Blue Jays Minor League Baseball Blog

The Syracuse Chiefs got back to their winning ways on Thursday as they took the 2nd game of 3 against the Pawtucket Red Sox. The 4-2 victory is their 8th in the last 10 games and puts them in 2nd place in the INT North.
1st basemen Chip Cannon went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI and a run scored. He recorded a solo-homer in the 5th off Sox starter Charlie Zink. The homer is his 2nd of the season and the 2 RBI give him 8. Center Fielder Wayne Lydon also had a good game going 3-for-5 including a double and a RBI. He has brought his batting average up to .259 and the RBI is his 9th of the year.
Chiefs lefty Bill Murphy took the mound for the ball club and had a solid game. He worked 5 and 2/3rds innings giving up 7 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, and 2 K’s. He now has his ERA at 2.70 this season but he didn’t earn the win. Tracy Thorpe came in to pitch 2/3rds innings striking out 2 in the process. He earned the win for Syracuse bringing his record to 1-0. Mike Gosling came in to finish the game and earned his 1st save of the season and brought his ERA to 2.45.
The Chiefs will look to continue their winning streak on Friday finishing the series against Pawtucket. Righty Cane Davis will take the mound and will face up against Sox Chris Smith.

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 took care of the Red Wins 5-3 and it was Kevin Barker who led the way at the plate.  He was a perfect three for three with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Wayne Lydon doubled, drew two walks and drove in two runs.

Jordan De Jong picked up the win and he improved to 3-0 on the season.  He gave up just one walks and no hits in 2 1/3 scoreless innings.

The Chiefs got nothing from their hitters in an 8-0 loss to the Yankees.  Wayne Lydon was the hitting star from the leadoff spot.  He went two for three with a double, a triple and a walk.

Josh Banks took the loss and he fell to 6-5 on the season.  He gave up four runs on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts in six innings.

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.

Chad Mottola had a big day at the plate in the Chief’s 10-4 win.  He went two for four with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Wayne Lydon tripled twice, scored twice and drove in one while Brad Hassey went three for four with a double and two runs.

Josh Banks picked up the win and he improved to 5-2.  He gave up three runs on seven hits and a walk with two strikeouts in five innings.

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.

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.

Ty Taubenheim was hit hard and he dropped to 2-4 on the season.  He gave up five runs on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts in the 10-3 loss.

The Chiefs got all three of their runs with one swing of the bat.  Wayne Lydon hit a three run homer in the fourth inning and that was it.

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.

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.

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.

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.