Blue Jays Minor League Baseball Blog

David Purcey lost his first start of the season and dropped to 3-1 in the Fisher Cats 10-5 loss.  He gave up six runs on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.

David Smith provided most of the offense in the loss with a three run homer.  Aaron Mathews went one for four with two RBIs and a run.

The Fisher Cats lost 6-2 and the offense was held to just four hits.  Dustin Majewski had a hand in both Fisher Cats runs with hits double.  He both drove in a run and later scored in the inning.

Ricardo Romero took the loss and he dropped to 0-1.  He gave up three runs on seven hits and two walks with six strikeouts in five innings.

Sergio Santos had a huge game in the Fisher Cats 5-4 win over Binghamton.  He hit a two run homer in the ninth inning to help tie the game and send it into extra frames and he finished the game three for five with two doubles, a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Chip Cannon won it in the thirteenth with a solo homer and he both drove in two and scored twice in the game.

Lee Gronkiewicz picked up the win with an impressive relief outing.  He struck out four in two shutout innings.

Robinson Diaz drove in three runs on two hits in the Fisher Cats 7-5 win.  Manuel Mayorson drove in two runs while Aaron Mathews and David Smith each scored two runs.

Michael MacDonald had a mixed start.  He gave up five runs but just one of them was earned and he gave up just three hits and three walks in 6 1/3 innings.  Jo Matumoto picked up the win with 1 2/3 innings of no-hit ball.

Jesse Litsch got it done on the mound for the Fisher Cats in their 3-1 win over Binghamton.  He gave up just one hit and two walks with six strikeouts in 6 1/3 shutout innings.

Sergio Santos was the hitting star. He went two for three with two doubles, a walk and a run.

The Fisher Cats beat up on Binghamton in a 6-2 win.  Sergio Santos provided quite a bit of the offense with a big day at the plate.  He went three for four with a double, a two homeruns and three RBIs.

David Purcey picked up the win with a solid start. He gave up just one run on one hits with six strikeouts in seven innings of work.

Ricardo Romero had a solid start for the Fisher Cats in their come from behind win.  He gave up two runs on five hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.  Tracy Thorpe picked up the win with a shutout ninth.

Sergio Santos was the hitting star in the 4-3 win. He went two for four with a double, three RBIs and a homerun.

The Fisher Cats lost to Portland 4-2 and Kyle Yates took the loss.  He gave up three runs on six hits and four walks with two strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.

David Smith singled, drew a walk and scored.  Chip Cannon was the only Fisher Cat to reach base three times and he did it with a single and two walks.

While Justin James took the loss in the Fisher Cats 5-2 loss, he didn’t throw all that bad at least from what the box score indicates.  He gave up just one run on two hits and a walk with three strikeouts in four innings of work.  The problem was, three different relievers each gave up at least a run and that had as much to do with the Fisher Cats losing then anything.

The lack of offense didn’t help either.  Robinson Diaz drove in both runs in a nice game.  He went three for four with a double.  David Smith went two for four with two doubles and a run.

Michael MacDonald improved his record to a perfect 3-0 with a top notch start in the Fisher Cats win over Portland.  He gave up just a single run on four hits with two strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings of work.

Sergio Santos had a big game at the plate. He went three for four with a three run homer in the 6-1 win.  Dustin Majewski also went yard and he finished with two runs.

The Fisher Cats got some great pitching in their doubleheader against the Defenders it’s just unfortunate that the hitting wasn’t there as well.  Still, they did win one, they just need a shutout to get it.

David Purcey was phenomonal in his seven inning complete game shutout in the first game.  Even more impressive, he shutout eleven and he’s struck out eighteen versus two walks in 13 1/3 total innings and he’s given up just one earned run.  The lone run of the game came on a sac. fly by Robinson Diaz that scored Wayne Lydon.

In the second game, the pitching gave up just two runs but the hitters scored just one.  The lone run was an RBI double by John Schneider and a solid start by Jesse Litsch went to waste.  He gave up just two unearned runs on three hits and three walks with three strikeouts in five innings.

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.

Wayne Lydon got it done with the stick for the Fisher Cats this afternoon as they beat New Britain 6-4.  Lydon went two for four with three RBIs and Manuel Mayorson went three for five with two runs.  Chip Cannon had a tough time today and he struck out all five times he came to the plate.

Jesse Litsch had a decent start and he picked up the win.  He gave up three runs on seven hits with four strikeouts in six innings of work.

David Purcy picked up the win a nice start in the River Cats 5-1 win over Connecticut.  He gave up just a single run on five hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.

Brad Hassey and Aaron Mathews led the Fisher Cats with the bat.  Hassey went two for three with a run and two RBIs while Mathews went three for four with a double, an RBI and a run.

A ninth inning run off of Tracy Thorpe cost the Fisher Cats another win.  Ricardo Romero didn’t help things though with a poor start.  He gave up four runs on seven hits and four walks with just a single strikeout.

Aaron Mathews went one for two with a double, two walks and two runs.  Both Wayne Lydon and John Schneider had two hits and an RBI in the loss.

Talk about a roller coaster.  The Fisher Cats came back from runs down to tie the game up.  Then in extra frames, they scored a run in the eleventh to tie the game back up to keep it going.  Unfortunately, there’s no happy ending because Connecticut scored in the thirteenth and the Fisher Cats couldn’t answer.  The end result was an 8-7 loss, their first of the season.

Wayne Lydon went two for four with a two run homerun in the loss.  Dustin Majewski went three for six with two doubles, an RBI and a run.

Kyle Yates was hit hard in the loss in his start.  He gave up six runs on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts in five innings of work.

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.