2006 Season, Minors

Tigers Minor League Wrap – April 23rd

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Toledo 4, Columbus 3
Chad Durbin went 6 innings and only allowed 1 run while striking out 4. David Espinosa hit his first homer of the year, and Ryan Ludwick hit his third. Tike Redman added two hits including a double.

Erie 15, Binghamton 4
It was an offensive explosion for Erie today. Tony Giarratano had two doubles, a triple, and a walk. Kurt Airoso had 4 hits, two of which were homers. Kody Kirkland and Mike Rabelo added home runs as well. Kirkland reached base 4 times and had 5 RBI’s. Juan Francia posted an unfortunate 0 for 6. Humberto Sanchez didn’t really need the runs. He pitched 7 innings and allowed only 4 hits while K’ing 8. His ERA now stands at 1.96.

Clearwater 14, Lakeland 9
Christhian Martinez was hammered for 9 runs and didn’t make it out of the 2nd inning. PJ Finigan was then tagged for 4 unearned runs. Brent Dlugach made two errors to bring his total to 6. Jeff Larish had a tough week, but rebounded with his 3rd homer, a double, and a walk. Clete Thomas reached base 3 times. Victor Mendez homered and added a double as well.

West Michigan 6, Clinton 4
Michael Hollimon switched spots with Cameron Maybin in the lineup, and both responded. Maybin tripled and walked while Hollimon added a double and a single. Both were caught stealing. Matt Joyce homered. Lucas French allowed 4 runs in 7 innings despite poor peripherals. He allowed 3 walks, 3 strikeouts, and 3 homers. Ricky Steik pitched two scoreless innings for the save. Steik, who was obtained via the Kenny Baugh trade, now has 12 strikeouts and no walks in 8 1/3 innings.

3 thoughts on “Tigers Minor League Wrap – April 23rd”

  1. Durbin looked pretty good for most of the game. He didn’t get above 88 on the gun from what I saw, but his curveball and changeup were filthy yesterday.

    Ludwick’s home run was an absolute monster shot to left field. That guy has some serious power and he looks like he could have even more power when he fills out and puts on another 10 or 15 pounds of muscle.

  2. Forgot to mention that former Tiger and Mud Hen Carlos Pena was hitting number two for Columbus in the game. He was 0-1 with a weekly hit ground ball to first base, but walked FOUR times, including once with the bases loaded. He got a few boos when his name was announced, as well.

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