Blue Jays Minor League Baseball Blog

The Chiefs won two yesterday and they did it with some top notch pitching.  In the first game, Ty Taubenheim threw seven shutout innings to improve to 3-4 on the season.  He gave up just two hits and two walks and he struck out eight.  Wayne Lydon went two for three with a run in the 4-0 win.

In the second game, Ismael Ramirez picked up his first win of the season for Dunedin in a 8-1 win.  He improved to 1-4 and he gave up one run on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts.  Russ Adams was the hitting star and he went three for four with two doubles, three RBIs and a run.

Howie Clark hit a big three run homer in the Chiefs 8-5 win over Norfolk.  John-Ford Griffin doubled twice and scored two runs while Russ Adams went two for five with a double, two RBIs and a run.

Ismael Ramirez was roughed up in his start but the pen and hitters picked him up.  Jordan De Jong picked up the win with a 1 1/3 shutout frames.

Ismael Ramirez had a tough start in the Chiefs’ 5-2 loss to Rochester.  He gave up four runs on eight hits and three walks with three strikeouts in just three innings.  The loss drops him to 0-3 on the season.

Both Chiefs runs came on one swing of the bat.  John Hattig homered and drove in both runs.  Chad Mottola went two for four with a double and a run. 

Syracuse won one and lost one today in a doubleheader with Ottawa.  In the first game, the pitchers threw a shutout with Ty Taubenheim picking up the win.  He gave up just seven hits and one walk with three strikeouts in six innings of work.  Mike Vento had a huge day at the plate.  He went three for three with two doubles, a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  John-Ford Griffin drove in two with a homerun and he now has ten on the season.

In the second game, the Chiefs fell short of coming back in a 4-3 loss.  Ismael Ramirez lost his second game of the season and he gave up three runs on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.  Chad Mottola went two for three with two RBIs and John Ford Griffin had another nice game with two hits and two runs.

The Chiefs lost to Charlotte earlier today and while they got some decent pitching, the Chiefs never could get the bats going.  The lone run came in the eighth inning when Mike Vento singled home Jeff Duncan.

Ismael Ramirez gave up three runs in four innings in the 3-1 loss.  Give some props to the pen though.  They held Charlotte to just one hit in four shutout innings.