Minor League Blogs

The Bats lost game one of their series with the Bulls despite an exceptional game by Juan Francisco at the plate.  The third baseman went two for four with a pair of home runs and three RBIs.  Chris Denove  pitched in with a solo home run.
Federico Baez was hammered out of the pen and he [...]

Lee Tabor improved to 1-1 on the season with a really nice start in the Mudcats 6-0 win over the Smokies.  He gave up just four hits and two walks with three strikeouts in six shutout innings.
Juan Francisco went two for three with a solo home run, a walk and two runs.  Zack Cozart went [...]

Matthew Klinker really got it done on the mound tonight as he improved to 2-0 in the Mudcats 8-1 win over Carolina.  He gave up three hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in six shutout innings.
Brian Peterson had a big day at the plate.  He went two for four with a grand slam.  Juan [...]

The Mudcats broke a 6-6 tie in the top of the ninth with one run only to see the Smokies score two in the bottom half of the frame to win it.  Zach Cozart went two for five with two RBIs and a run.  Juan Francisco went two for five with a double, two runs [...]

Jordan Smith fell to 4-1 on the season and while the defense committed three errors behind him, he also gave up a bunch of baserunners.  He gave up five runs (two earned) on eight hits and three walks with three strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
Chris Krosi went two for four with a double and an [...]

The Mudcats scored first to seal the win a 1-0 ten inning win over the Smokies.  Juan Francisco belted a walk off, tenth inning homer in the bottom of the eleventh to win it.
Travis Wood threw six shutout innings in his start.  Ramon Geronimo struck out two in two shutout innings and he improved to [...]

You don’t see this every day.  The Mudcats were outhit 11-7 but on the scoreboard, it was a blowout the other way with a final score of 12-3.  The Mudcats capitalized on four errors that led to seven unearned runs and they drew six walks.  Juan Francisco had just one hit but it was a [...]

Daniel Guerrero picked up his first win of the season and he improved to 1-2 in the Reds 4-1 win over Dunedin.  He gave up one unearned run on three hits and three walks with four strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
Juan Francisco singled and drove in two to bring his season RBI total up to [...]

Alexander Smit fell to 0-2 on the season and while his start wasn’t awful, it wasn’t good enough in a game where the Reds scored just two runs.  He gave up two runs on four hits and one walk with six strikeouts in just four innings.
Juan Francisco was the offense for Sarasota.  His two run [...]

Matt Belisle got it done in a rehab start for the Reds as he nearly went the distance in Sarasota’s 1-0 win over Tampa.  He gave up just two hits in 8 2/3 innings of relief.  Sean Watson got the final out of the game and he picked up the save.
Juan Francisco went two for [...]

Juan Francisco had a big day at the plate as the Reds took care of the Miracle 8-6.  He went four for five with three doubles and three runs while Chris Heisey went two for three with a double and three RBIs.
Jordan Smith didn’t have a great start but he picked up the win none [...]

The Dragons pummelled the White Caps in an impressive 10-0 rout.  Juan Francisco led the way at the plate.  He went two for five with a double and four RBIs.  Denis Phipps also had a nice game and he went three for three with an RBI and two runs.
Rafael Gonzalez continued his impressive season and [...]

Anthony Gressick had a rough time in his start in the Dragons 8-3 loss to the White Caps.  He fell to 2-3 on the season and he gave up four runs on four hits and five walks with two strikeouts in three innings.
Juan Francisco doubled, drove in two and scored a run.  Chris Valaika went [...]

Dayton lost to the White Caps 8-4 and through five innings, the Dragons had a 4-0 lead.  Then starter Sean Watson gave up four runs before he left and the bullpen continued the collapse.  Marcos Mateo took the loss and he gave up two runs without getting a single batter out.
Juan Francisco went two for [...]

Eddy Rodriguez drove home Juan Francisco in the bottom of the eighth with a sac. fly to win it for the Dragons.  Logan Parker was the hitting star though in the 4-3 win.  He went three for three with a double and an RBI.
A pretty good start by Rafael Gonzalez was almost wasted.  He gave [...]

Juan Francisco provided the bulk of the Dragons offense in their 7-5 loss to the Loons.  He went two for three with a homerun and four RBIs.  Chris Valaika also had a hot day at the plate and he went four for five with two RBIs and a run.
Rafael Gonzalez improved to 8-1 on the [...]

Clayton Kershaw did a number on the Dragons, who were held to just two hits.  Ironically, they came off the bat of the same player as Juan Francisco went two for three and he drove in the only run for the Dragons in their 3-1 loss.
Daniel Guerrero took the loss despite giving up just one [...]

The Dragons took both games in their doubleheader sweep over South Bend.  In the first game, the offense was rolling and Chris Valaika doubled, drove in three and scored a run.  Juan Francisco went two for three with a homerun and two RBIs while Jordan Smith picked up the win with five decent innings in [...]

The Dragons blew out Beloit 11-1 and Juan Francisco led the way with two homerun and four RBIs.  Anthony Esquer also had a nice game and he went three for four with two runs.
Daryl Thompson threw six shutout innings and he improved to 4-0 on the season.  He gave up just one hit and he [...]

Travis Webb threw five solid innings and while he didn’t pick up the win, he didn’t hurt the Dragons chances either.  He gave up just two runs on four hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in five innings.  Ramon Geronimo picked up the win with two shutout innings that followed Webb.
Juan Francisco was the [...]

The Dragons got it done and their hitting star was Denis Phipps.  He went three for three with a homer and two runs.  Juan Francisco doubled and he scored in the 3-2 win.
Rafael Gonzalez improved to 3-0 with the win.  He gave up two runs on six hits and a walk with five strikeouts in 6 [...]

Sean Watson got it done with five solid innings in the Dragons 8-1 win.  He gave up just a single run on five hits and one walk with two strikeouts in five innings of work.
Juan Francisco and Denis Phipps both drove in two runs in the win.  Justin Turner had two hits, two runs and [...]

The Dayton Dragons did a number on South Bend as they blew them out 11-2.  Juan Francisco led the way and he went three for five with a triple, a homerun, two RBIs and three runs.  Anthony Esquer also had a nice game with two runs and two RBIs.
Rafael Gonzalez picked up the win with [...]

The Dragons needed a late run but they outlasted the White Caps in an 8-7 game that saw both sides combine for five errors.  Jordan Smith was decent in his start and while he gave up four runs, just one of them was earned.  He gave up four hits and a walk with six strikeouts [...]