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Tigers Minor Leauge Wrap 6/20/09

Toledo 9 Indianapolis 7
Scott Sizemore seems to like Toledo, although you wouldn’t know it by his photo which looks like a mugshot. He was 3 for 4 with a homer, his 9th extra base hit in his 14 games. Brent Dlugach and Mike Hessman doubled twice. Chris Lambert was knocked around for 7 runs on 10 hits in 5 innings. Jay Sborz, who was just promoted, pitched 2 perfect innings with 3 K’s. Ryan Perry got the save despite walking 2.

Trenton 3 Erie 5
Danny Worth doubled and singled. Alex Avila walked twice and doubled (Take 75 North recently pondered Avila). Ronnie Bourquin hit his first AA homer. Pat Stanley allowed 3 runs on 6 hits and 4 walks in 2 innings. Robbie Weinhardt made his AA debut and walked 2 and fanned 3 in 2 innings.

Lakeland PPD

West Michigan 1 South Bend 4
Billy Nowlin and Avisail Garcia each had 2 hits. Brandon Hamilton allowed 3 runs on 5 hits, 2 walks, and 3 K’s in 5 innings.

Oneonta PPD

GCL Tigers PPD

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/29/09

Toledo 5 Indianapolis 6
Scott Sizemore went 3 for 5 with 2 doubles. Brent Dlugach had 2 hits and Mike Hessman doubled and tripled. Eddie Bonine allowed 10 hits and 6 runs with 1 walk and 4 K’s in 4.2 innings.

Erie 5 Harrisburg 6 (11 inn)
Cale Iorg went 3 for 6. Casper Wells homered, singled, and walked. Alex Avila, Deik Scram, and Danny Worth all had 2 hits. Luis Marte allowed 3 homers, but only 4 runs in 7 innings with 1 walk and 4 K’s.

Fort Myers 5 Lakeland 1
Santo De Leon and Audy Ciriaco each had 2 hits. Charlie Furbush pitched 5.2 innings of 1 run ball with 4 K’s and no walks. Lester Oliveros allowed 3 runs on 2 hits and a walk in .2 innings.

West Michigan – DNP

Lowell 5 Oneonta 0
John Murrian had 2 hits. Nate Newman allowed 2 runs in 3 innings. Kevan Hess was knocked around for 5 hits and 2 runs in 2 innings.

GCL Blue Jays 3 GCL Tigers 0
Jordan Cruz doubled. Elvin Soto doubled twice. Ramon Lebron fanned 5 and walked 5 in 3 innings. Richard Zumaya fanned 3 and allowed just 1 hit in 2 innings.

GCL Tigers 2 GCL Blue Jays 3
Hernan Perez went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles. Jose Diaz allowed 3 runs on 4 hits in 3 innings.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/28/09

Toledo 1 Indianapolis 2 (10 innings)
Ian Snell recorded 17 of his 21 outs on strikeouts, so there isn’t much offense to speak of. Brooks Brown allowed just 1 run on 5 hits and 2 walks with 4 K’s in 7 innings.

Erie 4 Harrisburg 5
Casper Wells doubled and tripled. Alex Avila and Danny Worth each had doubles and singles. Thad Weber allowed 3 runs on 7 hits in 3 innings with 3 K’s and a walk.

Lakeland 3 Sarasota 5
Chris Carlson homered. Matt Hoffman was knocked around for 5 runs on 7 hits in 6.2 innings. Brett Jacobson allowed 1 hit in 1.1 innings with a strike out.

West Michigan 8 Great Lakes 0
Casey Crosby was the story in this one with 5 innings of no hit ball with only a walk to go with 6 K’s. Robert Waite allowed a double in his 4 innings, the only hit that the Caps would allow. Gustavo Nunez was 3 for 3 with a walk. Billy Nowlin also had 3 hits. Bryan Pounds doubled twice.

Lowell 3 Oneonta 9
Alexis Espinoza went 2 for 4. Michael Rockett singled twice and homered. Jamie Johnson went 2 for 5. Luis Angel Sanz allowed 3 runs in 4 innings with 5 K’s. Cory Hamilton (23rd rd) fanned 5 and allowed just 1 hit and no walks in 3 innings.

GCL Tigers DNP

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/26/09

Duham 5 Toledo 3 (15 inn)
Scott Sizemore and Clete Thomas each had a double and a single. Brent Dlugach homered. Jeff Larish walked 3 times and singled. Wilkin Ramirez had a rough 0 for 7. Luke French fanned 8 in 7 innings and allowed just 2 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks. Ryan Perry allowed a homer and 2 hits in 2 innings with 1 K. Ron Chiavacci pitched 3 scoreless innings. Matt Rusch allowed 2 runs on 2 hits, 3 walks, and 3 K’s in 2.1 innings.

Erie 2 Harrisburg 3
Alex Avila homered, doubled, and walked. Jon Kibler allowed 3 runs (1 earned) in 6.1 innings despite not striking out anyone. Jay Sborz fanned 3 in 1.2 innings.

Lakeland 9 Sarasota 0
Audy Ciriaco was a triple short of the cycle. Devin Thomas went 2 for 4 with a walk. Andrew Hess pitched 7 innings of shutout ball on six hits and 2 walks with 4 K’s. The recently promoted Jared Gayhart fanned 2 in 2 innings of work.

Great Lakes 1 West Michigan 4
Brandon Douglas had 2 hits. Mark Sorensen allowed just 1 run on 6 hits and no walks in 8 innings.

Oneonta PPD

GCL Tigers PPD

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/25/09

Durham 2 Toledo 4
Clete Thomas went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles. I ask you this, Clete Thomas or Josh Anderson? Brent Clevlen also went 3 for 4. And Dane Sardhina homered. Yep. Scot Drucker allowed 1 run on 3 hits and 3 walks in 5.1 innings. Clay Rapada fanned 3 in 1.1 innings but he also allowed a run, 3 hits, and a walk. Casey Fien allowed just a walk in 2.1 innings with 2 K’s for the save.

Altoona 8 Erie 6
Deik Scram doubled, homered, and walked. Cale Iorg and Andy Dirks each had 2 hits. Pat Stanley allowed 3 runs on 3 hits, 3 walks, and 5 K’s in 5.1 innings. Cody Satterwhite didn’t have it tonight and was lit up for 5 runs on 4 hits and a walk in .2 innings.

Lakeland 0 Sarasota 1
Joe Tucker walked twice and doubled. Lauren Gagnier went the distance and fanned 13 in a tough luck loss.

Great Lakes 0 West Michigan 4
Ben Guez doubled and singled. Brayan Villarreal and Victor Larez split the game and combined for 9 Ki’s, 1 walk, no runs, and 5 hits.

Oneonta 5 Vermont 2
Wade Gaynor was 2 for 4 Alexis Espinoza doubled. Matt Mansilla doubled twice and walked. Jeff Gerbe is resurrected and he fanned 4 and walked 4 in 2.2 innings. Kenny Faulk fanned 3 in 2 perfect inning.

GCL Tigers 2 GCL Yankees 3
Hernan Perez and Elvin Soto each had 2 hits. Rayni Guichardo allowed 2 runs in 5 innings on 5 K’s, 3 hits, and 2 walks.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/24/09

Durham 4 Toledo 2
Scott Sizemore went 2 for 5. Clete Thomas was 1 for 2 with 2 walks. Chris Lambert was very good, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits, 1 walk, and 10 K’s in 7 innings.

Altoona 8 Erie 4
Andy Dirks doubled twice. Luis Marte allowed 4 runs (2 earned) on 5 hits, 1 walk, and 5 K’s in 7 innings.

Daytona 3 Lakeland 2 (8 inn)
Josh Workman, Jeramy Laster, Devin Thomas, and Joe Tucker each had 2 hits. Charlie Furbush gave up 2 runs on 7 hits, no walks, and 3 K’s in 5.2 innings.

Lakeland 6 Daytona 5
Devin Thomas went 3 for 3 with a walk. Audy Ciriaco and Josh Workman each had 2 hits. Chad Linder went 3 innings and allowed 2 hits, 1 walk, 1 run, and 3 K’s. Lester Oliveros fanned 3 in 3 innings and allowed a homer. Brett Jacobson was knocked around for 3 runs in .2 innings.

West Michigan – DNP

Oneonta 3 Lowell 0
Rawley Bishop (19th rd) was 1 for 3 with a walk. Adam Wilk (11th rd) allowed 1 hit in 3 innings with 3 K’s and no walks. Cory Hamilton (23rd rd) allowed 1 hit in 2 innings.

GCL Braves 6 GCL Tigers 3
Elvin Giovanni Soto(21st rd) went 2 for 4. Adolfo Reina homered and walked. Bruce Rondon fanned 4 and walked 2 allowing 2 runs on 3 hits in 3.1 innings. Richard Zumaya Zuamay fanned 5 in 2.2 innings, but he also allowed 3 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks.

Clearing my mind

Editors Note: Sorry for the lack of a cohesive post here. Things have been busy lately and while some of these topics might warrant a post, I know it won’t happen in a timely manner. Instead you are stuck with this concoction of stuff.

The Tigers really need to make a point of announcing Alan Trammell as the bench coach. He deserves a round of applause from Tigers fans. This is especially true since he unintentionally played into the Tigers marketing campaign when he said he’d “Always be a Tiger“…

Amber Grand sang the National Anthem on Sunday. Always a treat and I would like to see her in the rotation more often…

The nice thing about the Tigers playing from ahead is that they don’t have to make moves yet. They get to take a longer look at Ordonez/Guillen/Figaro/Galarraga to see what they really need. If they were trying to make up ground, they wouldn’t have that luxury…

Did Dontrelle Willis really refuse assignment? With the clarifications that Eddie provided on option refusal, the team has to submit a written request 4 days in advance. Willis bombed on a Sunday and was DL’d on a Thursday. The timeline would be at least circumstantial evidence to support the claim…

I enjoy keeping score at games. When I do road trips to other parks the scoresheet is my main souvenir. With a few ballparks under my belt the scoresheet by the Tigers is the best. When you combine layout, information, and value ($1) I haven’t found a better one. The worst? St. Louis. Expensive, the pencil costs extra, and it is basically a bunch of ads…

Rick Knapp has received lots of praise this year. As far as I know he’s doing a fine job and you can point to Justin Verlander and Edwin Jackson and Fernando Rodney as pitchers who have improved under his watch. You can also point to Armando Galarraga who has performed much worse (and this goes beyond regression to the mean). I just bring this up because the Tigers and Indians are battling it out to see who will walk the most hitters in the AL. In all fairness though, with Willis out of the rotation it should help. Willis has issued 10.5% of the team’s free passes while only pitching 5.5% of the team’s innings.

Brandon Lyon’s walk numbers don’t look too good with 16 in 35 innings. But 6 of those are intentional walks and that leads the AL. Second place on that list is Justin Verlander with 4, 2 of which were to Albert Pujols…

My favorite player for the Lakeland Flying Tigers is Robbie Weinhardt…

I think spending a game as a member of the grounds crew would be really cool. But probably not for one of those games with lots of rain delays…

Lost in the euphoria of last night’s walk-off win the fact that the Cubs had been walking off against the Indians all weekend escaped me…

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/23/09

Durham 10 Toledo 11 (13 inn)
Jeff Larish went 5 for 6 with 2 doubles and a walk. Clete Thomas had a 4 for 5 night with 2 walks. Eddie Bonine started and allowed 4 runs on 6 hits in 4 innings. Clay Rapada game up a run on a walk and 3 hits in .2 innings (both outs were K’s). Casey Fien fanned 4 and allowed just 1 hit in 2 innings. Fu Te Ni pitched 3 innings and allowed a homer (getting the blown save) and struck out 2. Ryan Perry pitched the last 2 innings allowing no hits, 1 walk and he fanned 1 (17 of 26 pitches for strikes).

Altoona 2 Erie 6
Cale Iorg went 2 for 4 and doubled. Deik Scram tripled and walked. Thad Weber made his AA debut and allowed 2 runs on 8 hits, 1 walk and 4 K’s in 6 innings. Zach Simons struck out 4 and allowed only a walk in 2 innings.

Daytona 1 Lakeland 2
Audy Ciriaco and Josh Workman doubled. Matt Hoffman gave up 1 run on 3 hits and no walks in 4 innings. Robbie Weinhardt through 4 innings (odd for a back end bullpen guy, are they stretching him out?) and allowed no runs on 3 hits and 3 K’s.

East AS 6 West AS 3
Ronnie Bourquin homerd and drove in 3 Brandon Doublas doubled. Jared GAyhart pitched a scoreless inning, but Tyler Stohr allowed a run on a hit and a walk.

Oneonta 1 Lowell 2
Jamie Johnson doubled and walked and stole a base. Nate Newman pitched 3 innings of 1 hit ball and recorded 5 K’s.

GCL Tigers 9 GCL Braves 8
Adolfo Reina singled, homered, and walked. Ramon Lebron had a rough day and allowed 5 walks and 6 hits leading to 6 runs in 4 ininngs.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/22/09

Toledo 9 Rochester 4
Brent Clevlen went 3 for 4 and Jeff Frazier and Clete Thomas each had 2 hits. Brooks Brown allowed 4 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks with 3 K’s.

Erie – DNP

Daytona 10 Lakeland 2
Mauricio Robles was promoted to Lakeland and had a rough debut. He was knocked around for 5 runs on 9 hits and 2 walks with only 2 K’s. Christoper White went 3 for 4 and Chris Carlson and Audy Ciriaco each had 2 hits.

Daytona 5 Lakeland 4
Jordan Newton was 3 for 4 with 2 doubles. Audy Ciriaco went 3 for 3. Chris Carlson homered. Trevor Feeney allowed 2 runs in 3 innings. Brett Jacobson fanned 4 in 3 innings. Scott Green allowed 2 runs on 4 hit in 1 inning when he blew the save.

Lakeland – DNP

West Michigan – DNP

Oneonta 4 Lowell 1 (12 inn)
Chris Sedon (10th rd) and Jimmy Gulliver each had 2 hits. Luis Angel Sanz started and last 4.2 innings (3 H, 1 R, 4 W, 2 K). Kevan Hess (14th Rd) pitched 2 scoreless innings with 3 K’s. Kenny Faulk (16th Rd) fanned 3 in 1.1 innings. Nick Cassavechia pitched 3 scoreless innings for the win.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/21/09

Toledo 6 Rochester 4
Clete Thomas doubled, singled, and walked. Brent Dlugach and Jeff Larish both doubled. Ruddy Lugo walked 4 and allowed 7 hits in 5 innings but only 3 runs scored.

Toledo 3 Rochester 1 (11 inn)
Scott Sizemore was a double short of the cycle. Clete Thomas doubled twice. Mike Hessman and Jeff Larish each had 2 hits. Wilkin Ramirez doubled but he fanned 4 times. Luke French had a tremendous game with 10 K’s and no walks in 8 innings and only 4 hits allowed. Casey Fien fanned 1 in a perfect inning and Fu Te Ni pitched 2 scoreless innings.

Erie 9 New Hampshire 4 (10 innings)
Danny Worth doubled twice and walked. Mike Hollimon doubled and tripled. Jonah Nickerson allowed 4 runs on 9 hits in 6.1 innings.

Lakeland DNP

West Michigan 6 Dayton 7
Gustavo Nunez had 2 hits. Brayan Pounds tripled and walked. Jordan Lennerton homered. Luke Putkonen allowed 5 runs on 3 walks and 6 hits with 6 K’s.

Oneonta PPD

Tigers Minor Leauge Wrap 6/20/09

Toledo – PPD

Erie 2 New Hampshire 8
Brennan Boesch, Ryan Strieby, Alex Avila each had 2 hits. Josh Rainwater allowed 1 run on 5 hits, 1 walk, and 3 K’s in 3.2 innings. Zach Simons didn’t record an out and allowed 3 runs to score.

North 6 South 4
It was the FSL All Star game. Andrew Hess pitched for the North team and managed 2 scoreless innings allowing just a hit. Thad Weber also had a scoreless winning and was credited with the win.

West Michigan 8 Dayton 7
Gustavo Nunez went 3 for 5. Billy Nowlin and Bretn Wyatt both homered. Ronnie Bourquin went 2 for 4 with a walk. Mark Sorensen allowed 4 runs on 9 hits (including 2 homers), 1 walk, and 4 K’s in 5 innings.

Oneonta – PPD

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/19/09

Toledo 1 Rochester 2
Scott Sizemore and Jeff Larish each went 2 for 4. Chris Lambert allowed ust 2 runs in 6 innings on 3 hits with 3 K’s. Casey Fien fanned 3 in his 2 perfect innings.

Erie 4 New Hampshire 2
Deik Scram homered. Jon Kibler fanned 4 in 6.2 innings with 2 walks and 6 hits and 2 runs allwoed. Jay Sborz struck out 3 in 1.1 innings.

Lakeland – DNP

West Michigan 6 Dayton 0
Mike Gosse went 3 for 4. Gustavo Nunez and Joe Bowen each had 2 hit games. Billy Nowlin walked twice and homered. Casey Crosby allowed just 2 hits and 3 walks in 5 innings of shut out ball with 5 K’s.

Tri-City 0 Oneonta 2
Wade Gaynor (3rd rd pick) doubled. Michael Rockett (13th rd pick) went 2 for 3. Jeff Gerbe pitched 6 shut out innings with 4 hits, 2 walks and 3 K’s. Mike LaLuna had a 3 inning save with 6 K’s.