August 3rd Blue Jays Minor Leagues Recap: Turconi walks and is up to 30 games. Addison Barger goes deep for Bisons.

Buffalo- Andrew Bash was pulled from the bullpen to make a spot start. He did alright, allowing a run in the 1st and 3rd inning. Junior Fernandez followed, allowing two runs in the 5th. Zach Pop didn’t fair much better, allowing 3 runs to score in the 7th inning. Yosver Zulueta (0.2IP) and Gabe Klobosits (1.0IP) finished the game with a couple of scoreless innings. Addison Barger was in RF and went deep off former Blue Jay and former Bison Drew Hutchison. Orelvis Martinez DH’d and hit his 4th Triple-A double.

New Hampshire- Luis Quinones provided the Fisher Cats with 5 scoreless innings. Juan Nunez and TJ Brock struggled in relief. Both relievers allowed 3 runs. The Fisher Cats were held to 4 hits with Rainer Nunez accounting for two singles. Will Robertson hit his 17th double for the Fisher Cats’ only extra-base hit in the contest.

Vancouver- Devereaux Harrison‘s control abandoned him as he walked 5 batters. Harrison allowed two runs on two hits. Sam Ryan struggled, allowing 3 runs on 5 hits over 3.0IP. Justin Kelly provided two scoreless innings to finish the game and was rewarded with the win. The C’s took an early lead off a Gabriel Martinez RBI single in the 1st and a 2-run double off the bat of Garrett Spain in the 2nd inning, 3-0. After the Hops added a run in the 3rd and 5th to make a one-run game, Kekai Rios brought Cade Doughty in with a sac fly, 4-2. Jeffrey Wehler made it 5-3 with an RBI single in the 8th. Joshua Day tripled in two runs in the 8th, 5-5. Peyton Williams smoked a ground-rule double in the 10th inning, scoring Michael Turconi with the winning run.

Dunedin- It was all Mighty Mussels in the one. Kendry Rojas allowed 5 runs over 3IP and the D-Jays bats were held to a run on 5 hits. Angel Del Rosario has 5 hits over the past two games, going 2-for-2 with two stolen bases in the game.

Triple-A

Buffalo Bisons (52-52)

Loss 7 to 1

HR- Addison Barger (6)

Starter- Andrew Bash 4.0IP, 2H, 2R, 1BB, 4K, and 2HRA

L- Bash (2-1, 2.31ERA)

Double-A

New Hampshire Fisher Cats (44-51)

Loss 6 to 0

HR- none

Starter- Luis Quinones 5.0IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 5K

L- Juan Nunez (1-3, 2.63ERA)

Advanced-A

Vancouver Canadians (612-36)

Won 6 to 5

HR- none

Starter Devereaux Harrison 5.0IP, 2H, 2R, 5BB, 2K

W- Justin Kelly (5-1, 2.51ERA)

BSV- Sam Ryan (1)

A-Ball

Dunedin Blue Jays (45-54)

Loss 11 to 1

HR- none

Starter- Kendry Rojas 3.0IP, 5H, 5R, 2BB, 3K

L- Rojas (3-5, 4.22ERA)

FCL Blue Jays (11-28)

Loss 2 to 0

HR- none

Starter Codi Johnson 1.0IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 0K

L- Julio Ramirez (1-2, 4.50ERA)

DSL Blue Jays (23-18)

Game results from August 1st

Loss 3 to 1

HR- none

Starter Sann Omosako 4.0IP, 5H, 2R, 0BB, 4K

L- Omosako (1-1, 2.65ERA)

Top Performers

• Buffalo- Addison Barger (1-for-4, R, RBI, HR, K), Orelvis Martinez (1-for-4, 2B, K)
• New Hampshire- Rainer Nunez (2-for-2, BB)
• Vancouver- Garrett Spain (1-for-5, 2B, 2RBI, K), Cade Doughty (3-for-5, R, 2K), Peyton Williams (3-for-5, R, RBI, 2B), Jeffrey Wehler (2-for-3, RBI, 2BB, CS), Justin Kelly (2.0IP, 1H, 0R, 1BB, 1K)
• Dunedin- Angel Del Rosario (2-for-2, R, 2SB), Alex Amalfi (2.0IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 1K)
• FCL- Daniel Guerra (6.0IP, 4H, 0R, 0BB, 1K)

Michael Turconi‘s On-Base Streak

Michael Turconi extended his streak to 30 games with a walk in 4 at-bats. He scored twice and struck out. He owns a .303BA with a .922OPS, 7HR, 18 doubles, 4 triples, and 41RBI.

Steward Berroa batted leadoff and played CF. Unfortunately, Berroa failed to reach base in four at-bats, snapping his on-base streak at 26 games. Berroa owns a .253BA with a .754OPS.

Jeffrey Wehler pushed his on-base streak to 25 games with two singles and two walks in 3 at-bats. He drove in a run and was caught stealing. In 108 at-bats, Wehler owns a .370BA with 4HR, 27RBI, and 12SB across two levels.

Daniel Perez hasn’t played since Tuesday. His on-base streak remains 21 games. He owns a .286BA and .857OPS.

Tanner Morris finished 1-for-4 to extend his on-base streak to 17 games. Morris is now batting .285 with a decent .784OPS and 37RBI.

Spencer Horwitz extended his on-base streak to 18 games with a walk in 3 at-bats. Horwitz was at and batting 3rd. He is batting .314 with .889OPS, 21 doubles, 8SB, and 58RBI.

Transactions

Movement- LHP Jimmy Robbins moves up to Buffalo from New Hampshire. RHP Bowden Francis heads back to Toronto. RHP Jiorgeny Casimiri heads to Dunedin. RHP Joe Jones is assigned to New Hampshire.

IL- LHP Brandon Barriera is back on the IL.