Minor League Blogs

There were plenty of hitting stars in the Hens 11-10 win over Buffalo but Scott Sizemore led the pack with two home runs.  He belted a two run shot in the eighth and then he hit belted the game winner with a solo shot in the ninth.  Brent Clevlen also had a nice game and [...]

Eddie Bonine improved to 2-4 on the season with a nice start in the Hens 5-3 win over Buffalo.  He gave up three runs (two earned) on seven hits with one strikeout in eight innings.  Josh Rainwater pitched a shutout ninth and he picked up his second save of the season.
Jeff Larish had a nice [...]

A solid start by Chris Lambert went to waste in the Hens 8-1 loss to Columbus.  He gave up a run on seven hits and a walk with two strikeouts in six innings.  Josh Rainwater made his Toledo debut and he fell to 0-1.  He gave up three runs on three hits and two walks [...]

There’s nothing like overcoming a 9-1 deficit and that’s just what Erie did earlier tonight.  There were plenty of hitting stars in the SeaWolves 12-9 win over the Curve but Shawn Roof was a notch above the rest.  He went four for five with two triples, five RBIs and two runs.  Maxwell Leon went four [...]

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 [...]

William Rhymes drove in two with a triple in the top of the ninth inning as the SeaWolves turned a 4-3 deficit into a 5-4 win.  Dusty Ryan also had a nice game and he went two for four with a solo homer.
Josh Rainwater had a solid start in his no-decision.  He gave up four [...]

Anthony Tomey gave up a run in the bottom of the eighth inning and he took the loss as Erie dropped their game with Harrisburg 4-3.  This was after a mediocre start by Josh Rainwater, who gave up three runs on five hits and four walks with a strikeout in five innings.
Maxim St. Pierre singled, [...]

Three late runs weren’t enough as Erie fell to Bowie 6-5.  Josh Rainwater took the loss and he fell to 2-1.  He gave up three runs (one earned) on three hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.
Freddy Guzman singled, doubled and drove in two runs in the loss.  Jeff Frazier went [...]

Erie topped Harrisburg 3-2 and it was William Rhymes that had the big hit of the game.  His three run homer in the third inning was all the SeaWolves got it but it was enough for the win.  Freddy Guzman pitched in with a triple, a single and he scored on the homer.
Josh Rainwater improved [...]

Erie took two today in two very different games over Bowie.  The first game was a pitcher’s dual in which Benjamin Fritz threw six solid innings.  He gave up one run on seven hits with two strikeouts while Josh Rainwater picked up the win with a shutout inning in the eighth inning.  Jeff Frazier went [...]

Lakeland finally picked up a win although it wasn’t without it’s troubles and they managed just a split in their doubleheader with Clearwater.  Game one was the win and it was a 5-4 game.  Cale Iorg went two for four with a double and three RBIs while Deik Scram doubled twice and scored two runs.
Josh [...]

The month of August has not been kind to Lakeland.  They lost their sixth straight game and they’ve lost fourteen of their last fifteen as they continue to sit well in the cellar of the second half standings.  This time it was a ten inning loss that saw Josh Rainwater give up the losing run [...]

Things didn’t go well for Lakeland in their first of two doubleheaders against Clearwater.  In the first game, the Flying Tigers were shutout on six hits.  Maxwell Leon went two for three and Eleazar Aponte took the loss despite a decent start.  He gave up two runs on nine hits with two strikeouts in six [...]

Burke Badenhop and Josh Rainwater combined to throw a three hit shutout over Sarasota.  Rainwater picked up the win and he didn’t give up a hit in his three innings of shutout relief.
Wilkin Ramirez singled home Daniel Worth in the bottom of the ninth and that was the only run for either side.  No Flying [...]

The White Caps won 8-3 and James Skelton had a hand in half of those runs with a big day at the plate.  He went two for three with a double and four RBIs.  Audy Ciraco also had a big day and he went two for five with a double, a homerun, three RBIs and three [...]

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 [...]

Josh Rainwater three four shutout innings of relief in the White Caps 6-0 win over Fort Wayne.  He gave up just one hit and a walk with four strikeouts.  Jeffrey Gerbe threw four shutout innings in his first start of the season.
Jeramy Laster homered and drove in two runs in the win.  Scott Sizemore hit [...]

The White Caps were down by two runs heading into the ninth when they rallied for three runs to top Quad Cities 6-5.  Gorkys Hernandez drove in the winning run with a single and it was one of three RBIs he had in the game.  Santo De Leon also had a nice day at the [...]

Jeramy Laster had a great day at the plate in the White Caps 5-4 win over South Bend.  He went three for four with a double and two RBIs.  Scott Sizemore also had a nice game with four singles and a run.
Duane Below struck out seven in 4 2/3 innings and he didn’t get a [...]

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 [...]

Left hander Christopher Cody had a solid start today for the White Caps.  He threw five shutout innings in which he gave up six hits and two walks with five strikeouts in five innings of work.  Josh Rainwater was tagged for all three runs in the 3-2 loss.
Ryan Strieby hit a solo homerun for one [...]