Blue Jays Minor League Baseball Blog

Michael MacDonald fell to 2-4 on the season with a rough start in the Chiefs’ 8-3 loss to Richmond.  He gave up five runs on eight hits and a walk with five strikeouts in seven innings.

Erik Kratz provided all of the offense for the Chiefs with one swing of the bat.  He belted a three run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Josh Banks improved to 6-4 on the season with a nice start in the Chief’s 6-4 win over Toledo.  He gave up two runs on five hits and a walk with six strikeouts in six solid innings.

Erik Kratz doubled and drove in two runs in the win.  Kevin Barker went three for three with a run and an RBI.

The Chiefs were blown out 10-4 and all ten of the runs given up came in the first two innings off of Josh Banks.  He gave up ten runs on eleven hits with a strikeout and he was credited with only one inning of work.  In his previous four starts, he had given up just eleven runs and it was his first start where he gave up more then four.

Kevin Barker and Erik Kratz hit two run homers.  John Hattig doubled, drew a walk and scored two runs.

Josh Banks lost his first start of the season and he dropped to 4-1 in the Chiefs 5-4 loss to the Bats.  He gave up five runs on seven hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in six innings of work.  The seven strikeouts is a season high and despite not striking out a ton of batters, his walk rate is pretty awesome.  With the two walks in today’s game, he now has walked just six batters in 47 1/3 innings.

Erik Kratz hit a solo homerun in the loss.  Jeff Duncan went one for three with a walk and two runs scored.

Erik Kratz hit a twelth inning homerun to push the Chiefs ahead of the Bats 7-6.  Kratz finished the game with three hits and Jeff Duncan also had a nice game with four hits, two runs and an RBI.

Blaine Neal picked up the win with two shutout innings to close out the game.  In all, five Chiefs pitchers combined for eleven strikeouts in the win.

The Chiefs dropped back to back one run games against the Bats today.  In the first game, Josh Banks was hit hard and he gave up four runs in five innings and James Vermilyea gave up two runs in an inning and a third as he took the loss.  Curtis Thigpen homered and he drove in two runs while Wayne Lydon went two for four with a double and two runs.

In the second game, the Chiefs managed just two runs in the 3-2 loss.  Russ Adams had two hits including a solo homerun and Erik Kratz went two for three with a run.  A pretty good start by Dustin McGowan went to waste and he gave up one run in six innings while Beau Kemp was credited with two runs without getting single batter out and he took the loss.

Michael MacDonald threw a fine game against New Britain today.  He picked up the win and improve to 2-0 and he gave up two runs on eleven hits with three strikeouts in seven innings.

Erik Kratz had a big day at the plate.  He went three for three with two doubles, a run and an RBI.  David Smith singled and drove in two runs.

After two postponed games, the Fisher Cats finally got in their home opener and they edged New Britain 7-6.  Erik Kratz had a big game at the plate.  He went two for three with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Wayne Lydon and Chip Cannon also went yard in the game.

Michael MacDonald picked up the win despite a so so start.  He gave up three runs on five hits and a walk in five innings of work.