Adam Loewen single-handedly beat up on Erie Saturday.  Loewen was 5-5 with three doubles and a home run leading New Hampshire to an 11-5 win.  Lansing had a come from behind victory with Brad Glenn hitting a home run and stealing home.  Two pitchers coming off injuries started those games, Bobby Bell and Egan Smith.

Las Vegas were blown out 10-1 although JP Arencibia hit his 13th home run.

Las Vegas were losing to Colorado Springs but they scored three runs off Huston Street and four off Juan Rincon to get the win.  New Hampshire had excellent pitching by Ronald Uviedo, BJ LaMura and Tim Collins to shut out Erie.  An Eric Thames home run in the first was all the scoring they needed.  Ryan Tepera pitched seven innings and didn't give up an earned run as Lansing won.  Dunedin are in their all star break.

The farm went 4-1 and Lance Broadway and Kyle Drabek's 3/1 GB/FB ratio were the worst of the 4 starters.

There was one victory in three games on the farm, as Las Vegas had the day off. Dunedin won a one-run game, while Lansing lost in extra innings on an error. Meanwhile, New Hampshire was shut out by an unlikely source.

See what happens when the parent club loses 9-0?  It made me forget today was my day for the MLU!  My apologies for the lateness and I will be into the whole brevity thing as a result!  It was a 1-3 night for the North American affiliates and a .500 night in the Dominican.

A strong start by Henderson Alvarez and some listless D-Jays bats were some notable events on a 3-1 Sunday.

New Hampshire had a big come from behind win against league leading Altoona with Adam Loewen and Shawn Bowman leading the hitters.  Kyle Drabek had an odd start with lots of walks and strikeouts.  Dunedin won in extra innings while Lansing lost a rain shortened affair.  Las Vegas lost as Tacoma hit a grand slam off Brad Mills.

It's an abbreviated "I was at the Jays game last night" version of the minor league update.  Dunedin were the only winners Friday paced by a 15 hit attack.  Lansing also had 15 hits but came out on the losing end.  Las Vegas and New Hampshire scored just one run each.

Marc Rzepczynski made his best rehab start of the year last night, and two of the affiliates won last night. I won't tell you which ones though! Unless, you know, you read the article where we list the scores and describe what happened in the games.

Lansing defeated Cedar Rapids by a couple of runs and Dunedin’s ninth-inning comeback fell a run short. However, the real action on the evening came in Pennsylvania, where Zach Stewart faced off against Phillipe Aumont and 20 runs were scored in the game.

The teams that mustered more than four runs were winners Tuesday night.  One of them came close to nailing an impersonation of the big league club's come from ahead loss.

I would adapt a few more lines of the song to be baseball-themed, but that would be the lamest thing I've ever done.

Not much else to say.  One win in five tries including a blowout.  Luckily, the one win featured a nice start by a top prospect.

It doesn't look like Marc Rzepczynski will be starting for the Jays anytime soon.  After allowing nine runs in the PCL hell on Saturday, Zep's ERA is 18.56.  Lansing also lost and the only win was thanks to BJ LaMura who pitched six shutout innings for New Hampshire.  Chuck Huggins made his AA debut and pitched well in a losing cause. 

It was Ripley's "believe it or not" night for the affiliates Friday.  Consider:

Jarrett Hoffpauir hit for the cycle in Las Vegas's win over Tacoma.  It was his second cycle of the season.

Two Jays, Aaron Mathews in Vegas and Eric Thames for New Hampshire, hit inside the park home runs

New Hampshire were losing 6-1 in the eighth inning and won.

David Cooper, who has been struggling all season, hit a two run home run in the ninth to tie the game

Bubbie Buzachero, who had an ERA around 8 before last nights game, pitched five innings to get the win for the Fisher Cats

Chad Beck, whose pre-game ERA was over 6, made a spot start for Dunedin and pitched five shutout innings

Travis D'Arnaud hit a grand slam homerun.

Zach Stewart gave up five runs in the first two innings, then pitched three almost perfect innings