Minor League Blogs

Armando Galarraga improved to 2-1 on the season with another solid start in the Hens 3-1 win over Louisville.  He gave up just three hits and he struck out six in seven shutout innings.  Jay Sborz struck out two in a shutout ninth and he picked up his fifth save of the season.
Casper Wells pretty [...]

The Hens put it all together last night as they decimated Indianpolis 10-1.  There were plenty of hitting stars as five players had two hits each.  Brennan Boesch went two for five with a home run and two RBIs.  Casper Wells went two for five with a double, a run and an RBI.
Phil Dumatrait had a [...]

The Hens took care of Indianapolis 6-0 behind some really strong pitching.  Ruddy Lugo improved to 1-1 and he gave up just three hits and four walks with two strikeouts in five shutout innings.  Casey Fien followed that up with three shutout innings of relief and then Robbie Weinhardt pitched a shutout ninth to finish [...]

The Hens were in the spotlight yesterday because Cuban phenom Aroldis Chapman made his professional debut against the Hens and it was pretty brutal.  In 4 2/3 innings, he gave up an unearned run and he struck out nine.  In all, 15 Hens went down on strikes. It’s too bad because the Hens got some [...]

Erie outhit Akron 11-6 but they stranded eleven base runners in a 4-3 loss.  Brennan Boesch went three for five with a double and he scored two runs while Michael Bertram went three for five with a home run and two RBIs.
Jonah Nickerson gave up three runs in six innings in his start.  Alfredo Figaro [...]

Erie blew a 3-0 lead in the eighth and ninth, scored a run in the tenth and then gave this one up as Brett Jensen gave up two runs in tenth in the SeaWolves 5-4 loss.  Jensen took the loss and he fell to 5-5 and a solid start by Lauren Gagnier went to waste.  [...]

Erie won both games of their doubleheader with Harrisburg with some very solid pitching.  Game one saw Alfredo Figaro throw three shutout innings of relief and he improved to 6-2 on the season.  Jason Waddell threw two shutout innings to close out the game and he picked up his second save of the season.  Brennan [...]

Jared Gayhart made his first start of the season and he improved to 1-0 with a solid start in the SeaWolves 2-0 win over Trenton.  He gave up just one hit and a walk with six strikeouts in five shutout innings.  Brett Jensen threw a shutout ninth for his twelth save of the season while [...]

Erie took care of New Britain tonight in a 6-4 win and Brennan Boesch was amongst the hitting stars.  He went two for four with a solo home run and he scored three times.  Deik Scram belted a three run blast to put the SeaWolves on the board in the first inning.
Thad Weber improved to [...]

Two home runs by Brennan Boesch wasn’t enough as the SeaWolves lost to Reading 7-6.  Boesch belted both of his home runs against top tier prospect Kyle Drabek and he finished with three RBIs.  Deik Scram doubled twice, drove in on and scored a run.
Jon Kibler had a tough start and he gave up six runs [...]

Erie had plenty of hitting stars in their 16-3 win over the B-Mets but Alex Avila really shined in this one.  He went three for five with three home runs and seven RBIs in the win.  Brennan Boesch also had a great game and he went four for five with two doubles, a home run, [...]

Thad Weber had about as good of a start as you could ask as the SeaWolves took care of the B-Mets 5-1.  He gave up one run on five hits with three strikeouts in eight solid frames.
Brennan Boesch went two for four with a pair of runs.  Casper Wells went two for three with a [...]

Erie racked up nine hits in this one but they managed just a pair of runs in a 4-2 loss to the B-Mets.  Brennan Boesch went two for four while Santo De Leon belted a solo home run in the loss.
Jonah Nickerson fell to 7-7 with a rough start.  He gave up four runs on [...]

Erie took care of Trenton 9-6 and this was a nice team effort at the plate.  Ryan Strieby was one of the hitting stars and he went two for five with a home run, two RBIs and two runs.  Brennan Boesch went two for three with a home run and two runs.
Jonah Nickerson improved to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Jon Kibler improved to 1-2 on the season in Erie’s 3-2 win over Reading.  He gave up just one run on seven hits and four walks with two strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings.  Ramon Garcia gave up one run in 1 1/3 innings but he picked up his first save of the season.
Brennan Boesch tripled, [...]

The SeaWolves had their previous two games rained out and last night, they got in one of their two.  Unfortunately, they were held to five hits in a 2-0 loss to Harrisburg.  Brennan Boesch was the hitting star and he went two for two with a walk.
A pretty good start by Jon Kibler went to [...]

Brooks Brown improved to 1-0 on the season with an exceptional outing in the SeaWolves 3-1 win over Altoona.  He gave up just three hits and a walk with one strikeout in seven shutout innings.  Cody Satterwhite got the final batter of the game out and he picked up his second save of the season.
Brennan [...]

Lakeland took care of the Reds 5-2 behind a nice outing by Jonah Nickerson. He improved to 6-3 and he gave up just four hits and a walk with six strikeouts in seven innings of work.
Brennan Boesch had a single, a triple and two RBIs in the win.  Gary Sheffield went one for two with [...]

Cale Iorg singled home Pedro Cotto in the top of the eleventh inning as the Flying Tigers took care of the Reds 3-2.  Brennan Boesch had a nice day at the plate and he went four for six with a run while Ryan Strieby went three for five with an RBI.
Duane Below threw seven solid [...]

When the dust settled, Lakeland was beat down by Palm Beach 13-2 and seven of those runs came in the ninth inning.  Matt O’Brien suffered his first loss of the season and he fell to 3-1.  He gave up six runs (three earned) on eight hits with four strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.  Zach Simons [...]

Jonah Nickerson improved to 4-3 on the season with a very nice start in the Flying Tigers 4-0 win over Palm Beach.  He gave up just a hit and a walk with eight strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings.
Brennan Boesch and Jeramy Laster were the hitting stars.  Boesch went three for four with a double a [...]

Rick Porcello didn’t get the win, but he had another nice start in Lakeland’s 4-1 win over Dunedin.  He gave up just one run on five hits and a walk with five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.  Zach Simons got the final batter out in the sixth and he got the win while Guillermo Moscoso [...]

Lakeland blew a three run lead when Brendan Wise and Juan Cedeno combined to give up four runs in the eighth inning.  Wise took the loss and he fell to 0-3 and it was too bad because a very nice start by Luis Marte went to waste. Marte gave up four hits with four strikeouts [...]

Jeramy Laster had a nice day at the plate as the Flying Tigers took care of Fort Myers 8-3.  He went two for three with a walk, a double, a stolen base, two RBIs and a run.  Brennan Boesch went two for three with a walk, an RBI and two runs.
Matt O’Brien picked up the [...]

The Rick Porcello era has begun.  Last year’s first round draft pick gave up just one hit and two walks with three strikeouts in five shutout innings in the Flying Tigers 4-1 win.  Freddy Dolsi struck out the side, but he gave up the lone run of the game to Tampa.
Brennan Boesch doubled and drove [...]

The White Caps two game lead in the Midwest League championship has disappeared the past two days and now after tonight’s 5-0 shutout loss to Beloit, the White Caps play a winner take all game five tonight.  Jordan Newton was the only White Caps hitter to get two hits and Brennan Boesch had the only [...]

The White Caps won their best of three game series with South Bend today and finished with a sweep of both of playoff series to repeat as the Midwest League champions.  James Skelton led the way at the plate and he reached base five times.  He singled twice, doubled, drew two walks, drove in two [...]

The White Caps rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to beat the Dragons 5-4.  The game winner came when Ryan Strieby was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.  This was after Brennan Boesch singled home a run to tie the game up.  Gorky Hernandez got it done at the plate otherwise.  [...]

Charles Furbush improved to 4-0 with yet another nice start in the White Caps 6-1 win over the Loons.  He gave up just a single run on five hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in seven very solid innings.
Brennan Boesch went two for three with a walk, an RBI, a double and two runs.  [...]

Matt O’Brien improved to 7-2 on the season with a nice start in the White Caps 7-2 win over Wisconsin.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on eight hits and a walk with four strikeouts in seven innings.
Brennan Boesch went two for five with a run and an RBI.  James Skelton singled, drew a [...]

Ryan Strieby had a big day at the plate in the White Caps 11-2 blowout win over the Bees.  He went three for four with two homeruns, four RBIs and three runs.  Brennan Boesch also had a big day and he went two for five with a double, a homerun and four RBIs.
Charles Furbush picked [...]

The White Caps took care of the Loons in a 9-4 beatdown.  Santo De Leon led the way for West Michigan and he went two for four with three RBIs and two runs.  Brennan Boesch had another nice game and he went two for three with a walk, an RBI and two runs.
Luis Marte picked [...]

Lauren Gagnier had a mixed bag of a start as he fell to 3-9 on the season.  He gave four runs, but only two of them were earned and he struck out seven in 7 2/3 innings.
Brennan Boesch was the hitting star.  He went two for four with a triple and an RBI.

Jonah Nickerson had a pretty good start in the White Caps 4-3 win over South Bend. He gave up three runs (two earned) on ten hits and five walks with two strikeouts in seven innings.  Zachary Piccola picked up the win with two shutout innings and he improved to 1-0 on the season.
Gorkys Hernandez went [...]

It looks like Matt O’Brien’s demotion to Single A was just what he needed because in his second consecutive start, he didn’t give up a run.  He improved to 2-0 and he gave up six hits and three walks with two strikeouts in seven shutout innings.
The lone run of the game for both sides came [...]

Matt O’Brien improved to 1-0 on the season with a fantastic start in the White Caps 4-0 win over the Dragons.  He gave up five hits and a walk with three strikeouts in seven shutout innings.
Ryan Strieby went one for three with a walk and two RBIs.  Brennan Boesch went one for five with a [...]

Brenna Boesch had a big day at the plate in the White Caps 7-4 win over the Dragons.  He doubled, drove in three runs and scored.  Louis Ott went one for two with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs while Audy Ciriaco went two for three with a double and two runs.
Angel Castro picked [...]

Kenny Rogers took the loss in the White Caps 10-0 blowout loss to Dayton.  He gave up three runs (one earned) on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts in five innings.  He’s getting in his time though and building up his endurance and it still looks like he’ll be making his Tiger season [...]

Jose Fragoso gave up a solo homerun in the bottom of the eleventh as the White Caps lost to the Dragons 3-2.  A pretty good start by Eleazar Aponte went to waste in the loss.  He gave up two runs on seven hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in six innings.
Brennan Boesch was the [...]

The White Caps beat the Dragons 8-4 and Brennan Boesch had a nice day at the plate.  He went two for five and he drove in three runs.  James Skelton went two for five with a solo homerun and two runs.
Angel Castro picked up the win and he improved to 6-3.  He gave up four [...]

Brennan Boesch had a big day at the plate in the White Caps 11-2 win over Fort Wayne.  He went two for four and he drove in four runs.  Scott Sizemore didn’t have a hit but he walked three times, drove in two and scored two runs.
Jonah Nickerson improved to 4-5 with a nice start.  [...]

Angel Castro gave up two quick runs in the first inning but then calmed down to have a nice start.  He gave up two runs on seven hits and three walks with four strikeouts in eight innings of work.
Brennan Boesch went two for four with a double and two runs.  Jeramy Laster singled twice and [...]

The White Caps blew out Fort Wayne 11-5 and Brennan Boesch had a monster game at the plate.  He went four for four with two double, four RBIs and two runs.  Scott Sizemore also had a great day.  He went four for five with a double, two RBIs and three runs.
Duane Below didn’t have his [...]

The White Caps beat Quad Cities 4-3 and Michael Bertram had his had in most of those runs with a nice game.  He went two for three with two doubles and three RBIs.  Brennan Boesch went one for three with a walk and two runs.
Duane Below picked up the win with another nice start.  He [...]

The White Caps dismantled Kane County 9-3 and Brennan Bosch and Louis Ott led the way at the plate.  Bosch singled three times and he drove in two and scored once.  Ott singled twice, doubled and drove in two.
Jonah Nickerson picked up the win with five mediocre innings. He gave up three runs on three hits [...]

Brennan Boesch homered and drove in four runs in the White Caps 11-3 win over Peoria.  Gorkys Hernandez also had a nice game and he went three for four with a double, two RBIs and two runs.  Audy Ciriaco went three for five with an RBI and two runs.
Duane Below picked up the win his [...]

The White Caps finally picked up their first win after three losses in a 2-1 pitchers duel with the Lug Nuts.  Jonah Nickerson gave up a run in four innings and Josh Rainwater threw three no hit innings to pick up the win.
Brennan Boesch had an RBI triple and he scored a run.  Audy Ciriaco [...]