Vancouver and Dunedin ended their seasons on Sunday. Vancouver, who have been playing well, had a limp end to their season and lost. Dunedin's finale was washed out for an even limper finish. New Hampshire lost again, its now 13 losses in a row. Buffalo were the sole winners but they might have an issue with Trey Vesavage who left the game after throwing 18 pitches.

There have been some excellent pitchers in Vancouver this season, Trey Yesavage, Khal Stephen and Gage Stanifer for example. Austin Cates is another who is blossoming in the northeast. He struck out nine in six innings on Saturday. Carter Cunningham had a big game and Vancouver won. Unfortunately it was the only win on Saturday.

Johnny King made his final start of the season for Dunedin and struck out seven in 4.2 shutout innings. Gage Stanifer made his first AA start and had a problem with walks. Dunedin won while New Hampshire lost. Hits were in short supply above Dunedin. In four games the affiliates had 17 hits. Dunedin had 13 in their game. Buffalo split a doubleheader. Sean Keys set a home run record for Vancouver in their loss. To sum it up, Buffalo and Dunedin won, Buffalo, New Hampshire and Vancouver lost.

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It was a rainy day on the east coast. Buffalo were rained out. New Hampshire had their start delayed due to rain and then the game was shortened to five innings with a NH loss. Dunedin's start was also delayed and they too lost. Vancouver were the only winners.

Given we are now into September, the potential playoff roster options are set - if you weren't in the system on the night of August 31st to September 1st you can't play with the Jays in the post-season. So IKF qualifies (barely), but Buddy Kennedy (re-acquired September 1st) doesn't.

Bradenton 8 Dunedin 5

Somerset 8 New Hampshire 4

Vancouver 8 Everett 2

Syracuse 10 Buffalo 2

Buffalo, New Hampshire, and Dunedin lost. Vancouver won Wednesday.

Buffalo and Dunedin won. New Hampshire and Vancouver did not.


Carter Cunningham had a perfect night at the plate for Vancouver on Tuesday.

September baseball, kids! The highs are higher, the lows are lower. This is the good stuff.

Buffalo won behind another rehab start from Alek Manoah. Adam Macko is pitching well in Manoah's shadow. Vancouver had outstanding pitching from Austin Cates and big hitting from Carter Cunningham on their way to a big win. New Hampshire lost and Dunedin were rained out.

Gage Stanifer and three relievers combined to shutout Hillsboro and limit them to six hits. Dunedin did better, they two hit Fort Myers behind Daniel Guerra. Buffalo and New Hampshire continued their offensive sumps with seven hits between them.

Four games, four losses. Buffalo and New Hampshire scored three runs each but they lost by two and one run respectively. Vancouver and Dunedin scored one more, four, that wasn't enough for them either. Johnny King started for Dunedin and it didn't go well.

The team with the best record in all of baseball is coming to town.

Two wins and two losses on Thursday. Vancouver played an eleven inning, four hours plus game and came out on top. Buffalo had a nice win behind CJ Van Eyk. New Hampshire and Dunedin suffered from a lack of offense and lost.

Buffalo and Vancouver won while New Hampshire lost in extra innings. Dunedin's game against Fort Myers was rained out so they will play two today.


Austin Cates earned his first Northwest League victory in Hillsboro on Tuesday.