Minor League Report: Orelvis Martinez hit two doubles in his return

Trenton Wallace made the start, finishing with a line of 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K to bring his Triple-A ERA to 5.60. Paolo Espino pitched an inning and two thirds, allowing an earned run with two strikeouts, while Mason Fluharty struck out the only batter he faced. 

Emmanuel Ramírez made his organizational debut, striking out a batter in a clean inning of work. Brandon Eisert allowed an earned run and a strikeout in his inning of work, while Dillon Tate struck out two in a clean inning.

New Hampshire lost their fourth in a row

The only loss in the Blue Jays’ minor league system was from the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, as they fell 8-5 to the Portland Sea Dogs, bringing their second-half record to 21-31.

Yohendrick Piñango hit his first home run in the Jays organization, a three-run home run. Rainer Nuñez hit a double, while Devonte Brown and Josh Rivera each hit a single. Dasan Brown had two singles, while Nuñez and Rivera each walked twice.

There were a whole lot of pitchers used for the Fisher Cats in this game. Dahian Santos gave up four earned runs in two thirds of an inning, Nick Fraze struck out a batter in two and two third innings, and CJ Van Eyk pitched two innings with a strikeout. Trent Palmer pitched two thirds of an inning with a walk, strikeout, and a base hit.

Johnathan Lavallee pitched a third of an inning, and Ryan Jennings was tagged with a loss, giving up an earned run in an inning of work. Hunter Gregory gave up three earned runs in an inning of work, while Anders Tolhurst pitched a scoreless inning.

Vancouver doubled up Eugene

The Vancouver Canadians defeated the Eugene Emeralds 8-4 on Sunday, giving them two final wins before the Northwest League Championship Series that starts on Tuesday.

Vancouver only hit one home run, as Marcos De La Rosa hit his second in High-A, while Jace Bohrofen hit his organization-leading 27th double, as well as a single. Jacob Sharp also hit a double, while Bryce Arnold, Jackson Hornung, Jamari Baylor, and Alex Stone each hit a single.

Starting the game for the Canadians was Pat Gallagher, who pitched five innings, with two earned runs, four walks, and five strikeouts. Chay Yeager pitched a clean inning with a strikeout, while Grayson Thurman struck out a batter and walked a batter in an inning of work. Kai Peterson allowed a single in an inning of work and Aaron Munson allowed two earned runs in his inning of work.

Dunedin won season finale

On Sunday, the Dunedin Blue Jays defeated the Tampa Tarpons 4-2 in the final game of the season. They capped off the year with a six-game win streak and a 35-29 second-half record, just 2.5 games behind the division leaders. Just imagine if they didn’t lose five of seven against the division winners the previous week.

Brock Tibbitts hit his first professional home run in this game, driving in three runs with one swing of the bat. On top of a single, Arjun Nimmala also hit his 18th double, while Aaron Parker hit his eighth double since being drafted in July.

Colby Holcombe made the start for the D-Jays, striking out three in three innings of work. Gage Stanifer gave up two earned runs and three walks in an inning and two thirds pitch, but Yonderi Rojas picked up a win thanks to a strikeout in an inning and a third of work. Luis Torres picked up his first Single-A save thanks to five strikeouts in three innings of work.