Buffalo and Dunedin won. Buffalo had a big 9-0 win while Arjun Nimmala starred in Dunedin's win. Two wins was the best showing of the week but it could have been better. New Hampshire led 2-0 in the eighth but lost 5-2. Vancouver led 8-3 in the ninth and lost. The common thread in the two losses? Walks. The Jays relievers walked eight in those two innings.

James Kaprelian started for Buffalo and gave up nine runs. Dunedin played two and each starter gave up six runs. Vancouver's starter gave up four runs in the first two innings. All of these games were lost. New Hampshire did get good pitching but lost 1-0 with the winning run scoring on a double steal. The affiliates are now 2-19 this week.

It has been a bad week on the farm. The affiliates were 0-4 on Tuesday and Thursday and 1-3 on Wednesday. Friday was another 1-3 with Dunedin having the only win. Dunedin have been trying to play two since Wednesday but each day the rains come in the afternoon, delay the start of game one and limit play to just one game.

The Jays pitchers were in a generous mood on Thursday. From giving up too many hits, to walks, balks and hit batters, they didn't put up much of a fight. Two of the affiliates outhit their opponents to no avail. All four affiliates lost.

Altoona 8 New Hampshire 4
Vancouver 10 Hillsboro 5
Lakeland 4 Dunedin 2 
Lakeland Dunedin Game Two PPD 
Durham 14 Buffalo 8


Boxscores

The affiliates were 0-4.

Two players hit grand slam home runs on Sunday. Will Robertson did it in the first inning for Buffalo but it wasn't enough to get a win. Eddie Micheletti did it in the ninth inning for Dunedin and they won by five. Jace Bohrofen had a plain solo home run as Vancouver won. New Hampshire threw the ball around in one inning and that was enough for a loss.

Buffalo won in a low key way. They had just six hits and used five pitchers. Vancouver were in a pitchers duel, they won in the eleventh inning. New Hampshire and Dunedin lost.

New Hampshire's RJ Schreck had a big game and Rafael Sanchez pitched well to get the win for the Fisher Cats. Dunedin shutout Clearwater with Edward Duran having four hits. Vancouver could have won as they led into the ninth inning but the bullpen lost the game for them. It spoiled a great start by Kendry Rojas. Buffalo's bullpen cost them a win despite Alan Roden's four hits. It was only a two win night but there were lots of good individual performances.

Buffalo scored five runs in the first inning, New Hampshire scored six runs in the second inning, Dunedin scored four runs in the first inning. All of them used their early leads to cruise to a win. Vancouver scored just two runs in the first inning but they needed to score two in the eighth to get their win. An org sweep!

Hartford 1 Hampshire 0
Everett Vancouver 6
Dunedin 9 Clearwater 5
Omaha 5 Buffalo 2

Boxscores

Only Buffalo did not find the win column on Tuesday as the affiliates went 5-1.

The title is for Glevin. If not Amalfi it was going to be a Schreck pun.

Alex Amalfi had to come into the Vancouver game in the first inning. He and a bevy of relievers held Spokane to one hit over 8.1 innings and Vancouver had some big hits to win easily. Buffalo had a nice win with Alan Roden and Josh Kasevich leading the way. RJ Schreck had a big game for New Hampshire but it wasn't enough. Dunedin lost a low scoring game.

Buffalo's bats were in full working condition as they beat up on Scranton. Jonatan Clase homered and drove in three runs. Vancouver scored a run in the ninth to win. New Hampshire and Dunedin lost.

Adrian Pinto and Kendry Rojas had big games in Vancouver's win. Both could be in New Hampshire soon. Dunedin also won with contributions from both sides of the game. New Hampshire's offense produced 13 hits but they lost, as did Buffalo despite a nice start from Jake Bloss.