Minor League Blogs

Nate Bump improved to 1-0 on the season with a nice start in the Hens 2-1 win over the Louisville Bats.  He gave up a run on four hits and a walk with four strikeouts in seven innings.  Ryan Perry struck out four in two innings to pick up his second save of the season.
Ryan [...]

This one was pretty ugly.  Eddie Bonine fell to 0-3 on the season in the Hens 13-3 loss to Charlotte.  He gave up seven runs on nine hits with 1 2/3 innings.  Three relievers also gave up runs in the contest.
Marcus Thames had another nice game and he went four for five.  Ryan Roberson doubled, [...]

The Hens offensive struggled against the Red Sox continued with a 2-1 loss last night.  Brent Clevlen once again led the way at the plate.  He doubled, drew a walk and scored the lone run for Toledo.  Ryan Roberson doubled, drew a walk and drove in the one run.
Dontrelle Willis made his second rehab start [...]

Erie held on and beat the Fisher Cats 8-6 with Ryan Roberson leading the way.  He went three for four with a double, three RBIs and a run.  Dusty Ryan belted his tenth homer of the season, a sol shot in the second inning.
Daniel Christensen improved to 4-4 with a solid start.  He gave up [...]

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.

Luis Marte fell to 0-1 since being pushed up to Erie in a tough start.  He gave up four runs on six hits and six walks with four strikeouts in just 4 1/3 innings.
Ryan Roberson belted a two run homer in the sixth inning of the 8-4 loss.  Justin Justice went two for three with [...]

Anthony Tomey fell to 2-3 on the season after he gave up a two run homer in the bottom of the tenth inning in a 5-3 loss to Bowie.  Casey Fien was the most effective hitter with 2 1/3 shutout innings.
All three SeaWolves runs came via solo homers.  Dusty Ryan, Ryan Roberson and Jeff Frazier [...]

Andrew Kown was roughed up in his start in the SeaWolves 8-4 loss to Akron.  He didn’t take the loss, but he gave up four runs on six hits and four walks with four strikeouts in five innings.  Anthony Tomey fell to 2-2 when he gave up a run in the seventh inning.
Wilkin Ramirez had [...]

Wilkin Ramirez had a huge day at the plate in the SeaWolves 7-4 win over Akron.  He went three for four with a double, two homers, three RBIs and three runs.  Ryan Roberson also had a nice game with two doubles and a single.
Marcelo Perez improved to 1-0 despite giving up the lone earned run [...]

Ryan Roberson was off to a rough start but he was the hitting star as Erie put away Altoona 13-4.  Roberson went two for four and both hits went over the wall.  He drove in four while Deik Scram homered, drove in two and scored twice.
Andrew Kown improved to 2-1 with a decent enough start.  [...]

Lakeland couldn’t get much done at the plate as they were held to just three hits in a 7-1 loss to Sarasota.  Ryan Roberson had the only extra base hit with a double and he also scored the only run for Lakeland.
Kyle Sleeth was hit hard and he fell to 0-7.  He gave up six [...]

Gabriel Benitez was tagged for four runs in just one inning of work and he took the defeat in Lakeland’s 6-4 loss.  He fell to 1-2 on the season.
Ryan Roberson went two for four with a double and two runs.  Cameron Maybin doubled and drove in a run while Mark Haske was two for two [...]

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 [...]

Lakeland lost their third straight game in a 2-1 pitcher’s duel to Tampa.  Ricky Steik gave up just one run in four solid relief innings but he still took the loss because of the lack of offense.
Wilkin Ramirez was a perfect four for four in the loss.  Ryan Roberson singled and drove in the only [...]

Michael Hernandez had a big day at the plate in Lakeland’s 10-8 win over Sarasota.  He went two for five with a homerun and four RBIs in the win.  Ryan Roberson also had a nice game and he went two for four with a solo homerun and three runs.
Kyle Sleeth was hammered and it looks [...]

Lakeland and St. Lucie let the pitching go out the window and they got down to smashing the ball.  At the end of nine, the two teams were tied 10-10 and St. Lucie scored first in extra frames in the top of the eleventh.  Lakeland answered though and Ryan Roberson hit a walk off two [...]

Lakeland scored two runs in the seventh inning to take the lead and then they scored one run in the eighth to pad the lead.  Maxwell Leon went two for four with a double and two runs.  Ryan Roberson hit a solo homerun in the win.
Matt O’Brien gave up three runs in 5 2/3 innings [...]

Lakeland beat Vero Beach 4-3 and Ryan Roberson had a hand in three of those runs.  He went two for four with a double, a homerun and three RBIs.  William Rhymes went three for four with a double and a run.
Kyle Denney picked up the win with six solid innings.  He gave up three runs [...]

Eleazar Aponte was hammered by Vero Beach in Lakeland’s 15-4 loss.  He gave up ten runs (eight earned) on ten hits and a walk with one strikeout in just 2 1/3 innings.
Ryan Roberson provided most of the offense in the loss with three hits including a homerun and two RBIs.  Cameron Maybin went two for [...]

Lakeland had plenty of hitting stars in their 7-4 win over Dunedin.  William Rhymes doubled, drove in three and scored a run while Michael Hernandez went three for four with two doubles, two RBIs and a run.  Ryan Roberson had the only homerun and he drove in two runs while Cameron Maybin went two for [...]

In his first four starts, Burke Badenhop was about as good as you could ask.  Since then, he’s been touched up in two tough starts and today he dropped to 2-3 as Dunedin beat Lakeland 6-3.  He gave up all six runs on eight hits and two walks with four strikeouts in just four innings.
Williams [...]

Eleazar Aponte had a tough start and he dropped to 2-2 in a 7-2 loss to Sarasota.  He gave up four runs on nine hits and two walks with five strikeouts in just four innings.
Cameron Maybin doubled and he scored a run while Justin Justice went two for four with a double.  Ryan Roberson hit [...]

For the second straight start, Burke Badenhop was hit hard.  And right when I started talking about him to others.  He gave up five runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts in seven innings and the loss drops him to 2-2.  His overall numbers still looks good but he has to buck [...]

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.

Sendy Vasquez was shelled today in a blowout loss to the Tampa Yankees.  He gave up five runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.
Cameron Maybin went 0 for 3 and he’s now 0 for 11 on the season.  Wilkin Ramirez had a nice game at the [...]

Andrew Miller held the Tampa Yankees to three hits in five shutout innings tonight in a rain shortened five inning game.  He struck out three and didn’t give up a walk in a nice season debut.
Justin Justice hit a solo homerun and Michael Hernandez and Ryan Roberson both doubled and scored a run in the [...]