Minor League Blogs

The Bats evened up their series with the Bulls 1-1 and they did it despite giving up a couple of early runs.  Ben Jukich was hit for two runs in the first, but the pitching staff didn’t allow a run the rest of the way.  Jukich picked up the win and he gave up two [...]

Ben Jukich improved to 6-4 on the season with a really nice start in the Bats 4-2 win over Toledo.  He gave up a run on six hits and three walks with five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.  Pedro Viola gave up a run in the ninth but he still held on to pick up [...]

Ben Jukich was roughed up and he took the loss in the Bats 5-1 loss to Norfolk yesterday.  He gave up five runs on seven hits and two walks with six strikeouts in five innings.
Kevin Barker was the hitting star and he went two for three with a walk,  He also drove in the lone Bats [...]

Ben Jukich got it done today as the Bats picked up a win at home.  He improved to 2-0 and he gave up one run on seven hits and one walk with four strikeouts in six innings.  Josh Roenicke struck out two in a shutout ninth and he picked up his first save of the [...]

The Lookouts split their twin bill today with the Biscuits.  Game one was an 8-4 win but the Lookouts needed an extra frame to win it.  That four run eighth inning came on a big grand slam by B.J. Szymanski.  He finished two for three with a double, the slam and three runs.  Ben Jukich [...]

Sarasota took game one in their best of the three game series with Clearwater as they make a run for the Florida State League championship.  Ben Jukich was the star on the mound.  He didn’t allow a single hit with two walks and five strikeouts in seven innings.
Cody Strait put the Reds on the board [...]

Ben Jukich improved to 2-1 on the season with a nice start in Sarasota’s 4-1 win over Brevard County.  He gave up one run on two hits and four walks with six strikeouts in six innings of work.
Chris Kroski provided the bulk of the offense with a big three run homer in the second inning.  [...]

Ben Jukich didn’t take the loss but he got the Reds off to a poor start in their 10-8 loss to Clearwater.  He gave up four runs on five hits and two walks and he pitched just 1 1/3 innings.  Derrick Lutz ended up taking the loss and he gave up two runs in 1 [...]

The Ports lost in an ugly 12-1 loss to Visalia and Ben Jukick was particularly hit hard.  He gave up eight runs on nine hits and he struck out two in four innings.
Javier Herrera drove in the only run of the game.  Tommy Everidge doubled and he drew a walk in the loss.

The pitching was all that great in the Ports 8-7 loss to Bakersfield.  Ben Jukich gave up five runs on 3 2/3 innings and Josh Alliston took the loss when he gave up the lone run in the thirteenth.
Justin Sellers was the hitting star in the loss.  He went three for five with a double, [...]

There were plenty of hitting stars in the Ports 11-1 over Inland Empire but Javier Herrera’s day at the plate stands out. He went three for five with a homerun and he drove in five runs.  Jose Pineda went two for three with a walk, an RBI and three runs.
Ben Jukich threw six shutout innings [...]

Ben Jukich gave up four first inning runs and that’s all Inland Empire needed to pull out this game 4-3.  He gave up the four runs (two earned) on seven hits and a walk with three strikeouts in five innings.
Frank Martinez went one for three with a double and two RBIs.  Cliff Pennington went two [...]

The Ports beat Bakersfield 7-2 and Luke Appert had a team high four hits in the game.  He drove in a run and scored while Cliff Pennington and Chad Boyd each drove in two runs.
Ben Jukich had a good enough start but because most of the Ports runs came later in the game, he didn’t [...]

Ben Jukich took the loss for the Ports in their loss to Visalia.  He gave up five runs on ten hits with four strikeouts in five innings.  Reliever Brad Sullivan was also hit hard and he gave up four runs in just 1/3 of an inning.
Luke Appert hit a two run homerun to lead the [...]

Stockton’s pitching didn’t get it done in this game but it didn’t help that the defense made four errors.  Ben Jukich gave up four runs (two earned) on five hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six innings of work.
At the plate, Steve Kleen provided the bulk of the runs in the 8-4 loss. [...]