Richard Urena who was a Jays International Free Agent signing last year, made his debut in America after spending the first few months in the DSL. Dunedin had another game rained out today, when they were supposed to play a double header. New Hampshire had an early game with an excellent start from Marcus Walden. Lansing was stuck in a pitchers duel vs Great Lakes. Vancouver's pitching gave up a bunch of runs early versus Everett.
Buffalo (Off Day)
New Hampshire 2 – Portland 4
Marcus Walden had a quality start in which he lasted 7.2 innings giving up 3 earned runs.
Kevin Nolan doubled home Andy Burns in the 8th inning, and John Tolisano scored on a Jack Murphy single in the 9th inning.
Daytona – Dunedin (2 Games Rained-Out)
Lansing 1 – Great Lakes 2
Eric Brown from British Columbia had a fantastic start of 6 innings giving up one earned run.
Reliever Kramer Champlin pitched two innings giving up an earned run.
The only Lugnut run was scored in the 9th inning when Christian Lopes singled home Emilio Guerrero.
Vancouver 10 – Everett 2
The Canadians were down 8 runs before scoring their first run in the 6th inning. Justin James pitched two innings giving up 5 runs (4 earned). Alonzo Gonzalez pitched 4 innings giving up 7 hits that amounted to 3 runs (2 earned).
Michael Reeves continued to surprise, as he was 2-3 with a double. Justin Atkinson scored in the 6th inning via a wild pitch. The other run was scored in the 9th inning when Matt Hitt scored after an Ian Parmley single groundball.
GCL Blue Jays – GCL Yankees2
17 year old Richard Urena made his debut in the GCL after being promoted from the DSL, and was brilliant going 3-5 with a double. Andres de Aza had his second HR of the year in the 4th inning.
Chad Beck continued to rehab and pitched a scoreless second inning giving up two walks.
DSL BlueJays 7 – DSL Brewers 5(10 Innings)
Juliandry Higuera had another fantastic start, he pitched 5 innings giving up 1 unearned run with 3 hits, and five strikeouts. Manuel Cordova pitched two innings giving up 3 runs, of which 2 were earned.
The DSL Jays scored three runs in the tenth inning, before closing the game out. Juan Kelly knocked home 2 runs with a single in the 10th. Also Rodrigo Orozco scored via a Juan Tejada sac fly.
Three Stars
3-Eric Brown
2-Marcus Walden
1-Richard Urena
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