Buffalo and Dunedin won. New Hampshire and Vancouver did not.


Carter Cunningham had a perfect night at the plate for Vancouver on Tuesday.

September baseball, kids! The highs are higher, the lows are lower. This is the good stuff.

Buffalo won behind another rehab start from Alek Manoah. Adam Macko is pitching well in Manoah's shadow. Vancouver had outstanding pitching from Austin Cates and big hitting from Carter Cunningham on their way to a big win. New Hampshire lost and Dunedin were rained out.

Gage Stanifer and three relievers combined to shutout Hillsboro and limit them to six hits. Dunedin did better, they two hit Fort Myers behind Daniel Guerra. Buffalo and New Hampshire continued their offensive sumps with seven hits between them.

Four games, four losses. Buffalo and New Hampshire scored three runs each but they lost by two and one run respectively. Vancouver and Dunedin scored one more, four, that wasn't enough for them either. Johnny King started for Dunedin and it didn't go well.

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Two wins and two losses on Thursday. Vancouver played an eleven inning, four hours plus game and came out on top. Buffalo had a nice win behind CJ Van Eyk. New Hampshire and Dunedin suffered from a lack of offense and lost.

Buffalo and Vancouver won while New Hampshire lost in extra innings. Dunedin's game against Fort Myers was rained out so they will play two today.


Austin Cates earned his first Northwest League victory in Hillsboro on Tuesday.

Gage Stanifer had another very good start and he was supported by some good offense. Buffalo and New Hampshire didn't have much offense and both lost. Dunedin were rained out again.

New Hampshire had an eleventh inning win. Sean Keys walked it off for Vancouver. Buffalo lost while Dunedin were rained out.

Vancouver were the only winners on Friday. Silvano Hechavarria and Jaunmi Vasquez threw a two hitter and Sean Keys homered. The other three affiliates lost on a generally quiet night on the farm.

On to south Florida. Quickly, before the seas rise and leave it all underwater.

It was a tough night on the farm for pitchers and hitters. The hitters had 25 hits across five games, thats just five per game. Only two hitters had a multi hit game. The pitchers also had a tough day. Each of Trey Yesavage, Fernando Perez and Johnny King did not meet expectations. None of them went five innings. The affiliates won one game out of five.