Minor League Blogs

The GCL Yankees took care of business despite having a few days off.  In game one, Matthew Richardson threw five shutout innings to improve to 2-0 on the season.  He gave up three hits and he struck out five.  Mitchell Delaney went two for three with a two run homer and Jose Toussen went two [...]

This was a plain beat down.  Ryan Pope fell to 2-6 in a 12-2 loss and he took the brunt of the damage.  He gave up eleven runs (nine earned) on twelve hits and three walks with a strikeout in five innings.
Chris Malec was effectively the Thunder’s offense.  He went four for four and he [...]

Erie had the lead in the ninth in this one but Cody Satterwhite gave up a run in the bottom of the ninth and then Josh Kite gave up a run in the bottom of the eleventh in a 6-5 loss.  Kite fell to 2-4 and Luis Marte took a no-decision in his start.  He [...]

Staten Island came back in a big way in this one.  down 7-1, the Yankees scored one in the seventh, five in the eighth and then Kyle Higashloka singled home Jimmy Paredes in the bottom of the ninth for the game winner.  Chad Gross went three for four with a triple and two RBIs while Higashloka [...]

There were plenty of hitting stars in the RiverDogs 9-2 win over the Sand Gnats but at the front of the line was Raymond Kruml.  He went three for five with a triple, a walk, four RBIs and a run.  Corban Joseph also had a nice game and he went three for six with a [...]

Tampa finally got a couple of games in after a couple of days of rain and the end result is a doubleheader split with St. Lucie.  In game one, the Yankees comeback fell short in a 5-4 loss.  They scored three in the seventh inning but couldn’t push across the winning run.  Daniel Brewer went [...]

Three different pitchers gave up at least a pair of runs in Trenton’s 8-3 loss to Reading.  Wilkins Arias took the loss and he fell to 1-2.  He gave up two runs on five hits and a walk with four strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings.
Jesus Montero went two for four with a solo homer.  Reegie [...]

The Yankees couldn’t get much going at the plate in a 6-2 loss to the Rochester Red Wings.  Austin Jackson belted a solo home run, drew a walk and scored twice while Juan Miranda singled, drew a walk and drove in one.
A solid start by Kei Igawa went to waste.  He gave up two runs [...]

Matt Maloney may have seen his specatcular ERA (now 2.30) go up, but it was still more then good enough for him to walk away with the win in the Bats 6-4 win over Gwinnett.  He gave up three runs on seven hits and two walk with six strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.  Robert Manuel [...]

This was a wild one.  Travis Wood gave up a pair of runs in the second inning and that’s all either team scored until the Mudcats tied it up with two in the seventh.  Then three in the eighth by Carolina appeared to put this one out of reach but Lookouts stormed back and scored [...]

Jeremy Horst improved to 3-8 on the season with a nice start in the Sarasota Reds 5-3 win over Lakeland.  He gave up three runs (two earned) on four hits and a walk with four strikeouts in seven solid frames.  Enerio Del Rosario struck out two in a shutout ninth to earn save number five.
Neftali [...]

Dayton scored two runs in the top of the eighth inning to tie this one up only to see the pen falter when the Lugnuts scored two in the bottom half of the frame to finish up the Dragons.  Scott Gafney gave up those two runs and he fell to 3-3.  Curtis Partch gave up [...]

Billing managed four runs but they did it on just five hits in a 6-4 loss to Great Falls.  Yen-Wen Kuo singled and drove in two runs while Humberto Sosa doubled and scored a run.
Leonardo Astorga gave up four runs in six innings in his start.  Daniel Corcino fell to 0-1 and he gave up [...]

You usually don’t win many games when you give up five errors but the GCL Reds did just that in a 7-5 win over the GCL Orioles.  Yorman Rodriguez went two for four with a walk and two runs.  Cristobal Rodriguez went two for four with a triple, a run and an RBI.
Marcos Molina picked [...]

There were plenty of hitting stars in Oneonta’s 9-3 win over Lowell.  Michael Rockett went three for four with a solo homer, his first long ball of the season.  Rawley Bishop had two runs and two RBIs without getting a hit and Alexis Espinoza went two for four with a double, two RBIs and a [...]

Casey Crosby got it done again and you wonder how much longer it’ll be before he gets pushed up.  He didn’t allow a hit and he walked one with six strikeouts in five shutout innings.  The win pushed his record to 6-2 and he has 74 strikeouts in 63 2/3 innings with a 3.39 ERA.
Gustavo [...]

The Dragons took care of the Lugnuts 5-2 and it was a pair of two run home runs that gave Dayton the bulk of their offense.  Byron Wiley belted a two run shot in the fourth inning and then Michael Konstanty went yard with a two run blast in the fifth.  Cody Puckett pitched in [...]

Jonah Nickerson fell to 4-6 on the season with a rough start in Erie’s 10-5 loss to Harrisburg.  He gave up seven runs on ten hits and a walk with four strikeouts in six innings.  Reliever Ramon Garcia also had a tough time and he gave up three runs in two innings of relief.
Brennan Boesch [...]

Four hits isn’t going to cut it and that’s all the Mudcats picked up tonight in their 9-0 loss.  Three of the four hits went for doubles and Jose Castro was the only hitter to reach base twice with a double and a walk.
Jordan Smith fell to 4-3 with a rough start.   He gave up [...]

Matthew Klinker was the only pitcher to get hit hard in the Sarasota’s 12-5 loss to Lakeland, but he took the loss and he was hit the hardest.  He gave up six runs (three earned) on five hits and a walk with a strikeout in two innings.  Four errors didn’t help things and they turned [...]

Justin Henry had a big day at the plate in another Lakeland win.  He finished the game three for four with a double, four RBIs and two runs.  Devin Thomas went two for five with a a home run and three RBIs while Christopher White went two for five with a home run and two [...]

Last night’s game was cancelled so Oneonta is playing two tonight.  Game one was a 3-0 loss in which the offense was held to just four hits.  Alexis Espinoza and Michael Rockett had the only extra base hits with a double each.
Gary Perinar took the loss and he fell to 0-1.  He gave up three runs [...]

Trenton finished up their suspended game against Reading and Jorge Vazquez didn’t miss a beat with the delay.  He finished the game four for four with a double, a home run, three RBIs, and two runs.  Eduardo Nunez went two for four with a double, two RBIs and two runs.
Zach McAllister pitched two shutout innings [...]

You’d think this was the big league club.  The GCL Reds were held to just six hits as they were doubled up by the Rays 4-2.  Theodis Bowe led the way and he went two for three with a triple, a run and an RBI.
Blair Carson threw three shutout innings in his start but he [...]

Dallas Buck fell to 2-3 on the season with a rough start in the Mudcats 6-2 loss to Jacksonville last night.  Buck gave up three runs on four hits and two walks in two innings.
Chris Heisey went two for four in the loss.   Carson Kainer went two for three with an RBI.

Erie had a tough time getting anything going at the plate as they lost to Harrisburg 3-2.  Alex Avila provided most of the Tigers offense with a double, a home run and two RBIs.  No other SeaWolve had more then one hit.
A solid start by Jon Kibler went to waste.  He gave up three runs [...]

The Hens and Bulls almost played two games as they finished a 15 inning marathon after over four and a half hours.  Matt Rusch took the loss and he fell to 2-3 after he gave up a pair of runs in the top of the fifteenth.  A solid start by Lucas French went to waste [...]

The Hens and Bulls almost played two games as they finished a 15 inning marathon after over four and a half hours.  Matt Rusch took the loss and he fell to 2-3 after he gave up a pair of runs in the top of the fifteenth.  A solid start by Lucas French went to waste [...]

The Bats couldn’t get much going at the plate as they lost to the Charlotte Knights 6-0.  Daniel Dorn and Michael Griffin accounted for most of the offense with a pair of singles each but neither could come around to score in either chance.
Ramon Ramirez had a rough start and he fell to 2-5.  He [...]

Andrew Hess had one of his best starts of the season in Lakeland’s 9-0 blowout win over Sarasota.  He gave up just six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in seven shutout innings and the win pushed his record to 3-5.  Jared Gayhart made his Lakeland debut and he threw two shutout frames to [...]

Mark Sorensen improved to 3-2 on the season with a really nice start in the Whitecaps 4-1 win over the Loons.  He gave up just a run on six hits with four strikeouts in eight innings.  Tyler Conn struck out two in a shutout ninth to pick up his third save of the season.
Brent Wyatt [...]

It took the Billings hitters a couple of innings but when they got going, they put together a five run third inning to give themselves all the runs they’d need in a 9-1 win.  Efrain Contreras went two for four with a triple, four RBIs and two runs.  Yen-Wen Kuo went three for five with [...]

Trenton had a tough time getting anything going in their 5-2 loss to Akron.  Jesus Montero went one for three with a walk and a run and an RBI while Chris Malec went one ofr three with a walk and an RBI.
A really good start by Ivan Nova went to waste in the loss.  He [...]

Thad Weber made the most of his season debut with the SeaWolves after his promotion from Lakeland.  He improved to 1-0 and he gave up just two runs on eight hits and one walk with four strikeouts in six innings.
Andy Dirks singled and drove in a pair of runs.  Cale Iorg had a nice game [...]

Well, the dust finally settled on the Mud Hens 11-10, thirteen inning win after Jeff Larish doubled home Clete Thomas in the bottom half of the frame.  It capped off an awesome game by the first baseman in which he went five for six with with two doubles, a walk, three RBIs and three runs.  [...]

The SWB Yankees couldn’t muster at the plate as they were held to a single run on four hits.  Colin Curtis went two for three with a double while Justin Leone doubled and he scored the lone Yankee run.
Kei Igawa took the loss and he fell to 6-2 on the season.  He gave up four [...]

Travis Wood got it done on the mound tonight in his start and he improved to 8-3 in the Mudcats 7-0 win over Jacksonille.  He gave up four hits and two walks with three strikeouts in six innings.
Chris Denove had a nice day at the plate and he went two for three with a home run [...]

A run on five hits isn’t going to cut it and that’s all the Oneonta Tigers could muster in a 2-1 loss to Lowell.  Jamie Johnson had the only extra base hit with a double while Jimmy Gulliver drew a walk and scored the lone run.
Clemente Mendoza took the loss and he fell to 0-1.  [...]

Trenton Lare improved to 1-0 with a really solid start in the Yankees 5-1 win over Aberdeen.  He gave up one unearned run on three hits with five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
Zoilo Almonte had a big day at the plate.  He went two for four with a double and three RBIs.  Neil Medchill drew [...]

It was 9-8 when the dust finally settled in this one.  The GCL Tigers and GCL Braves combined to score 17 runs and all but one of those came prior to the sixth inning.  Adolfo Reina went two for four with a walk, a solo home run and two runs.  Hernan Perez tripled, drew a walk, [...]

The GCL Reds picked up nine hits but none of those baserunners crossed the plate in a 5-0 loss to the GCL Orioles.  Cristobal Rodriguez went three for four while Theodis Bowe went two for four with a double.
Marcos Molina took the loss and he fell to 0-1.  He gave up four runs on five [...]

The GCL Yankees took care of the GCL Pirates in an 8-2 blowout.  Kelvin De Leon brought a hot bat and he went three for four with a double and three runs.  Jose Mojica also had a big game and he went two for four with a double, a home run and four RBIs.
Mathew Richardson [...]

Lance Pendleton improved to 6-4 on the season with a really nice start in Tampa’s 5-3 win over Clearwater.  He gave up just five hits with six strikeouts in six shutout innings.  Jonathan Hovis threw a shutout ninth inning and he picked up his eighth save of the season.
Eric Fryer went two for two with [...]

Matt Maloney fell to 4-4 despite a solid start in the Bats 3-2 loss to Charlotte.  He gave up three runs on seven hits with three strikeouts in the eight inning complete game.  He needed only 89 pitches and 70 of them were for strikes.
Drew Sutton went two for four with a double.  Kevin Barker [...]

Talk about a heartbreaker. The Reds scored two runs in the top of the ninth inning to tie this only to have Justin Freeman give up his second run in as many innings to lose it in a 5-4 game.  Rafael Gonzalez had a decent enough start go to waste.   He gave up three runs [...]