Blue Jays Minor League Baseball Blog

The Syracuse Chiefs split their Sunday double header making up for the game that was postponed on Saturday against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. In game 1 the Chiefs fell to the Yanks 2-1 and in game 2 they were victorious getting a 2-0 win. Their record is now 15-10 placing them in 2nd place in the INT North.
Game 1 didn’t show much offense out of the Chiefs getting just 6 hits and only 1 run. The only RBI came from DH Curtis Thigpen who went 0-for-2 including his 4th RBI of the season. His batting average now stands at .186 this season. The run that was scored came from CF Buck Coats who went 2-for-3 with a run scored making his batting average .244.
David Romero took the mound for the Chiefs pitching just 3 innings but they were very impressive. He only allowed 3 hits, 1 run, 1 walk, and K’d 4. He did get the loss however bringing his record to 0-1 this season and his ERA is now 1.84. The undefeated righty got the start for the Yanks and pitched another impressive game going 6 innings deep allowing 5 hits, 1 run, 1 walk and 6 K’s. He earned his 4th win of the season making his record 4-0 and his ERA now stands at 0.87. Jose Veras came to close the game out for the Yanks and did just that getting his 8th save of the season. The win is Scranton/WB 17th of the year giving them a record of 17-7 as they lead the INT North.
Game 2 was also very close but this time the Chiefs came out on top in a 2-0 win. The offense only collected 2 hits but they produced 2 RBI. RF Russ Adams got 1 of the RBI going 1-for-3 including his 8th RBI of the season. His batting average is now at .243 for the season. The other RBI came off from Curtis Thigpen who went 0-for-2 but got his 5 RBI of the season. The 2 runs scored came from Buck Coats who went 0-for-1 with the run scored and he was walked once. The other run scored came from 3rd basemen Sergio Santos going 1-for-2 including a double and a run scored.
John Parrish got the start for the Chiefs pitching a very strong game going 5 and 1/3rd inning allowing just 4 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk and 6 Ks. He earned the win for the club making his record 3-0 this season and his ERA is at 2.42. Mike Gosling came in to close it out and got his 2nd save of the season.

Mark Redman fell to 1-1 in a rough start in the Chiefs 11-3 loss to Pawtucket.  He gave up ten runs but because of a couple of runs only four f them were earned.  They came on ten hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.

Russ Adams went two for four with a double, a homerun, two RBIs and a run.  Wayne Lydon went two for four with a run.

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.

The Chief’s beat the Clippers 6-5 and it was their eighth straight win.  The game winner was a walk off RBI single by John-Ford Griffin.  He finished the game with two RBIs and Russ Adams homered and drove in two runs.

Blaine Neal picked up the win and he improved to 4-3 on the season.  He gave up just one hit in a shutout ninth.

The Chiefs made it five in a row with a 7-6 win over Norfolk.  Russ Adams only had one hit in the game but he made it count.  It was a three run shot in the second inning that basically put the Chiefs in front for good.

John Thomson had a nice start and he improved to 2-1 on the season.  He gave up three runs on seven hits with two strikeouts in six innings of work.

The Chiefs beat Norfolk 8-5 and Wayne Lydon had a huge day at the plate in the win.  He went four for five with an RBI and three runs.  Russ Adams went two for four with a homerun and two RBIs.

Victor Zambrano picked up the win.  He gave up five runs on seven hits and one walk with four strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.

Howie Clark led the Chiefs at the plate in their 9-2 win over the Red Sox. He went three for five with a double and four RBIs.  Russ Adams went two for four with two runs and an RBI.

Lost in all the offense was a nice start by Michael MacDonald.  He gave up four hits and a walk with six strikeouts in seven shutout innings.

The Chiefs scored eight unanswered runs to come back from a 7-2 deficit to beat the Red Sox 10-7.  Russ Adams went four for five with a triple, a homerun, four RBIs and two runs.  Wayne Lydon went three for five with a double and three runs scored.

Brian Wolfe picked up the win with 2 2/3 innings of shutout relief.  He improved to 2-0 and he gave up two hits with a strikeout.

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.

Syracuse scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game and then they scored a single run in the bottom of the fourteenth to win it.  Kevin Barker doubled and drove in two runs and Russ Adams hit a oslo homerun in the 4-3 win.

Geremi Gonzalez threw five shutout innings and he gave up just one hit with five strikeouts in his start.  Jason Scobie picked up the win with an inning of shutout relief.