Louisville 5 Toledo 0
Scott Sizemore doubled and walked. Brooks Brown left after 3 innings, and 3 runs. Freddy Dolsi and Zach Simons each pitched perfect innings.
Akron 3 Erie 1
Deik Scram went 2 for 4. Danny Worth walked 3 times. Jon Kibler allowed just 1 hit in 6 innings to go with 7 k’s an d4 walks. Alfredo Figaro pitched 1 inning of relief with a walk and 2 K’s. Cody Satterwhite took the loss allowing 3 runs in his inning of work.
Lakeland DNP
West Michigan 5 Lansing 4
Jordan Lennerton and Joe Bowen each had a double and a single. Robert Waite pitched 6 shut-out innings allowing just 4 hits and a walk while fanning 2. Brandon Hamilton coughed up the lead with 3 runs on 4 hits (including a homer) in 1 inning.
Staten Island 6 Oneonta 7 (11 innings)
Alexis Espinoza had 3 hits including 2 doubles. Rawley Bishop walked 3 times and doubled. Jose Siso allowed 4 runs on 7 hits and 3 walks with 4 K’s in 5 innings.
Oneonta 1 Staten Island 2
Rawley Bishop singled and walked. Luis Angel Sanz walked 5 but allowed just 1 run in 5 innings.
GCL Tigers 10 GCL Yankees 0
Chao-Ting Tang homered, singled, and walked twice. James Robbins, Francisco Martinez, and Londell Taylor all had multi-hit games. Giovany Soto pitched 5 shut-out innings on 4 hits, 1 walk, and 4 K’s. Marcos Nunez went the other 4 innings and he also allowed 4 hits and fanned 4.
Toledo 16 Columbus 2
Don Kelly went 4 for 4 with 2 walks and needed a triple to complete the cycle. Scott Sizemore had 3 hits and a walk. Jeff Frazier, Wilkin Ramirez, and Mike Hessman all homered. Dusty Ryan doubled twice. Eddie Bonine allowed a run on a solo homer in 7 innings with 1 walk and 3 K’s.
Akron 0 Erie 16
Thad Weber pitched a complete game no hitter. He didn’t walk a batter and he fanned 10. He did hit a batter and another batter reached on error so it wasn’t a perfect game. Deik Scram went 4 for 6 with 2 doubles and a homer. Jeff Kunkel also doubled twiced and homered.
Lakeland 2 Tampa 7
Josh Workman and Justin Henry each doubled twice. Andrew Hess allowed 7 runs on 13 hits in 5.2 innings
West Michigan 5 Dayton 7
Ben Guez homered and singled. Mike Gosse doubled and homered. Anthony Shawler was touched up for 7 runs and was lifted with 2 outs in the 3rd inning. Jade Todd pitched 2 perfect innings of relief.
Oneonta 2 Lowell 5
Rawley Bishop and John Murrian each doubled. Jose Siso walked 4 and allowed 5 hits in 3.2 innings leading to 2 runs.
GCL Yankees 3 GCL Tigers 4
James Robbins tripled and is 6 for 14 with a 1.000 slugging percentage in his first 3 games. Zach Samuels allowed 2 runs on 5 hits, 5 walks, and 2 K’s in 5.1 innings. Austin Wood made his debut and allowed a run on 2 hits with a strike out.
Toledo 4 Columbus 1
Mike Hessman doubled and homered. Nate Bump allowed only an unearned run in 7.2 innings on 4 hits, no walks and 3 K’s. Casey Fien finished it off with a walk and 2 K’s. in 1.1 innings.
Akron 4 Erie 1
Cale Iorg went 2 for 4. Michael Bertram homered. Jonah Nickerson allowed 3 runs on 5 hits, 5 walks, 4 K’s and 2 homers in 6.1 innings.
Lakeland – PPD
West Michigan 3 Dayton 5
Jordan Lennerton homered and singled. Billy Nowlin and Brent Wyatt each had 2 hits. Brayan Villarreal fanned 7 and walked none, but did allow 5 runs on 9 hits in 5 innings.
Williamsport 2 Oneonta 3
Michael Rockett and Rawley Bishop each had 2 hits. Clemente Mendoza K’d 8 and walked 1 in 6.1 innings.
GCL Tigers 4 GCL Braves 0
James Robbins has had a nice debut and in 2 games he’s 5 for 10 with 2 homers. Ramon Lebron pitched 8 shut out innings allowing just 5 hits and 2 walks to go along with 10 strike outs.
Toledo 10 Columbus 1
Nate Robertson went 5 innings and allowed 1 run on 5 hits with no walks and 4 K’s. Jeremy Bonderman didn’t allow a hit in 2 innings and he fanned 2 and walked none. Dusty Ryan went 3 for 5 with a homer. Don Kelly also had 3 hits and a homer. Wil Rhymes went 3 for 6.
Erie 2 Trenton 0
Brennan Boesch went 1 for 2 with 2 walks. Jared Gayhart fanned 6 and walked 1 in 5 innings of 1 hit ball. Cody Satterwhite fanned 3 and allowed 1 hit in his 3 innings.
Lakeland 3 Tampa 4
Max Leon went 3 for 5 with 2 doubles. Charlie Furbush allowed 3 runs on 4 hits and 3 walks with 5 K’s in 3 innings.
West Michigan 4 Dayton 5
Ben Guez went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles. Billy Nowlin had 3 hits including a homer. Luke Putkonen fanned 5 and walked none in 7.2 inning and all he surrendered was 1 unearned run on 2 hits. Tyler Stohr has been good this year, but didn’t have it last night as he allowed 4 runs in the 9th inning.
Williamsport 5 Oneonta 8
Camelo Jaime homered as part of a 3 for 4 day. Jaime Johnson singled twice and tripled. John Murian went 2 for 4 with a double and a walk. Nate Newman allowed 3 runs on 3 hits and a walk in 2 innings.
GCL Braves 7 GCL Tigers 8
Alexander Nunez went 4 for 6 with a triple. James Robbins went 3 for 6 with a homer. Nolan Moody went the last 4 innings and allowed no runs on 2 hits, 1 walk and 5 K’s.
Toledo 7 Columbus 6 Scott Sizemore doubled twice and homered. Dane Sardhina homered and singled. Brent Dlugach had 2 hits. Dontrelle Willis started and allowed 1 run on 1 hit and a walk with a K before leaving in the second inning with a knee injury. Brooks Brown came in and threw 4.2 innings allowing 3 runs on 6 hits, a walk, and a strike out.
Erie 6 Trenton 7 (10 innings) Max St. Pierre doubled and homered. Danny Worth and Mike Bertram each had 2 hits. Ramon Garcia allowed 10 hits and 6 runs in 3 innings with no walks or strikeouts. Robbie Weinhardt and Brendan Wise each pitched 3 scoreless innings of relief.
Erie 1 Trenton 2 Mike Bertram had a double. Jon Kibler walked 5 and allowed 5 hits leading to 2 runs in 5.1 innings.
Clearwater 7 Lakeland 10 Devin Thomas went 2 for 3 with a homer and a walk. Christopher White homered and doubled. Mark Sorensen continues to struggle at Lakeland, this time he was tagged for 5 runs on 12 hits in 4.1 innings.
West Michigan DNP
Williamsport 0 Oneonta 2 Jamie Johnson doubled and walked. Luis Angel Sanz got the complete game shutout with 9 K’s, 3 walks, and 4 hits.
GCL Tigers 6 GCL Phillies 3 Alexander Nunez tripled and homered. Jordan Cruz had 2 hits. Rayni Guichardo allowed 3 runs on 4 hits, 2 walks, and 2 K’s in 6 innings.
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Baseball America published their A ball best tools list. Casey Crosby rates as the best pitching prospect in the Midwest League by sporting the best fastball. Audy Ciriaco and Gustavo Nunez rated as the best infield arms in their respective leagues.
Columbus 7 Toledo 8
Scott Drucker was rocked for 7 runs in 3 innings but Matt Rusch, Zach Simons, and Casey Fien followed with 6 innings of shut out ball. Mike Hessman hit his 19th homer and doubled. Scott Sizemore went 2 for 4 with a double and a walk. Brent Dlugach was a homer short of the cycle and added a walk.
Erie – Suspended
Lakeland 1 Clearwater 4
Audy Ciriaco and Jordan Newton each had 2 hits. Lauren Gagnier surrendered 4 runs on 7 hits, 1 walk, and 6 K’s in 7 innings.
South Bend 2 West Michigan 9
Casey Crosby allowed 3 hits, 3 walks, and no runs over 5 innings to go with 3 K’s. Brent Wyatt doubled twice and walked. Jordan Lennerton homered. Luis Salas and Billyi Nowlin each had 2 hits.
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Michael Rockett went 0 for 1. John Murrian went 0 for 3. Kenny Faulk pitched a scoreless inning.
GCL Tigers 7 GCL Phillies 4
Francisco Martinez went 3 for 5. Elvin Soto doubled and tripled. Brett Anderson homered. Chao Ting Tang picked up 2 hits. Alexander Nunez homered and singled. Giovany Soto pitched 5 shut out innings allowing 4 hits, 1 walk, and 3 K’s.
Many of the principles involved in the drafting and signing process were on a conference call to discuss the draft. Here are some of the highlights from the call.
DD: Willing to go over slot because these players were the best available and could help the organization the most
JT: “Dream come true to play for an organization like the Tigers.”
AO: Exciting day and reassuring that the hard work and dedication is paying off
DF: “Exiciting day getting drafted by the Tigers, my hometown team.”
DC: All 3 players are heading to Lakeland to get in shape and all will participate in the instructional league. That’s the only plan right now
DF: On his decision he said it was very tough because he loves Michigan but it was an opportunity he couldn’t pass up.
BF: “It’s a dream come true” to have his son follow in his footsteps. They wanted him to go to school all along, but left the decision up to him.
DF: On his exposure to big league clubhouses as a kid: “It’s helped a lot because I’ve seen how hard everybody has to work to get to the major leagues.”
DC: “Jacob and Andy give us an influx of starting pitching right away. Daniel gives us a tremendous amount of options as far as his athletic ability goes. He’s a talented shortstop that I can see down the road playing multiple positions. I’m not ruling him out as a SS, he’s coming out as a SS.”
AO: Early in the year he got stuck between a slider and a curve and he’s excited to work with the organization to get his breaking ball back.
Toledo 7 Louisville 2
Don kelly doubled and singled. Wilkin Ramirez homered. Brent Clevlen went 3 for 4 with a double. Scott Sizemore doubled and walked twice. Nate Bump went 7 innings and allowed just 1 run on 7 hits, no walks and 5 K’s. Casey Fien fanned 5 in 2 innings but also allowed a run on a hit and a walk.
Erie 6 Connecticut 5
Brennan Boesch, Deik Scram, and Santo De Leon all had 2 hits. Thad Weber went 5.1 innings and allowed 5 runs on 5 hits, 1 walk, a homer and 5 K’s.
Lakeland – Cancelled
South Bend 5 West Michigan 7
Billy Nowlin homered twice. Mike Gosse went 3 for 4. Brent Wyatt had 2 hits. Anthony Shawler pitched 7 innings and allowed 2 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks with 5 K’s.
Oneonta 1 Brooklyn 2
Jaime Johnson and John Murrian each doubled. Jose Diaz went 5 innings, fanning 5 and giving up 2 runs on 2 walks and 7 hits.
Toledo 1 Louisville 4
Brent Dlugach doubled and singled. Nate Robertson allowed 3 hits and a walk in 3 scoreless innings with 3 strikeouts. Jeremy Bonderman allowed a solo homer with 1 K in his 9 pitch inning.
Erie 2 Connecticut 3
Brennan Boesch, Cale Iorg, and Deik Scram each had 2 hits. Jonah NIckerson allowed 3 runs on 6 hits, 3 walks and a strike out in 6.2 innings. Jared Gayhart finished the game and didn’t allow any baserunners.
Lakeland – DH was suspended
South Bend 12 West Michigan 3
Gustavo Nunez and Billy Nowlin each had 2 hits. Victor Larez was touched for 6 runs in 4 innings. Brandon Hamilton allowed 2 runs in 2 innings. Eric Crichton surrendered 4 unearned runs in his inning.
Oneonta 2 Brooklyn 1
Keith Hernandez doubled and homered. Alexis Espinoza doubled. Jose Siso pitched 5 shut out innings allowing 2 hits and 3 walks while fanning 3.
GCL Pirates 7 GCL Tigers 2
Chao Ting Tang went 2 for 3. Jacob Cruz and Francisco Martinez each doubled. Zach Samuels fanned 3 in 4.2 innings of no run ball. Gary Perinar was torched for 7 runs in 4.1 innings despite striking out 7.
Toledo 0 Louisville 4
Don Kelly, Jeff Frazier, and Brent Dlugach had the only hits. Brooks Brown allowed 2 runs in 6 innings on 7 hits, 3 walks, and 2 K’s. Clay Rapada allowed 2 runs on 4 hits in his 2 innings.
Erie 5 Connecticut 6
Ryan Strieby had 3 doubles. Danny Worth singled and tripled. Andy Dirks went 4 for 6. Brennan Boesch went 3 for 5. Pat Stanley allowed 4 runs in 5.1 innings on 5 hits and 2 walks. Robbie Weinhardt took the loss on an unearned run in the 10th that came off a walk and a hit.
Lakeland PPD
West Michigan 9 Dayton 7
Ronnie Bourquin was a triple short of the cycle. Jordan Lennerton homered, singled, and walked. Avisail Garcia and Gustavo Nunez each had 2 hits. Brayan Villarreal fanned 5, but allowed 5 runs in 4.1 innings.
Oneonta 5 Brooklyn 6
Alexis Espinoza doubled and singled. Carmelo Jaime had 2 hits. Clemente Mendoza walked 3 and struck out 3 in 5 innings. Mike LaLuna allowed 4 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks in 1 inning.
GCL Blue Jays 5 GCL Tigers 3
Edgar Corcino homered. Londell Taylor doubled. Jared Wesson fanned 7 and allowed 3 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks in 3 innings. Richard Zumaya allowed 1 run on 4 hits and 4 K’s in 2 innings.
GCL Tigers 0 GCL Blue Jays 1
Reyni Guichardo allowed 1 run on 4 hits and 4 walks with 8 K’s, but he lost because Dennis Tepera pitched a no hitter and he allowed just one walk.
Adam Wilk was Detroit’s 11th round pick from the 2009 draft. The left handed junior from Long Beach State was assigned to Oneonta where he fanned 34 and walked 5 in 37.1 innings spanning 7 starts. When Mauricio Robles was traded Wilk was part of the domino of promotions and he was bumped to West Michigan where he hasn’t missed a beat posting the same gaudy peripherals in his first 3 starts for the Whitecaps. Wilk was kind enough to answer some questions for DTW.
Adam Wilk pitches for the Whitecaps. cr Wendy Smith
DTW: You signed quickly. How important was it for you to start playing right away?
AW: Thats right. I signed only a few days after the draft and was flying to Oneonta the next morning. It was very important for me to start right away. My college team did not make the playoffs so I had not been playing competitively since late May. I had been able to play catch and throw bullpens, but there was no competitive play. I was also very excited to get out and start my professional career.
DTW: What’s your scouting report, what do you throw?
AW: I throw a five pitch mix. 4-seam fastball and 2-seam fastball, the curveball, changeup, and cut-fastball.
DTW: What has been the biggest adjustment to professional baseball?
AW: The biggest adjustment so far in professional baseball is playing everyday. In college we have games 4 days a week, practice the other 2, and then were required to have 1 day off of no baseball activity. That was a big day to relax and for me go to the beach and recuperate my body each week. But in professional baseball I am playing everyday, and starting every 5th day, rather than every 7th day in college. Another great thing though is that playing everyday allows you to get right back after it if the next day if your previous day was bad, rather than waiting sometimes one or two days like you had to in college.
DTW: You mentioned in a TigsTown.com interview right after the draft that you were interested in building strength to gain velocity. Does the organization have you on a program yet or is that more a task for the offseason.
AW: Right now we are on a strength maintenance program. They want us to maintain our strength during the season therefore we have tailored lifts to do that. Once we are in the offseason is when we have our strength building program to put on muscle and weight.
DTW: In your first 10 starts you’ve dominated despite being bumped up to West Michigan. What’s been the key to your early success?
AW: The biggest thing for me being a left-handed pitcher that does not have really overpowering stuff is to keep the ball down. Pitching down is the key for all pitchers but especially for pitchers who don’t throw extremely hard it takes keeping the ball down very consistently to be successful. The other big thing to my success so far is throwing strikes. Strikes early in the count and many strikes gives me the advantage over the hitter when they are consistently in the hole, rather than me having to pitch in hitter’s counts.
DTW: Is there another professional pitcher that you’ve modeled yourself after.
AW: I love watching left handed pitchers. I feel that I can pick something up from many of them by just watching how they pitch. There are a few left handers though that I have watched a lot while growing up. I always went to Angel games when Jarrod Washburn pitched because the stadium was very close to where I lived. I watched Tom Glavine many times, Andy Pettite, Mark Mulder, and Jamie Moyer are just a few to name. But I always watch left handed pitchers.
Thanks to Adam for taking the time and here’s hoping for his continued success as he progresses through the Tigers system.
Toledo 3 Syracuse 4
Wilkin Ramirez homered. Wil Rhymes went 2 for 4 with a double. Josh Rainwater started and and allowed 3 runs in 4 innings with 4 hits, 3 walks, and 2 homers. Jermey Bonderman threw 1.1 innings and fanned 2, walked 1, and allowed a run on 3 hits. He threw 38 pitches, 24 for strikes.
Erie 0 New Britain 1 (12 innings)
Brennan Boesch, Casper Wells, and Danny Worth each had 2 hits. Jon Kibler fanned 7 in 6 shutout innings with 1 walk and 5 hits allowed. Brett Jensen tossed 3 shut out innings and allowed 2 hits and 1 walk to go with 4 K’s. Zach Simons allowed a run on 2 hits in the 12th.
Lakeland 2 Clearwater 6
Jeramy Laster went 2 for 4. Mark Sorensen was rocked for 6 runs in 5.2 innings.
West Michigan 14 Dayton 2
Gustavo Nunez went 4 for 5 with 2 homers. Ben Guez was a triple short of the cycle. Avisail Garcia and Billy Nowlin each had 2 hits. Luke Putkonen allowed 2 runs in 7 innings with 9 hits, no walks, and 1 strikeout.
Oneonta 10 State College 1
Michael Rockett went 3 for 4 with a double. Wade Gaynor is heating up after a slow start and he doubled, tripled, and walked. Luis Angel Sanz went all 7 innings and allowed a solo homer among 7 hits with 2 walks and 4 K’s.
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