Minor League Blogs

Sergio Mitre fell to 2-1 on the season with a rough start in the SWB Yankees 4-3 loss.  He gave up four runs (three earned) on six hits and a walk with three strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.
Ramiro Pena finished the game two for four with a run.  Austin Jackson pitched in with two singles [...]

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 [...]

Josh Towers improved to 2-4 on the season with a solid start in SWB’s 1-0 win over the Mud Hens.  He gave up just two hits and three walks with five strikeouts in six shutout innings.  Jonathan Albaladejo threw a shutout ninth and he picked up his first save of the season.
Austin Jackson went three [...]

The SWB Yankees couldn’t get anything going at the plate and they lost to the Bats 3-0.  Austin Jackson and Shelley Duncan both doubled while Eric Duncan singled. Unfortunately, that was it. 
A pretty good start by George Kontos went to waste.  He gave up three runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks with [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

It took them thirteen innings, but the Thunder piled on the runs in an 8-3 win over the B-Mets.  Austin Jackson had a nice day at the plate and he went three for seven with a double, two RBIs and a run.  Colin Curtis had just one hit in five at bats, but he walked [...]

Kevin Goldstein recently released his list of the top eleven Yankee prospects and there’s little surprise that Joba Chamberlain is at the top of the list.  The guy ascended all the way from High A Tampa all the way to the Yankee bullpen in what can only be called the fast track and I was [...]

The Thunder kicked off the Eastern League championship series with a win 5-3 over Akron.  Tyler Clippard held Akron in check through the first five innings and then Steven Jackson took over for three frames to pick up the win.  He gave up one run on two hits with three strikeouts.
Austin Jackson played a part [...]

Kevin Whelan gave up the losing run for the Thunder in the top of the thirteenth inning as they settled for a split in their first two games of the playoffs.  It’s too bad because a solid start by Alan Horne went to waste.  He gave up two runs on three hits and four walks [...]

Austin Jackson had a big day at the plate in Tampa’s 8-2 win over Lakeland.  He went two for five with a double, a triple, three RBIs and a run.  Jared Greenwood went three for three with a walk, two RBIs and a run.
Anthony Claggett improved to 9-8.  He gave up two runs (one earned) [...]

In the top of the ninth inning, Christopher Malec belted a solo homer to tie it and then Austin Jackson scored on Andres Perez’s sac. fly for the winning run.  Edwar Gonzalez had a team hit three hits and he scored a run.
David Robinson picked up the win with two innings of shutout relief.  He [...]

Tampa was held to just a single run on six hits in their 7-1 loss to Clearwater.  Francisco Cervalli had the only extra base hit of the game with a double and Austin Jackson went one for three and he scored the only run of the game for Tampa.
Mike Martinez took the loss and he [...]

Tampa couldn’t score a single run despite matching Clearwater with nine hits in a 5-0 loss.  Austin Jackson was probably the hitting star and he went two for four with a double and a walk.
Anthony Claggett took the loss and he fell to 1-7 on the season.  He gave up five runs on seven hits [...]

Wilkin Arias improved to 4-1 on the season with a1 1 1/3 innings of shutout relief in Tampa’s 3-2 win over Vero Beach.  He gave up one hit and he struck out one in the win.  Phil Coke had a pretty good start and he gave up two runs on five hits with two strikeouts [...]

Bryan Villanola improved to 3-4 on the season with four shutout innings or relief in Tampa’s 8-0 win over Vero Beach.  He gave up two hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
Austin Jackson had the big hit of the game. He belted a three run homer in the fifth inning.  Russell Raley went one for [...]

Tampa’s bats were pretty quiet in their 4-2 loss to Daytona.  Austin Jackson was the only Tampa hitter with two hits and he had one of the team’s two doubles.
Anthony Claggett dropped to 1-6 with the loss.  He gave up three runs on six hits and one walk with three strikeouts in five innings.

The pitching went out the window in the RiverDogs 12-11 loss to Rome.  Edgar Soto was roughed up for seven runs in his start and Garrett Patterson gave up three runs (one earned) on two hits and two walks in 2/3 innings as he took the loss.
Mitchell Hilligoss had three singles and he scored three [...]

Seth Fortenberry drove in three runs but it wasn’t enough in the RiverDogs 6-5 loss to Asheville.  Austin Jackson also had a nice game.  He doubled twice and he scored two runs.
Grant Duff had a mediocre start but it was actually reliever David Robertson that took the loss.  He gave up one unearned run in [...]

The RiverDogs couldn’t get their bats going in a 4-0 loss to Augusta.  Austin Jackson was the hitting star with two hits and he was the only RiverDog with an extra base hit (double).
Timothy Norton took the loss.  He gave up four runs on nine hits and three walks with seven strikeouts in six innings [...]

The RiverDogs got some pretty poor pitching by all three of their pitchers in their 9-3 loss to Asheville.  Grant Duff took the loss and he gave up four runs on five hits with four strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
Austin Jackson provided most of the offense.  He went two for five and he drove in [...]

The RiverDogs got it all.  They got some very good hitting and they also received some exception pitching.  Austin Jackson had a big game at the plate.  He went two for four with a homerun, a double, three RBIs and two runs.  Wilmer Pino hit a two run shot while Jose Gil singled, drew a walk [...]