The Heat may have Shaq, but the Blue Jays have the heat and they were bringin’ it last night. A former teammate of David Bush took his own no-hitter late into the game while two other former teammates, one praised, the other scorned, pitched gems of their own.
Syracuse 1, Toledo 7
Of all the nights for Ryan Glynn to struggle! Sandwiched between some simply remarkable outings in the Blue Jays organization, Glynn just didn’t have it. A grand slam capped the 5 run first inning for Toledo and Glynn was out of the game before the end of the third leaving his team with a 7 run deficit. Toledo conceded only one run in the game when Julius Matos scored from third on a Glenn Williams 1 out groundout.
On the brighter side, the recently demoted trio of Mike Nakamura, Jason Kershner and Adam Peterson took positive steps in their bids to return to the majors as they combined to 1 hit Toledo over the final 5.2 innings with 4 strikeouts and no free passes. Guillermo Quiroz had the only multi-hit night as he hit 2 singles in 3 trips.
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New Hampshire 2, Binghamton 0
Of all the nights for Scott Kazmir to face a Blue Jays affiliate! Kazmir pitched well, but the lefthanded starter of the evening was Gustavo Chacin. David Bush’s former New Haven teammate spun his own bid for a no-hitter. Chacin baffled Binghamton with 7 outstanding shutout innings without a single batter reaching base by a hit. However Chacin reached his pitch count in the 7th and in the vigilent Blue Jays organization that means you’re done for the evening. Travis Thompson came on to try to keep the no-no in tact with a 2-0 lead. Thompson’s 8th inning: strikeout, strikeout, groundout. No hitter still on the line through 8 innings.
Thompson would return in the 9th. But not unlike their parent club, hopes were dashed by a single to left field. That would be it for the division leading Mets as the Fisher Cats pulled within 1 game of their opponents in the Northern Division standings behind a 2 RBI single from Aaron Hill. Justin Singleton tripled but was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into an inside the park home run. Josh Banks takes the hill tonight as the Cats try to pull even with Binghamton for the division lead.
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Dunedin 0, Jupiter 2
While plenty of pitchers struggle in their first glimpse High A ball, Shaun Marcum has only elevated his game. Another 7 inning, 5 hit shutout with 8 strikeouts runs his Dunedin K/BB total to 41/3. However Josh Johnson matched Marcum’s seven shutout innings and Brian Reed was unable to hold the game scoreless as the Hammerheads pounded in a pair of runs in the 8th.
Vito Chiaravolotti had a pair of singles and a walk but no Blue Jays were able to advance past second base.
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Hickory 0, Charleston 6
Tom Mastny was the only one of the three standouts in the Charleston rotation who didn’t get the call up last month. Instead of sulking, Mastny has only elevated his game. Last night he followed the theme of the night going 7 shutouts innings with 8 strikeouts to lead the Alley Cats easily past the Crawdads.
David Smith was the key hitter with 2 doubles, a single 2 RBI and a run scored. Robinzon Diaz, Joey Reiman and Chris Snavely all had doubles while Mike Galloway singled and tripled. John Wesley struck out the side in the ninth.
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Story on outfielder Christian Snavely
Alley Cats learning to talk the talk
Lowell 8, Auburn 5
Chris Leonard probably deserved better. The first two runs against him were unearned but a home run in the 4th cost him another 2 runs as he left after 4 innings. He struckout 4 and allowed only 3 hits with 2 walks.
Auburn would attempt a comeback with a 2 run double and a sac fly from Brian Hall. But Lowell pulled away with three more runs off of Chris Neylan in the 9th. The bottom of the 9th would see Adam Lind double and score and Chip Cannon launch his fourth homerun of the season but the Doubledays would fall short for only their 7th loss of the year.
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Pulaski 5, Danville 10
Pitchers Derek Tate and Eddie Cannon struggled but it was major leaguer Aaron Harang’s little brother, Daryl Harang, who became the goat as he was charged with 5 runs in only 1/3 of an inning.
Emmanual Sena, Nick Thomas and Jon Ashford all reached base 3 times in the losing effort.
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Five tool Venezuelan Yuber Rodriguez gets some press
Three-Star Selection!
The 3rd Star Shaun Marcum: 7 shutout innings, 8 K’s, 0 BB’s, 5 hits.
The 2nd Star Nasty Mastny: 7 shutout innings, 8 K’s, 1BB, 2 hits
The 1st Star Gustavo Chacin: 7 shutout innings, 8 K’s, 2 BB’s, 0 hits.
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