http://www.minorleagueblogs.com Minor League Baseball News and Analysis Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:40:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Bats made a nice run, but they never led in their series with the Bulls and that didn’t change in a winner take all game five.  The Bats got off to an early 1-0 lead but that was tied by the third and the Bats never had the lead after ... http://www.redsminors.com/bats-season-ends-in-game-five-loss-to-bulls/ The Bats forced a winner take all game five with a 10-7 win over the Durham Bulls.  Chris Denove went two for four with two doubles, a run and three RBIs.  Chris Helsey went one for three with two walks, a run and two RBIs. Lee Tabor picked up the win ... http://www.redsminors.com/chris-denove-drives-in-three-in-bats-win/ The Whitecaps came back from a 2-0 deficit to tie the Loos in the seventh inning but Tyler Stohr gave up a run in the top of the tenth as the Whitecaps season ended in a 3-2 loss. Like last year, they forced a third game in the first round ... http://www.tigersminors.com/whitecaps-season-ends-in-ten-inning-loss-to-loons/ The Bats evened up their series with the Bulls 1-1 and they did it despite giving up a couple of early runs.  Ben Jukich was hit for two runs in the first, but the pitching staff didn’t allow a run the rest of the way.  Jukich picked up the win ... http://www.redsminors.com/bats-survive-rough-first-frame-even-series-with-bulls/ The Whitecaps lived to fight another day as they evened up their three game series with the Loons after a 7-0 win.  Billy Nowlin was the hitting star and he went four for four with three RBIs and a run.  Brent Wyatt drew a walk and he scored two runs. Adam ... http://www.tigersminors.com/billy-nowlin-shines-whitecaps-avoid-elimination/ The Whitecaps now face elimination in their best of three game series after a 7-2 loss to the Loons last night.  Brandon Douglas went two for four with a double and he drove in both Whitecaps runs and the rest of the team managed just one hit. Casey Crosby took the ... http://www.tigersminors.com/whitecaps-held-to-three-hits-in-game-one-playoff-loss/ The bullpen really got it done in this one as the Mustangs took care of Missoula 3-2.  Bryan Gardner struck out four in three shutout innings of relief while Brian Pearl struck out two in a shutout eighth and he improved to 1-0.  Jason Braun pitched a shutout ninth and ... http://www.redsminors.com/bullpen-throws-five-shutout-innings-in-billings-win/ The Bats lost game one of their series with the Bulls despite an exceptional game by Juan Francisco at the plate.  The third baseman went two for four with a pair of home runs and three RBIs.  Chris Denove  pitched in with a solo home run. Federico Baez was hammered out ... http://www.redsminors.com/juan-francisco-hits-two-home-runs-in-louisvilles-playoff-loss/ The Mustangs fell to Missoula 13-2 and most of the damage came off of Leonardo Astorga, who fell to 2-8.  Some errors cost him as well as he gave up eight runs, but just three of them were earned.  He gave up the eight runs on seven hits and a ... http://www.redsminors.com/leonardo-astorga-has-rough-start-in-billings-loss/ The Whitecaps loss their regular season finale 3-1 but not because of Anthony Shawler’s start.  He gave up a run on three hits with seven strikeouts in eight innings and for his exceptional start, he took the loss and fell to 7-5.  Tyler Stohr gave up two runs in the ... http://www.tigersminors.com/anthony-shawler-has-solid-start-in-whitecaps-loss/