Monday night was a saw-off for the affiliates as they split their six games down the middle.

The good Chad Jenkins made a rare appearance in New Hampshire. The bullpens struggled in both Las Vegas and Vancouver, which lead to late-game meltdowns totalling 16 runs in four innings.

Five wins in eight tries for the affiliates. Deck McGuire threw seven shutout innings and didn't have a prayer at the first star.

The affiliates managed to win six out of nine Friday night.  With any luck, it could have been eight out of nine but one slipped away in the late going and the offence was mosty absent during a doubleheader sweep.

Editor's Note - The original thread linked the wrong Dunedin game.  It has been corrected.

In three of Thursday's six games, the Jays affiliate scored but a single run, and in one of those three that was all they would need.

Lansing lost a wild game and Las Vegas lost a blowout but the other affiliates won with some strong performances at the plate for New Hampshire and Lansing.

Two affiliate wins by the top teams in the system.  Las Vegas's win moved them to within a half game of first place.  Chad Jenkins was good enough to get the win for New Hampshire.  Elsewhere on the farm there were a series of blow-ups.  Egan Smith had a no hitter through five innings but blew up good in the sixth as Dunedin lost.  Vancouver lost both ends of a double header.  In the first game they had a lead going to their closer in the seventh but he coughed up the lead.  Then he gave up another run in the eighth but Vancouver came back to tie but Eugene scored the winning run in the ninth.  In game two Vancouver again had the lead but lost. The GCL Jays took a lead to the ninth but made two errors to lose the game and throw a win away.  Bluefield were rained out and Lansing had the day off.

Las Vegas and Vancouver could not be accused of having slow hands at the plate as they put up a dozen runs apiece.  New Hampshire and the boys in the Gulf could not be accused of having slow feet as they each executed a double steal of home and second base. That was part of a 4-3 Monday night for the affiliates.

David Cooper and Moises Sierra combined for seven hits, two home runs and six RBI to help Las Vegas defeat Reno in the Pacific Coast League (AAA).

Two wins in seven tries and virtually nothing worth mentioning. So read on!

There were shutouts galore as the pitching staffs for three of the affiliates threw combined shutouts. However, it was a pitching performance in one of the games that wasn’t a shutout that really stood out on the farm last night. Meanwhile, Las Vegas and New Hampshire both went to extra innings, with one winning and one taking the loss.

Sure, there was over half a dozen games to comment on, but I couldn't pass p that headline, could I?

Las Vegas and Dunedin won, but the other teams on the farm lost or had their games postponed.

After yesterday's MLU I avoided puns in the title today.  Eric Arce continued his hot hitting, including another home run.  Jake Marisnick stayed hot with another multi-hit game.  Sean O'Sullivan turned in another very good pitching performance, through seven innings he had faced 21 hitters.  Dunedin turned a triple play.  All-in-all it was a 5-2 night on the farm.

The affiliates split eight games down the middle on Monday.  They were 1-3 against Twins affiliates and 3-2 against non-Minnesotan clubs.  Dunedin was rained out and the Dominican Jays had the day off.