Minor League Blogs

Dontrelle Willis picked up his first win for the Hens with a solid start.  He gave up two runs on six hits and only two walks with five strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.  Freddy Dolsi pitched a shutout ninth and he picked up his tenth save of the season.
Mike Gosse hit a two run home [...]

Scot Drucker improved to 8-3 on the season with a really nice start in the Hens 3-2 win over Indianapolis.  He gave up two runs on three hits and four walks with five strikeouts in seven innings.  Freddy Dolsi threw eight shutout innings and he picked up his eighth save of the season.
Mike Hessman went [...]

Scott Sizemore had a big day at the plate as the Tigers edged the Clippers 7-6. Sizemore had a hand in five of the Hens six runs and he went three for five with two doubles, a home run, three RBIs and three runs. Dane Sardinha went two for three with a walk and a [...]

Mike Hessman singled home Scott Sizemore in the bottom of the ninth as the Mud Hens narrowly beat Buffalo 3-2.  They had to come back from a 2-0 deficit to do it and Max St. Pierre belted a solo home run to pitch in.
Eddie Bonine had a nice start in a no-decision.  He gave up [...]

The Hens took care of business in each of their games over the Red Wings.  In the first one, Clete Thomas went two for three with a double, a walk, a run and two RBIs.  Jeff Larish doubled, drew a walk, a run and two RBIs.  Ruddy Lugo improved to 6-5 despite a mediocre start.  [...]

Wilkin Ramirez had a big day at the plate but it wasn’t enough as the Hens lost to Charlotte 9-8.  He went four for five with two homers, three RBIs and three runs.  Mike Hessman went three for five with a double and a solo homer.
Freddy Dolsi gave up four runs in the bottom of [...]

Lucas French looked solid on the mound as he picked up the win in the Hens 5-3 win over the Clippers.  He gave up just three hits and he struck out eight in six shutout innings.  Freddy Dolsi got the final four batters out in order and he picked up his first save of the [...]

Wilkin Ramirez had a huge day at the plate in the SeaWolves 7-4 win over Akron.  He went three for four with a double, two homers, three RBIs and three runs.  Ryan Roberson also had a nice game with two doubles and a single.
Marcelo Perez improved to 1-0 despite giving up the lone earned run [...]

Erie edged Altoona 5-4 and Wilkin Ramirez had the game winning hit.  His solo homer in the bottom of the seventh broke a 4-4 tie and that won it for the SeaWolves.  Freddy Guzman went one for three with two walks, three stolen bases and a run.  The three steals brings his season total up [...]

It’s tough when you blow a 9-3 lead but that’s what happened tonight as Lakeland lost to Fort Myers 10-9.  Freddy Dolsi gave up a two run homer in the bottom of the ninth and that hit decided the game.  Jordan Tata made his season debut after starting the season the disabled list.  He gave [...]

Michael Bertram singled home Cale Iorg in the top of the ninth inning and that was the difference in the Flying Tigers 5-4 win over Clearwater.  It capped off a solid game for both players who provided the bulk of the offense in this one.  Iorg went four for five with two runs while Bertram [...]

The Rick Porcello era has begun.  Last year’s first round draft pick gave up just one hit and two walks with three strikeouts in five shutout innings in the Flying Tigers 4-1 win.  Freddy Dolsi struck out the side, but he gave up the lone run of the game to Tampa.
Brennan Boesch doubled and drove [...]

Jeremy Lewis gave up a run in the tenth inning as Lakeland lost yet again to Sarasota 4-3.  Freddy Dolsi gave up the tying run in the top of the ninth and it was unfortunate because a nice start by Angel Castro went to waste.  He gave up two runs on seven hits and a [...]

Justin Justice scored on an error in the bottom of the ninth inning to win it for Lakeland.  Up to that point, Maxwell Leon had been the most productive hitter.  He went four for five with a double and two RBIs.  Daniel Worth doubled three times and he drove in a run.
Freddy Dolsi improved to [...]

Lakeland continued their struggles and they dropped their third straight game in a pitchers’ duel with St. Lucie.  Burke Badenhop gave up just one unearned run in 7 1/3 innings but for his struggles, he didn’t get a win.  Freddy Dolsi gave up two runs in ninth inning and he fell to 4-3 on the [...]

Lakeland edged Dunedin 4-3 in ten innings to win their fifth straight game.  Matt O’Brien was decent in his start and he gave up just one run in 4 2/3 innings while Freddy Dolsi picked up the win with a shutout tenth.
Ovandy Suero picked up two more hits and stole another base to give him [...]

The Flying Tigers swept the Sarasota Reds and in this game, they got he bats going.  Michael Hernandez went three for five with a homerun and two runs while Wilkin Ramirez was a perfect three for three with a run and three RBIs.  Cameron Maybin had a nice game as well.  He went two for [...]

A lot of Flying Tigers contributed today in their 8-7 win over Sarasota.  Mark Haske tripled and he drove in three runs.  Cameron Maybin went one for three with two walks, two RBIs and a run while Justin Justice went two for five with a two run homer.
Gabriel Benetiz picked up the win with 1 [...]

Cameron Maybin didn’t have a hit in today’s 7-5 win, but he did cross the plate two times and he drove in a run with a walk.  Michael Hernandez went four for four with two doubles and an RBI.
Lucas French had a nice start.  He gave up two runs on five hits and a walk with [...]

Two games, two losses.  In the first game, Andrew Miller was roughed up and he gave up four runs on seven hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.  He actually didn’t take the loss though because Fort Myers won it in the seventh with a single run off of Freddy Dolsi.  [...]

Lakeland lost their first game of the season as Burke Badenhop was outdueled by Yankees top prospect Ian Kennedy.  Badenhop did have a decent start though.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on six hits and no walks with three strikeouts in five innings.  Freddy Dolsi got it done in relief as he struck [...]