Blue Jays MiLB Recap – Bisons snap losing streak

Buffalo Bisons (32-28) – 9
—Off Day—

New Hampshire Fisher Cats (26-34) – 5
Bowie Bay Sox (27-34) – 8

A rough night for Fisher Cats starter Jason Berken led to the Cats getting knocked down in this one early.  Berken pitched 3 innings and allowed 6 runs on 7 hits.  He allowed a 2 run homer to Tucker Nathans in the 4th and was removed from the game.  Brady Dragmire was the first out of the pen and did not fare much better in the 4th inning as he was charged 2 runs also.

The Fisher Cats bats fought to stay in the game and were able to score 5 runs.  Melky Mesa picked up 2 big extra base hits.  He hit a triple and mashed a solo home run.  Ryan Lavarnway picked up a 2 hit game and increased his batting average to .293.  Dwight Smith Jr. picked up a pair of RBIs and a run scored as he went 1-3.  Smith is currently on an 8 game hitting streak.

Dunedin Blue Jays (27-33) – 2
St. Lucie Mets (29-30) – 3

Francisco Rios got the start for the D-Jays and pitched well for 6 innings.  He allowed 2 runs while striking out 3 and not walking a batter during the 6 innings.  Conor Fisk acted as starter number 2 as he pitch 5 innings and only allowed 1 hit in the extra inning battle.  Fisk was able to strikeout 7 during his work.  Alonzo Gonzalez gave up the winning run to the Mets in the 12th inning.

On offense four D-Jays were able to collect multi hit games.  Hits were plentiful but the D-Jays were unable to score.  14 total hits and 3 walks meant there were base runners but they only went 2-10 with runners in scoring position.  Jorge Saez hit a solo home run during the D-Jays effort but they came up just short during the game.

Lansing Lugnuts (29-30) – 3
West Michigan Whitecaps (35-23) – 11

The Lugnuts struggled in this one to find anyone that could get out batters.  Ryan Borucki got teed up for 5 runs in his 3 innings of work and also walked 3 batters.  Josh DeGraaf followed with 3 innings of work and 4 more runs as the issues continued for the Lugnuts.  Patrick Murphy was the last Whitecap victim as he allowed a pair of runs in the remaining 2 innings.  Joe Kelly was able to hit a solo home run in the 9th inning but was to little to late.  The Lugnuts were able to get 7 hits during the game but could not string anything together like the Whitecaps were doing.