Minor League Blogs

Jordan Tata improved to 3-1 on the season with a nice start in the Mud Hens 2-1 win over Louisville.  He gave up just three hits and two walks with four strikeouts in seven shutout innings.
Jack Hannahan had a solo homerun in the win.  Kevin Hooper went two for three with a double, a walk [...]

Kevin Hooper singled home David Espinosa in the bottom of the ninth to win it for the Mud Hens, but it was slugger Mike Hessman who once again stole the shot.  He went three for four with a double, a homerun and three RBIs.  The homerun was his 26th and he now has 84 RBIs [...]

The Mud Hens weren’t able to get much done at the plate in their 3-1 loss to the Durham Bulls.  Chris Shelton doubled and he drove in the only run while Kevin Hooper doubled and scored the only run.
Ron Chiavacci took the loss although he actually threw a decent game.  He gave up two runs [...]

Ron Chiavacci improved to 7-4 on the season with a nice start in the Hens 5-2 win over Ottawa.  He gave up two runs on seven hits with four walks in seven innings.
Kevin Hooper went two for three with a walk, an RBI and three runs.  Ramon Santiago went three for five with a double [...]

Kevin Hooper singled home Henry Mateo in the bottom of the eleventh inning to win it for the Mud Hens.  Ryan Rayburn had a nice day at the plate in the 3-2 win.  He went three for five with a solo homerun and Hooper finished with three hits and two RBIs.
Jordan Tata threw five shutout [...]

Ryan Rayburn had a career today in the Mud Hens 14-5 win over the Clippers.  He went four for five and he hit for the cycle.  He drove in three and scored three in the win.  Mike Hessman hit his thirteenth homer of the season and he drove in four runs while Kevin Hooper scored [...]

Dennis Tankersley was crusing in this one, and he came out in the eighth inning after giving up two runs to make it a 6-3 lead.  Then in the ninth, the Jason Karnuth collapsed and gave up six runs to lose it.  The two errors in the inning didn’t help things though.
Chris Shelton had a big day [...]

Virgil Vasquez’s first two starts were very bad.  Fortunately, his last two have been very good and this time around, he shut out Durham through six innings and even more impressive were his ten strikeouts.  You could be looking at Chad Durbin’s replacement if he has one more solid start and Durbin tanks another one.
Ryan [...]

After two straight losses, Virgil Vasquez bounced back with a fine outing against the Durham Bulls.  He gave up just three hits and a walk with nine strikeouts in five innings.
Brent Clevlen singled and drove in two runs in the 6-0 win.  Kevin Hooper went two for five with an RBI.

So far, Virgil Vazquez hasn’t adjusted to Triple A yet as he was hit hard in his second straight start.  This time he gave up six runs (four earned) on twelve hits and a walk with one strikeout in six innings of work.  Jason Karnuth threw two innings of relief and he gave up a [...]

Ron Chiavacci got it done on the mound tonight for the Mud Hens and he picked up the win.  He gave up just a single run on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in five innings.
Timo Perez had two hits and he drove in three runs Kevin Hooper scored three times in the [...]