Only one win on the night, by Syracuse, and that involved Tracy Thorpe escaping from a bases loaded, no out jam.  Davis Romero continued to pitch well and Russ Adams was the offensive hero.  Jacob Butler drve in four runs for New Hampshire who lost by a lot.  The bullpen lost the game for Dunedin while Lansing were unable to come back from an early deficit.

All of the affiliates had the lumber going on Thursday.  The only team not to record double digits in hits were the Lugnuts who had nine, three of them and two triples for Kevin Ahrens.  Justin Jackson was back to help the offense get going.  New Hampshire had fourteen hits with most of the hitters contributing.  Syracuse and Dunedin had twelve and ten hits respectively but both lost due to poor pitching.

The Chiefs won easily but the game had a rare occurance, Sergio Santos made the first and second outs of an inning.  New Hampshire and Dunedin faced top pitching prospects with mixed results.  Brett Cecil made his AA debut and had a poor start with a good finish.  Lansing lost to make it a 2-2 day.

One of the Jays top pitching prospects took a big step forward, another took a step back and another is taking another step up the minor league rung as Brett Cecil will make his AA debut this evening.  Meantime, the three affiliates in action managed to bat 1.000 in the win column. 

5 games, 18 total runs, and a Golden Sombrero for The Chosen One.

With Syrause’s game postponed, the affiliates went 2-1 yesterday. New Hampshire won at home, but the key pitching matchups were found in the lower minors. In Dunedin R. Gonzalez faced off against R. Gonzalez, while Lansing travelled to Clinton for a duel between Kyle Ginley and Neftali Feliz that did not disappoint.

The Chiefs want Adam Lind back, they only had two hits in a loss.  New Hampshire weren't much better, they had three hits through eight innings before doubling their hit total in the ninth and losing 8-1.  Lansing were down 6-0 after two innings, and 13-0 after five, and lost as the Lumber Kings lived up to their name.  Dunedin saved the day by taking the lead in the top of the ninth before Connor Falkenbach had to work around two errors and an attempted double steal to get the save.

It remains to be seen who will win the long-term bragging rights for the best draft pick from 2007, but on Thursday Dunedin's Brett Cecil out-dueled Lakeland's Rick Porcello.

Two and two on the day.  Syracuse and Dunedin mirrored their parent by losing and getting five and three hits respectively.  Starters David Purcey and Gus Chacin could not be blamed for the losses.  New Hampshire won behind a good start from Ricky Romero and a first star performance by Chris Gutierrez.  Lansing scored two in the eighth to record a come from behind win.

The Chiefs played a big role in the affiliates going 2-and-2 last night.  Syracuse and Lansing had the bats going, New Hampshire and Dunedin - not so much!!  For an explanation of the above title, click here.

Travis Snider was called up to New Hampshire yesterday and went 1-5 in his debut.

You'd think that Adam Lind is next in line for a promotion as he was back from a sore neck last night and went 2-4.

Two wins, rain, and an off-day allowed the affiliates to sweep Sunday.

Not one starter on the farm went five innings yesterday and only one went as long as four innings. Regardless, the affiliates went 3-1 and the one starter who went longer than four innings was the one who had the outing to forget.

For the third night in a row Syracuse were the only winners on the farm.  Russ Adams had the hot stick for the Chiefs.  Scott Campbell had three more hits for New Hampshire.  Gus Chacin was bombed again.

The affiliates withstood another ugly night as only the Chiefs could pull out a win.