Minor League Blogs

The Thunder kicked off the Eastern League championship series with a win 5-3 over Akron.  Tyler Clippard held Akron in check through the first five innings and then Steven Jackson took over for three frames to pick up the win.  He gave up one run on two hits with three strikeouts.
Austin Jackson played a part [...]

Cody Ehlers finished off his regular season with an impressive day at the plate as the Thunder took care of the Fisher Cats 8-6.  He went three for five with a double and four RBIs.  Noah Hall went three for four with a walk, two RBIs and a run.
Tyler Clippard picked up the win and [...]

Shelly Duncan had a big day at the plate in the Yankees 8-5 win over Indianapolis.  He went three for four with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Justin Christian also made a big contribution and he went two for five with a homerun, two runs and two RBIs.
Tyler Clippard had a tough time [...]

Tyler Clippard was hit hard and he fell to 4-3 on the season with a tough start in the Yankees 6-2 loss to Buffalo.  He gave up six runs (five earned) on eight hits and three walks with one strikeout in 3 1/3 innings.
Kevin Reese had two of the Yankees four hits in the game.  [...]

The Yankees lost to Norfolk today 2-0 and the offense picked up just three hits in the loss.  Andy Phillips picked up the only hit with a walk and Kevin Reese reached base twice with a single and a walk.
Tyler Clippard left the game after only one inning.  Not sure if it was because of [...]

SWB beat Columbus 4-3 and Tyler Clippard pitched a solid game.  He gave up just one run on three hits and four walks with five strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.  The win improves his record to 1-2 on the season.
Andy Phillips was the hitting star.  He went three for three with two walks and he [...]

SWB dropped two today as they tried to make up a game from earlier in the week.  They lost 8-2 in the first game with a rough start by Tyler Clippard.  He gave up four runs on seven hits and three walks with three strikeouts in five innings.  The loss dropped his record to 0-2.  Bronson [...]

Tyler Clippard took it on the chin in the Yankees 10-3 loss to Richmond.  He gave up seven runs (only two earned) on eight hits and a walk with four strikeouts in just four innings.
Alberto Gonzalez, Andy Phillips and Andrew Beattie all had two hits and a run in the loss.  Eric Duncan walked twice [...]

The SWB Yankees lost to the Norfolk Tides today in a showdown of top prospects.  Tyler Clippard went toe to toe with Hayden Penn but neither starter got a decision.  Clippard gave up two runs on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts in five innings of work.  Unfortunately three relievers combined to give [...]

Tyler Clippard was the Yankees ninth round pick back in 2003.  He made his minor league debut that season and pitched in the Gulf Coast League where he had an impressive 56/5 strikeout to walk ratio in 43 2/3 innings.  He followed that up in 2004 with a full season at Battle Creek where once [...]