Minor League Blogs

Sam LeCure improved to 2-0 on the season with a really nice start in the Bats 8-2 win over the Clippers.  He gave up two hits and he struck out nine in eight shutout innings. 
Chris Heisey had a big day at the plate.  He went two five with a home run and four RBIs.  Zack [...]

Aroldis Chapman came as advertised as he mowed down Hen after Hen in the Bats 2-1 win.  Chapman struck out nine and he gave up just an unearned run on five hits and a walk in 4 2/3 innings.  Enerio Del Rosario struck out four in 2 1/3 innings of shutout relief and Jon Adkins [...]

The Bats made a nice run, but they never led in their series with the Bulls and that didn’t change in a winner take all game five.  The Bats got off to an early 1-0 lead but that was tied by the third and the Bats never had the lead after that.  Greg Afencio took the [...]

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 [...]

Matt Maloney may have seen his specatcular ERA (now 2.30) go up, but it was still more then good enough for him to walk away with the win in the Bats 6-4 win over Gwinnett.  He gave up three runs on seven hits and two walk with six strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.  Robert Manuel [...]

Dallas Buck fell to 2-3 on the season with a rough start in the Mudcats 6-2 loss to Jacksonville last night.  Buck gave up three runs on four hits and two walks in two innings.
Chris Heisey went two for four in the loss.   Carson Kainer went two for three with an RBI.

The Mudcats finished up playing against the Reds former affiliate and the end result was a 3-1 loss.  Todd Frazier singled and drove in a run while Chris Heisey drew a walk and scored the lone run.
Derrik Lutz took the loss and he fell to 0-2.  He gave up two runs on two hits and [...]

Juan Francisco had a big day at the plate as the Reds took care of the Miracle 8-6.  He went four for five with three doubles and three runs while Chris Heisey went two for three with a double and three RBIs.
Jordan Smith didn’t have a great start but he picked up the win none [...]

Eddy Rodriguez hit a walk off homerun in the bottom of the ninth as the Dragons beat the Lugnuts 5-4.  He finished the game two for four and he drove in two runs.  Chris Heisey went three for four with two runs.
Jose Rojas picked up the win despite giving up the tying run in the [...]

The Dragons had a rough time at the plate in their 2-0 loss to Cedar Rapids.  Oddly the four hits were racked up by just two people.  Chris Heisey doubled twice and Justin Turner singled twice.
A nice start by Sean Watson was wasted.  He gave up one run on six hits and two walks with [...]

Dayton was held to seven hits in their 4-0 loss to Cedar Rapids.  Chris Heisey was the only Dragon with two hits in the game and none of the seven hits were for extra bases.
Travis Webb took the loss and he dropped to 3-2.  He gave up two runs on seven hits and a walk [...]

Rafael Gonzalez had a tough start and he took the loss in the Dragons 7-1 loss to Clinton.  He gave up six runs on ten hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.
Chris Helsey had the only extra base hit of the game.  He doubled and he also scored the only run [...]

The Dragons got it done with two wins in their doubleheader with Fort Wayne.  In the first game, Rafael Gonzalez improved to an impressive 6-0 on the season with six shutout innings in the 4-1 win. He gave up three hits and four walks with a strikeout.  Drew Stubbs hit a two run homer and [...]

Chris Helsey led the Dragons in their 8-4 win over Forth Wayne. He finished with two hits and one of them was a big three run homer.  He also finished with two runs.
Jordan Smith threw a nice game in his start and he improved to 1-0.  He gave up just one run on two hits [...]

Dayton used four pitchers and all four did their job today.  Starter Jamie Arneson gave up three hits and four walks with five strikeouts in four innings.  Misael DeJesus picked up the win and he threw 2 1/3 innings of shutout ball.
Chris Heisey drove in two runs and tripled.  Jason Louwsma also had a nice [...]

Drew Stubbs capped off a three run sixth inning as the Dragons came from behind to beat the West Michigan White Caps 3-2.  Stubbs and Chris Heisey were the only two Dragons with two hits in the game.
Sean Watson had a nice start. He gave up just one run on seven hits with six strikeouts [...]