Minor League Blogs

The Suns made it four straight and Juan Gonzalez led the team at the plate in the 9-4 win.  He went three for three with two doubles, four RBIs and a run.  Blake DeWitt went two for four with two RBIs and a run.
James McDonald threw a nice game in his Double A debut.  He [...]

Andrew Locke had a big day at the plate in Inland Empire’s 10-2 win over the Quakes.  He went two for four with two homeruns and three RBIs.  Blake DeWitt went two for five with a double, two RBIs and two runs.
Javy Guerra improved to 5-3 with the win. He gave up two runs on [...]

Lucas May had just one hit but it was a three run homer, and when you combine it with a sac. fly, he finished the day with four RBIs in Inland Empire’s 7-4 win over San Jose.  Blake DeWitt also had a nice game and he went two for four with a double, three RBIs and [...]

Shane Justis led Inland Empire at the plate in their 8-2 win over Lake Elsinore.  He went four for four with a triple, a walk, three RBIs and two runs.  Blake DeWitt went three for five with a double, a run and an RBI.
Marlon Arias improved to 6-1 on the season with a nice start.  [...]

James McDonald almost saw what should have been a sure win almost get blown.  He gave up five hits and he struck out five in six shutout innings but in the seventh inning, the pen gave up three runs to make it a one run ball game.  Fortunately, they knuckled down and pitched scoreless ball [...]

Francisco Felix improved to 2-1 on the season with a really nice start in Inland Empire’s 6-2 win over Modesto.  He gave up just one unearned run on three hits and three walks with five strikeouts in seven innings.
Blake DeWitt went two for five with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Gabriel Gutierrez went [...]

Inland Empire beat High Dessert 5-4 and Blake DeWitt was one of the hitting stars. He went one for two with three walks and two RBIs.  Gabriel Gutierrez also had a geat day at the plate and he went three for four with two runs.
Marlon Arias picked up the win and he improved to 4-1 [...]

Jesus Castillo dropped to 2-4 on the season with a rough start in Inland Empire’s 11-8 loss to High Desert.  He gave up seven runs on five hits and two walks with a strikeout in just two innings pitched.
Most of the offense came via the long ball.  Blake DeWitt hit a solo shot, James Tomlin [...]

Alberto Bastardo improved to 2-2 on the season with a nice start in Inland Empire’s 4-2 win over Lake Elsinore.  He gave up one run on four hits and two walks with five strikeouts in five innings.
Blake DeWitt was the hitting star in the win.  He went three for three with a run.  Anthony Harper [...]

Alberto Bastardo improved to 1-2 on the season with a nice start in Inland Empire’s 9-4 win over the Quakes.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on four hits with five strikeouts in six innings of work.
Blade DeWitt had a nice day at the plate in the win.  He went two for four with [...]

Inland Empire lost to Lancaster 8-7 and while the hitters got it going, the pitchers struggled.  Lucas May went two for five with a double, a homerun and three RBIs.  Blake DeWitt went three for five with two doubles, an RBI and three runs.
Javy Guerra was roughed up in his start.  He gave up four [...]

Ryan Rogowski had a big day at the plate in Inland Empire’s 11-8 win.  He went two for three with a homerun, five RBIs and two runs.  Blake Dewitt also had a nice game and he went four for five with two doubles.
Francisco Felix picked up the win and he improved to 1-1 on the [...]

Alberto Bastardo took the loss in Inland Empire’s 16-8 blowout loss to Lancaster.  He gave up seven runs on nine hits and one walk with two strikeouts in just two innings.  Each of the subsequent three relievers all gave up runs as well.
Blake Dewitt went four for five with a run and an RBI.  Jamie [...]

Inland Empire topped Modesto 6-3 and Ivan DeJesus provided a nice piece of the hitting with a solid game at the plate.  He went two for four with a triple and two RBIs.  Blake DeWitt also had a nice game and he went two for four with a double and two runs.
Marlon Arias picked up [...]

Blade DeWitt had a big day at the plate in Inland Empire’s 11-6 win over Lancaster.  He went three for five with two doubles, a walk, three RBIs and two runs.  Lucas May had two hits and two RBIs while Shane Justis went two for four with a homerun and two runs.
Jesus Castillo picked up [...]

Inland Empire won their second straight game and this time they did it with an eleven inning shutout.  Lucas May singled home Blake DeWitt in the bottom of the eleventh for the only run of a great pitchers duel.
Miguel Pinago was very sharp in the start.  He gave up just three hits and he struck [...]

Talk about some bad scheduling luck.  First it was Bartolo Colon and now Inland Empire had to go up against Jared Weaver, who shut them down.  In all, Inland Empire managed just a single run on four hits and that run came once Weaver was long gone.  Blade DeWitt went two for four with a [...]

These rehab starts really aren’t that fair as Inland Empire lost to MLB Cy Young winner Bartolo Colon.  They did tag him for two runs at least, and that’s something that should be encouraging.
Alberto Bastardo had a rough start.  He took the loss and he gave up three runs on five hits and two walk [...]

Inland Empire and High Desert combined for 26 runs and 31 hits in their game today.  Jamie Hoffman drove in four runs and scored three times while Blake DeWitt drove in three runs and scored four.
The pitching lines were pretty ugly to start.  Ramon Troncoso pitched three scoreless shutout innings and he picked up the [...]

The 66ers poured on the offense as they racked up eleven runs on sixteen hits in their 11-6 win over High Desert.  Lucas May led the way with the stick.  He went three for three with a double, a homerun, two walks, two RBIs and three runs.  Elian Herrera had two hits and three RBIs [...]

Coming in at number six is second baseman Blake DeWitt. who was the Dodgers first round draft pick back in 2004.  His best showing was on John Sickels list where he was seventh and he was eighth on the other two.  I know you’re wondering why he’s sixth on my list and that’s because most [...]