Blue Jays Minor League Report: John Anderson K’s career-high 8 batters

Triple-A: Buffalo Bisons (48-48)

Cory Aldridge led the way with two hit including a home run while Ryan Goins and Jared Goedert each added extra base hits as Buffalo lost 7-2. P.J. Walters was chased in the fifth after giving up seven earned runs off eight hits and two walks.

Ryan Goins – 1/4, 2B
Jared Goedert – 1/4, 2B
Kevin Pillar – 1/4, RBI, K
Cory Alridge – 2/3, HR, RBI, BB
Brad Glenn – 0/3, BB, K
Ryan Schimpf – 0/2, 2 BB, K
Mike McDade – 1/4
Mike Nickeas – 0/4, K
Jonathan Diaz – 1/3, K

P.J. Walters – 4.1 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 2 HR (L)
Raul Valdes – 3.2 IP, H, BB, 3 K
Mike Zagurski – 1.0 IP, H, K

Double-A: New Hampshire Fisher Cats (44-50)

In game one of a doubleheader, Michael Crouse crushed his seventh home run of the season but the Fisher Cats were only able to add two other hits as they lost 5-2 to Portland. Radhames Liz started and struck out five but allowed five earned runs off eight hits.

Game 1

Jon Berti – 0/3
Kevin Nolan – 1/3, 2B, K
Andy Burns – 0/1, RBI, BB, K
Mike Crouse – 1/2, HR, RBI, BB
Matt Newman – 1/3, K
Derrick Chung – 0/3
Yusuf Carter – 0/3
Jorge Flores – 0/2, K
Andy Fermin – 0/2

Radhames Liz – 4.2 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, BB, 5 K (L)
Randy Boone – 1.1 IP, K

Game 2

In game two, John Anderson led the way with eight strikeouts and allowed just one hit over five innings as New Hampshire won 2-0. Gregory Infante pitched two perfect innings and struck out three to earn the six-out save. Jon Berti reached on an error, proceeded to steal both second and third base before scoring on a throwing error to open the scoring in the first and also scored on a Kevin Nolan RBI single in the fifth, which was enough to give Anderson the well-deserved win.

Jon Berti – 1/4, 2 SB
Kevin Nolan – 2/4, 2 K, RBI
Matt Newman – 1/2, BB
Michael Crouse – 0/2, BB, 2 K, SB
Andy Burns – 0/3, 3 K
K.C. Hobson – 0/3
Jorge Flores – 1/2, BB
Pierce Rankin – 0/3, 2 K
Andy Fermin – 0/3, K

John Anderson – 5.0 IP, H, BB, 8 K (W)
Gregory Infante – 2.0 IP, 3 K (S)

Class A Advanced: Dunedin Blue Jays (57-34)

Postponed due to rain.

Class A: Lansing Lugnuts (43-48)

Mitch Nay had a two hits including a double and drove in two runs as Lansing won 3-1. Chase De Jong gave up a solo home run but was otherwise effective over five innings giving up just four hits and a walk with two strikeouts. Derrick Loveless added a double and Chaz Frank reached base twice with a single and a walk while D.J. Davis didn’t reach base but drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth.

Chaz Frank – 1/3, BB
D.J. Davis – 0/3, RBI, 2 K
Matthew Dean – 1/4
Mitch Nay – 2/4, 2B, 2 RBI, K
Dawel Lugo – 0/4, K
Derrick Loveless – 1/4, 2B, 2 K
Justin Atkinson – 0/4
Mike Reeves – 0/3, BB, 2 K
Jason Leblebijian – 0/2, BB, K

Chase De Jong – 5.0 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, 2 K, HR
Roberto Espinosa – 2.0 IP, H, 2 BB, 2 K
Scott Silverstein – 1.0 IP, H, K
Phil Kish – 1.0 IP, H, BB, K (S)

Class A Short-Season: Vancouver Canadians (17-12)

Zak Wasilewski had a solid start and allowed three runs (two earned) off five hits and four walks with two punch outs. Chris Carlson had two hits including a two-bagger and two RBIs while Tim Locastro also collected two hits. Franklin Barreto singled and scored a run in the ninth to extend his hitting streak to seven games. A seven run ninth inning was the undoing for the C’s who lost 11-4.

Roemon Fields – 1/3, BB, K
Timothy Locastro – 2/4
Franklin Barreto – 1/4
Ryan McBroom – 0/3, K
Chris Carlson – 2/4, 2B, 2 RBI
Michael De La Cruz – 0/1, BB
Sean Hurley – 0/2
Boomer Collins – 0/3, BB, K
Seth Conner – 1/4, RBI
Ryan Metzler – 1/4, 3 K

Zakery Wasilewski – 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
Joseph Lovecchio – 2.0 IP, H, ER, BB, K
Mark Biggs – 0.2 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB
Tim Mayza – 0.1 IP, 2 H, R, 0 ER, K

Advanced Rookie: Bluefield Blue Jays

Richard Urena had two hits including a go-ahead home run in the twelfth as Bluefield won in extras 4-3. Trent Miller and Dan Jansen also went for extra bases while Josh Almonte chipped in with three singles. The only hit Joey Aquino allowed was a home run as he pitched five strong innings with three strikeouts.

Richard Urena – 2/6, HR, RBI, K, CS
Rolando Segovia – 1/6, 2 K
Josh Almonte – 3/5, 2 K, CS
Trent Miller – 2/5, 2B, RBI, K
Rowdy Tellez – 1/5, RBI
Gabriel Cenas – 1/5, K
Dan Jansen – 1/5, 2B, RBI, 2 K
James Lynch – 0/5, 2 K
Jesus Gonzalez – 0/5, 3 K

Joey Aquino – 5.0 IP, H, ER, BB, 3 K, HR
Conor Fisk – 3.0 IP, 2 H, ER, 2 K, HR
Dusty Isaacs – 2.0 IP, 2 H, ER, 2 K (BS)
Michael Kraft – 2.0 IP, 3 K (W)

Rookie: GCL Blue Jays

Lane Thomas finished a home run shy of the cycle as the GCL Blue Jays lost 6-3. Juan Tejada added two hits while Freddy Rodriguez reached base twice with a single and a walk. Connor Greene gave up eight hits and five runs but only two came earned while Angel Perdomo pitched five one-hit frames with six strikeouts.

Lane Thomas – 3/5, 2B, 3B, RBI
Edwin Fuentes – 0/3, BB
Max Pentecost – 0/3, K
Matt Morgan – 1/2
Juan Kelly – 0/5, 2 K
Juan Tejada – 2/5
Angel Gomez – 0/5, 2 K
Freddy Rodriguez – 1/3, BB, K
Andres De Aza – 1/4, 2 K
Dean Bell – 1/3, BB

Connor Greene – 3.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 2 K
Angel Perdomo – 5.0 IP, H, BB, 6 K
Francisco Diaz – 1.0 IP, R, 0 ER, BB, K

All stats courtesy MiLB.com.