Blue Jays Minor League Baseball Blog

The Doubledays got another solid outing from their starting pitcher as the won the New York/Penn League championship in a two game sweep.  Brett Cecil picked up the win with seven solid frames on the mound.  He gave up one run on four hits and a walk with eight strikeouts.

All four runs in the 4-1 win came on a pair of two run blasts.   Darin Mastroianni and J.P. Arencibia both went yard in the game for Auburn.

Auburn took a 1-0 lead in their championship series with the Cyclones and they did it behind the arm of Kyle Walter.  He gave up just one hit and three walks with two strikeouts in five shutout innings of relief to pick up the win.

Bradley Emaus had a big day at the plate.  He went two for three with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs in the 7-1 win.  Benjamin Zeskind went three for five with a double and two RBIs.

Auburn came back and won the final two games after losing the first in their playoff series with Oneonta and tonight, they held back one last ninth inning surge by the Tigers to win it 4-3.  Luis Perez got it done on the mound and he picked up the win with a solid start.  He gave up just one run on five hits and two walks with six strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.

Bradley Emaus was the hitting star in the loss.  He went three for four and he accounted for half of the Doubleday’s runs with a two run homer.

Auburn evened up their series at a game a piece behind a nice start by Mark Rzepczynski.  He gave up just three hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in six innings.  Equally impressive was Alan Farina, who threw three shutout frames and struck out seven to pick up the save.

Bradley Emaus went three for four with a homerun and two RBIs.  Darin Mastroianni went two for four with two runs.

The Doubledays lost game of their three game playoff series with Oneonta in a tough eleven inning pitcher’s duel that saw them pick up just four hits the entire game.  Three of the four hits were doubles and Adam Calderone was the only hitter to reach base twice with a single and a walk.

Some pretty good pitching to went to waste because the first ten innings of this game was a shutout even for Auburn.  Brett Cecil took the loss though and he gave up the lone run in the eleventh inning.

The Lugnuts went two and out as they were eliminated by the defending champs, the West Michigan White Caps.  Adrian Martin just couldn’t get on track in a tough start and he took the loss.  He gave up five runs on seven hits with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.

Travis Snyder doubled twice and drove in two runs in the 6-3 loss.  Jonathan Diaz singled twice and he scored twice.

The Lugnuts lost their first playoff game to the White Caps 5-2 in a poor offensive performance.  Travis Snyder provided half of the offense with a solo homerun and he was also the only Lugnut with two hits.

Julio Pinto took the loss despite a decent outing.  He gave up three runs on six hits and a walk with six strikeouts in six innings.