Minor League Blogs

The Bats lost a tough one as they went into extra frames and lost 6-3 in the tenth.  Robert Manuel took the loss and he fell to 3-3 after he gave up the three tenth inning runs.
Kevin Barker went one for three with a walk, a solo home run and two runs.  Craig Tatum went [...]

Chicks love the long ball and the Bats picked up three of them in a 6-4 win over Norfolk.  Drew Sutton belted a two run shot while Kevin Barker and Craig Tatum both went yard with a solo homers.
Ramon Ramirez picked up the win and he improved to 2-4 on the season. He gave up [...]

James Avery didn’t take the loss, but he got things going as the Lookouts were knocked around by the Biscuits.  He gave up four runs (three earned) on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.  Pedro Viola was boucned for three runs in just 2/3 of an inning.
Tonys Gutierrez went [...]

The Lookouts pitchers took it on the chin in this one in a 8-2 loss.  Sam Lecure took the loss although he was hardly guilty of giving up all of the runs.  He was tagged for three runs on five hits and four walks with three strikeouts in four innings.  Two relievers combined to give [...]

Cody Strait had a big day at the plate in Sarasota’s 9-6 win over Vero Beach.  He went two for five with a homerun and five RBIs.  Craig Tatum went three for five with a double and an RBI.
Robert Manuel improved to 5-2 with 2 1/3 innings of solid relief.  He gave up one run [...]

Sarasota entered the eighth down 3-0 and things were looking grim but the Reds rallied for four runs to walk away with a 4-3 win.  Adam Rosales singled home two runs to make it a one run game and then Craig Tatum singled home both the tying and winning runs in the big inning.
Ramon Ramirez improved [...]

Craig Tatum had a huge day at the plate in Sarasota’s 7-2 win over Vero Beach.  He went two for four with a two run homer and a solo shot in the win.  Jeremiah Piepkorn also helped out the cause with a two run homer.
Daryl Thompson improved to 2-2 on the season with the win.  [...]

Sarasota topped Daytona 7-4 and Brandon Szymanski played a huge role in the win.  He went two for four with a triple, a homerun and four RBIs.  Craig Tatum went three for four and he he scored two runs.
Luis Montano picked up the win although he was in the right place at the right time.  [...]

This is one of those games where the box score looks like something out of a video game.  Five different Reds hit homeruns with Craig Tatum’s being a grand slam.  Jay Bruce hit homerun number nine and he drove in three and scored twice while Michael DeJesus went two for four with a homerun, three [...]

The Reds blew a five game lead but still picked up the win,  it just took them fourteen innings.  Craig Tatum went two for five with a solo homerun and Adam Rosales went two for six with a double and two RBIs in the 6-5 win.
Johnny Cueto was hit hard but the pen picked him up.  [...]

Sarasota was held to just a single run on four hits in their 4-1 loss to Lakeland.  Craig Tatum had two of the Reds four hits and he scored the only run.
Richie Gardner had a solid start but he took the loss and dropped to 2-1.  He gave up three runs (one earned) on four [...]

It had to end eventually and it wasn’t for lack of pitching.  Carlos Fisher struck out eleven in six shutout innings but Logan Ondrusek gave up the only run of the game in the seventh innings as he took the loss.
The Reds were shutout on seven hits in the 1-0 loss.  Craig Tatum and Brandon [...]

Carlos Fisher has handled himself quite well in the Florida League.  He’s won all three of his starts and in this one, he gave up just a single run on four hits with five strikeouts in six innings of work. In 19 innings this year, he’s given up just one earned run, thirteen hits and [...]

Craig Tatum hit the ball well in the Reds 6-3 win over Tampa.  He went two for four with a two run homer.  Jeremiah Piepkorn went three for four with two doubles and a run while Jay Bruce continued to hit well with two hits and two runs.  Bruce now has nine runs in the [...]

Sarasota got a blow out win and then a close loss in their doubleheader with Dunedin.  In the first game, Craig Tatum drove in three runs with two hits and Carlos Fisher threw six shutout innings in the 8-0 win.
Game two didn’t go as well.  Johnny Cueto had a mediocre start and he gave up [...]