The Fisher Cats lost their 2nd game in a row on Thursday against the Trenton Thunder 5-3 and have their record at a division worst 14-26. The Cats actually had a chance to win this game as they were leading all the way through 6 innings but when the 7th came Trenton scored 4 runs […]
Syracuse took the final game against the Charlotte Knights on Friday 7-2, bringing the chiefs record to 25-17 and putting them in 2nd place in the INT North.
Left fielder Adam Lind had the best game for the Chiefs going 1-for-4 with 3 RBI. His batting average now stands at .327 and his RBI total is […]
Virgil Vasquez continued his subpar season and he fell to 2-4 in the Hens 9-3 loss to the Bulls. He gave up six runs (five earned) on eix hits and a walk with one strikeout. Three of those six hits left the yard.
Erick Almonte belted a solo homer. Michael Hollimon singled, drew two walks and […]
Rick Porcello didn’t get the win, but he had another nice start in Lakeland’s 4-1 win over Dunedin. He gave up just one run on five hits and a walk with five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. Zach Simons got the final batter out in the sixth and he got the win while Guillermo Moscoso […]
The Tigers supplemental first round pick in 2007, Brandon Hamilton, made his minor league debut with the White Caps and he definitely showed some promise. While he walked four, he didn’t give up a single hit and he struck out six in four innings. Santo Mieses gave up three runs in two innings and he fell […]
Matt O’Brien didn’t get the win, but he threw a nice game as Lakeland topped Tampa 1-0. He gave up just two hits with two strikeouts in six shutout innings. Jordan Tata picked up his first win with two shutout frames.
Scott Sizemore drove in the lone run of the game for either side. Shawn Roof […]
Erie had a tough time getting anything done at the plate and a nice start by Luis Marte went to waste. He gave up one run on four hits and three walks with three strikeouts in eight innings of work.
The SeaWolves scored their lone run via the longball. Wilkin Ramirez went deel in the fourth […]
Chris Lambert left the game tonight with a 4-2 lead after six solid innings of work only to see the pen melt down in a 14-4 blowout loss. Three relievers combined to give up 12 runs in just two innings in an ugly game.
Clete Thomas belted a two run homer but he’s still below the […]
As I was pulling into the parking lot this past monday to leave for our four game road trip to Fort Wayne, my phone rang. It was one of the other pitchers, Rudy Darrow, calling to ask where I was. I thought it was a little odd that he was calling me when I was […]
The Hens scored three runs in eighth inning but it wasn’t enough as they lost to Durham 5-3. Michael Hollimon had two hits including a solo homer while Mike Hessman drew two walks and scored a run.
Jeramy Johnson lost his first decision of the season. He fell to 4-1 and he gave up three runs […]
Anthony Tomey fell to 2-3 on the season after he gave up a two run homer in the bottom of the tenth inning in a 5-3 loss to Bowie. Casey Fien was the most effective hitter with 2 1/3 shutout innings.
All three SeaWolves runs came via solo homers. Dusty Ryan, Ryan Roberson and Jeff Frazier […]
The White Caps piled on the runs in a 11-3 beatdown over the Fort Wayne Wizards. There were plent of hitting stars but Casper Wells was a notch above the rest. He went three for five with a pair of homers and five RBIs. In all, the White Caps picked up nineteen hits and seven […]
Lakeland had a tough time at the plate as they lost a close one to Tampa 3-1. Cale Iorg went two for four with the lone run and Ryan Strieby went two for two with a walk and an RBI.
Jonah NIckerson took the loss despite a solid start and he fell to 3-3. He gave […]
It took ten innings but the Flying Tigers took care of the Tampa Yankees 6-2. Duane Below didn’t get the win, but he threw a nice enough game. He gave up two runs (one earned) on five hits and a walk with ten strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings. Angel Castro threw two shutout innings and […]
The White Caps had a tough time at the plate and they were held to just six hits in a 2-1 loss to the Wizards. The lone run of the game came on a solo homer in the fifth inning by Adrian Casanova. Kyle Peter was the only White Cap with two hits.
Lauren Gagnier had […]
The Mud Hens scored two in the eighth inning and one in the ninth to edge the Charlotte Knights 6-5. Dane Sardinha drove in the winning run with a solo homer while Jeff Larish, Mike Hessman and Michael Hollimon all went yard. For Hessman, it’s his 17th homer of the season and six homeruns in […]
Yorman Bazardo and the rest of the Hens pitching staff had a tough time in their 10-6 loss to the Knights. Bazardo gave up three homers in five innings while Anastacio Martinez fell to 0-1 when he gave up four runs in just 1 1/3 innings of work.
Brent Clevlen belted a solo homer, walked twice […]
Jonathan Connolly was shelled for seven runs (five in the first two innings) on nine hits and three walks in six innings. The loss dropped his record to 0-2 on the season.
Wilkin Ramirez was the hitting star in the win. He went two for four with a double, a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.
Being demoted in any line of work is never fun, nor does it lend much room for confidence in any further hope for success. But in baseball whenever a player is hurt or gets sent down a level, it is especially hard because once again you are back at square one. For me I had […]
There’s only one sound in the universe that when you hear it, one is immediately taken back to their fifth grade cafeteria. This is the sound of 5,000 excited school kids all gathered in one place on a field trip. The field trip location today was Fifth Third Ballpark, also known to me as home […]
Michael Hollimon belted a walk off homer in the bottom of the tenth as the Hens knocked Lehigh Valley 7-6. It was Hollimon’s only hit of the game while Brent Clevlen went two for three with a double, a triple and three RBIs.
Jeremy Johnson gave up four runs in his five innings of work. Preston […]
Brandon Timm had a nice day at the plate as the Flying Tigers doubled up Vero Beach 8-4. He went three for four with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs. Santo De Leon doubled twice and drove in three.
Jonah Nickerson improved to 3-2 with a good enough start. He gave up four runs on […]
Daniel Christensen fell to 0-4 on the season with a rough start in the SeaWolves 6-0 loss to the Thunder. He gave up six runs (five earned) on nine hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
Four singles were all the SeaWolves managed. There were no walks and no player had more […]
Yorman Bazardo fell to 1-1 on the season with a rough start in the Hens 5-1 loss to Lehigh Valley. He gave up four runs on seven hits and three walks with two strikeouts in five innings of work.
Jackson Melian provided most of the offense for the Hens. He went three for four with a […]
Erie lost to Trenton 5-2 and four of those hits came off the bat of two hitters. Wilkin Ramirez went two for four with a double and a run while Dusty Ryan went two for three with a double and a solo homer. Ryan’s one of the hitting stars on the team and he has […]
The pen couldn’t get the job done as a solid start by Duane Below went to waste in a 6-3 loss to St. Lucie. Below gave up two runs on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six innings but Derek Witt and Ed Clelland combined to give up four runs in the […]
Lauren Gagnier fell to 1-3 on the season with a rough start in the White Caps 10-3 loss to Kane County. He gave up five runs on eight hits and three walks with six strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings. Gagnier has struggled this year although there’s some reason for optimism because he’s struck out 42 […]
Noah Krol blew his first save of the season and he gave up a pair of runs in the ninth inning in a 2-1 loss to Kane County. To his credit, a throwing error by Roger Tomas on a bunt in the ninth inning didn’t help things.
Kyle Peter went two for four with a walk, […]
Rick Porcello improved to 2-4 on the season in Lakeland’s 9-2 win over St. Lucie. He gave up three hits and three walks with two strikeouts in six innings.
Cale Iorg singled, homered and drove in three runs in the win. Santo De Leon went two for five with a run and an RBI.
Jonathan Connolly fell to 0-1 with a tough start in the SeaWolves 9-5 loss to Trenton. He gave up six runs on thirteen hits and a walk with two strikeouts in six frames.
Deik Scram went two for five with an RBI. Freddy Guzman tripled, drew two walks and scored twice.
Timo Perez seemed to be hitting out of his slump as he was passed up for promotion after the release of Jacque Jones. He went four for four with a triple, a homer, three RBIs and two runs in the Hens 11-7 win. Mike Hessman belted his eleventh homer of the season and Jeff Larish […]
Scott Sizemore had an impressive day at the plate as the Flying Tigers took care of the St. Lucie Mets 8-3. He went two for four with a walk, a homerun, four RBIs and three runs. Justin Justice went two for four with a walk and two runs.
Luis Marte picked up the win and he […]
The SeaWolves split their pair of games today with Altoona. Game one was a 4-3, extra inning loss that saw Casey Fien give up a walk off solo homer in the bottom of the eighth inning. Benjamin Fritz didn’t get the decision and he gave up three runs (one earned) on eleven hits and one […]
The Hens beat Rochester 8-4 and it was Brent Clevlen and Nick Trzesniak who both drove in the bulk of the runs. Clevlen doubled and drove in three while Trzesniak singled twice and drove in three. Erick ALmonte was the only Mud Hen with two hits in the contest.
Eddie Bonine remained undefeated and he improved […]
Alfredo Figaro had one of the best starts of the season for the White Caps and he improved to an impressive 4-0 on the season. He gave up just three hits with eleven strikeouts in the shutout win and his ERA is now down to a microscopic 0.46. Opponents are hitting just .159 against him […]
Anyone who has ever gone to any minor league baseball game knows that there are endless festivities going on between innings. These games are usually created and thought up by the marketing staff to further entice the fans’ interest in the game. Before I go on, I have to give our staff credit for what […]
Duane Below improved to 2-2 on the season with a nice start in the Flying Tigers 7-2 win over Dunedin. He gave up two runs on seven hits and four walks with six strikeouts in five innings.
Justin Justice got it done at the plate and he went three for four with a walk, a solo […]
Yorman Bazardo improved to 1-0 with a nice start in the Hens 5-1 win over Rochester. He gave up one run on three hits and three walks with two strikeouts in five innings. Casey Fossum also had a nice outing with 3 1/3 innings of shutout relief and Blaine Neal got the final two batters […]
Daniel Christensen had a rough start and he fell to 0-3 in the SeaWolves 6-2 loss to Akron. The lefthander gave up four runs (two earned) on seven hits and a walk with three strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
Caonabo Cosme was the hitting star in the loss. He went two for four with a run […]
Andrew Kown was roughed up in his start in the SeaWolves 8-4 loss to Akron. He didn’t take the loss, but he gave up four runs on six hits and four walks with four strikeouts in five innings. Anthony Tomey fell to 2-2 when he gave up a run in the seventh inning.
Wilkin Ramirez had […]
Jeramy Laster had a heck of a game. He belted a solo homer in the third inning to put the Flying Tigers on the board and then he hit a two run shot in the top of the ninth to tie the game at 5-5. Unfortunately, that even score was short lived Angel Castro gave […]
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