The affiliates dropped three out of four Tuesday.
Buffalo Bisons
Casey Lawrence got a two-inning tuneup before his expected call up back to Toronto. He gave up a solo dinger to Pedro Alvarez but struck out three and got two groundball outs. Bisons manager Bobby Meacham praised Lawrence for keeping the ball down and using both sides of the plate. Lawrence threw 19 of his 25 pitches for strikes, lowering his Bisons ERA to 1.80.
Dwight Smith Jr. pushed his batting average to .