Pawtucket 0 Toledo 6
Mike Hessman is only hititng .200, but he hit another homer and now has 6 on the season. Jeff Frazier tripled and singled. Ruddy Lugo pitched 7 innings of 3 hit ball with no walks and 4 K’s. Casey Fien preserved the shutout with 2 scoreless innings.

Erie 12 Bowie 5
Scott Sizemore homered, singled, and walked. Brennan Boesch, Alex Avila, and Cale Iorg did the same, but without the walk. Jonah Nickerson allowed 5 runs on 8 hits in 5 innings. Josh Rainwater pitched 2 scoreless innings.

Erie 4 Bowie 5
Max Leon and Brennan Boesch each homered. Cale Iorg doubled. Ramon Garcia allowed 3 runs (1 earned) in 5 innings. Brett Jensen blew the save allowing 2 runs while recording just one out.

Lakeland – Suspended and DNP

West Michigan 5 Dayton 2
Ronnie Bourquin homered. Jordan Lennerton doubled twice. Mauricio Robles allowed 2 runs in 6 innings with 1 walk and 5 K’s.

Minors Notes

There was some roster shuffling today. Juan Rincon has chosen to become a free agent if he’s not claimed on waivers. Matt Hoffman has earned a promotion to Lakeland. Brooks Brown has been bumped up to Toledo. Take 75 North has more on Brown and Lucas French.

Pawtucket 0 Toledo 8
Mike Hessman homered and drove in 2. Dusty Ryan was a triple short of the cycle and now has a 253/398/418 line. Ron Chiavacci made the start in place of Lucas French today and fanned 7 in 4 innings of shut out ball. Freddy Dolsi struck out 2 in 1.2 innings with no hits or walks allowed.

Erie 1 Bowie 6
Ryan Strieby had 2 hits and a walk. Scott Sizemore doubled and walked. Luis Marte allowed 13 hits in 7.1 innings. That’s a lot of hits, but only 5 runs scored with 3 K’s and no walks.

Lakeland PPD

West Michigan 7 Dayton 4
Ronnie Bourqin had 4 hits including 2 doubles. Gustavo Nunez went 3 for 4. Luke Putkonen had no strikeouts and allowed 2 runs on 6 hits and a walk in 5 innings.

Pawtucket 0 Toledo 1 (10 inn)
Mike Hessman doubled and singled. Wil Rhymes went 2 for 4. Eddie Bonine pitched a 9 inning, 1 hit shutout with no walks and 5 k’s. And didn’t get the win. That went to Casey Fien who fanned 2 and allowed no baserunners in his inning.

Reading 5 Erie 8
Ryan Strieby and Joe Tucker homered. Strieby added a walk and a single. Cale Iorg tripled. Scott Sizemore was 3 for 4. Brooks Brown allowed 5 runs on 9 hits in 5 innings with 4 K’s and a walk. Cody Satterwhite struck out 2 in 2 innings.

Lakeland PPD

West Michigan 1 Dayton 2
Billy Nowlin and Joe Bowen each doubled. As a team the Caps fanned 20 times. I’m not sure what happened to Casey Crosby but he pitched to only 1 batter in the 2nd inning after a scoreless first inning. (UPDATE: He took a line drive off his knee, but did walk off on his own.)

Pawtucket 2 Toledo 1
Mike Hessman homered and doubled. Chris Lambert allowed 5 hits and 3 walks, but only 2 runs crossed the plate in his 7 innings. He fanned 6.

Reading 2 Erie 5
Andy Dirks doubled and singled. Max Leon walked twice. Deik Scram homered. Alfredo Figaro struck out 6 and only walked 1 in 6.2 innings allowing 2 runs on 3 hits.

Lakeland 8 Dunedin 5
Justin Henry had 2 hits and drove in 3. Kody Kaiser walked 3 times. Lauren Gagnier fanned 5 and walked 2 in 6.2 innings with 5 runs allowed on 8 hits. Robbie Weinhardt allowed a hit and a walk with 1 strikeout.

West Michigan 9 Dayton 4
Ben Guez, Luis Salas, Ronnie Bourquin, and Billy Nowlin all homered. Matt Hoffmann lasted 8 innings and allowed 2 runs on 7 hits, 1 walk, and 6 K’s.

Lehigh Valley 2 Toledo 9
Brent Clevlen went 3 for 5. Don Kelly homered (321/418/500 line, who knew?). Danny Worth chipped in 3 hits also. Scot Drucker started and went 6 innings allowing 2 runs on 6 hits, 1 walk, 1 homer and 8 K’s. Ron Chiavacci pitched the last 3 innings allowing just one hit.

Reading 2 Erie 3
Brennan Boesch tripled and Deik Scram homered. Jon Kibler only struck out 2 while walking 4, but he scattered 7 hits and the only run came on a solo homer over 7 innings.

Lakeland 5 Dunedin 3
Jordan newton homered and doubled. Audy Ciriaco tripled and singled. Charlie Furbush threw the first 3.2 innings and allowed 7 hits and 2 walks but only 2 runs came around to score. Brett Jacobson pitched 2 scoreless innings with a K and Scott Green finished the game with an uneventful 9th.

West Michigan DNP

Lehigh Valley 7 Toledo 11
Jeff Frazier (newly promoted), Don Kelly (playing centerfield), and Wilkin Ramirez all had 3 hits. Brent Clevlen and Brent Dlugach homered. Lucas French allowed 3 runs on 5 hits, 2 walks and 3 K’s in 6 innings. Matt Rusch was touched up for 5 runs in 2.2 innings.

Bowie 5 Erie 7
Scott Sizemore was 2 for 5 with a homer and is hitting 324/423/562 and at this rate could be a factor in a Placido Polanco contract extension. Ryan Strieby hit his 9th homer. Max Leon and Brennan Boesch each had 2 hits. Luis Marte fanned 7 and walked 1 in 5 innings allowing 3 runs on 5 hits. Cody Satterwhite allowed a homer, but also fanned 4 and walked 1 in 2 innings of relief.

Brevard County 3 Lakeland 2
Jordan Newton tripled and singled. Thad Weber allowed 3 runs on 6 hits with a walk and 6 strikeouts in 7 innings. Robbie Weinhardt walked 1 and fanned 2 in his inning of work. (I’ve decided I really like Weinhardt so every time he pitches you’re going to hear about it in the wrap.

Clinton 6 West Michigan 2 (15 innings)
Brandon Douglas went 3 for 6. Billy Nowlin singled and added 2 walks. Mauricio Robles allowed just 2 hits in 5 innings of shutout ball. He also struck out 7 and walked 4. Robles now has 47 strikeouts and 13 walks in 31.2 innings for a 2.56 ERA. Victor Larez allowed the 4 go ahead runs in the 15th inning on 6 hits and a walk.

Lehigh Valley 5 Toledo 4
Wilkin Ramirez homered, singled, stole 2 bases, and walked. Ryan Roberson also went deep. Eddie Bonine allowed 3 runs on a walk, 5 K’ss and 7 hits in 7 innings. Freddy Dolsi blew the save allowing 2 runs on 3 hits in the 9th inning.

Bowie 3 Erie 4
Alex Avila was 3 for 3 with a walk. Ryan Strieby homered and doulbed. Scott Sizmore and Gene Roof add 2 hits each. Brooks Brown allowed 2 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks with 1 K in 7 innings. Josh Rainwater pitched 2 innings and allowed a run on 2 hits and a strike out.

Brevard County 5 Lakeland 3
Christopher White doubled and tripled. Michael Bertram added 2 hits. Duane Below struck out 4 in 5.1 innings but allowed 4 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks. Brett Jacobson struck out 3 and walked 1 with 2 hits allowed in 2.2 innings.

Clinton 5 West Michigan 0
Ronnie Bourquin doubled, one of only 4 hits for the Whitecaps. Luke Putkonen surrendered 4 runs on 8 hits and 2 walks with 5 K’s in 6 innings.

Toledo 0 Pawtucket 4
Brent Clevlen went 3 for 3. That was half the Mud Hens hit total as the team was shut down by Daisuke Matsuzaka. Ruddy Lugo walked 5 and allowed 6 hits for 4 runs in 6.2 innings.

Erie – PPD

Dunedin 5 Lakeland 8
Michael Bertram homered. Christopher White had 3 hits and walk. Justin Henry and Kody Kaiser each doubled and singled. Charlie Furbush struck out 3 and walked 3 and allowed 4 runs in 5 innings.

Beloit 9 West Michigan 3
Brandon Douglas went 3 for 3 with 2 walks and 2 steals, and owns a 446 OBP. Bryan Pounds doubled, singled, and walked. Brayan villarreal fanned 8 and walked 5 in 3.2 innings of 1 hit, 1 run ball.

Toledo 1 Pawtucket 2
Brent Dlugach had 2 doubles. Lucas French allowed 2 runs on 7 hits, 1 walk and 2 K’s.

Erie – PPD

Dunedin 8 Lakeland 9
Andy Dirks had 3 hits, 2 stolen bases and a walk. Kody Kaiser was 3 for 3 with a walk including a homer. Chris Carlson also homered. Thad Weber allowed 2 homers and 4 runs in 6 innings. Robbie Weinhardt struck out 2 in an inning of relief (10 IP, 0 R, 5, H, 3 BB, 19 K’s on the year).

West Michigan 3 Burlington 1 (10 inn)
Bryan Pounds had 2 hits. Ronnie Bourquin was 1 for 3 with 3 walks. Brandon Hamilton pitched 6 shutout innings with 5 hits, 2 walks, and 2 K’s. Erik Chrichton allowed 2 hits and walk in 1.1 innings but fanned 3.

Toledo 6 Lehigh Valley 5
Jeff Larish and Dusty Ryan each homered as part of 2 hit days. Wilkin Ramirez (3 steals)and Brent Dlugach each had 2 hits as well. Eddie Bonine allowed 2 hits and 1 unearned run in 5 innings.

Erie 7 Altoona 3
Scott Sizemore had 2 hits and a walk. Jeff Frazier and Santo De Leon each had 3 hits. Jonah Nickerson allowed 3 runs on 6 hits, 2 walks, and 4 K’s.

Lakeland 1 Brevard County 4
Jordan Newton doubled twice. Chris Carlson also had 2 hits. Duane Below fanned 8 in 4 innings, but he also allowed 2 homers (the only 2 hits he allowed) and 5 walks.

West Michigan 0 Burlington 1 (10 inn)
Billy Nowlin reached base twice with a single and a walk. Mauricio Robles struck out 9 and walked 2 in 6 innings of 2 hit shut out ball.