by 2 runs or less.   Notably the Farm Club Pitching staffs were brilliant overall, striking out a total of 69 in the 7 games played Friday (average: 9.5 Ks per game)