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The Mud Hens picked up just four hits tonight and most of their production came from the top of the order.  Freddy Guzman went two for four with a double, a triple and two runs while Timo Perez doubled and drove in two.
Eddie Bonine fell to 9-2 with a rough start.  He gave up five [...]

Three different Hens belted a pair of homeruns as Toledo ran up the score in a 10-0 beating over the Clippers.  Michael Hollimon, TImo Perez and Nick Trzesniak all belted two homeruns while Freddy Guzman belted his first since he got bumped up to Toledo.
Lost in all of the offense was an impressive start by [...]

Timo Perez seemed to be hitting out of his slump as he was passed up for promotion after the release of Jacque Jones.  He went four for four with a triple, a homer, three RBIs and two runs in the Hens 11-7 win.  Mike Hessman belted his eleventh homer of the season and Jeff Larish [...]

The Hens got it done as they beat up on Lehigh Valley 6-4.  Mike Hessman homered and drove in two runs while Timo Perez homered and scored a pair.  Brent Clevlen also had a nice game and he went two for four with a double, a run and an RBI.
Jeremy Johnson picked up the win [...]

The Mud Hens were only able to push one run across the plate as they lost to Lehigh Valley 4-1.  Timo Perez reached base three times with two singles and a walk while Jackson Melian drove in the lone run with a solo homer.
Jonathan Connolly took the loss despite a solid outing.  He gave up [...]

The Mud Hens blew out the Knights 11-4 and it was Timo Perez who led the way at the plate.  He went three for five with two doubles, four RBIs and a run.  Brent Clevlen and Mike Hessman both drove in two runs while Derek Wathan singled twice, drew a walk and scored three times.
Eddie [...]

The Hens made it 2-0 tonight as they rolled over the Bulls 9-2.  Jeff Larish went two for four with a three run homer, his first long ball of the spring.  Brent Clevlen and Matthew Joyce both drove in two runs in the contest while Timo Perez drove in two and scored three runs.
Armando Galarraga [...]

Virgil Vasquez picked up his first win of the season with an impressive pitching performance in Toledo’s home opener.  He gave up just a single run on three hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.  Preston Larrison gave up a run in his single inning and Blaine Neal pitched a perfect [...]

Andrew Miller had some better luck in his second rehab start despite the Hens not winning.  He gave up just one run on one hit with five strikeouts in three innings to start the game.  Yorman Bazardo threw six solid frames but Jose Capellan gave up three runs in the top of the ninth as [...]

Andrew Miller threw three tough innings as he started his rehab assignment with the Hens.  He gave up five runs on five hits and five walks with four strikeouts in just three innings.  He reached his pitch count pretty quickly and those three pretty poor innings were all he could manage.  Joel Zumaya threw better [...]

Three different Mud Hens pitchers combined to give up five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning as they lost to Norfolk 5-2.  Corey Hamman took the loss but he had a solid outing.  He gave up just one run on five hits with a strikeout in six innings.  Jeremy Johnson was the one [...]

Anastacio Martinez improved to 5-5 on the season with a fantastic start in the Hens 6-1 win over Norfolk. He gave up two hits and a walk with three strikeouts in six shutout innings.
Timo Perez went one for two with a homerun, two RBIs and three runs.  Brent Clevlen went two for four with two [...]

Jordan Tata put together a nice start but a fielding error by Chris Shelton in the bottom of the sixth inning led to two unearned runs that cost the Hens in their 3-2 loss to Charlotte.  Tata fell to 3-2 and he gave up three runs (just the one earned) on five hits and two [...]

Yorman Bazardo dropped to 7-4 on the season with a tough start in the Hens 7-5 loss to Richmond.  He gave up seven runs on seven hits and a walk in just three innings of work.
Brent Clevlen continued to rake after the break with another nice day at the plate.  He went three for four [...]

The Mud Hens opened up the second half of the season with a 5-3 win over Richmond and Virgil Vasquez improved to 8-3 on the season with another nice outing.  He gave up two runs on six hits with three strikeouts in seven innings of work.
Brent Clevlen led the offense with two homers and three [...]

The Mud Hens nearly doubled up the Bats when it came to hits with 11 versus the Bats 6, but that wasn’t reflect in the score as the Hens lost going into the break 4-3.  Chris Shelton went two for four with an RBI while Timo Perez went two for four with a double, a [...]

Mike Hessman has been an RBI machine for Mud Hens and he continued to do it in the Hens 13-7 win over the Bulls.  He went two for four with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Chris Shelton went two for three with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs while Timo Perez had three [...]

The Mud Hens scored two runs in the sixth inning to make it a 4-3 deficit against Vancouver but that’s as far as they got in the loss.  Jonathan Connolly took the loss and he fell to 1-1 on the season.  He gave up all four runs on nine hits and a walk with one [...]

Jordan Tata picked up his first win of the season with a nice start in the Hens 8-2 win over Ottawa.  He gave up two runs on nine hits and a walk with four strikeouts.
Timo Perez went two for five with a double, a homerun and three RBIs.  Mike Hessman hit a solo homerun and [...]

Dennis Tankersley fell to 6-5 on the season in a start where he didn’t even finish the second inning.  He gave up five runs on six hits and he struck out one.
Timo Perez went two for five with an RBI in the 6-4 loss.  Mike Hessman and Jack Hannahan each had solo homeruns.

Just about everybody was a hitting star in the Mud Hens 15-3 blowout win but David Espinosa was a notch above the rest.  He went four for six with a homerun, four RBIs and four runs.  Timo Perez also had a nice game and he went four for six with a double, an RBI and [...]

Dennis Tankersley dropped to 4-3 on the season with a rough start in the Mud Hens 8-5 loss to the Clippers.  He gave up seven runs on ten his and a walk in just three innings.
Timo Perez was the hitting star in the loss.  He went three for four with two doubles.  Chris Shelton also [...]

The Mud Hens took care of the Knights 9-3 and Timo Perez led the way at the plate.  He went three for five with a double, a homerun, three RBIs and three runs.  Ramon Santiago also had three hits in the game while Chris Shelton finished with two hits and two runs.
Dennis Tankersley picked up [...]

It took two days and eleven innings, but the Mud Hens finally finished their postponed game from yesterday with the Bats. Unfortunately, it was a 5-4 11 inning loss.  Corey Hamman got the most work and he threw 3 2/3 shutout innings while Ian Ostlund gave up two runs in the eleventh and he took [...]

Ron Chiavacci dropped to 1-2 on the season with a poor start in the Mud Hens 7-5 loss.  He gave up five runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts in six innings.
Timo Perez had a nice day at the plate.  He went two for five with a double, two RBIs and two [...]

The Mud Hens lost 3-0 and they picked up just five hits in the loss.  Timo Perez was the hitting star and he went two for four with a double.
Jose Mesa threw two shutout innings in his rehab start.  He then yielded to Zach Miner, who gave up three runs on three hits and four [...]

A solid start by Yorman Bazardo went to waste today as the pen gave up the tying run in the eighth and then lost when they gave up two runs in the eleventh.  Bazardo gave up one unearned run on three hits and a walk with three strikeouts in six innings.  That’s two nice starts [...]

The Mud Hens won 8-1 and it was Dennis Tankersley who got it done on the mound.  He gave up one run on four hits and a walk with five strikeouts in seven innings of work.  Preston Larrison threw two shutout frames to close out the game. 
Timo Perez finished the game three for five with [...]

Zach Miner continued his struggles with his fourth bad start.  He gave up five runs on five hits and a walk with four strikeouts in six innings.
Timo Perez had a nice day at the plate in the Hens 6-5 loss.  He went two for five with two doubles, two runs and two RBIs.  Chris Shelton [...]

Ryan Rayburn came up big with a two run homer in the bottom of the six to push the Mud Hens ahead of the Durham Bulls today.  Mike Hessman singled, walked twice and drove in two runs.  Timo Perez had two hits and two runs.
Dennis Tankersley picked up the win.  He gave up four runs [...]

Ron Chiavacci got it done on the mound tonight for the Mud Hens and he picked up the win.  He gave up just a single run on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in five innings.
Timo Perez had two hits and he drove in three runs Kevin Hooper scored three times in the [...]

The Bats turned the table on the Mud Hens.  Last night it was a blowout with the Mud Hens on top and this time the Bats took it to the Mud Hens. Yorman Bazardo was hit hard in his start.  He gave up seven runs (six earned) on six hits and four walks with a [...]

It took them three games, but the Mud Hens finally picked up their first win of the season in a 14-2 blowout win over the Bats.  Mike Hessman was a perfect five for five and he scored three times while Chris Shelton and Timo Perez both homered.  Ramon Santiago and Brent Clevlen both drove in [...]