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The Hens and Bulls almost played two games as they finished a 15 inning marathon after over four and a half hours.  Matt Rusch took the loss and he fell to 2-3 after he gave up a pair of runs in the top of the fifteenth.  A solid start by Lucas French went to waste [...]

The Hens and Bulls almost played two games as they finished a 15 inning marathon after over four and a half hours.  Matt Rusch took the loss and he fell to 2-3 after he gave up a pair of runs in the top of the fifteenth.  A solid start by Lucas French went to waste [...]

Well, the dust finally settled on the Mud Hens 11-10, thirteen inning win after Jeff Larish doubled home Clete Thomas in the bottom half of the frame.  It capped off an awesome game by the first baseman in which he went five for six with with two doubles, a walk, three RBIs and three runs.  [...]

Brent Clevlen had a big day at the plate in the Hens 9-4 win over the Rochester Red Wings.  He went three for four with three RBIs.  Mike Hessman and Max St. Pierre also pitched in with home runs.
Brooks Brown picked up his first win of the season and he improved to 1-6.  He gave [...]

The Hens took care of business in each of their games over the Red Wings.  In the first one, Clete Thomas went two for three with a double, a walk, a run and two RBIs.  Jeff Larish doubled, drew a walk, a run and two RBIs.  Ruddy Lugo improved to 6-5 despite a mediocre start.  [...]

The Hens struggles continued as they lost to Rochester 2-1.  A nice start by Chris Lambert was wasted and he fell to 3-6.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on three hits and one walk with three strikeouts in six innings.
Jeff Larish and Scott Sizemore had two singles a piece.  Brent Dlugach doubled and [...]

Brooks Brown fell to 0-6 on the season with a rough start in the Hens 7-3 loss to the SWB Yankees.  He gave up six runs (five earned) on seven hits and three walks with five strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.
Brent Cleven was the hitting star in the loss.  He went three for four with a [...]

The Hens got nothing done at the plate in a 1-0 pitcher’s duel against the SWB Yankees.  Scott Sizemore doubled and Dusty Ryan singled and that was it as far as offensive production.
A really nice start by Lucas French went to waste.  He gave up one run on seven hits and a walk with eight [...]

Scot Drucker improved to 4-2 on the season with a really nice start in the Hens 6-1 win over Rochester.  He gave up three hits and three walks with a strikeout in six shutout frames.
Wilkin Ramirez went three for four with two RBIs and a run.  Dusty Ryan went two for four with two RBIs.

The Hens couldn’t get much going at the plate and they lost to the Norfolk Tides 5-1.  They picked up just six hits and Wilkin Ramirez picked up two of those and he scored the lone Toledo run.  Brent Dlugach had the lone extra base hit with a double.
Ruddy Lugo took the loss and he [...]

Ruddy Lugo improved to 4-4 on the season with a solid start in the Hens 5-2 win over the Durham Bulls.  He gave up two runs on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six innings.  Clay Rapada threw three shutout innings and he struck out four to earn his fourth save of [...]

This was a tough one.  The Hens got some offense going but the pen blew a three run lead in the ninth that sent the game into extra frames and then Rob Chiavacci gave up a run in the bottom of the eleventh as the Hens lost to the Bulls 6-5.  A solid start by [...]