Minor League Blogs

Francisco Feliz gave up a run in the thirteenth as Inland Empire lost to the Quakes 10-9.  This was after a very rough start by Javy Guerra, who gave up seven runs in 3 2/3 innings. Russell Mitchell doubled, drove in three runs and scored.  Shane Jus…

In his third inning of work, Carlos Alvarez gave up a single run in the bottom of the eleventh as Inland Empire lost to San Jose 4-3.  Prior to that, Jesus Rodriguez kept the Inland Empire in the game with three shutout innings of relief.
Russell Mitchell was the hitting star in the loss.  He went [...]

Javy Guerra was hit hard and he fell to 5-4 on the season in Inland Empire’s 14-2 loss to San Jose.  He gave up seven runs on seven hits and five walks with six strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.
Inland Empire’s two runs came on a pair of solo homers.  Lucas May and Russell Mitchell both [...]

Francisco Felix fell to 2-2 on the season with a tough start in Inland Empire’s 5-3 loss to the Quakes.  He gave up five runs on eight hits and one walk with three strikeouts in four innings.
Ivan De Jesus went three for four with a run and an RBI.  Russell Mitchell belted a solo homerun in [...]

Mario Alvarez improved to 2-4 on the season with a nice start in Inland Empire’s 4-2 win over San Jose.  He gave up two runs on just two hits and three walks with four strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings of work.
Russell Mitchell was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for four with [...]

James McDonald almost saw what should have been a sure win almost get blown.  He gave up five hits and he struck out five in six shutout innings but in the seventh inning, the pen gave up three runs to make it a one run ball game.  Fortunately, they knuckled down and pitched scoreless ball [...]

Marlon Arias improved to 5-1 on the season with a decent enough start in Inland Empire’s 4-3 win over Lancaster.  He gave up three runs on three hits and four walks with two strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
Russell Mitchell hit a solo homerun in the win.  It was his ninth homerun of the season.  Jamie [...]

James McDonald dropped to 4-5 on the season with a tough start in Inland Empires 10-8 loss to High Dessert.  He gave up seven runs on nine hits and one walk with six strikeouts in four innings.
Jamie Hoffmann went three for four with two RBIs and a run.  Russell Mitchell went three for five with [...]

Inland Empire’s pitching gave up nineteen runs on nineteen hits in their 19-7 loss.  Jordan Pratt was hit the hardest and he took the loss.  He gave up seven runs in 1 1/3 innings.
Jamie Hoffman drove in three runs in the loss.  Russell Mitchell had three hits, a run and an RBI.

Russell Mitchell hit a solo homerun in the sixth inning and that was all Inland Empire got in the 7-1 loss to Modesto.  Francisco Felix was hit hard and he took the loss.  He gave up four runs on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.  Two of the six [...]

The pitching wasn’t quite there in Inland Empires 9-8 loss to Modesto.  All five pitchers that they used gave up at least one run with Jesus Castillo giving up three runs in five innings in his start.
Russell Mitchel had a big game at the plate.  He went two for seven with a homerun, a double [...]

Cory Wade threw another nice game in Inland Empire’s 5-0 win over Stockton.  He gave up four hits and he struck out five in 6 1/3 innings.
Russell Mitchell tripled and drove in two runs in the win.  James Tomlin went two for three and he scored a run.

Javy Guerra took it on the chin in Inland Empire’s 11- loss to Stockton.  He gave up five runs on seven hits and three walks with one strikeout in 2 2/3 innings.
Russell Mitchell drove in the only run for Inland Empire.  Jamie Hoffmann went two for three with a walk and he scored the only [...]

David Pfiffer had a tough time in two relief innings in Inland Empire’s 10-5 loss to Stockton.  He gave up four runs on five hits and four walks with three strikeouts and the rough outing ballooned Pfiffer’s ERA to 14.54.
Russel Mitchell went two for four with a homerun and two RBIs. Travis Denker went three [...]

Jesus Castillo got it done today in a fantastic start in Inland Empire’s 7-0 win. He gave up just five hits without walking anyone and he struck out seven in seven shutout innings.
Travis Denker had a nice day at the plate.  He went two for four with a homerun, two runs and two RBIs.  Russell [...]

Inland Empire lost 3-1 and their bats were essentially shut down in the loss.  Shane Justis drove in the only run with a solo shot and Russell Mitchell went two for four.
A pretty good start by Jesus Castillo was wasted.  He gave up just a single run on three hits and three walks with two [...]

Down 5-4, Inland Empire tied the game with a run in the sixth and then took the lead with a run in the seventh in their 6-5 win over High Dessert.  Andrew Locke hit the only homerun for Inland and he finished with two runs.  Russell Mitchell also had a nice day at the plate.  [...]

Russell Mitchell had a big game at the plate in Inland Empire’s 4-3 win.  He went three for four with two doubles, two RBIs and a run.  David Nicholson doubled and drove in two runs.
Marlon Arias gave up two runs on five hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings in his start.  Cory Wade [...]