Minor League Blogs

Lousville got in their make up and then some as they swept a doubleheader over Indianapolis.  Game one was a 2-1 win and Ramon Ramirez had a very nice start.  He gave up one run on six hits and with four strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.  Pedro Viola got the final two batters out to [...]

The Bats took care of the Yankees for the second straight time and you couldn’t have asked for a better start from Matt Maloney.  He gave up just three hits and didn’t allow a free pass and he struck out ten in the shutout.  His ERA now sits at 2.00 and he has a pretty [...]

You have to feel for Jordan Smith because he pitched a very nice game.  He gave up one run on seven hits with five strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings.  Unfortunately, he dropped his first start and he fell to 2-1.
Drew Stubbs ended up with two of the Reds three hits in the 1-0 loss.  Justin [...]

Baseball America was the first site to throw out their top Reds prospects list.  What’s most impressive about the list is how many major league ready players the Reds have at the top of their list.  There’s no surprise that Jay Bruce comes in at number one, even ahead of Homer Bailey.  Bruce had the [...]

Travis Webb was shelled in the Dragons 9-1 loss to the White Caps.  He fell to 4-4 on the season and he gave up six runs on four hits and four walks with two strikeouts in just 1 2/3 innings.
There were no hitting stars in this one.  Drew Stubbs had one of the five hits and [...]

The Dragons lost 7-6 to the Loons and the damage that mattered came in the ninth inning.  Ramon Geronimo gave up three ninth inning runs and he took the loss.
Justin Turner went two for five and he drove in two runs.  Drew Stubbs went one for three with two RBIs and a run.

The Dragons took both games in their doubleheader sweep over South Bend.  In the first game, the offense was rolling and Chris Valaika doubled, drove in three and scored a run.  Juan Francisco went two for three with a homerun and two RBIs while Jordan Smith picked up the win with five decent innings in [...]

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 [...]

Daryl Thompson got it done and he improved to 3-0 with six shutout innings over Burlington.  He gave up just three hits and he struck out six.
Drew Stubbs was the hitting star. He went two for four with a two run homer in the 2-0 win.

Chris Valaika got it done at the plate in the Dragons 9-5 win over Quad Cities.  He went four for five with a double, a triple, three runs and two RBIs.  Jason Louwama and Drew Stubbs both went yard.
Sean Watson had a very nice and he improved to 2-0.  He gave up just two runs [...]

The Dragons needed a late run but they outlasted the White Caps in an 8-7 game that saw both sides combine for five errors.  Jordan Smith was decent in his start and while he gave up four runs, just one of them was earned.  He gave up four hits and a walk with six strikeouts [...]

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 [...]