Minor League Blogs

David Espinosa was the hitting star in the Mud Hens 5-2 win over Columbus.  He went three for four with a triple, three RBIs and a run.  Andres Torres went two for four with a solo homerun.
Eddie Bonine shined in his Triple A debut.  He gave up two runs on seven hits and one walk [...]

The Mud Hens turned a seven run deficit into a one run game with a late inning rally but 9-8 is as close as they’d get.  Anastatcio Martinez was shelled and he gave up eight runs on seven hits and four walks with two strikeouts in just 2 1/3 innings.  The loss drops him to [...]

Jordan Tata fell to 4-4 on the season despite a decent start in the Hens 3-2 loss to Louisville.  He gave up three runs on four hits and five walks with six strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.
Omar Infante went two for four with a double in the loss.  Brent Clevlen went two for three and [...]

Virgil Vasquez improved to 12-5 on the season with a nice start in the Hens 4-1 win over Indianapolis.  He gave up one run on five hits and one walk with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.
Andrew Graham went two for four with an RBI and two runs.  Jason Perry went two for four [...]

Yorman Bazardo fell to 10-6 on the season with a tough start in the Hens 7-2 loss to Indianapolis.  He gave up seven runs on six hits and three walks with two strikeouts in six innings of work.
Jason Perry hit his first homerun since joining the Hens.  Omar Infante went two for four with a [...]

It was another impressive pitching performance for the Hens in their 2-1 win over Indianapolis.  Dennis Tankersley improved to 10-7 and he gave up just one run on seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts in seven solid innings.
Omar Infante went three for four and he drove in one of the two Mud Hens’ runs.  [...]

Ron Chiavacci improved to 12-6 on the season with another nice start in the Hens 2-1 win over Indianapolis.  He gave up six hits and one walk with four strikeouts in six shutout innings.
Mike Hessman provided the offense for the Hens.  He belted his 31st homer of the season and he drove in both runs.

Virgil Vasquez threw a gem as he pitched his second complete game shutout of the season in the Hens 4-0 win over Indianapolis.  He gave up just two hits and a walk with seven strikeouts and the win pushed his record to 11-5.
Chris Shelton provided the offense with a grand slam homer in the fourth [...]

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 [...]

Ron Chiavacci improved to 11-6 with a nice start in the Hens 5-2 win over Columbus.  He gave up one run on four hits with six strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings. 
Mike Hessman went two for two with two walks, a homerun and three RBIs.  Chris Shelton had a team high three hits with two doubles, [...]

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 [...]

Dane Sardinha singled home Erick Almonte in the top of the ninth inning as the Hens topped the Tide 4-3.  Almonte finished the game with two hits and as did Sardinha.
Macay McBride picked up the win with three shutout innings in his Toledo debut.  Virgil Vasquez was rolling in his start but Norfolk touched him [...]

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 [...]

The Mud Hens had a tough time getting anything going at the plate in their 4-2 loss to Indianapolis.  Henry Mateo was the hitting star with two singles, a run and a walk while Erick Almonte went one for one with three walks.
Anastacio Martinez went the distance in the loss and he fell to 5-6.  [...]

Dennis Tankersley got off to a rough start but he settled down and improved to 9-6 in the Hens 4-2 win over Indianapolis.  He gave up the two runs on five hits and three walks with eight strikeouts in eight innings of work.
Dane Sardinha belted a two run homer in the seventh inning to help [...]

Ron Chiavacci improved to 10-6 on the season with an excellent start in the Mud Hens 4-0 win over the Bulls.  He gave up three hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in seven shutout innings.
Andres Torres was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for three with a double, a homerun, two [...]

Virgil Vasquez fell to 10-5 on the season with a tough start in the Mud Hens 9-3 loss to Durham.  He gave up five runs (four earned) on eleven hits with three strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
Dane Sardinha went two for four with two RBIs.  Brent Clevlen went two for three with a walk.

Yorman Bazardo improved to 10-5 on the season with a nice start in the Mud Hens 5-2 win over Norfolk.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on six hits and a walk with one strikeout in eight innings of work.
Marcus Thames was the hitting star in his final rehab game.  He went two for [...]

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 [...]

Jeremy Johnson gave up three runs in the ninth inning but all it did was turn a comfortable 5-1 lead into a nail biting 5-4 win.  Yorman Bazardo picked up the win with an excellent start.  He gave up one run on five hits and one walk with three strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings and [...]

Anastacio Martinez improved to 4-5 on the season with a nice start in the Hens’ 2-1 win over the Knights.  He gave up one unearned run on two hits and two walks with nine strikeouts in six innings of work.
Brent Clevlen was the hitting star in the win.  He went three for three and he [...]