August 27th Blue Jays Minor Leagues Recap: Horwitz homers and drives in three. Morris extends streak. Gabriel Martinez goes deep for C’s.

Buffalo- Jaimie Ritchie tied the game 1-1 in the 2nd inning with an RBI single. Buffalo scored 3 in the 5th when Spencer Horwitz doubled in Mason McCoy and Nathan Lukes, and Orelvis Martinez cashed Horwitz in with a sac fly. Horwitz provided Buffalo with an insurance run in the 9th, hitting his 10th home run of the season. Wes Parsons picked up win number 7, allowing one run on 3 hits over 5 innings. Gabriel Ponce earned his first Triple-A save, pitching two scoreless innings.

New Hampshire- Cancelled-rain

Vancouver- The Indians scored 8 runs between the 1st and 3rd innings. Anders Tolhurst allowed 7 of those runs, lasting just 2 innings. Sam Ryan allowed one run, pitching 3 strong innings in relief of Tolhurst. Cooper Benson pitched two no-hit innings and Ryan Boyer and Eric Pardinho finished the game with a scoreless 8th and 9th. Josh Kasevich hit his 4th home run in the 2nd inning, a solo home run. Gabriel Martinez hit his 3rd home run in the last 10 games, a solo shot in the 4th inning. Peyton Willimas went deep in the 9th, a solo home run.

Dunedin- The D-Jays scored 13 runs on 12 hits and 8 walks. Manuel Beltre doubled in the 1st inning, scoring Nick Goodwin and Angel Del Rosario. Roque Salinas doubled in the 4th, chasing Jace Bohrofen home, 4-0. Dunedin scored 4 runs in the 6th on a Bohrofen RBI single, a Salinas 2-run single, and Beltre RBI sac fly. In the 7th, Del Rosario singled home Glenn Santiago and Goodwin brought Del Rosario home with a ground out. In the 8th, the D-Jays brought in three more runs on a Jackson Hornung RBI double, Santiago RBI single, and Del Rosario RBI sac fly. Zach Thompson made it through three scoreless innings. Wander Garcia allowed one hit over 2 scoreless innings. Rafael Ohashi allowed 5 runs over 2 innings and Eliander Alcalde allowed 3 runs over the final two innings.

Triple-A

Buffalo Bisons (61-63)

Won 5 to 2

HR- Spencer Horwitz (10)

Starter- Wes Parsons 5.0IP, 3H, 1R, 6BB, 3K

W- Parsons (7-2, 4.10ERA)

H- Nate Pearson (2) and Chad Green (4)

SV- Gabriel Ponce (1)

Double-A

New Hampshire Fisher Cats (54-62)

Game results from August 26th

Loss 9 to 4

HR- Phil Clarke (6) and Michael Turconi (1)

Starter Chad Dallas 4.2IP, 12H, 7R, 1BB, 6K

L- Dallas (6-2, 4.65ERA)

Advanced-A

Vancouver Canadians (73-46)

Won 9 to 8

HR- Josh Kasevich (4), Gabriel Martinez (11), and Peyton Williams (6)

Starter Anders Tolhurst 2.0IP, 7H, 7R, 1BB, 2K

L- Tolhurst (3-1, 7.40ERA)

A-Ball

Dunedin Blue Jays (58-62)

Won 13 to 8

HR- none

Starter- Zach Thompson 3.0IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 2K

W- Wander Garcia (1-0, 2.70ERA)

FCL Blue Jays (17-37)

Game results from August 22nd

Loss 15 to 5

HR- none

Starter Cesar Ayala 3.0IP, 5H, 5R, 1BB, 2K, and 2HRA

L- Keiner Leon (3-3, 8.22ERA)

DSL Blue Jays (28-25)

Game results from August 21st

Loss 7 to 6

HR- none

Starter Sann Omosako 2.2IP, 4H, 1R, 1BB, 3K, and 1HRA

L- Lluveres Severino (0-2, 4.50ERA)/BSV1

Top Performers

• Buffalo-Nathan Lukes (3-for-5, R), Rafael Lantigua (2-for-5, K, CS), Spencer Horwitz (2-for-5, 2R, 3RBI, HR, 2B, K), Addison Barger (0-for-2, R, 2BB), Orelvis Martinez (1-for-2, 2B, BB, RBI), Gabriel Ponce (2.0IP, 2H, 0R, 2Bb, 2K, SV)
• New Hampshire-
• Vancouver- Dasan Brown (0-for-3, 2BB, K), Peyton Williams (2-for-5, R, RBI, HR), Josh Kasevich (2-for-4, 2R, RBI, HR, BB), Gabriel Martinez (3-for-5, R, RBI, HR, 2B), Lyle Lin (2-for-3, RBI, K), Sam Ryan (3.0IP, 3H, 1R, 0BB, 1K), Cooper Benson (2.0IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K)
• Dunedin- Angel Del Rosario (1-for-3, 3R, 2RBI, 2BB, K, 2SB), Nick Goodwin 91-for-4, 2R, RBI), Jace Bohrofen (3-for-4, 2R, 2B, RBI, BB, K), Roque Salinas (2-for-5, 3RBI, K), Glenn Santiago (2-for-4, 2R, RBI, BB, SB), Wander Gracia (2.0IP, 1H, 0R, 2BB, 0K)

Tanner Morris‘s On-Base Streak

Tanner Morris extended his on-base streak to 33 games with a walk in three at-bats. Morris is batting .293 with 21 doubles, 6HR, a decent .816OPS, and 48RBI.

Brennan Orf has reached base in every one of his professional games. He went 0-for-3 with two runs scored, two walks, and two strikeouts to push his on-base streak to 24 games. Orf owns a .233BA with .777OPS, 4 doubles, and 9 RBI.

Transactions

Movement- RHP Kiener Leon to Dunedin.

IL- OF Dylan Rock (New Hampshire) and RHP Pat Gallagher (Vancouver)