Minor League Blogs

The Lugnuts dropped the 3 game series against the Clinton Lumber Kings 2 games to 1. The series was taken on Sunday by the Kings in a 2-1 loss for Lansing. The loss came in clutch fashion as the Nuts were in the lead all the way until the bottom of the 9th when Clinton [...]

The Lugnuts had a decent enough day at the plate, their pitchers just didn’t get it done on the mound.  Nathan Starner was hit for four runs in four innings in his start but it was Julio Pinto who took the loss.  He gave up three runs in his single inning of work.
Matthew Lane hit [...]

Nathan Starner improved to 5-4 on the season with a nice start over the Dragons. He gave up two runs (one earned) on nine hits with three strikeouts.
Yuber Rodriguez went two for four with a two run homer. Chris Emanuele went three for four with a run.

The Lugnuts lost to the Loons 8-6 and two pitchers were hit particularly hard.  Nathan Starner gave up four runs in his four inning start and then Edward Rodriguez gave up four runs and he took the loss in two relief innings.
Yuber Rodriguez hit a big three run homer in the loss.  Chris Emanuele went [...]

The Lugnuts hammered the Chiefs 8-2 and Sean Shoffit led the way at the plate.  He went two for four with a triple, a homerun, four RBIs and two runs.  Yuber Rodriguez went two for four with a homerun and three runs scored.
Lost in all the offense was a nice start by Nathan Starner.  He [...]

It’s hard to start on this one.  On the one hand, the pitching held Wisconsin to just one hit in the shutout.  On the other hand, the hitters racked up eleven runs on eleven hits.
Matthew Liuzza was very productive inthe 11-0 win. He went two for five with a double, a homerun and five RBIs.  [...]

The Lugnuts couldn’t get the bats going in two losses against Cedar Rapids.  In the first game, they actually scored three runs but fell short 4-3.  Travis Snider went two for four with a double and an RBI while Julio Pinto took the loss when he gave up a run in the bottom of the [...]

Beloit couldn’t touch Nathan Starner today as he held them to just three hits with seven strikeouts in seven innings.  Seth Overbey threw two innings of scoreless ball to complete the 4-0 shutout.
Brian Pettway was the hitting star.  He went two for three with a double, a homerun and two RBIs.  The homerun was his [...]

Nathan Starner improved to 2-0 on the season with a nice start.  He gave up just two runs on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts in six innings of work.
Scott Campbell singled, drew a walk and scored twice in the 5-4 win.  Jonathan Diaz had two hits and two runs and Yuber Rodriguez [...]

Lansing was on the short end of a 2-1 pitchers duel and their hitters managed just a single run on three hits.  The lone run came in the fifth inning when Travis Snider drove home Jonathan Diaz on a sac. fly.
A decent start by Nathan Starner went to waste.  He gave up two runs (one [...]