Buffalo 6 Toledo 2 Eddie Bonine took his first loss getting knocked around for 11 hits in just 2 innings. Clete Thomas was 3 for 5. Jeff Larish was 1 for 1 before exiting to get on a plane. Reading 1 Erie 3 Jeff Frazier went 2 for 4. Andrew Kown allowed just 4 hits, 1 a homer, in 8 innings of 1 run ball. He fanned 5 and walked 1. Tampa 4 Lakeland 3 Rick Porcello allowed 10 hits and 4 runs in 6 innings. He walked none and fanned 4 and recorded 11 ground ball outs. Scott Sizemore went 2 for 4.
Louisville 1 Toledo 2 Mike Hessman tripled(for the 3rd time this season?) and walked. Casey Fossum fanned 11 (really?) while pitching 2 hit balls for 7 innings. Denny Bautista on his rehab assignment struck out 1 in 1 inning of work.
Erie 5 Akron 1 Dusty Ryan hit his 7th homer. Deik Scram had 3 hits and a walk. Danny Christensen allowed 1 run in 7 innings on 6 hits, 4 walks, and 2 strike outs.
Lakeland 0 Jupiter 1- suspended in the 2nd
Dayton 0 West Michigan 2 Joe Tucker tripled. Joe Bowen walked twice and singled. Jon Kibler had another excellent start with 6 K’s and 1 hit in 6 shut out innings.
Toledo – DNP Bowie 2 Erie 9 Max St. Pierre hit a grand slam and Wil Rhymes tripled. Matt Righter allowed 2 runs and 2 walks leading to 1 run in 5 innings. Palm Beach 11 Lakeland 11 (in progress) The Flying Tigers had an 11-4 lead in this one. Rick Porcello got roughed up a little with 4 runs and 9 hits in 5 innings. He walked none and fanned 3. Cale Iorg had 2 hits, but 3 strike outs. James Skelton fanned 4 times and added a hit.
West Michigan 4 South Bend 1 Audy Ciriaco and Roger Tomas each had 2 hits. Alfredo Figaro allowed 2 hits and 5 walks of 7.2 innings of shut out ball.
Columbus 7 Toledo 5 Your Mud Hens homers tonight were brought to you by Mike Hollimon and Jeff Larish. Mike Hessman is inexplicably stuck on 18. Chris Lambert fanned 7 while allowing 2 runs in 5.2 innings.
Bowie 10 Erie 5 Justin Justice doubled and homered. Wilkin Ramirez singled, tripled, stole his 14th base, and walked. Danny Worth and Deik Scram each added 2 hits. Lucas French allowed 6 runs over 7 innings, walking 1 and striking out 4.
Palm Beach 5 Lakeland 2 Scott Sizemore homered, singled and walked. Ramon Garcia went 6 innings allowing 2 runs on 8 hits, no walks and 1 K.
West Michigan 10 South Bend 4 Ronnie Bourquin doubled and knocked in 3. Cory Middleton also had a 3 RBI day. Phil Nardozzi pitched 5 shut out innings allowing only 2 hits.
Columbus 3 Toledo 4 Clete Thomas doubled, homered, and walked. Brent Clevlen and Erick Almonte each had a pair of hits. Jeremy Johnson allowed 2 runs on 6 hits and 2 walk in 4.1 innings. Yorman Bazardo allowed 1 run on a walk and and a hit in 2.2 innings. Bowie 8 Erie 4 Wilkin Ramirez and Justin Justice each had 2 hits. Ryan Roberson homered. Luis Marte couldn’t find the strike zone with 6 walks leading to 4 runs in 4.1 innings.
Palm Beach 13 Lakeland 2 Brennan Boesch was 1 for 4 with a 2 run homer. Cale Iorg was 2 for 5. Matt O’Brien didn’t make it out of the 4th inning before allowing 6 runs, only 3 of which were earned, on 8 hits, no walks and 4 K’s. Zach Simons blew up to the tune of 5 runs in .2 innings.
West Michigan 1 South Bend 4 Ronnie Bourquin knocked in the only run and had one of only four hits for the Caps. Brandon Hamilton allowed 3 runs on 3 walks, no strikeouts, and hits. Andrew Hess did a nice job in relief allowing 1 run in 4 innings.
Toledo 10 Columbus 0 The homer barrage continues with Mike Hollimon hitting 2 (10 in the last 8 games) and Timo Perez and Nick Trzesniak joining him with a pair apiece and Freddy Guzman hit one. So today the Mud Hens hit as many homers as the Tigers have since May 3rd. Casey Fossum fanned 10 in 7 shut out innings. Erie 10 Binghamton 5 Max St. Pierre homered, walked, and added 2 singles. Wil Rhymes had a 3 hit day and Wilkin Ramirez had 2 hits and a walk. Danny Christensen allowed 5 runs on 7 hits and 3 walks in 3 innings.
Palm Beach 0 Lakeland 4 Jonah Nickerson allowed 1 hit and 1 walk while fanning 8 in 7 shut out innings. Brennan Boesch had 3 hits. Jeramy Laster homered, singled, and walked. West Michigan 4 Lansing 2 Jon Kibler pitched a complete game allowing only 2 hits. He walked 1 and fanned 8. Casper Wells walked twice and singled. Jordan Newton tripled and drove in two runs.
Toledo 8 Columbus 5 Dontrelle Willis made another rehab start and stuck around for 96 pitches this time. He only allowed 1 run but he walked 4 in 6 innings and fanned 4. Jeff Larish is trying to catch-up to Mike Hessman and he knocked 2 more homers. Mike Hollimon added his 9th dinger and Brent Clevlen his 6th. Erie 0 Binghamton 2 Wilkin Ramirez had a rough night with 3 K’s in 3 at-bats. Andrew Kown went 4.2 innings allowing 2 runs on 4 hits, a walk and 4 K’s. Erie 5 Binghamton 7 Danny Worth tripled and homered and Ryan Roberson added a homer and a single. Wil Rhymes and Justin Justice each had multi-hit games. Jon Connolly allowed 7 runs on 10 hits in 4 innings and owns a 7.07 ERA.
Dunedin 4 Lakeland 2 Ryan Strieby doubled, homered, and walked. James Skelton and Jeramy Laster each added 2 hits and a walk. Cale Iorg tripled and singled. Duane Below allowed 3 runs on 7 hits, no walks, and 5 K’s in 6 innings of work. Lansing 5 West Michigan 3 Chris Carlson had 2 hits including a double. Ronnie Bourquin also doubled. All the runs allowed in this game were unearned coming on the heels of 3 errors. Lauren Gagnier allowed 1 unearned run on 4 hits, 2 walks, and 2 strikeouts in 7 innings.
Toledo 3 Durham 9 It wasn’t a good night for Virgil Vasquez who allowed 6 runs on 3 homers in just 3 innings. Yorman Bazardo came on in relief and allowed 3 runs on 7 hits in 4.1 innings while fanning 5 and walking none. And in an odd night, Hessman, Larish, and Hollimon didn’t homer. But Erick Almonte did.
Erie – PPD
Dunedin 1 Lakeland 4 Rick Porcello went 5.2 innings allowing 1 run on 5 hits, a walk, and 5 K’s. Brennan Boesch had a 3 hit game while Cale Iorg and Scott Sizemore had 2 hit games. Jeramy Laster homered and singled.
Lansing 3 West Michigan 6 Joe Tucker had 3 hits. Audy Ciriaco and Justin Henry had 2 hits each. Alredo Figaro allowed 3 runs on 6 hitsand 3 walks while fanning 5.
Lansing 5 West Michigan 0 Only 3 hits for the Whitecaps in this half of the DH. Manny Miguelez didn’t make it out of the first inning surrendering 4 runs and only recording 2 outs.
Toledo 3 Durham 5 Mike Hollimon singled, homered, and walked. Jeff Larish and Jackson Melian each had 2 hits. Jeremy Johnson allowed 3 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks in 5 innings.
Erie 3 Bowie 5 Wilkin Ramirez, Dusty Ryan, and Jeff Frazier all had 2 hits apiece including homers for Ryan and Frazier. Danny Christensen went 5.2 innings allowing 3 runs while walking 3 and fanning 2. Casey Fien pitched 2.1 scoreless innings. Lakeland 1 Tampa 3 Cale Iorg and Ryan Strieby had multi-hit games. Jonah Nickerson fanned 5 and walked 1 in 7 innings while allowing 3 runs. West Michigan 11 Fort Wayne 3 Casper Wells had 4 hits including 2 homers. Audy Ciriaco tripled as part of his 4 hit game and stole 2 bases. Cory Middleton homered and Kyle Peter had 3 hits. Jon Kibler allowed 1 unearned run in 7 innnings of work fanning 6 and walking 2.
Toledo 6 Charlotte 5 Dontrelle Willis made a rehab start and he struggled. He walked 3 and allowed 7 hits in 5.2 innings including 2 homers. He threw 46 of his 79 pitches for strikes. Mike Hessman and Jeff Larish homered again, and Mike Hollimon joined in on the fun.
Erie DNP
Lakeland 6 Tampa 2 11 innings Mike Bertram had two hits. Duane Below fanned 10 in 7.1 innings while walking one and allowing 2 runs.
West Michigan 1 Fort Wayne 2 Kyle Peter had 2 hits. Lauren Gagnier went 7 innings and allowed 2 runs on 6 hits, no walks, and 7 K’s.
Charlotte 3 Toledo 5
Mike Hessman and Clete Thomas homered. Brent Clevlen had 3 hits pushing his line to 313/376/563. Casey Fossum got the win allowing 1 run in 6 innings on 3 hits. Blaine Neal allowed 2 homers in one inning of relief.
Toledo 1 Charlotte 4
Mike Hessman homered and had one of only 3 hits. Virgil Vasquez went 5 innings and allowed 4 runs on 9 hits with 1 walk and 3 K’s.
Harrisburg 9 Erie 0
Wil Rhymes went 2 for 4. Ben Fritz allowed 8 runs on 9 hits in 6 innings. He walked none and fanned 6.
Vero Beach 2 Lakeland 6
James Skelton went 3 for 4 with his first homer of the year. Scott Sizemore and Ryan Strieby each had 2 hits. Rick Porcello allowed 2 unearned runs in 5 innings on 3 hits. He walked only one, but also struck out only one.
Lansing 2 West Michigan 4
Kyle Peter and Justin Henry each had 2 hits. Manny Miguelez fanned 8 over 7 innings while allowing just 1 run on 4 hits.
Roster Moves
The Tigers made a number of roster moves including Brandon Hamilton joining the Whitecaps from EST. A promotion for a VSL product. And Luis Marte earning his way to Erie. Detroit Tigers Thoughts and Take 75 North break it all down.
Toledo 8 Charlotte 1 The power duo of Mike Hessman and Jeff Larish were at it again. Hessman had two homers and Larish had one. Larish added two walks and Hessman added a single. Clete Thomas had two assists gunning down a runner at third and home. Eddie Bonine pitched a complete game on 104 pitches fanning 5, walking 1, and allowing 8 hits.
Harrisburg 4 Erie 3 Wilkin Ramirez singled and homered. Lucas French went 8 innings and allowed 1 run on 2 walks and 2 strike outs. Casey Fien blew the save allowing 3 runs on 2 hits, and two walks despite fanning 3.
Vero Beach 5 Lakeland 2 Cale Iorg singled and walked and stole 2 bases. Luis Marte fanned 6 and walked 1 while allowing 3 runs over 6 innings.
West Michigan 3 Lansing 7 Chris Carlson was a triple short of the cycle. Alfredo Figaro went 6 innings allowing 2 runs on 4 hits, a walk, and 5 K’s. Noah Krol didn’t record an out but allowed 4 runs.
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