Minor League Blogs

The Hens and Bulls almost played two games as they finished a 15 inning marathon after over four and a half hours.  Matt Rusch took the loss and he fell to 2-3 after he gave up a pair of runs in the top of the fifteenth.  A solid start by Lucas French went to waste [...]

The Hens and Bulls almost played two games as they finished a 15 inning marathon after over four and a half hours.  Matt Rusch took the loss and he fell to 2-3 after he gave up a pair of runs in the top of the fifteenth.  A solid start by Lucas French went to waste [...]

The Hens took care of business in each of their games over the Red Wings.  In the first one, Clete Thomas went two for three with a double, a walk, a run and two RBIs.  Jeff Larish doubled, drew a walk, a run and two RBIs.  Ruddy Lugo improved to 6-5 despite a mediocre start.  [...]

The Hens got nothing done at the plate in a 1-0 pitcher’s duel against the SWB Yankees.  Scott Sizemore doubled and Dusty Ryan singled and that was it as far as offensive production.
A really nice start by Lucas French went to waste.  He gave up one run on seven hits and a walk with eight [...]

The Hens took care of Charlotte 5-1 and Lucas French got it done on the mound.  He gave up just five hits and a walk with six strikeouts in seven shutout innings.  Casey Fien gave up a run in his two frames but it was good enough for save number four.
Don Kelly led the way [...]

Lucas French looked solid on the mound as he picked up the win in the Hens 5-3 win over the Clippers.  He gave up just three hits and he struck out eight in six shutout innings.  Freddy Dolsi got the final four batters out in order and he picked up his first save of the [...]

Lucas French fell to 2-4 on the season with a rough start in Erie’s 10-5 loss to Bowie.  He gave up six runs on seven hits and one walk with four strikeouts in seven innings.
Justin Justice went two for three with a double, a homerun and two RBIs.  Ryan Roberson singled and drove in two.

The SeaWolves split their pair of games today with Altoona.  Game one was a 4-3, extra inning loss that saw Casey Fien give up a walk off solo homer in the bottom of the eighth inning.  Benjamin Fritz didn’t get the decision and he gave up three runs (one earned) on eleven hits and one [...]

Lucas French improved to 1-2 on the season with a nearly flawless start in Erie’s 7-0 win over Harrisburg.  He gave up just three hits with three strikeouts in eight shutout innings.
Daniel Worth had a huge day at the plate in the win.  He went five for five with a double, a triple, two RBIs [...]

Jeff Frazier doubled and belted a solo homer as he was pretty much the SeaWolves offense in their 6-1 loss to Altoona.  Nick McIntyre also had a nice game and he went two for three with a double.
Lucas French took the loss and he fell to 0-2.  He gave up five runs (three earned) on [...]

Lakeland got back to losing as they were held to five hits in a 3-1 loss to Dunedin.  Ovandy Suero doubled and he scored the only run of the game for the Tigers. 
Lucas French fell to 5-13 with the loss.  He gave up two runs on seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts in [...]

Lakeland hasn’t won in over a week now as the lost to Fort Myers 9-4.  Lucas French was shelled and he gave up six runs (five earned) on twelve hits and one walk with three strikeouts in six innings of work.  The loss dropped him to 5-11.
Maxwell Leon was the hitting star in the loss.  [...]

Lakeland couldn’t get much going at the plate in their 5-1, rain shortened loss to Vero Beach.  Mark Haske drove in the only run for Lakeland and Deik Scram reached base three times with a single and two walks.
Lucas French fell to 5-10 with a tough start.  He gave up four runs (two earned) on [...]

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 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 [...]

Lakeland was double bageled by Jupiter in two tough losses.  Game one was a 13-0 blowout in which Kyle Sleeth was hit hard.  He gave up eight runs on nine hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings.  Cameron Maybin was one of two Lakeland hitters to have two hits in the [...]

Lakeland lost 5-3 but Ryan Roberson had a pretty impressive day at the plate. He went three for four with three doubles, an RBI and a run.  Ovandy Suero had two hits and he stole his 50th base of the season while Michael Hernandez doubled twice and scored a run.
A pretty good start by Lucas French [...]

Lucas French dropped to 4-5 on the season with a rough start in Lakeland’s 11-7 loss to Sarasota.  He gave up seven runs on eight hits and a walk with six strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.
Michael Hernandez had a nice day at the plate in the loss.  He went two for five with a triple, [...]

Two errors resulted in five unearned runs that played a big part in Lakeland’s 8-3 loss to Tampa.  Lucas French took the loss and he gave up seven runs (just two earned) on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.
Cameron Maybin was the hitting star in the loss.  He went [...]

Lucas French improved to 4-2 on the season in Lakeland’s 5-0 win over Palm Beach.  He gave up six hits and one walk with five strikeouts in eight shutout innings.
Maxwell Leon went three for four and he scored two runs.  Adrian Casanova went two for three with a triple, two RBIs and a run.

Lakeland lost 6-2 to Vero Beach and Lucas French dropped to 3-2 on the season with a rough start.  He gave up six runs on nine hits and two walks with two strikeouts in five innings.
Cameron Maybin was the hitting star in the loss. He went two for four with a double, an RBI and [...]

Lucas French improved to 3-1 on the season in Lakeland’s 2-1 win with six shutout innings.  He gave up five hits and a walk and he struck out five.
Ovandy Suero was the hitting star and he went two for two with two walks and he scored one of the runs.  Cameron Maybin didn’t reach base, [...]

Cameron Maybin didn’t have a hit in today’s 7-5 win, but he did cross the plate two times and he drove in a run with a walk.  Michael Hernandez went four for four with two doubles and an RBI.
Lucas French had a nice start.  He gave up two runs on five hits and a walk with [...]

Lucas French was shelled in his start today.  He gave up five runs on nine hits and a walk in five innings.
Michael Hernandez was the hitting star in the 7-4 loss.  He went two for five with two doubles and two runs.  Ryan Roberson hit a solo homerun.

Michael Hernandez is slowly getting onto peoples radar with a great start down in Lakeland.  He went one for four today but he drove in two runs.  He’s now hitting .393 and while he’s older then you’d expect at High A (23), you have to be happy with the results.  The problem is, he really [...]

Lucas French had a nice start for the Flying Tigers in their 3-1 win over Tampa.  He gave up four hits and a walk with four strikeouts in five shutout innings.  Eleazer Aponte was just as good in relief.  He did give up a run but he gave up just two hits with five strikeouts [...]