Minor League Blogs

A really nice start by James McDonald went to waste as Inland Empire was completely shut down at the plate in a 1-0 loss to Lake Elsinore.  McDonald gave up one run on five hits with eight strikeouts in six solid frames and the loss drops him to 4-4 on the season.
No hiting stars as [...]

Inland Empire beat Lake Elsinore 8-2 and Ryan Rogowski had a big day at the plate.  He went three for four with a double, a triple, three runs and an RBI.  Adam Godwin went three for four with a double, two RBIs and two runs.
Javy Guera improved to 3-2 on the season with the win.  [...]

Jason Schmidt was sharp in his rehab start for Inland Empire and he helped in the 2-1 win over the Quakes.  He gave up two hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in six shutout innings.
Ryan Rogowski was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for four with a double and an RBI.

Talk about a crazy game. Inland Empire and the Quakes took a scoreless game into the twelth before both teams exploded for a combined eleven runs in just the one inning.  Unfortunately, Inland Empire was on the short end of things and they lost 7-4.  A really nice start by Jesus Castillo went to waste.  [...]

Alberto Bastardo improved to 1-2 on the season with a nice start in Inland Empire’s 9-4 win over the Quakes.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on four hits with five strikeouts in six innings of work.
Blade DeWitt had a nice day at the plate in the win.  He went two for four with [...]

James McDonald had a nice start in Inland Empire’s 3-2 win over the Quakes.  He gave up two runs on two hits and a walk with a season high eleven strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
Travis Denker and Gabriel Gutierrez were the hitting stars in the win.  Each went two for four with a double and [...]

Inland Empire lost to Lancaster 8-7 and while the hitters got it going, the pitchers struggled.  Lucas May went two for five with a double, a homerun and three RBIs.  Blake DeWitt went three for five with two doubles, an RBI and three runs.
Javy Guerra was roughed up in his start.  He gave up four [...]

Ryan Rogowski had a big day at the plate in Inland Empire’s 11-8 win.  He went two for three with a homerun, five RBIs and two runs.  Blake Dewitt also had a nice game and he went four for five with two doubles.
Francisco Felix picked up the win and he improved to 1-1 on the [...]

Inland Empire’s offense didn’t show up in their 8-1 loss to Lancaster.  Michael Rivera doubled, drew a walk and he scored the only run of the game.
A pretty good start by Jesus Castillo went to waste.  He gave up just one run on five hits with three strikeouts.  Mario Alvarez was hammered in his two [...]

Alberto Bastardo took the loss in Inland Empire’s 16-8 blowout loss to Lancaster.  He gave up seven runs on nine hits and one walk with two strikeouts in just two innings.  Each of the subsequent three relievers all gave up runs as well.
Blake Dewitt went four for five with a run and an RBI.  Jamie [...]

Inland Empire’s pitching gave up nineteen runs on nineteen hits in their 19-7 loss.  Jordan Pratt was hit the hardest and he took the loss.  He gave up seven runs in 1 1/3 innings.
Jamie Hoffman drove in three runs in the loss.  Russell Mitchell had three hits, a run and an RBI.

Javy Guerra had a nice start and he improved to 2-2 on the season.  He gave up a run on four hits and four walks with six strikeouts in six innings of work.
Anthony Harper was the hitting star in the 4-2 win.  He went two for four with both a run and an RBI.

Russell Mitchell hit a solo homerun in the sixth inning and that was all Inland Empire got in the 7-1 loss to Modesto.  Francisco Felix was hit hard and he took the loss.  He gave up four runs on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.  Two of the six [...]

The pitching wasn’t quite there in Inland Empires 9-8 loss to Modesto.  All five pitchers that they used gave up at least one run with Jesus Castillo giving up three runs in five innings in his start.
Russell Mitchel had a big game at the plate.  He went two for seven with a homerun, a double [...]

Cory Wade threw another nice game in Inland Empire’s 5-0 win over Stockton.  He gave up four hits and he struck out five in 6 1/3 innings.
Russell Mitchell tripled and drove in two runs in the win.  James Tomlin went two for three and he scored a run.

James McDonald threw a gem in Inland Empire’s 5-0 win over Stockton.  He gave up three hits and he didn’t walk a single batter and he struck out nine in seven shutout innings.  The win pushes his record to 3-3 on the season.
Jamie Hoffman was the hitting star. He went two for three with a [...]

Javy Guerra took it on the chin in Inland Empire’s 11- loss to Stockton.  He gave up five runs on seven hits and three walks with one strikeout in 2 2/3 innings.
Russell Mitchell drove in the only run for Inland Empire.  Jamie Hoffmann went two for three with a walk and he scored the only [...]

David Pfiffer had a tough time in two relief innings in Inland Empire’s 10-5 loss to Stockton.  He gave up four runs on five hits and four walks with three strikeouts and the rough outing ballooned Pfiffer’s ERA to 14.54.
Russel Mitchell went two for four with a homerun and two RBIs. Travis Denker went three [...]

Jesus Castillo got it done today in a fantastic start in Inland Empire’s 7-0 win. He gave up just five hits without walking anyone and he struck out seven in seven shutout innings.
Travis Denker had a nice day at the plate.  He went two for four with a homerun, two runs and two RBIs.  Russell [...]