July 1st Blue Jays Minor Leagues Recap: 3-for-3 for Martinez. Doughty goes yard twice.

Buffalo- Jordan Luplow and Luis De Los Santos doubled and homered to give the Bisons a 3-0 lead in the 3rd inning. Luplow brought home another run in the 6th with a bases-loaded walk to complete Buffalo’s scoring. The Herd finished with two doubles, a home run, 9 walks, and 8 hits. Cam Eden stole his 33rd base. Wes Parsons was outstanding, striking out 9 batters over 6 scoreless innings. Zach Pop looked good, holding the Red Sox to one walk over 1.2 innings while striking out 3 batters. Hayden Juenger finished the game with 1.1 scoreless innings.

New Hampshire- Steward Berroa scored the Fisher Cats’ first run in the 3rd inning when Orelvis Martinez doubled on a line to left field. Damiano Palmegiani added to the lead in the 3rd inning with an RBI single to bring Leo Jimenez home. In the 6th, Sebastian Espino hit a sac fly with Rainer Nunez at 3rd base to give the Cats a 3-0 lead. Sem Robberse turned in a solid start with 5.2 shutout innings. He allowed two hits and walked two while striking out three batters. Andrew Bash held the Sea Dogs hitless over 2.1 innings, striking out 3 and not issuing a free pass. Connor Cooke secured his 2nd save with a no-hit 9th, striking out two batters. Palmegiani and Martinez each finished with 3 hits.

Vancouver- The C’s nailed down another win, scoring 11 runs on 9 hits with two doubles and two home runs. Vancouver walked 9 times and struck out 9 times. Dahian Santos struck out 5 batters over 5 innings, allowing one run on 4 hits. Naswell Paulino allowed one run on 3 hits and 2BB without striking out a batter over 2IP. Justin Kelly and Sam Ryan finished the game with two scoreless innings. Devonte Brown stole two bases.

Dunedin- The D-Jays scored 10 runs on 11 hits while holding the Mets to 3 runs on 6 hits. Jeffrey Wehler went 5-for-5 with 4 runs scored and 3 runs batted in, collecting 2 doubles, a triple, and two stolen bases. Dunedin scored two runs in the 2nd and 8th innings, scoring three runs in the 7th and 9th innings. They finished with four doubles, a triple, a home run, and five stolen bases. Kendry Rojas allowed a solo home run in the 4th inning which stood as his only blemish. He struck out 5 batters over 4 innings, allowing 3 hits and issuing 2 free passes. Brody Rodning was charged with one unearned run while walking two batters over 1.1 innings. Harry Rutkowski picked up his 5th with a scoreless 0.2IP. Yondrei Rojas allowed one run on 3 hits over 3 innings.

Triple-A

Buffalo Bisons (36-43)

Won 4 to 0

HR- Luis De Los Santos (4)
From June 30th game

Homers in back-to-back games

Starter- Wes Parsons 6.0IP, 3H, 0R, 0BB, 9K

W- Parsons (1-2, 4.42ERA)

Double-A

New Hampshire Fisher Cats (36-36)

Won 3 to 0

HR- none

Starter- Sem Robberse 5.2IP, 2H, 0R, 2BB, 3K

W- Robberse (1-5, 4.19ERA)

H- Andrew Bash (4)

SV- Connor Cooke (2)

Advanced-A

Vancouver Canadians (44-29)

Won 11 to 2

HR- Cade Doughty 2(9)

Starter Dahian Santos 5.0IP, 4H, 1R, 0BB, 5K

W- Santos (3-3, 3.54ERA)

A-Ball

Dunedin Blue Jays (36-37)

Won 10 to 3

HR- Angel Del Rosario (3)

Starter- Kendry Rojas 4.0IP, 3H, 1R, 2BB, 5K, and 1HRA

W- Harry Rutkowski (5-0, 3.38ERA)/BSV2

SV- Yondrei Rojas (1)

FCL Blue Jays (6-14)

Loss 12 to 8

HR- none

Starter Paul Fry 1.0IP, 2H, 1R, 0BB, 2K

L- Fry (0-1, 9.00ERA)

DSL Blue Jays (8-11)

Loss 8 to 4

HR- none

Starter Acuna 1.1IP, 3H, 2R, 1BB, 3K

L- Meza (0-1, 5.40ERA)

Top Performers

• Buffalo- Pop (1.2IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 3K), Juenger (1.2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K), Cam Eden (2-for-4, R, SB), Luplow (1-for-2, R, 2RBI, 2BB, K, 2B), Davis Schneider (0-for-3, 2BB, 2K), De Los Santos (1-for-3, R, 2RBI, HR, BB, K),
• New Hampshire- Bash (2.1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 3K), Orelvis Martinez (3-for-3, RBI, BB, 2B), Palmegiani (3-for-4, RBI, 2B)
• Vancouver- Alan Roden (3-for-5, 1R, 2RBI, 2B, SB), Michael Turconi (0-for-1, 2R, 4BB, K, E), Alex De Jesus (1-for-4, 2R, BB, 2K, 2B), Devonte Brown (1-for-3, 2R, 2SB, BB, K)
• Dunedin- Yondrei Rojas (3IP, 3H, 1R, 1BB, 2K), Wehler (5-for-5, 4R, 3RBI, 2-2B, 3B, 2SB), Manuel Beltre (2-for-5, R, E), Roque Salinas (1-for-4, 2R, BB, 2B), Jaden Rudd (1-for-3, R, 2RBI, SB, BB), Angel Del Rosario (2-for-3, R, 4RBI, 2B, HR, SB)
• FCL- Robert Robertis (1-for-4, 2R, BB), Duran (1-for-5, 3RBI, K), Aponte (0-for-2, R, 2BB, 2K), Cano (1-for-3, 2RBI, BB)
• DSL- Severino (2.0IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K), Ramon (1-for-1, 1R, 1RBI, 3BB), Bonilla (2-for-5, 2K)

Player Spotlight

Today we turn our attention to Cade Doughty.

The 22-year-old former 2nd-round pick played 2nd base and batted 4th for the Vancouver Canadians. After striking out in the 1st inning with runners in scoring position, Cade reached in the 3rd on a hit by a pitch and scored on an Estiven Machado 2-run single. He drew a walk in the 4th. With two on and two outs in the 6th, Doughty went deep to the left to extend the lead to 8-1. Cade stepped to the plate in the 8th inning with Alex De Jesus on 1st. He jumped on the first pitch of the at-bat, sending it over the wall in LF for his 2nd dinger of the day.

Cade was steady in June, slashing .275/.344/.400 with 4 doubles, 2HR, and 11RBI in 21GP. The RHB is now batting .254 with 12 doubles, 9HR, 40RBI, and 34 runs while holding a .784OPS.

Transactions

Rehab- LHP Paul Fry (FCL)

Movement- RHP Thomas Hatch to Toronto. RHP Trent Thornton was optioned to Buffalo.

IL- LHP Ryan Chasse to 60-day IL (Dunedin).

Activated- RHP Yondrei Rojas (Dunedin)