Minor League Blogs

Tampa got to make up their rain out from yesterday and they took both games in a doubleheader against the Reds.  Hector Noesi improved to 1-0 with a decent enough start.   He gave up three run son six hits and a walk with five strikeouts in five innings.  Seth Fortenberry went two for four with [...]

Tampa finally got a couple of games in after a couple of days of rain and the end result is a doubleheader split with St. Lucie.  In game one, the Yankees comeback fell short in a 5-4 loss.  They scored three in the seventh inning but couldn’t push across the winning run.  Daniel Brewer went [...]

Jason Stephens fell to 2-4 on the season and he was roughed up in Tampa’s 9-7 loss to Palm Beach.  He gave up eight runs on eleven hits and a walk with two strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. 
Brandon Laird had a nice day at the plate in the loss.  He went two for four with [...]

Eric Hacker did his best in the Yankees 1-0 win over Sarasota.  He gave up just two hits and a walk with four strikeouts in seven shutout innings.  Unfortunately, because the Yanks didn’t score until the eighth inning, he didn’t get the win.  That went to Mark Melancon, who gave up one hit in two [...]

The RiverDogs and Rome each took a game as they wrapped up a doubleheader.  Game one saw Charleston take care of Rome 6-4 behind the bat of Seth Fortenberry.  The centerfielder went two for three with two doubles, three RBIs and a run.  Grant Duff improved to 14-8 and he gave up two runs in [...]

Seth Fortenberry had a huge day at the plate in the RiverDogs 10-7 win over Rome. He went three for four with two doubles, three RBIs and four runs.  Josue Calzado singled, tripled and drove in three runs.
Stephan Artz picked up the win.  He improved to 2-0 and he gave up one run on two [...]

Grant Duff improved to 12-8 with a nice start in the RiverDogs 7-3 win over West Virginia.  He gave up two hits and a walk with five strikeouts in five shutout innings.
Seth Fortenberry led the way at the plate.  He went three for five with a double, two RBIs and a run.  Mitchell Hilligoss went two [...]

Seth Fortenberry had only one hit but it was a big one in the RiverDogs 5-3 win over Hickory.  He belted a big three run homer in the fifth inning and the homerun was his eighteenth of the season.  Mitchell Hilligoss doubled twice, drove in a run and scored.
Luke Trubee picked up the win and [...]

Gabriel Medina and two relievers combined to hold the Catfish to just a single hit in the RiverDogs 3-1 win.  Medina gave up just the one hit with six strikeouts in six shutout frames.
Eduardo Nunez went two for four with a run.  Seth Fortenberry walked twice, scored a run and drove in one.

Grant Duff improved to 10-5 on the season with a nice start in the RiverDogs 7-3 win over the Sand Gnats.  He gave up three runs on five hits and three walks with three strikeouts in six innings.
Seth Fortenberry scored a run and drove in two without getting a hit.  Christopher Kunda went one for [...]

Eric Hacker improved to 4-2 on the season in the RiverDogs 7-5 win over the Sand Gnats.  He gave up two runs on seven hits and a walk with five strikeouts in six innings.
Seth Fortenberry had a nice day at the plate in the win.  He went two for three with a solo homerun, a [...]

The RiverDogs hitters didn’t show up as the team was shutout 6-0 by Augusta.  Seth Fortenberry was the only hitter to reach base twice.  He singled and drew a walk.
Michael Dunn didn’t even make it through the first inning.  He got two batters out and he gave up six runs on five hits and two [...]

Michael Dunn improved to 8-2 on the season with a nice start in the RiverDogs 5-2 loss to the Sand Gnats.  He gave up just two runs on three hits and four walks with seven strikeouts in six innings.
Seth Fortenberry led the RiverDogs at the plate in the win. He went two for four with [...]

The RiverDogs beat the Cat Fish 6-4 and Seth Fortenberry had a hand in more then half of his team’s runs.  He went three for four with three RBIs and a run.
Ivan Nova improved to 4-2 on the season with the win.  He gave up three runs (two earned) on eight hits and two walks [...]

The RiverDogs blasted the Sand Gnats 12-2 and Brian Aragon led the way with the stick.  He went three for five with a double, a homerun, five RBIs and two runs.  Seth Fortenberry also had a nice game and he went three for six with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Mitchell Hilligoss extended [...]

The RiverDogs jumped out to a 7-3 lead only to see the pen give up fve runs late to lost the game 8-7.  Jonathan Hovis took the loss and he gave up two runs in 1 2/3 innings.
Seth Fortenberry had three hits in the game including a solo homerun.  Kevin Smith went two for four [...]

Ivan Nova improved to 3-1 on the season with a nice start in the RiverDogs 9-1 win over the Catfish.  He gave up just one unearned run on five hits and two walks with four strikeouts.
Seth Fortenberry reached base five times (solo homerun and four walks) and Christpher Malec drove in two and scored a [...]

The pitching went out the window in the RiverDogs 12-11 loss to Rome.  Edgar Soto was roughed up for seven runs in his start and Garrett Patterson gave up three runs (one earned) on two hits and two walks in 2/3 innings as he took the loss.
Mitchell Hilligoss had three singles and he scored three [...]

Seth Fortenberry had a big day at the plate in the RiverDogs 6-3 win over Rome.  He went three for five with a double, a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  The homerun was his seventh of the season.
Michael Dunn improved to 5-2 on the season with the win.  He gave up three runs on [...]

Nicholas Peterson walked the first two batters in the bottom of the tenth inning and while he didnt give up the losing runs on his watch, those two runners were the first two to score on a grand slam given up by Luke Trubee. so Peteron took the loss.  Edgar Soto was decent in his [...]

Ivan Nova threw seven solid innings in the RiverDog’s 4-1 win over Rome.  He gave up just one run on five hits and he struck out four.
Seth Fortenberry drove in two runs in the win.  Wilmer Pino went two for four with a double, an RBI and a run.

Michael Dunn threw 6 1/3 shutout innings in the RiverDogs 5-2 win over Rome.  He gave up four hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
Andres Perez was the only RiverDog with two hits.  He both scored and drove in a run.  Seth Fortenberry also helped out the cause with a two run homer.

Seth Fortenberry drove in three runs but it wasn’t enough in the RiverDogs 6-5 loss to Asheville.  Austin Jackson also had a nice game.  He doubled twice and he scored two runs.
Grant Duff had a mediocre start but it was actually reliever David Robertson that took the loss.  He gave up one unearned run in [...]

The RiverDogs scored most of their runs all in a bunch with five run sixth inning as they beat the Catfish 6-4.  Mitchell Hilligoss went two for four with two RBIs and Seth Fortenberry went one for three with a walk and two runs.
Angel Reyes had mixed start.  He did give up three runs in [...]

Starter Garrett Patterson threw four shutout innings before giving way to the pen, who performed admirably.  Nicholas Petersen picked up the win with shutout eighth and Jonathan Hovis picked up the save with a shutout ninth.  It was his fourth save of the season.
Seth Fortenberry was the hitting star. He went two for four with [...]

The RiverDogs were outmatched in a high scoring 12-8 loss to Augusta.  Brian Baisley and Seth Fortenberry both had big days at the plate in the loss.  Baisley went four for five with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs while Fortenberry went four for five with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs.
Eric Hacker [...]

Angel Reyes lasted just 3 1/3 innings but he struck out nine batters.  That’s nine of the ten outs he made.  He wasn’t unhittable though.  He did give up two runs on one hit and two walks in a no decision.  Luke Trubee picked up the win with 1 2/3 innings of shutout relief.
Seth Fortenberry [...]