Aaron Parker continued the two home runs by a catcher trend with two big flies on Thursday. It wasn't enough for New Hampshire though. Buffalo and Vancouver also lost. Jake Cook led Dunedin to victory and the DSL Jays started their playoff round robin with a win.

Lehigh Valley 7 Buffalo 5

New Hampshire 3 Erie 6

Vancouver 7 Eugene 10

Dunedin 7 Clearwater 4

DSL Tampa 5 DSL Blue Jays 11

Three Stars

Third Star - Aldo Gaxiola

Second Star - Aaron Parker

First Star - Jake Cook

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NOTES

John Klein made his third start for Buffalo and in all of them he has given up two runs. In this case it was two runs in three innings. Devereaux Harrison followed and LHV scored three off him.

The Bisons tried to get back in the game and they outhit LHV 13-11 but they could never catch up. Buffalo did not get a walk in the game, but they issued six. Peyton Williams hit a solo home run, his second in AAA. Jay Harry is back in town and he had three hits. Sean Keys singled and doubled. Nick Goodwin and Carlos Mendoza also had two hits each.

Aaron Parker hit a two run home run in the first inning but Danny Thompson Jr had a rough start and couldn't hold the lead. Thompson walked four and gave up four hits in 3.1 innings. He was charged with four runs. On the positive side he struck out six.

Parker went deep again in the fifth and with the two home runs he drove in all three NH runs. Tucker Toman also had two hits, a single and a double. Parker now has 16 home runs, double his 2025 total with a couple of weeks left in the season. He might be selling out for power though, his K rate has jumped from 20% last year to over 30% this year.

Three Vancouver pitchers were hammered by Eugene for ten runs and 15 hits. Connor O'Halloran started and was responsible for four of the runs. The C's hitters had seven hits, Bryce Chance had two while Jean Joseph hit a three run home run.

Dunedin Jays had the bats going racking up 14 hits. Jake Cook had a big game going 4-5 with a home run. Aldo Gaxiola also homered and singled. Owen Carapelotti picked up three more hits after his double dinger day on Wednesday. Giaconino Lasaracina, playing first base, had just one hit.

Carson Messina started and did have some trouble. In 2.2 innings, and 68 pitches, the Phillies had four hits and Messina walked two. He did strike out six.

The DSL Jays won the first game of their playoff round robin. Darwin Nunez had three hits and the top third of the order had six hits between them. Prospect Gabriel Porras had two hits.