Blue Jays MiLB Recap – Herd gone wild!
Buffalo Bisons vs Pawtucket Red Sox (Win 9-1)
Sunday the Buffalo Bisons offense broke out to support a great pitching performance. We start with the pitching with Wade LeBlanc. LeBlanc would throw a solid 5 innings of work and allow only 4 hits. He would allow the 1 run on a few singles in the first inning but then cruised for the remainder of his outing. He would also record 2 strikeout and a pair of walks.
Ben Rowen would be the first out of the pen and got into some trouble quick. After allowing 2 singles in the first 3 batters he faced he was able to regain control and shut down the Sox for the inning. Ryan Tepera can on in the 7th for a shutdown inning. Pat Venditte tossed a stellar inning in which he recorded 2 strikeouts. Dusting Antolin would finish things out in a non-save opportunity and allowed only 1 hit in the 9th. Pitching was on fire against the Paw-Sox and opened the door for the offense
Pitching Grade: A+
On the flip side of the ball the Bisons unmasked a consistent attack on Paw-Sox pitching. The flood gates opened in the top of the 3rd inning where they scored 4 runs.
Tony Sanchez led off the inning with a single and was followed with an error at first base. After Andy Burns walked the bases were loaded. Darrell Ceciliani walked with the bases loaded for the first run. Jesus Montero came into the box next and slugged a double to left which was good for 3 runs. Flashing forward to the 5th where Montero struck again. This time he scorched a hard line-drive over the left field wall for a 2-run homer. In the late innings the Bisons would tag on 3 more runs on a wild pitch, a sac fly, and a string of singles.
Offensive Grade: A+
Line of the Day – Jesus Montero 4-5 with a double, a home run, 2 runs scored, 5 RBIs
Next: Fisher Cats get their first win
New Hampshire Fisher Cats vs Binghampton Mets (Win 8-1)
The Fisher Cats finally got to play their second game of the season Sunday. Binghampton weather has been rough for the beginning of this season. The Cats bats were a warm breeze in the dead of the near winter that is happening in New York still.
Great pitching and a ton of offense in the late innings led the Cats to a lopsided win.
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John Anderson got things going with 4 innings of 5 hit ball. He would allow 1 run with 3 walks and 4 strikeouts during his work. Murphy Smith would come on for 2 innings of work to record the win. He would allow no hits and strike out 2. The bullpen would only allow one base runner over 5 innings of work.
Pitching Grade: A+
Dwight Smith Jr. led the way on offense as he collected 4 RBIs on 2 hits. The Fisher Cats collected 3 extra base hits out of their 12 total. The bats awakened for 7 runs in the last 5 innings. The Cats were assisted by the Mets as the allowed 2 errors but the Cats were able to capitalize when they had opportunities. Shane Opitz and Ian Parmley collected a stolen base each in the win also.
Offensive Grade: A
Line of the Day – Dwight Smith Jr. 2-5 with 4 RBIs
Next: Rough day for the D-Jays
Dunedin Blue Jays vs Clearwater Threshers (loss 0-7)
A rough start to the game was too big of a hole for the Dunedin Blue Jays to climb out of. Justin Shafer just could not find a way to get Thresher hitters out. A first inning 2 run homer by Kyle Martin got the Threshers going. Things did not get much easier in the 2nd as the Threshers went on to string 3 more runs together.
Shafer would stay in for 4 total innings of work allowing 7 hits for 5 earned runs. He would only walk one batter and collect a strikeout. Jose Fernandez cam on and started off well. The Threshers would find a way to score 2 more runs off of Fernandez to push the score to 7-0 Threshers. Chris Rowley would come on and finally stop the bleeding over the last 2.1 innings.
Next: Jose up for a position change and negotiating?
Pitching Grade: D
The offense was on life support for the game. The D-Jays only collected 3 hits and 3 walks during the game. Sunday the Threshers put on a pitching clinic and walked all over the D-Jays offense. The Thresher bullpen only allowed one base runner through 3.2 innings of work.