Minor League Blogs

Erie outhit Akron 11-6 but they stranded eleven base runners in a 4-3 loss.  Brennan Boesch went three for five with a double and he scored two runs while Michael Bertram went three for five with a home run and two RBIs.
Jonah Nickerson gave up three runs in six innings in his start.  Alfredo Figaro [...]

Erie had a 7-4 lead in the top of the sixth but the Jonah Nickerson and Nolan Cain struggled in the final innings in an 8-7 loss to Harrisburg.  Nickerson gave up seven runs (six earned) on nine hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.  Nolan Cain gave up one run [...]

Jonah Nickerson improved to 8-8 on the season with a really nice start in the SeaWolves 7-2 win over New Britain.  He gave up two runs on eight hits without a walk or a strikeout in the complete game win.
Michael Bertram had a bid day and he went two for three with a walk, a [...]

Erie racked up nine hits in this one but they managed just a pair of runs in a 4-2 loss to the B-Mets.  Brennan Boesch went two for four while Santo De Leon belted a solo home run in the loss.
Jonah Nickerson fell to 7-7 with a rough start.  He gave up four runs on [...]

Jonah Nickerson improved to 7-6 on the season with a nice start in the SeaWolves 3-2 win over Akron.  He gave up two runs on five hits and two walks with six strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings.  Brett Jensen got the final five outs with giving up a hit and he struck out two to pick [...]

Talk about a beatdown.  Just about everyone was a hitting star in this game as the SeaWolves dismantled the Curve 19-2.  Al Avila went three for six with a double, a home run, four RBIs and three runs.  Danny Worth also had a nice game and he went three for three with two walks, four [...]

Erie took care of Trenton 9-6 and this was a nice team effort at the plate.  Ryan Strieby was one of the hitting stars and he went two for five with a home run, two RBIs and two runs.  Brennan Boesch went two for three with a home run and two runs.
Jonah Nickerson improved to [...]

Jonah Nickerson fell to 4-6 on the season with a rough start in Erie’s 10-5 loss to Harrisburg.  He gave up seven runs on ten hits and a walk with four strikeouts in six innings.  Reliever Ramon Garcia also had a tough time and he gave up three runs in two innings of relief.
Brennan Boesch [...]

There wasn’t much offense for the SeaWolves today as they were shut out on just three hits in a 5-0 loss to Portland.  Casper Wells doubled and Deik Scram tripled to lead the way but that was about it in a punchless performance by the offense.
Jonah Nickerson took the loss and he fell to 4-5.  [...]

Jonah Nickerson improved to 3-3 with a solid outing in Erie’s 4-1 win over Akron.  He gave up one run on eight hits and three walks with three strikeouts in seven innings.  Cody Satterwhite pitched the final two frames and didn’t allow a run and he earned his sixth save of the season.
Maxwell Leon led [...]

Deik Scram and Alex Avila both hit big homeruns as Erie took care of Bowie 6-5.  Scram belted a three run shot in the second inning to put Erie on the board and then Avila hit a two run shot in the fourth.  Ryan Strieby went one for two with a walk and two runs [...]

The SeaWolves lost to the Curve today and it was Jonah Nickerson who was knocked around.  He fell to 0-2 and he gave up four runs on eight hits and three walks with three strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.  Josh Rainwater also had a tough time and he gave up two runs in 1 1/3 [...]

Lakeland took care of the Reds 5-2 behind a nice outing by Jonah Nickerson. He improved to 6-3 and he gave up just four hits and a walk with six strikeouts in seven innings of work.
Brennan Boesch had a single, a triple and two RBIs in the win.  Gary Sheffield went one for two with [...]

Jonah Nickerson improved to 4-3 on the season with a very nice start in the Flying Tigers 4-0 win over Palm Beach.  He gave up just a hit and a walk with eight strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings.
Brennan Boesch and Jeramy Laster were the hitting stars.  Boesch went three for four with a double a [...]

Lakeland had a tough time at the plate as they lost a close one to Tampa 3-1.  Cale Iorg went two for four with the lone run and Ryan Strieby went two for two with a walk and an RBI.
Jonah NIckerson took the loss despite a solid start and he fell to 3-3.  He gave [...]

Brandon Timm had a nice day at the plate as the Flying Tigers doubled up Vero Beach 8-4.  He went three for four with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Santo De Leon doubled twice and drove in three.
Jonah Nickerson improved to 3-2 with a good enough start.  He gave up four runs on [...]

Jonah Nickerson fell to 1-2 on the season in the Flying Tigers 10-4 loss to Fort Myers.  He gave up six runs (five earned) on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.
Jeramy Laster was the hitting star in the loss.  He went two for four with a solo homer.

Just about everyone was a hitting star as the Flying Tigers hitters poured it on in a 17-3 win over Sarasota but Cale Iorg and Scott Sizemore were notch above the rest.  Both hitters had a pair of hits including a homer and they drove in four.
Jonah Nickerson picked up the easy win with a [...]

Lakeland won their second game of the season behind some solid hitting by second baseman Scott Sizemore.  The final was 4-3 and Sizemore went three for three with a walk, a run and an RBI.  Justin Justice went two for three and he belted a two run homer.
Jonah Nickerson gave up two runs in 4 [...]

Since the White Caps playoff run started, they haven’t lost and they made it five straight with a 4-3 win over Beloit.  The runs came on a pair of two run homers. Jeramy Laster and Scott Sizemore were the two White Caps to go yard.
Jonah Nickerson was good enough to pick up the win.  He [...]

The White Caps rallied for three runs in the top of the eleventh inning as they took care of Wisconsin 6-3.  Ryan Strieby broke the two with a big two run double and he later scored on an error to cap off the three run eleventh.  Jeramy Laster went two for four with a two [...]

Jeramy Laster had a career game in the White Caps 15-4 win over Clinton.  The rightfielder went three for five with a double, two homers, eight RBIs and three runs. 
Jonah Nickerson improved to 11-6 with the win.  He gave up three hits with four strikeouts in seven innings of work. 

Jonah Nickerson improved to 10-6 on the season with a nice start in the White Caps 7-1 win over Peoria.  He gave up just three hits and a walk with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.
James Skelton went three for four with two RBIs and a run.  Gorkys Hernandez went two for four with [...]

Jonah Nickerson completely shut down Cedar Rapids in the White Caps 5-0 win.  He improved to 9-6 and he gave up just two hits with seven strikeouts in the complete game shutout.
Ryan Strieby had a huge day at the plate.  He homered twice and drove in three runs to lead the way for the White [...]

Jonah Nickerson improved to 8-6 on the season with a nice start in the White Caps 5-3 win over Burlington.  He gave up two runs on seven hits and one walk with five strikeouts in six innings.
Ryan Strieby doubled and drove in three runs in the win.  Joseph Tucker went two for four with a [...]

Jonah Nickerson improved to 6-6 on the season with seven shutout innings in the White Caps 6-1 win over Fort Wayne.  He gave up just three hits and he struck out five in the impressive start.
Ryan Strieby went two for four with a two run homer.  Gorkys Hernandez went one for three with a solo [...]

Jonah Nickerson had a pretty good start in the White Caps 4-3 win over South Bend. He gave up three runs (two earned) on ten hits and five walks with two strikeouts in seven innings.  Zachary Piccola picked up the win with two shutout innings and he improved to 1-0 on the season.
Gorkys Hernandez went [...]

Jonah Nickerson improved to 5-6 on the season with a nice start in the White Caps 5-4 win over the Lugnuts.  He gave up two runs on six hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in six innings.
James Skelton went two for four with a double, an RBI and two runs.  Jeramy Laster singled twice, [...]

Brennan Boesch had a big day at the plate in the White Caps 11-2 win over Fort Wayne.  He went two for four and he drove in four runs.  Scott Sizemore didn’t have a hit but he walked three times, drove in two and scored two runs.
Jonah Nickerson improved to 4-5 with a nice start.  [...]

The White Caps played a tough doubleheader that saw them outscored 20-7 in the two games.  In the first game, they picked up six runs but the pitching gave up thirteen.  Jonah Nickerson was particularly hit hard and he dropped to 3-5 on the season. He gave up ten runs on eight hits and three [...]

The White Caps lost 3-2 but Gorkys Hernandez picked up two more runs in the loss.  He went two for four with a double and he’s now hitting .333 on the season and he has 22 runs and 20 stolen bases in 35 games.
Jonah Nickerson took the loss in a tough start and he dropped [...]

James Skelton continued his terrific season with four more hits in the White Caps 12-5 win over the Loons.  He doubled twice, drove in three runs and scored one and he’s now hitting .366 on the season.  Ironically, the White Caps got it done against Dodgers top prospect Clayton Kershaw, who along with Andrew Miller, [...]

The White Caps dismantled Kane County 9-3 and Brennan Bosch and Louis Ott led the way at the plate.  Bosch singled three times and he drove in two and scored once.  Ott singled twice, doubled and drove in two.
Jonah Nickerson picked up the win with five mediocre innings. He gave up three runs on three hits [...]

Jonah Nickerson had a solid start but because of a lack of run support, he dropped 1-2 with the loss.  He gave up three runs on five hits with nine strikeouts in seven innings.
Deik Scram was the hitting star in the 4-2 loss. He went two for three with a double and a run.

The White Caps lost to Wisconsin 6-3 and Jonah Nickerson, the Tigers seventh round pick in 2006, had a tough time especially near the end of his start.  He held Wisconsin scoreless in the first four innings but then he gave up two in the fifth, one of the sixth and two more in seventh until he was [...]

Jonah Nickerson had a nice outing today for the White Caps and he picked up the win.  He gave up two runs on five hits with five strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.
Scott Sizemore walked three times and he scored a run in the 3-2 win.  Ryan Strieby doubled twice and drove in a run while [...]

The White Caps finally picked up their first win after three losses in a 2-1 pitchers duel with the Lug Nuts.  Jonah Nickerson gave up a run in four innings and Josh Rainwater threw three no hit innings to pick up the win.
Brennan Boesch had an RBI triple and he scored a run.  Audy Ciriaco [...]