Minor League Blogs

Virgil Vasquez saved the best for last as he threw his second shutout of the season in the Hens 4-0 win.  He gave up five hits and a walk with ten strikeouts and the win pushed his record to an even 12-12.
Erick Almonte went two for four with two doubles, a run and an RBI.  [...]

Lauren Gagnier had his best start since joining the Hens and he improved to 1-1 in Toledo’s 4-1 win over the Chiefs.  He gave up one run on three hits and two walks with three strikeouts in six innings.  Joel Zumaya and Francisco Cruceta both threw shutout innings and Blaine Neal threw a perfect ninth [...]

Yorman Bazardo’s struggles continued and he fell to 1-2 in the Hens 8-5 loss at Louisville.  He gave up six runs on eight hits and one walk with five strikeouts in six innings.
Mike Hessman hit his 21st homer of the season and he finished with three RBIs. Erick Almonte and Brent Clevlen also went yard in [...]

Virgil Vasquez continued his subpar season and he fell to 2-4 in the Hens 9-3 loss to the Bulls.  He gave up six runs (five earned) on eix hits and a walk with one strikeout.  Three of those six hits left the yard.
Erick Almonte belted a solo homer.  Michael Hollimon singled, drew two walks and [...]

It wasn’t Homer Bailey’s best start of the season but it was good enough as the Hens lost to Louisville 4-3.  Erick Almonte actually gave the Hens the lead with a two run homer, but Jonathan Connolly gave up two runs in the bottom of the seventh that proved to be the difference in the [...]

Toledo got that bats going tonight and they ran up the score on the Knights in a 10-3 win.  Ryan Raburn went three for five with a double, a homerun and three RBIs while Erick Almonte went two for three with a double, a homer and three RBIs.
Armando Galarraga improved to 2-0 with seven solid [...]

Jordan Tata had a rough start as the Mud Hens lost to Durham 9-5.  The loss now puts them in a situation where they have to win three straight games to advance to Governor’s Cup finals.  Tata gave up six runs on nine hits and two walks with six strikeouts in five innings.
Erick Almonte provided [...]

The Mud Hens won two in one day as they pulled of a sweep over the Clippers.  Game one saw Erick Almonte go two for three with a double, three RBIs and two runs in a 5-4 win.  Andres Torres went four for four with a double, two triples and two runs.  Anastacio Martinez gave [...]

The Mud Hens were held to just three base hits in a 4-0 loss to the Clippers.  Erick Almonte was the only Hen hitter to reach base twice.  He tripled and drew a walk.
Jordan Tata had a pretty nice start go to waste and he fell to 4-5.  He gave up one run on four [...]

The Mud Hens turned a seven run deficit into a one run game with a late inning rally but 9-8 is as close as they’d get.  Anastatcio Martinez was shelled and he gave up eight runs on seven hits and four walks with two strikeouts in just 2 1/3 innings.  The loss drops him to [...]

Dane Sardinha singled home Erick Almonte in the top of the ninth inning as the Hens topped the Tide 4-3.  Almonte finished the game with two hits and as did Sardinha.
Macay McBride picked up the win with three shutout innings in his Toledo debut.  Virgil Vasquez was rolling in his start but Norfolk touched him [...]

The Mud Hens had a tough time getting anything going at the plate in their 4-2 loss to Indianapolis.  Henry Mateo was the hitting star with two singles, a run and a walk while Erick Almonte went one for one with three walks.
Anastacio Martinez went the distance in the loss and he fell to 5-6.  [...]

The Mud Hens took care of Richmond 8-4 and it was Erick Almonte who led the way at the plate.  He doubled twice and drove in four runs while Jack Hannahan blasted a big three run homer in the win.
Dennis Tankersley improved to 8-5 on the season with a decent start.  He gave up two [...]

Dane Sardinha had a career day at the plate in the Mudhens 10-3 blowout win over Richmond.  He belted three homers and drove in seven runs in the game.  Prior to that, Sardinha had hit only four homeruns the entire season so the offensive explosion was somewhat surprising.  Erick Almonte also pitched in with a [...]

The Hens and Richmond finished up a rain shortened game which Toledo won and then played their regular game, which turned out to be a loss.  In the first partial game, Andres Torres had three hits and Erick Almonte singled twice and drove in three runs to lead the way to Toledo in the 7-4 [...]

Jordan Tata dropped to 3-3 on the season with a rough start in the Hens 5-3 loss to Norfolk.  He gave up four runs on five hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings.
Erick Almonte was the hitting star in the loss.  He went two for four with a run and an RBI.

Kody Kirkland doubled and drove in three runs to lead the way for the Seawolves in their 10-2 win over Bowie.  Erick Almonte also had a nice day at the plate and he went two for four with a double, two RBIs and a run.
Jair Jurrjens improved to 4-4 on the season with the win.  He [...]

Erie hitters had a rough day at the plate in their 5-1 loss to the Fisher Cats.  Erick Almonte was the only Seawolf with two hits and Nick McIntyre doubled and scored a run.
A pretty good start by Jair Jurrjens went to waste.  He gave up just one run on six hits and two walks [...]

This was a wild one.  Erie scored the first five runs and then Portland scored the next eight.  Then Erie got two in the eighth and two in the ninth to win it.  Jackson Melian drove in the tying run and then Clete Thomas drove home the winning run by drawing a bases loaded walk.
Erick [...]

Erie got plenty of hitting in their 8-5 win over Portland, but it was Erick Almonte who played a role in half of those eight runs.  He went two or four with a double, three RBIs and a run.  Jeff Larish hit a three run homer and Mike Hollimon went two for four with a [...]

Andrew Miller did it again.  He gave just seven hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in 7 2/3 shutout innings.  He’s now given up just two earned runs (three total runs) in 30 2/3 innings and he’s struck out 24.  He’s thrown at least seven innings in each of his four Erie starts and [...]

Andrew Miller got the job done on the mound in Erie’s 8-1 win over Harrisburg.  He gave up one run on five hits and a walk with five strikeouts in seven quality innings.
Erick Almonte was the hitting star.  He went three for four with two RBIs and a run.  Clete Thomas went two for four [...]

While Andrew Kown threw a decent game and gave up just one run in four innings, reliever Matther Righter really shined.  He gave up three hits and he struck out five in three solid innings.
Erick Almonte had a nice game at the plate.  He went two for four with a homerun and two runs scored.  [...]

The Seawolves got eight great innings for Eddie Bonine today in their 2-1 win over the Thunder.  He gave up just one run on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts.  Kevin Adroin picked up the win with two shutout innings to close out the game.
Erick Almonte hit a solo homer in the fifth [...]