Minor League Blogs

The Mud Hens took care of Richmond 8-4 and it was Erick Almonte who led the way at the plate.  He doubled twice and drove in four runs while Jack Hannahan blasted a big three run homer in the win.
Dennis Tankersley improved to 8-5 on the season with a decent start.  He gave up two [...]

Dane Sardinha had a career day at the plate in the Mudhens 10-3 blowout win over Richmond.  He belted three homers and drove in seven runs in the game.  Prior to that, Sardinha had hit only four homeruns the entire season so the offensive explosion was somewhat surprising.  Erick Almonte also pitched in with a [...]

Virgil Vasquez improved to 10-3 on the season with a nice start in the Hens’ 2-1 win over Richmond.  He gave up one run on three hits and two walks with three strikeouts in six innings of work.
Both Mudhen’s runs came via solo homeruns.  Chris Shelton and Dane Sardinha both yard for the Mud Hens.  [...]

Yorman Bazardo had one his best starts of the season with a complete game four hitter.  He did give up one run but it was unearned and he walked two and struck out four.  The win pushed his record to 8-5 on the season.
Chris Shelton went two for four with a solo homerun in the [...]

The Hens and Richmond finished up a rain shortened game which Toledo won and then played their regular game, which turned out to be a loss.  In the first partial game, Andres Torres had three hits and Erick Almonte singled twice and drove in three runs to lead the way to Toledo in the 7-4 [...]

Dennis Tankersley improved to 7-5 on the season with a nice start in the Hens 4-1 win over Richmond.  He gave up one unearned run on seven hits and a walk with two strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.
Jack Hannahan went two for three with a double and a run.  Andres Torres led he way from [...]

Jordan Tata dropped to 3-3 on the season with a rough start in the Hens 5-3 loss to Norfolk.  He gave up four runs on five hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings.
Erick Almonte was the hitting star in the loss.  He went two for four with a run and an RBI.

Henry Mateo singled home David Espinosa in the bottom of the tenth inning to win it for the Mud Hens.  Jack Hannahan finished the game with two RBIs and Brent Clevlen continued his hot hitting with a three for five game with a solo homerun and a double.
Aquilino Lopez picked up the win with a [...]

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 [...]

In just his second game back to the Mud Hens, Brent Clevlen put together a nice day at the plate.  He went three for five with a double, a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Henry Mateo also had a nice game and he went three for five with two runs in the 8-7 win.
Ron [...]

Jordan Tata improved to 3-1 on the season with a nice start in the Mud Hens 2-1 win over Louisville.  He gave up just three hits and two walks with four strikeouts in seven shutout innings.
Jack Hannahan had a solo homerun in the win.  Kevin Hooper went two for three with a double, a walk [...]

Three different Mud Hens pitches gave up a combined eight runs in the seventh inning as the Bats took this one 10-8.  Yorman Bazardo got the inning going but he was pulled with one out before Preston Larrison came in and gave up the bulk of the damage.  He took the loss and he gave [...]

Kevin Hooper singled home David Espinosa in the bottom of the ninth to win it for the Mud Hens, but it was slugger Mike Hessman who once again stole the shot.  He went three for four with a double, a homerun and three RBIs.  The homerun was his 26th and he now has 84 RBIs [...]

The Mud Hens weren’t able to get much done at the plate in their 3-1 loss to the Durham Bulls.  Chris Shelton doubled and he drove in the only run while Kevin Hooper doubled and scored the only run.
Ron Chiavacci took the loss although he actually threw a decent game.  He gave up two runs [...]

Mike Hessman belted a two run homer in the Hens 7-5 loss to the Bulls and while that in and of itself isn’t very spectacular, the face that he now has 81 RBIs in 81 games is.  The homerun was his 25th of the season which is also an impressive figure.   And while his walk [...]