Minor League Blogs

Richie Gardner improved to 3-1 with another good  start in the Reds 7-2 win over Lakeland.  He gave up just two runs on four hits and a walk with six strikeouts in six innings of work. It’s his sixth straight start where he’s gone at least five innings and given up less then two earned [...]

The Reds blew a five game lead but still picked up the win,  it just took them fourteen innings.  Craig Tatum went two for five with a solo homerun and Adam Rosales went two for six with a double and two RBIs in the 6-5 win.
Johnny Cueto was hit hard but the pen picked him up.  [...]

Five late runs turned a 6-2 lead into a 7-6 loss as the pen was hit hard in Sarasota’s loss.  Derrik Lutz had a tough time and he gave up four of those runs and he took the loss.
Josh Holden and Eric Eymann each drove in two runs.  Michael DeJesus went three for four with [...]

Carlos Fisher had a tough start for Sarasota in the Reds 9-2 loss to Tampa.  He gave up six runs on eight hits and a walk with three strikeouts in just four innings and the loss drops him to 3-1.
Daniel Dorn had a solid day at the plate. He went two for four with a [...]

Sarasota was held to just a single run on four hits in their 4-1 loss to Lakeland.  Craig Tatum had two of the Reds four hits and he scored the only run.
Richie Gardner had a solid start but he took the loss and dropped to 2-1.  He gave up three runs (one earned) on four [...]

Ramon Ramirez had a tough start in Sarasota’s 7-5 loss to Lakeland.  He gave up four runs on eight hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in five innings.  Josh Roenicke took the loss and he gave up two runs in the ninth.
Adam Rosales had a nice day at the plate in the loss.  He gave up two for [...]

Johnny Cueto picked up the win today with six solid innings in Sarasota’s 7-2 win over Lakeland.  He gave up just one run on five hits and three walks with four strikeouts and the win pushes him to 1-1.
Michael DeJesus went three for four with two doubles and two runs.  Jay Bruce singled twice and [...]

It had to end eventually and it wasn’t for lack of pitching.  Carlos Fisher struck out eleven in six shutout innings but Logan Ondrusek gave up the only run of the game in the seventh innings as he took the loss.
The Reds were shutout on seven hits in the 1-0 loss.  Craig Tatum and Brandon [...]

The Sarasota Reds continued their hot streak with a 5-3 win over Clearwater.  Starter Travis Wood gave up three runs in the first inning but both he and the pen shut down the opposition the rest of the way.  Ruben Medina picked up the win with three shutout innings of relief.
Eric Eymann went three for [...]

Richie Gardner improved to 2-0 with another good start as Sarasota beat Clearwater 4-3.  Gardner gave up just a single run on three hits and a walk with three strikeouts in six innings of work.
Jay Bruce had another big game.  He went two for three with a double, a homerun, two RBIs and a run.  [...]

Ramon Ramirez has made pitching as Sarasota look easy so far this year.  He won his first start in an impressive outing in which he gave up just a single run on five hits and three walks with five strikeouts.  It was the first earned run he’d given up all season and he’s struck out [...]

Jeremiah Piepkorn led Sarasota with the stick in their 5-3 win over the Dunedin.  He went three for five with two doubles and two RBIs.  Adam Rosales also had a very good game and he finished with three hits, an RBI and two runs.
Johnny Cueto was mediocre in his five innings and he gave up [...]

Carlos Fisher has handled himself quite well in the Florida League.  He’s won all three of his starts and in this one, he gave up just a single run on four hits with five strikeouts in six innings of work. In 19 innings this year, he’s given up just one earned run, thirteen hits and [...]

Craig Tatum hit the ball well in the Reds 6-3 win over Tampa.  He went two for four with a two run homer.  Jeremiah Piepkorn went three for four with two doubles and a run while Jay Bruce continued to hit well with two hits and two runs.  Bruce now has nine runs in the [...]

Richie Gardner left today’s game with a nice two run lead after a nice start.  He gave up just a single run on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts in five innings of work.  Then the pen failed him.  Logan Ondrusek gave up the game winner and he took the loss.
Jeremiah Piepkorn had [...]

Robert Manual was simply pounded by the Tampa Yankees today.  He gave up nine runs on ten hits in just two innings and his season ERA is an unimpressive 20.25.  That’s not going to earn a callup. 
Brandon Szymanski had a nice day at the plate.  He went two for four with a double, a run [...]

Ramon Ramirez had a high quality start in the Reds 3-1 win over Dunedin.  He threw five shutout innings and gave up just two hits and a walk with four strikeouts in five innings.
Adam Rosales had the big hit of the game.  His three run homerun accounted for all of Sarasota’s runs.

Sarasota got a blow out win and then a close loss in their doubleheader with Dunedin.  In the first game, Craig Tatum drove in three runs with two hits and Carlos Fisher threw six shutout innings in the 8-0 win.
Game two didn’t go as well.  Johnny Cueto had a mediocre start and he gave up [...]

Sarasota swept Fort Myers and they’ve started the Florida League with a perfect 4-0 record.  Third baseman Michael Griffin did it all in the 4-3 win.  He went two for five with two doubles, two runs and an RBI.
Richie Gardner picked up the win with five solid innings.  He gave up two runs on six [...]

The pitching wasn’t really there tonight but the hitting did a nice job in the Reds 7-6 win over the Miracle.  Jay Bruce went three for four with a run while Michael DeJesus went two for three with a double, a run and two RBIs.  Michael Griffin hit the only homerun for the Reds.
Travis Wood [...]

Sarasota got some phenomonal pitching in their win over Fort Myers.  Johnny Cueto had a tough time and he gave up two runs on three hits and four walks with three strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.  Then four relievers combined for 7 2/3 shutout innings to close the game out as the Reds won 3-2 [...]

Carlos Fisher threw a gem today for Sarasota and he combined with two relievers for a shutout over Fort Myers.  He gave up just three hits and a walk with three strikeouts in seven shutout innings. 
Jay Bruce led the way in a light hitting outing for the team.  He singled, drew a walk and scored [...]