Buffalo blew it but Vancouver, Dunedin and the Florida Coast League Blue Jays all won with the latter sweeping a doubleheader.


Arjun Nimmala and the Vancouver Canadians paid tribute to the Vancouver Ashai baseball team by wearing Asahi jerseys at Nat Bailey Stadium on Tuesday. The Asahi was a Japanese-Canadian baseball club that played in Vancouver from 1914 to 1941.

Juaron Watts Brown had an excellent start but Vancouver lost in ten innings. Buffalo also lost but New Hampshire and Dunedin won.

Just two wins on Saturday. Alan Roden had three hits and is dominating AAA (in just three games). He has eight hits and is hitting .571. RJ Schreck hit a couple of home runs and Gilberto Batista had nine strikeouts.

Four games, four wins, 42 runs, 52 hits. It all came up roses on Friday for the affiliates.

It was good news in Vancouver and Dunedin. Sean Keys and Carter Cunningham had big offensive games. Fernando Perez pitched well. For Dunedin Jean Joseph hit a ninth inning home run to break a tie. The FCL Jays also won while Buffalo lost. New Hampshire were rained out.

Dunedin 7 Fort Myers 3

New Hampshire 2 Hartford 1

Hartford 4 New Hampshire 2

Spokane 9 Vancouver 7

St. Paul 8 Buffalo 7

Buffalo loses to St. Paul, Dunedin victorious over Fort Myers, More double dipping in New Hampshire, Vancouver travels to Spokane.

New Hampshire’s game was postponed due to inclement weather. That’s the only good news here.

Hits were in short supply on Sunday. In five games the Jays affiliates had 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 hits. The only game they won was the game with four hits. Will Robertson provided the big hit to get the win for Buffalo.

Khal Stephen dominated Daytona and Dunedin scored 14 for a win. It is a race between him and Yesavage to see who gets to Vancouver first. The FCL Jays started their season with a win for a Florida double. Vancouver also had a big win. New Hampshire won a 1-0 game. Buffalo were the only losers.

Two wins for the affiliates. Ryan Watson spun a gem while Schreck woke up from his slumber. Yhoangel Aponte also had a big game as did Orelvis Martinez.

Hey, I had to use that headline at least once. Yesavage had eight K's in six shutout innings in his highly touted matchup against Phillies prospect Andrew Painter. Arjun Nimmala homered again in Vancouver's loss. Buffalo had a nice win while New Hampshire lost in extra innings.

Clearwater 4 Dunedin 0

New Hampshire 3 Portland 2

Portland 3 New Hampshire 2

Vancouver 9 Hillsboro 6

Buffalo 10 Iowa 8

The Bisons are winning, Dunedin is shut out, Double dipping in New Hampshire, and Vancouver is hosting the Hops.

Buffalo and New Hampshire gave up nine runs and lost, Vancouver also allowed nine runs but won and there were nine runs scored in Dunedin but the D-Jays only had four of them on Wednesday, April 29.


Vancouver Canadians Victor Arias.

Arjun Nimmala homered for the third game in a row on another good night for the affiliates. Three wins and a one run loss. The big story was Vancouver scoring four runs in the top of the ninth to erase a two run deficit. The game went to extra innings where Eddie Micheletti Jr doubled in the winning run. Vancouver and Dunedin won on nights when Grant Rogers and Khal Stephen were not at their best. Jake Bloss was pretty good though.

All four affiliates won, an unusual occurrence this season.