Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Recap: Taylor Cole leads minors in strikeouts

The Toronto Blue Jays farm system maintained a 4-5 record in a quite busy and eventful Monday of minor league baseball.

Buffalo Bisons (49-52)

The Buffalo Bisons defeated the Lehigh Valley IronPigs 11-4 in 10 innings Monday evening. All-Star Liam Hendriks continued his excellence, tossing seven innings of eight hit ball surrendering four runs and striking out nine.

The Bisons trailed 4-3 heading into the ninth but tied the game on a Mike Nickeas sacrifice fly. In the 10th, the Bisons added seven more runs before Chad Jenkins finished them off to complete their 49th victory, improving them to three games under 0.500.

Ryan Goins– 2/6, 2 RBI, K

A. J Jiminez- 3/4, K

-Mike Nickeas- 0/1, RBI

Kevin Pillar– 2/4, 2 BB

Ryan Schimpf– 2/5, 3 RBI, 2 K

Brad Glenn– 2/5, 2 RBI, BB, 2 K

Cory Aldridge– 0/5, RBI, 4 K

Brett Wallace– 3/5, K

Jared Goedert– 1/4, BB

Jonathan Diaz– 1/5, RBI

Liam Hendriks- 7.0 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 9 K

Steve Delabar– (W, 1-2), 2.0 IP, BB, 4 K

Chad Jenkins- 1.0 IP, 2 H

New Hampshire Fisher Cats

In the first game of Monday’s double header against the Trenton Thunder, the Fisher Cats lost 4-1. The Fisher Cats offence was non-existent in the early match, recording only four hits in the shortened seven inning game.

John Anderson lost his second game of the season throwing 5.1 IP, allowing two earned runs on seven hits with two walks and four punch outs.

Unfortunately game 2 of the double header manufactured the same result as the Fisher Cats lost 8-5.

Although the offence woke up for the second game, the pitching staff was unable to shutdown Trenton as starter Richard Bleier surrendered four runs on eight hits in his three innings pitched.

Dalton Pompey continued to demonstrate his adjustments to Double- A going 2 for 4 in the match with Matt Newman and Kevin Nolan teaming up to drive five runs in.

Game 1:

Dalton Pompey- 0/3, K

Jon Berti– 1/3, K

Matt Newman- 0/3, K

Kevin Nolan- 1/3, RBI

Andy Burns– 1/3

K.C Hobson- 0/3, 2 K

Derrick Chung– 0/3

Michael Crouse- 1/3, K

Andy Fermin– 0/2

John Anderson (L. 3-2) 5.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R/ 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

Tyler Ybarra– 1.2 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 2 K

Game 2:

Dalton Pompey- 2/4

Jon Berti- 2/3, BB, K

Matt Newman- 2/2, 2 RBI, 2 BB

Kevin Nolan- 2/4, 3 RBI

Andy Burns- 0/3, 2 K

K. C Hobson- 0/2, BB, K

Sean Ochinko– 0/3

Jack Murphy– 0/3

Jorge Flores– 0/2, BB

Richard Bleier- 3.0 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 2 K

Blake McFarland– (L, 0-2), 1.1 IP, 3 H, ER, 2 BB, 2 K

Rundy Boone- 1.2 IP, ER, K

Gregory Infante- 1.0 IP, K

Dunedin Blue Jays (61-39)

Dunedin pulled off their 61st victory of the season 3-0 Monday afternoon thanks mostly to Taylor Cole‘s phenomenal start. He ended up throwing a scoreless 6.2 innings, allowing two hits while walking one and fanning an impressive 12 batters. This start lowers his ERA on the season to 2.90 and pushes him into second in all of the minor leagues with 134 strikeouts on the season. (Editor’s note: Cole was first but Ben Lively struck out four yesterday to take the strikeout lead by one.)

Dwight Smith Jr. provided most of the offence with his two-run home-run, his eighth home-run of the season.

Nick Baligod– 1/3, BB

Peter Mooney– 1/3

Dwight Smith Jr.- 1/3, HR (8), RBI 2, BB

Marcus Knecht– 1/3, BB

Kevin Patterson– 1/4, RBI, 2 K

Santiago Nessy– 0/3

Gustavo Pierre– 0/3, K

Ian Parmley– 0/3

Christian Lopes– 0/3

Taylor Cole- (W, 7-5), 6.2 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, BB, 12 K

Wil Browning– 1.1 IP, H, 2 BB, 4 K

Arik Sikula– 1.0, S (22)

Lansing Lugnuts (42-56)

In a hard fought, low scoring game, the Langsing Lugnuts lost to the Clinton LumberKings 2-1. The Lugnuts were, for the most part, shutdown by the LumberKings pitching staff collecting only four hits off the bats of Dawel Lugo, Dickie Joe Thon, Justin Atkinson and Daniel Klein.

David Harris– 0/3, K

Chaz Frank– 0/4

Mitch Nay– 0/3, BB, K

Matt Dean- 0/4, 4 K

Dawel Lugo- 1/3, BB, K

D. J Davis- 0/4, K

Dickie Joe Thon- 1/2, BB

Justin Atkinson- 1/2, RBI, BB

Daniel Klein- 1/3

Alonzo Gonzalez– 4.0 IP, 2 H, ER, 2 BB, 4 K

Jimmy Cordero– 3.0 IP, 3 H, BB, 2 K

Brady Dragmire– (L, 3-6) 2.0 IP, 3 H, R/ER, K

Vancouver Canadians (25-13) 

The Vancouver C’s continued their season success defeating Tri City 10-6. The offence was in full force Monday with Franklin Barreto going 3 for 4 and driving in three runs.

Miguel Castro earned his fifth win of the season throwing six innings while allowing only two runs on four hits.

Roemon Fields– 2/5

– Brenden Kalfus– 0/1

Tim Locastro- 2/4, 2 RBI

Franklin Barreto- 2/3, 3 RBI, BB

–Christian Vazquez– 0/1

Max Pentecost– 1/5, RBI

Ryan McBroom– 3/4, RBI

Chris Carlson– 1/4, BB

Alexis Maldonado– 1/5, K

Boomer Collins– 0/2, 2 BB, RBI

Ryan Metzler– 2/4, K

Miguel Castro- (W, 5-2) 6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K

Michael Kraft– 1.0 IP, H, 0 ER, K

Joe Lovecchio- 1.0 IP, H, 0 ER, K

Yeyfry Del Rosario– 0.1 IP, 2 H, 4 R/2 ER, BB, K

Francisco Gracequi (S, 1) 0.2 IP, BB, K

Bluefield Blue Jays (16-15)

The Bluefield Blue Jays lost in extra innings 7-6.

Richard Urena– 2/6, 2 K

Aaron Attaway– 0/4, BB, 2 K

Josh Almonte– 2/4, BB

Trent Miller– 1/5, RBI

Rowdy Tellez– 2/4, RBI, BB

Gabriel Cenas– 2/5, RBI

Dan Jansen– 1/5, K

Jesus Gonzalez– 0/5, 4 K

Angel Rojas– 3/5, K

Jesus Tinoco– 4.0 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K

Jordan Romano– 3.0 IP, 2 K

Oscar Cabrera– (BS, 1)(L, 2-1) 2.1 IP, 3 R/2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K

DSL Blue Jays (21-22) 

The DSL Blue Jays won 9-3.

Edward Olivares– 0/5, 2 K

Jesus Severino– 1/5, 2 RBI

Enmanuel Moreta– 2/4

Javier Hernandez– 1/4, RBI

Bryan Lizardo– 1/4, 2 K

Francisco Rodriguez– 2/4, K

Miguel Almonte– 0/2, 2 BB

Manuel Herazo– 2/4, 2 RBI

Leudy Garcia– 3/4, 4 RBI

Juliandry Higuera (W, 2-3), 5.0 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 10 K

Guillermo De La Cruz– 2.0 IP, H, K

Thony Vinicio– 1.0, K

Kelyn Jose– 0.0 IP, H, 3 ER, 3 BB

William Zambrano– 1.0 IP, BB, K

GSL Blue Jays (8-18) 

The GSL Blue Jays lost 8-3.

Cliff Brantley– 1/2

Gunnar Heidt- 1/3 RBI, K

– Deiferson Barreto– 0/0, BB

Juan Kelly– 1/4, RBI

Juan Tejada– 1/4, HR (4), RBI

Edwin Fuentes– 0/4, 2 K

Freddy Rodriguez– 0/4, 3 K

Matt Morgan– 0/4, 3 K

Angel Gomez– 0/3, BB

Trey Pascazi– 0/4, 3 K

Grayson Huffman– 4.0 IP, H, ER, 3 BB, 3 K

Mickey Storey– 1.0 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, K

Turner Lee– (BS, 1) (L, 1-1) 3 H, 4 ER, BB, K

Francisco Diaz– 2.0 IP, 2H, ER