Minor League Blogs

Matt Tora improved to 3-1 on the season with a nice start in the Bulls 2-0 win over the Yankees.  He gave up just four hits and a walk with three strikeouts in six shutout innings.  Rob Delaney threw two shutout innings and he picked up his seventh save of the season. Matt Carson hit [...]

The Thunder took care of New Britain 7-4 and while Jason Jones gave up three first inning runs, he recovered to throw a decent enough game to improve to 3-0.  He gave up the three runs on nine hits and three walks with four strikeouts in six innings.  Eric Wordekemper threw a shutout ninth and [...]

The Thunder dispatched the Mets in an impressive offensive display.  The final was 13-7 and while there were plenty of hitting stars, Matt Carson was a notch above the rest.  He went three for four with a triple, a homerun, five RBIs and three runs.
Joshua Schmidt picked up the win.  He did give up two [...]

Trenton hitters turned it up a notch as they took care of Akron in their best of five game series to take home the Eastern League championship.  Matt Carson had a huge game and he went four for five with a homerun, three RBIs and three runs.  Cody Ehlers also had four hits and he [...]

Trenton failed to win the Eastern League championship despite having their ace, Alan Horne, on the mound.  Horne was hammered for five runs on five hits and three walks with one strikeout in just three innings of work.  The loss means the Thunder will have just two more chances to bring home the league crown.
Matt [...]

The Thunder eliminated Portland in their best of five series and it was Jeffrey Marquez who got it done on the mound in the 4-0 win.  He gave up four hits and a walk with three strikeouts in seven shutout innings.
Matt Carson doubled, drew a walk, drove in two and scored a run in the [...]

Chase Wright improved to 5-2 with one of his best starts of the season as he went the distance in a complete game shutout.  He gave up four hits and two walks with three strikeouts in the 7-0 win.
Mike Kinkade went three for four with a double, an RBI and two runs.  Matt Carson went [...]

Daniel McCutchen improved to 2-1 on the season with a nice start in the Thunder 1-0 win over Connecticut.  He gave up five hits and he struck out seven in seven shutout innings.
Matt Carson drove in the only run of the game for either side.  He belted a solo homerun in the second inning and [...]

The Thunder took care of the Mets 5-1 in an eight inning rain shortened game.  Philip Hughes gave up one run in four innings in another rehab start while Jason Jones threw four shutout innings to pick up his eighth win of the season.
Alberto Gonzalez went three for four with an RBI and a run.  Matt [...]

Cody Ehlers led the way at the plate in the Thunder’s 6-3 win over Binghamton.  He doubled three times, drove in three runs and scored once.  Matt Carson walked, drove in a run and scored twice.
Jeff Karstens had another nice rehab start.  He gave up one run on four hits and two walks with five [...]

Ian Kennedy got it done again as he improved to 5-1 on the season in the Thunder’s 5-2 win over Harrisburg.  He gave up two runs on two hits and three walks with four strikeouts in six innings of work.
Juan Miranda went two for four with two doubles, an RBI and a run.  Matt Carson [...]

Ian Kennedy continued his pheonomonal season with five more shutout innings in Trenton’s 9-1 win over Harrisburg.  He didn’t give up a single hit and he walked three with nine strikeouts in those five innings and the win pushes his record to 4-1 on the season.
Matt Carson knocked in more then half of Trenton’s runs [...]

Alan Horne improved to 7-3 on the season with a nice start in Trenton’s 9-5 win over Akron.  He gave up just one run on five hits and a walk with four strikeouts in six innings.
Matt Carson went two for five with two RBIs and two runs in the win.  Aarom Baldiris hit a two [...]

Trenton lost to Akron 4-3 but Matt Carson did just about all he could to keep the Thunder in the game.  He went three for five with a solo homerun and two runs.
Michael Gardner took the loss. He gave up two runs in three innings and he fell to 2-2 on the season.

A fantastic start by Joba Chamberlain went to waste in the Thunder’s 7-4 loss to Reading.  He gave up a single run on three hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in six innings before the pen was shelled for six runs in the final three frames.
Matt Carson doubled and drove in two runs in [...]

Jason Jones improved to 4-4 on the season with a nice start in the Thunder’s 7-1 win over Reading.  He gave up one run on five hits and one walk with three strikeouts in seven innings.
Aarom Baldiris hit a big three run homer in the win.  Matt Carson went one for three with a walk, [...]

Brett Smith improved to 5-2 on the season with a nice start in Trenton’s 8-4 win over Reading.  He gave up just one run on seven hits with five strikeouts in seven innings.
Matt Carson was one of three Thunder hitters to drive in two runs.  He went two for five with a homerun, two RBIs [...]

The Thunder beat Akron 8-7 as they continued to pad their division lead (which is now six games).  Justin Christian had a nice day at the plate.  He went three for four with two doubles, a triple, two RBIs and a run.  Shawn Garrett and Matt Carson each went two for three with a homerun, [...]

Scott Paterson gave up the losing run in the ninth inning as the Thunder lost to the Fisher Cats 4-3.  Jason Jones had a shutout through six but he ran into trouble in the seventh when he gave up three runs.
Noah Hall had the big hit for the Thunder with a two run shot.  Matt [...]

Jeffrey Marquez dropped to 5-3 on the season with a tough start in the Thunder’s 6-3 loss to Harrisburg.  He gave up five runs on eight hits and four walks with a strikeout in 4 1/3 innings.
Matt Carson provided most of the offense in the loss.  He went two for four with a homerun and [...]

Trenton lost 4-1 to Harrisburg in a game where the offense never got on track.  Noah Hall had two hits and he drove in the only run while Matt Carson had two hits and he scored the only run of the game.
Jason Jones took the loss and he dropped to 3-2 on the season. He [...]

Another good start by Brett Smith went to waste today as the Thunder gave up him little run support.  He gave up a run on one hit and three walks with three strikeouts in eight innings.  Jeff Kenard gave up the winning run by getting into a jam in the tenth and then Jospeh Muich [...]

The Thunder picked up two wins yesterday. The first game was a 2-1 win in a game that was suspended Saturday night.  Alan Horne had a nice start and he struck out eight in six innings while giving up just one unearned run.  Matt Carson was the hitting star and he went three for four with [...]

Michael Garnder threw 3 1/3 shutout relief innings with six strikeouts as he picked up the win in the Thunder’s 7-2 win.  Scott Patterson had a nice start and he gave up three hits with five strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.
Matt Carson had a nice day at the plate and he went three for four [...]

The Thunder improved to 11-2 with a 7-4 win over Binghamton.  Matt Carson had a solid day at the plate and he went two for four with two RBIs and a run.  Justin Christian went two for four with a solo homerun and two runs.
Jason Jones picked up the win with a nice start.  He [...]

Jeffrey Marquez improved to 2-0 today with another solid start.   He gave up just four hits and one walk with three strikeouts in six shutout innings.
Matt Carson accounted for both Trenton runs.  He hit a two runs shot in the fifth inning and he had two of the Thunders’ three hits.

Chase Wright threw a gem today as he held Harrisburg to a single hit with ten strikeouts.  Wright was drafted way back in 2001 in the third round and he had been progressing slow but this start was definitely encouraging.  He’s now thrown 14 shutout innings with 19 strikeouts.
Matt Carson led Trenton at the plate.  [...]