Minor League Blogs

The Syracuse Chiefs got back to their winning ways on Thursday as they took the 2nd game of 3 against the Pawtucket Red Sox. The 4-2 victory is their 8th in the last 10 games and puts them in 2nd place in the INT North.
1st basemen Chip Cannon went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI and a [...]

Mark Redman fell to 1-1 in a rough start in the Chiefs 11-3 loss to Pawtucket.  He gave up ten runs but because of a couple of runs only four f them were earned.  They came on ten hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.
Russ Adams went two for four with [...]

The Chiefs took care of the Red Wins 5-3 and it was Kevin Barker who led the way at the plate.  He was a perfect three for three with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Wayne Lydon doubled, drew two walks and drove in two runs.
Jordan De Jong picked up the win and he [...]

The Chiefs got nothing from their hitters in an 8-0 loss to the Yankees.  Wayne Lydon was the hitting star from the leadoff spot.  He went two for three with a double, a triple and a walk.
Josh Banks took the loss and he fell to 6-5 on the season.  He gave up four runs on [...]

The Chiefs won two yesterday and they did it with some top notch pitching.  In the first game, Ty Taubenheim threw seven shutout innings to improve to 3-4 on the season.  He gave up just two hits and two walks and he struck out eight.  Wayne Lydon went two for three with a run in [...]

Chad Mottola had a big day at the plate in the Chief’s 10-4 win.  He went two for four with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Wayne Lydon tripled twice, scored twice and drove in one while Brad Hassey went three for four with a double and two runs.
Josh Banks picked up the win [...]

The Chiefs beat Norfolk 8-5 and Wayne Lydon had a huge day at the plate in the win.  He went four for five with an RBI and three runs.  Russ Adams went two for four with a homerun and two RBIs.
Victor Zambrano picked up the win.  He gave up five runs on seven hits and [...]

Ty Taubenheim was hit hard and he dropped to 2-4 on the season.  He gave up five runs on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts in the 10-3 loss.
The Chiefs got all three of their runs with one swing of the bat.  Wayne Lydon hit a three run homer in the fourth inning [...]

The Chiefs dropped back to back one run games against the Bats today.  In the first game, Josh Banks was hit hard and he gave up four runs in five innings and James Vermilyea gave up two runs in an inning and a third as he took the loss.  Curtis Thigpen homered and he drove [...]

The Fisher Cats got some great pitching in their doubleheader against the Defenders it’s just unfortunate that the hitting wasn’t there as well.  Still, they did win one, they just need a shutout to get it.
David Purcey was phenomonal in his seven inning complete game shutout in the first game.  Even more impressive, he shutout [...]

Wayne Lydon got it done with the stick for the Fisher Cats this afternoon as they beat New Britain 6-4.  Lydon went two for four with three RBIs and Manuel Mayorson went three for five with two runs.  Chip Cannon had a tough time today and he struck out all five times he came to [...]

A ninth inning run off of Tracy Thorpe cost the Fisher Cats another win.  Ricardo Romero didn’t help things though with a poor start.  He gave up four runs on seven hits and four walks with just a single strikeout.
Aaron Mathews went one for two with a double, two walks and two runs.  Both Wayne [...]

Talk about a roller coaster.  The Fisher Cats came back from runs down to tie the game up.  Then in extra frames, they scored a run in the eleventh to tie the game back up to keep it going.  Unfortunately, there’s no happy ending because Connecticut scored in the thirteenth and the Fisher Cats couldn’t [...]

After two postponed games, the Fisher Cats finally got in their home opener and they edged New Britain 7-6.  Erik Kratz had a big game at the plate.  He went two for three with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Wayne Lydon and Chip Cannon also went yard in the game.
Michael MacDonald picked up [...]