Minor League Blogs

Rick Porcello lost his first game of the season for the Hens in a tough start.  He gave up five runs on ten hits and three walks with three strikeouts in six innings.  Ryan Perry also had a rough outing in the 7-3 loss.  He gave up an unearned run o…

A solid start by Armando Galarraga was wasted in the Hens 2-1 loss to Syracuse.  He gave up two runs on eight hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in seven innings.  Dan Schlereth continued his solid season with two strikeouts in a shutout eighth inning.  He now sports a 1.46 ERA and He’s struck [...]

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 [...]

Brent Dlugach belted his first home of the season and it was a three run shot as the Hens took care of Indianapolis 6-3.  Dlugach also doubled while Will Rhymes went two for four with a run and an RBI.
Alfredo Figaro picked up the win despite a shaky outing.  He gave up three runs on [...]

The Hens came back from a 7-4 deficit to beat the Clippers 8-7.  Brent Dlugach went three for three with a walk, a double, a triple and two runs.  Scott Sizemore went two for four with double, a walk and two RBIs while Mike Hessman went two for five with a double, a home run [...]

A solid start by Brooks Brown went to waste as the Hens fell to the Chiefs 3-2.  Brown fell to 3-8 and he gave up three runs on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts in seven innings.
Brent Dlugach went three for five with two doubles, and a run.  Jeff Frazier doubled twice in [...]

Eddie Bonine improved to 2-4 on the season with a nice start in the Hens 5-3 win over Buffalo.  He gave up three runs (two earned) on seven hits with one strikeout in eight innings.  Josh Rainwater pitched a shutout ninth and he picked up his second save of the season.
Jeff Larish had a nice [...]

The good news is, Hens pitchers gave up just three runs over fourteen innings.  The bad news is, the Hens couldn’t manage a single run in a pair of losses to Buffalo.  In game one, a solid start by Chris Lambert went to waste.  He gave up one run on four hits and a walk [...]

Nate Bump got it done again as he improved to 2-0 in just two starts this season.   The 32 year old former Marlin gave up just six hits with two strikeouts in 7 1/3 shutout innings.  Casey Fien pitched a shutout ninth and he picked up his eighth save of the season.
Will Rhymes went two [...]

Brent Dlugach had a monster day at the plate as the Hens dismantled the Clippers 12-4.  He went three for four with a double, two home runs, three RBIs and three runs.  Wilkin Ramirez belted a solo home run and he scored twice while Brent Clevlen went two for five with two runs and two [...]

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 [...]

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 Hens struggles continued as they lost to Rochester 2-1.  A nice start by Chris Lambert was wasted and he fell to 3-6.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on three hits and one walk with three strikeouts in six innings.
Jeff Larish and Scott Sizemore had two singles a piece.  Brent Dlugach doubled and [...]

The Hens couldn’t get much going at the plate and they lost to the Norfolk Tides 5-1.  They picked up just six hits and Wilkin Ramirez picked up two of those and he scored the lone Toledo run.  Brent Dlugach had the lone extra base hit with a double.
Ruddy Lugo took the loss and he [...]

This was a tough one.  The Hens got some offense going but the pen blew a three run lead in the ninth that sent the game into extra frames and then Rob Chiavacci gave up a run in the bottom of the eleventh as the Hens lost to the Bulls 6-5.  A solid start by [...]

The Hens took care of Charlotte 5-1 and Lucas French got it done on the mound.  He gave up just five hits and a walk with six strikeouts in seven shutout innings.  Casey Fien gave up a run in his two frames but it was good enough for save number four.
Don Kelly led the way [...]

Eddie Bonine improved to 2-1 on the season with seven solid innings in the Sea Wolves 6-2 win.  He gave up one run on five hits with three strikeouts.
Brent Dlugach had a big day at the plate. He went two for four with a three run homer and two runs scored.  Jackson Mellan also had [...]

Eulogio De La Cruz took a hard luck loss today as the Seawolves provided him with only two runs of support.  He gave up three runs on seven hits and he struck out ten without walking a single batter. The loss drops him to 2-2 on the season.
Erie managed just three hits and Brent Dlugach [...]

Because of the rainout last night, Erie played two against Akron and each team took a game.  Erie won the first one 4-2 with a strong outing by Dallas Trahern.  The big right hander improved to an impressive 4-0 on the season and he gave up two runs on six hits and a walk with [...]

Dallas Trahern continued his impressive start to the season with his third straight win. He gave up one run on six hits and three walks with three strikeouts in seven innings of work.
Jeff Larish doubled and scored a run in the 4-1 win.  Brent Dlugach tripled and drove in one.

The Sea Wolves not only shot themselves in the foot with five errors in their 5-1 loss to Akron, but they also just couldn’t hit the ball.  The lone run came on an RBI single by Brent Dlugach and Matthew Joyce doubled and scored a run. The only other hit was a triple by Jeffrey [...]

Jair Jurrjens got off to a nice start in Erie’s 6-4 win over Akron, it’s just unfortunate that he only got to throw two innings because of a rain delay.  He didn’t give up a single hit in those two inning and he struck out two.  Kyle Sleeth continued his struggles and he gave up [...]

The Sea Wolves dropped to 1-1 with a twelve inning loss to Binghamton tonight.  Erie scored their two runs in the fourth but they didn’t score the rest of the way as they eventually gave up the lead and then lost it in extra frames.  Kody Kirkland had two singles and a run while but [...]

As this Baseball America story highlights, shortstop Tony Giarratano’s shoulder injury leaves a hole in the system as far as shortstops go.  He was supposed to start the season at Toledo with Dlugach getting the start at Erie but with Giarratano down for the season. The question now becomes, with the hole at Toledo, how [...]