It was almost a perfect night for the Jays organization as only one affiliate failed to get in the win column.
Colorado Springs is one of the toughest parks for a pitcher, the elevation is over 6000 feet and the thin and dry air doesn't help breaking balls move as much as at sea level. Think Denver with another 800 feet added on. But Brett Cecil did fine Friday, pitching six innings and only giving up one earned run. JP Arencibia provided the early offense with a run and two RBI's. Brett Wallace and Brian Dopirak went back to back in the ninth to cap the win.
The other three teams were not as fortunate. Travis D'Arnaud went deep again and Tyler Pastornicky appears to back in the groove. Adam Loewen got his first home run of the season. Randy Boone pitched well in relief. Chad Jenkins improved on his first start ut didn't dominate. Read all about it below.
That's the truth! A perfect night all around in Toronto and for the minor league affiliates who go 4-0 Tuesday night.
Day two of the minor league season looked a lot like day one. Las Vegas again rode good pitching to beat Salt Lake. The Dunedin hitters still haven't found their bats and took another bad loss. Lansing again went to extra innings and again lost. New Hampshire did not get the chance to do it again as they were rained out.
Stars of the night were JP ARencibia, Rey Gonzalez and Kenny Wilson.
New Hampshire got off to a hot start when Darin Mastroianni led off the season with a home run and before Kyle Drabek reached the mound he had a four run lead. On the other hand Clearwater threw a perfect game against Dunedin for six innings. New Hampshire went on to win while Dunedin were well beaten.
Lansing had four RBI's from Ryan Schimpf and home runs from 2009 draftees Schimpf and Ryan Goins but lost in extra innings. Las Vegas won with a shutout, Brad Mills and the bullpen held Salt Lake to three hits.
Bullpens were generally strong on Thursday, the Fisher Cats got four innings of perfect relief from Luis Perez and Danny Farquhar. The Lugnuts also got four innings of perfect relief from Nestor Molina and Dustin Antolin but they lost the game in the sixth inning of relief. Las Vegas got three innings of shutout relief to cement their win.