Minor League Blogs

Rudy Lugo and Casey Fien combined for a solid outing as the Hens took care of Lehigh Valley 5-3 in the first of two.  Lugo gave up three runs (just one earned) on three hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.  Fien threw 1 2/3 innings of shutout relief and he [...]

Ruddy Lugo fell to 1-2 on the season with a rough start in the Hens 9-6 loss to Indianapolis.  He gave up seven runs (six earned) on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in four innings.  Three of the six hits he gave up left the ballpark.
Casper Wells went two for three with [...]

The Hens took care of Indianapolis 6-0 behind some really strong pitching.  Ruddy Lugo improved to 1-1 and he gave up just three hits and four walks with two strikeouts in five shutout innings.  Casey Fien followed that up with three shutout innings of relief and then Robbie Weinhardt pitched a shutout ninth to finish [...]

The Hens were down 2-1 in the bottom of the eighth but they capitalized on a throwing error to end up with a pair of runs to come from behind in a 3-2 win.  Mike Hessman was the hitting star and he went two for four with a home run and two runs. 
Ruddy Lugo had [...]

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 couldn’t get much going at the plate and they lost to the Norfolk Tides 5-1.  They picked up just six hits and Wilkin Ramirez picked up two of those and he scored the lone Toledo run.  Brent Dlugach had the lone extra base hit with a double.
Ruddy Lugo took the loss and he [...]

Ruddy Lugo improved to 4-4 on the season with a solid start in the Hens 5-2 win over the Durham Bulls.  He gave up two runs on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six innings.  Clay Rapada threw three shutout innings and he struck out four to earn his fourth save of [...]

The Hens lost to Lehigh Valley 5-3 and it was Ruddy Lugo who took the loss.  He fell to 2-3 and he gave up four runs on six hits and four walks with two strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.
Mike Hessman had a big game at the plate.  He doubled three times and drove in two [...]

The Hens had a tough time at the plate in their 6-0 loss to Pawtucket and with just six hits, the team couldn’t put a single runnner across the place.  Brent Clevlen had three of those hits with a double and two singles and the only other Hen to reach base twice was Mike Hessman [...]

The Hens rallied for two runs in the ninth inning but it wasn’t enough in their 4-2 loss to Lehigh Valley.  Clete Thomas drove in both of those runs and he was the lone Hens hitter with two hits.  He also had the only extra base hit with a double.
Ruddy Lugo took the loss and [...]

The Mud Hens picked up a win at the first every game at Huntington Park in Columbus this afternoon.  Ruddy Lugo had a nice start and he improved to 2-0.  He gave up one run on four hits and three walks with one strikeout in five innings.  Joel Zumaya continued his rehab with two shutout [...]

Justin Ruggiano and Jonny Gomes hit back to back homers and then later in the third inning, Dustan Mohr homered to make it a four run third inning in the Bulls 4-3 win over the Bats.  Ruggiano’s homer was a two run shot and he wasl also the only Bull with two hits in the [...]

Wes Bankston hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the tenth inning to win it for the Bulls.  He finished the game two for five with the homerun and two RBIs.  Justin Ruggiano went two for four with a run.
Mitch Talbot had a nice start but he didn’t get the win.  He gave up [...]