April 14th Blue Jays Minor League Recap: Samad Taylor SLAMS Buffalo to victory

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The system went 2 and 0.

Buffalo- The Herd scored 6 runs in the 5th, scoring 10 runs in total off 16 hits while holding the Red Wings to one run on 7 hits. Casey Lawrence was lights out in his 2nd start. Jeremy Beasley, Tayler Saucedo, and Matt Gage provided three innings of shutout relief.

New Hampshire- Rained out. Double Dip today.

Vancouver- Rained out. Double Dip today.

Dunedin- The Tarpons jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the 2nd inning but starter Kendry Rojas settled down giving the D-Jays 5 solid innings. Justin Kelly followed Rojas with 3 no-hit innings for the hold. The D-Jays tied the game with 3 of their own in the 4th inning, extending their leading with 2 more runs in the 6th and a run in each of the 7th and 8th innings.

Triple-A

Buffalo Bisons (6-2)

Won 10 to 1

HR- Samad Taylor GRAND SLAM

Starter- Lawrence 6.0IP, 6H, 1R, 1B, 4k on 81 pitches

W- Lawrence (2-0, 1.64ERA)

Double-A

New Hampshire Fisher Cats (3-2)

Rained out

April 13th’s results

Loss 5 to 8

HR- none

Starter- Elvis Luciano 1.0IP, 0H, 2R, 3BB, 0K on 27 pitches

L- Luciano (0-2, 21.00ERA)

Advanced-A

Vancouver Canadians (3-2)

Rained out

April 13th’s results

Won 3-0

HR- none

Starter- Chad Dallas 5.0IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 8K on 68 pitches

W- Dallas (1-0, 0.00ERA)

H- Jol Concepcion (1)

SV- Jimmy Burnette (1)

A-Ball

Dunedin Blue Jays (2-4)

Won 7 to 3

HR- none

Starter- Kendry Rojas 5.0IP, 4H, 3R, 2BB, 3K on 74 pitches

W- Rojas (1-1, 6.75ERA)

H- Kelly (1)

Top Performers

• Buffalo- Beasley (1IP, K), Saucedo (1.2IP, H, 2BB, 4K), Nathan Lukes (3-for-6, 2R, 3K, 2B), Vinny Capra (3-for-5, 2R, 2RBI), Gabriel Moreno (3-for-5, 2R, 2RBI), Cullen Large (1-for-4, 2RBI, 2B, BB, 2K), LJ TAlley (2-for-5, 2K, 2B), Nick Podkul (2-for-4, R, BB, 2K)
• New Hampshire- no game
• C’s- no game
• Dunedin- Kelly (3IP, 2BB, 5K), Gabriel Martinez (2-for-4, R, 2RBI, K), Rikelbin De Castro (2-for-4, 3RBI, 2K), Damiano Palmegiani (1-for-4, 2R, RBI, BB, 2K, 2B)

Player Spotlight

Today we turn our attention to Buffalo’s Samad Taylor.

Playing 2nd base and batting 7th, the 23-yr-old Taylor delivered the big blow of the game with his first Triple-A home run. After Nick Podkul, Nathan Lukes, Vinny Capra, Gabriel Moreno, and Joshua Fuentes reached base in consecutive plate appearances. Cullen Large and LJ Talley struck out with the bases loaded. Taylor stepped to the plate and took three straight balls before Jace Fry worked the count full. Samad sent the 7th pitch of the at-bat over the wall in left-center field, clearing the bases with a grand slam.

In 22 at-bats, Samad Taylor is batting .182 with a .721OPS, a home run, 7RBI, and 4 stolen bases.