Minor League Blogs

The RiverDogs lost 4-1 in a game where the offense all but disappeared.  David Adams was the lone standout and he had two of the RiverDogs two hits and he drove in the lone run.
Jonathan Ortiz took the loss.  He gave up three runs in the seventh inning.

Jeremy Bonderman looked like he was about ready to pitch for the Tigers as he was about as good as you could ask in the Hens 6-0 win over Charlotte.  He gave up just six runs without a walk and he struck out five in eight shutout innings.
Marcus Thames showed some life with a solid [...]

This one was ugly as Sarasota lost to Daytona 11-3.  No pitcher was immune and all three gave up more runs then innings pitched.  Luis Montano fell to 4-5 on the season after he took the loss.  He gave up five runs on six hits and a walk in four innings.
Devin Mesoraco was the hitting [...]

The Flying Tigers blew a three run lead but then came back in the top of the ninth to top Palm Beach 6-5.  Michael Bertram had the big hit with a two run single to win it in the ninth.  Justin Henry had a nice day at the plate in the win and he went [...]

Josh Towers fell to 0-4 on the season with another rough start in the Yankees 7-5 loss to Louisville.  He gave up seven runs (six earned) on nine hits with two strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.
Shelley Duncan had another nice game and he singled and drove in two runs.  Austin Jackson also pitched with a single [...]

Zach McAllister improved to 4-2 on the season with a nice start in the Thunder’s 4-1 win over Curve.  He gave up just a single run on five hits and three walks with ten strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. Kanekoa Texeira pitched 2 1/3 innings of shutout ball and he picked up his first save [...]

The Yankees got some very solid pitching this afternoon as they took care of Charlotte 3-2.  Jason Stephens got the start and he gave up just a single run in five innings.  Then Lance Pendleton gave up just a single run in three innings and he picked up the win to improve to 4-3.
Austin Romine [...]

Lance Janke fell to 1-3 on the season with a rough start in the Dragons 7-4 loss to Cedar Rapids.  He gave up six runs on ten hits and three walks with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.
Carlos Mendez belted a two run homer in the sixth inning to help out the Dragons lost cause.  [...]

Todd Frazier paced an impressive 10-2 win by the Mudcats as they took care of the Biscuits.  He went three for four with a double, a solo homer, four RBIs and two runs.  Chris Helsey also had a nice game and he went three for four with a double, a walk, two RBIs and a [...]

The Bats figured out the Yankees and won their series finale 7-5.  Darnell McDonald went two for four with a home run and three RBIs while Michael Griffin had just one hit, but it was a big three run blast in the second inning.
Robert Manuel picked up the win with three innings of shutout relief.  [...]

Luis Marte put a solid start together and he improved to 3-5 in the SeaWolves 7-2 win over Akron.  He gave up just a single run on two hits and four walks with three strikeouts.  This is Marte’s best start in a while so hopefully he’ll be able to keep this up.
Ryan Strieby continued to [...]

Mauricio Robles fell to 4-3 on the season with a tough start in the Caps 8-3 loss to Wisconsin this afternoon. He gave up five runs on three hits and five walks with three strikeouts.
Gustavo Nunez had a big day at the plate in the loss.  He went four for five with two doubles and [...]

The RiverDogs couldn’t quite get their bats going and they managed just one run on five hits in a 3-1 loss to Greenville.  Corban Joseph singled and drove in a run while Melky Mesa singled and scored a run.
A pretty good start by David Phelps went to waste.  He gave up one run on four [...]

Sergio Mitre was roughed up in his start as the Yankees lost to Charlotte 8-5.  He gave up five runs (two earned) on seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.
Austin Romine accounted for the bulk of the Yankees offense with a three run blast.  Jesus Montero went three for four [...]

The Thunder scored four runs in the final two frames to take care of the Curve 5-3.  Justin Snyder was one of the hitting stars and he went two for four with a home run and three RBIs.  Noah Hall doubled and he drove in two.
Kevin Whelan picked up the win and he improved to [...]

Shelley Duncan brought a bit stick as the Yankees took care of the Bats 9-3.  He went two for four with two homers and five RBIs.  John Rodriguez and Todd Linden also went yard in the win.
Zachary Kroenke improved to 4-0 with 1 2/3 innings of shutout relief.  Anthony Claggett pitched the final three frames [...]

The Dragons lost a tough one.  They came back from a 3-0 deficit to send the game into extra innings and then they lost it in the eleventh.  Andrew Bowman continued his tough luck season and he fell to 0-6.  He gave up the two runs in the eleventh. 
Dave Sappelt was he hitting star in [...]

Rafael Gonzalez didn’t get the win and neither did the Reds, but he put on a nice show on the mound.  He gave up four hits and three walks with five strikeouts in five shutout innings.  Jesus Carnevale took the loss and he gave up three runs in just 1/3 of an inning.
Jason Bour belted [...]

The Mudcats scored five in the first and never looked back as they took care of the Biscuits 9-3.  Todd Frazier had a huge day at the plate and he went four for five with two doubles, two runs and two RBIs.  Chris Helsey went three for five with a home run and three runs [...]

Sam LeCure fell to 2-4 on the season in a rought start against the SWB Yankees.  He gave up five runs on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in five innings.  The pen didn’t do much better and they gave up four runs in three frames.
Wes Bankston doubled and drove in the lone [...]

The Hens lost to the Knights and once again they struggled to scored runs.  Don Kelly continued his hot hitting and he went three for three while Will Rhymes went three for four with a walk but the rest of the team managed just three hits.  One of the Hens runs came on Dusty Ryan’s solo [...]

Jonah Nickerson improved to 3-3 with a solid outing in Erie’s 4-1 win over Akron.  He gave up one run on eight hits and three walks with three strikeouts in seven innings.  Cody Satterwhite pitched the final two frames and didn’t allow a run and he earned his sixth save of the season.
Maxwell Leon led [...]

Jeramy Laster scored on Christopher White’s ground out in the top of the tenth and that proved to be the difference as Lakeland took care of Palm Beach 7-6.  This one almost got away because Brett Jacobson gave up three unearned runs in the bottom of the eighth that allowed the game to go into [...]

Victor Larez gave up a three run blast in the top of the eighth inning and a two run lead turned into a one run loss as the Whitecaps lost to Wisconsin 4-3.  It’s too bad because Luke Putkonen put together a decent start.  He gave up one unearned run on six hits and two [...]

I guess you can say that a little publicity can go a long ways. After doing a simple run of the mill, Q & A for the Detroit Free Press, and having them mention this little tidbit of my life (which I have to thank them ever so much for), I have received some great [...]

The Hens took care of Charlotte 5-1 and Lucas French got it done on the mound.  He gave up just five hits and a walk with six strikeouts in seven shutout innings.  Casey Fien gave up a run in his two frames but it was good enough for save number four.
Don Kelly led the way [...]

Ron Chiavacci gave up a run in the top of the tenth and he took the loss as the Hens lost to Norfolk 7-6.  This was after a rough start by Rudy Lugo.  He gave up five runs (four earned) on nine hits and two walks with a strikeout in 5 1/3 innings.
The offense kept [...]

Casey Crosby improved to 3-0 in the Whitecaps 8-0 win over Quad Cities.  He gave up just four hits and four walks with five strikeouts and the solid start pushed his ERA down to 2.53.  He has 52 strikeouts in 42 2/3 innings but he hasn’t pitched past the sixth inning.
Ben Guez had the big [...]

Things are really getting interesting in the International League.  in the North, the SWB Yankees have cooled a bit but their start was so hot, they’re still sitting on the biggest lead with four games.  Similar to the AL East, the Pawtucket Red Sox are right behind them in first place and it could come [...]

The River Cats took care of the Cubs in a 3-1 win and it was Vin Mazzaro who picked up the win.  He improved to 2-2 and he gave up just one unearned runs on four hits and a walk with six strikeouts in six innings of work.
Eric Patterson had just one hit but it [...]

Durham lost to Rochester 5-2 and while the pitching wasn’t anything to write home about, the hitting was even worse.  Durham managed just two runs on six hits and Chris Nowack led the way.  He went two for four and he scored one of those two runs.
James Houser had a decent enough start and he [...]

Jeff Samardzija fell to 1-1 since joining the Iowa Cubs as the squad lost to Sacramento 5-3.  He gave up four runs on eight hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.
The offense was held in check and Iowa picked up just seven hits by seven different players.  Jason DuBois doubled, drew [...]

Dustin Antolin gave up three runs in the top of the ninth in a 5-2 loss to Burlington.  The loss put Antolin at 0-1 on the season and a decent start by John Anderson went to waste.  He gave up one run on six hits and two walks with three strikeouts in four innings.
Brian VanKirk [...]

The White Caps lost to Kane County 6-4 and the bummer on this game was that they scored the first four runs.  Unfortunately, the Caps pen was roughed up to the tune of four runs after six solid innings by Luke Putkonen.  Three of those runs were given up by Jared Gayhart and he took [...]

The SeaWolves had a tough time at the plate and they managed just five hits in an 8-1 loss to Akron.  Brennan Boesch had two of those hits to lead they way.  He doubled, tripled and scored the lone Erie run.
Luis Marte had a rough start but the two errors didn’t help much.  He fell [...]

The Hens lost to Norfolk and Eddie Bonine gave up the brunt of the damage.  He gave up four runs on five hits and four walks with two strikeouts in six innings and the loss dropped him to 0-2.
Don Kelly went three for four in the loss.  Wilkin Ramirez tripled and scored a run.

The B-Mets won a crazy won.  They needed two runs in both the ninth and tenth innings to tie the game up for another inning then John Petersen drew a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the eleventh to win the game.  Emmanual Garcia went three for six with a run and an RBI [...]

John Rodriguez was one of several hitting stars in the Yankees 10-4 win over the Red Sox.  He finished two for five with a home run, three RBIs and two runs.  Shelly Duncan also pitched in with a home run, three RBIs and two runs whle Austin Jackson went four for five with a double, [...]

The Loons came back from a 4-2 deficit to take care of Clinton 8-5.  Austin Gallagher had just one hit but it was a two run blast and Anthony Hatch went two for four with a run and two RBIs.
Justin Miller picked up the win and he improved to 3-2.  He gave up four unearned [...]

Down 3-0, the Whitecaps rallied for two runs in the ninth inning but it was enough in the 3-2 loss.  Bryan Pounds had the big hit with a double and two RBIs but that was the end of the rally.  Ron Bourqin drew two walks and he scored one of the runs.
A pretty good start [...]

Luis Marte fell to 2-4 on the season with a rough start in Erie’s 7-4 loss to Harrisburg.  He gave up all seven runs on seven hits and four walks with seven strikeouts in six innings.
Ryan Strieby hit his eleventh home run of the season and Scott Sizemore went yard with his seventh.  Sizemore also [...]

The Hens were held to just six hits in a 2-0 loss at the hands of the Charlotte Knights.  Jeff Frazier doubled and singled and Don Kelly singled twice to lead the way at the plate in the mediocre offensive outing.
A nice start by Eddie Bonine went to waste.  He gave up two runs on [...]

I was thinking…I write a lot about what my life is like in the game of baseball. What I never really thought about until now was that I am writing based on what I think would be interesting and not what you, the reader, may necessarily not be completely interested in. So for the first [...]

Alfredo Figaro fell to 2-1 on the season despite a decent start in Erie’s 3-1 loss to Bowie.  He gave up three runs (two earned and all three came in the first two frames) on seven hits and four walks with five strikeouts in seven innings.
Scott Sizemore doubled twice to lead the way at the [...]

The Mud Hens were held to just five hits as they lost another one to the Charlotte Knights 5-2.  Three of those hits came from Wilkin Ramirez  and he drove in one of the two runs with a solo homer in the fifth inning.  Jeff Frazier singled and he scored the other run.
Chris Lambert took [...]

There are so many reasons why a person can love the game of baseball; the deep relationship and feelings towards a favorite team. The drama and story line that can play out in each game. The little intricacies which only true, hardcore fans can really appreciate, or the excitement of someone new to the game [...]

Wilkin Ramirez had a big day at the plate but it wasn’t enough as the Hens lost to Charlotte 9-8.  He went four for five with two homers, three RBIs and three runs.  Mike Hessman went three for five with a double and a solo homer.
Freddy Dolsi gave up four runs in the bottom of [...]

Deik Scram singled for the lone Erie hit in a seven inning, 4-0 loss to Bowie.  Scram was also one of three SeaWolves to draw walks in a lackluster offensive performance.
Jon Kibler took the loss and he fell to 1-3.  He gave up four runs (two earned) on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts [...]

Audy Ciriaco had a monster game as the Flying Tigers took care of Brevard County 10-6.  He finished with seven RBIs including a walk off grand slam, his second homer of the game.  Kody Kaiser joined him with three hits, including a walk, a double and two runs.
Charles Furbush pitched five frames in his start [...]

The Whitecaps had a capacity crowd on hand as Jeremy Bonderman made his first start of the season for the team as he rehabbed his injury.  He threw seven very solid frames and he gave up just two runs on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts.  Not bad for a guy who hasn’t [...]