Minor League Blogs

Lucas French fell to 5-8 on the season with a tough start in the Flying Tigers 4-1 loss to Fort Myers.  He gave up four runs on six hits and three walks with one strikeout in five innings of work.
Rafael Mendez was the only batter with two hits.  He went two for four with a [...]

Lakeland had a tough time at the plate in their two losses in a doubleheader sweep at the hands of the Yankees.  In the first game, Lakeland was shutout 4-0 and they not only didn’t score a run, they were held hitless.  Angel Castro took the loss and he fell to 3-1 on the season.  [...]

Lakeland edged Tampa 1-0 and it was Burke Badenhop who threw the game.  He improved to 9-5 on the season in the seven inning game and he gave up three hits and two walks with four strikeouts.
Jeffrey Kunkel was the hitting star in the win. He went two for three and he scored the only [...]

For the second time in three games, the Flying Tigers were shutout and this time they were held to just five singles.  Wilkin Ramirez was the only hitter with more then one hit and he went two for four.
Eleazar Aponte took the loss and he fell to 2-7 on the season in the 6-0 loss.  [...]

Michael Hernandez and Maxwell Leon provided the bulk of the offense in Lakeland’s 12-10 win over Daytona.  Hernandez went three for five with a double, a homerun, four RBIs and three runs.  Leon went two for three with a double and four RBIs.
Burke Badenhop was hit hard in his start but the hitters picked him [...]

Lakeland couldn’t push a single runner across the plate in a 4-0 loss to Daytona.  Justin Justice did what he could though with a nice day at the plate.  He went two for two with a double and a walk.
A pretty good start by Lucas French went to waste in the loss.  He gave up [...]

Kyle Sleeth fell to 0-3 for Lakeland and he didn’t even last through the second inning as Lakeland lost 8-4.  Sleeth gave up three runs on four hits and three walks with one strikeout in 1 2/3 innings.  Ricky Steik wasn’t much better and he gave up four runs in 2 1/3 innings of relief.
William [...]

Angel Castro improved to 3-0 on the season with a spectacular start against the Sarasota Cubs in their 4-3 win.  He gave up two runs on nine hits with three strikeouts in seven solid innings.
Ovandy Suero singled and he stole two more bases to bring his season total up to 57.  Justin Justice was the [...]

The Flying Tigers lost to Sarasota 2-1 and it was pretty much due to a lack of offense.  Mark Haske belted a solo homerun in the sixth inning and that was pretty much it.  The other three hits were singles by different hitters.
A pretty good start by Eleazar Aponte went to waste.  He gave up [...]

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 [...]

Michael Hernandez belted a pair of homers and he drove in four runs in Lakeland’s 7-6 loss to Sarasota.  William Rhymes also had a nice game and he went two for three with two walks and a run.
Ricky Steik took the the loss and he fell to 2-7 on the season.  He gave up a [...]

Five singles were all the Flying Tigers could manage in their 4-0 loss to Fort Myers.  Justin Justice had two of those and he reached base a third time with a walk.
Eleazar Aponte took the loss and he fell to 2-6.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on three hits and two walks with two [...]

Lakeland bounced back after the doubleheader loss and beat Fort Myers 3-2 behind a strong outing by Burke Badenhop.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on seven hits with three strikeouts in six innings.
William Rhymes went one for four with a walk, a double and two runs.  Michael Hernandez hit a solo homerun and [...]