Brett Cecil had his best start of the year in the first game of New Hampshire’s doubleheader. However, the other three games in the system didn’t go nearly so well, as late inning relievers blew leads or surrendered game-winning runs in the late innings.

Dunedin won easily behind Casey Lawrence and Marcus Knecht. Knecht had two home runs and Lawrence pitched eight innings. Lansing won a one run game, Aaron Sanchez pitched well, Justin Nicolino did OK. Las Vegas lost but Travis Snider did hit a home run. New Hampshire had a doubleheader rained out.

A perfect night on the farm for the three affiliates in action.  New Hampshire had the day off.

Three hits from both Chris Hawkins and Chris Schaeffer led to the only win on the day for the Blue Jays affiliates.

38 runs scored in four games for the affiliates. Not surprisingly, that led to a few notable performances.

Outscored 22 to 15 and out hit 39 to 27, only one Jays farm team won Friday.  Las Vegas didn’t play and Dunedin scrapped their way to a win with some decent 9 strike out pitching.  New Hampshire started their disaster early giving up 5 runs in the first inning and then got tagged for three home runs in later innings.  They didn’t recover.

Three out of four teams lost in Thursday's action, in a slate of games which featured some outcomes that one might not have expected at all.

Strong starts in Triple-A and the Midwest League led to victories, with the former being a come-from-behind extra-inning affair. Meanwhile, the Fisher Cats lost in Brett Cecil’s return to the diamond and a first inning grand slam put Dunedin in a hole that Jake Marisnick and Sean Ochinko couldn’t lead the team out of

Some offensive players had big nights. Marcus Knecht had four hits and two home runs; Ryan Schimpf had two hits in one inning, one of them a home run; Anthony Gose had two hits, including a two run triple; and Kenny Wilson and Kevin Pillar each had three hits with a triple. The farm delivered two wins, one loss, and a rainout.

Las Vegas was the only affiliate to put one in the win column Monday.

The affiliates went 3-2 on the day as Dunedin split a double-header.

Three outta four on the farm and a ton of nice performances including exactly the type of game Anthony Gose should have.

The Farm went 2 for 3 on strength of Las Vegas hitting and pitching, New Hampshire’s 8th come from behind win and a heartbreaking loss for Lansing.  Despite the loss, Lansing stays on top of the Eastern Division of the Midwest League with a record of 19-8.  Dunedin, with a night off, stayed atop the Northern Division of the Florida State League.  As we go up the organization, New Hampshire holds down the 4th spot in the Eastern League Eastern Division with a 12-15 record. And Las Vegas starts the weekend at 13-16, good for 4th place in the Pacific Coast League’s Pacific South Division.

A very quiet workmanlike night on the farm but the affiliates nevertheless went 3-1 without any real standout performances.

In Lansing, one of the team’s mostly high-touted pair of tandem starters had their first poor outing of the season. Meanwhile, Las Vegas exploded for a dozen runs in Reno behind a solid start. The Fisher Cats had a quiet day at the plate and there was an unexpected source of heroics for Dunedin.