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Tigers Minor League Wrap 4-18-08

Toledo 8 Lehigh Valley 3
Matt Joyce stroked his 5th homer and added a triple and a walk. Jeff Larish and Jackson Melian each had 2 hits. Eddie Bonine allowed 2 runs over 8 innings with no walks and 4 K’s.

Erie 13 Altoona 4
Ryan Roberson homered twice, walked, and knocked in 4 runs. Dusty Ryan had 2 doubles and a single. Danny Worth singled and walked twice. Andrew Kown allowed 11 hits, including 3 homers, but somehow only 4 runs crossed the plate in 7 innings of work.

Tampa 1 Lakeland 4
Jeramy Laster homered and doubled. Michale Bertram added two hits. Luis Marte was awesome allowing just 2 hits in 8 innnings of shut out ball. He fanned 7 and walked 4.

Burlington 3 West Michigan 0
Some kid by the name of Curtis Granderson had half the hits including a triple. Manny Miguelez fanned 7 over 6 innings and allowed 2 runs on 4 hits and a walk.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 4-17-08

Toledo 4 Lehigh Valley 1
Caonabo Cosme went 3 for 3 with a homer. Jeff Larish singled, doubled, and had 2 walks. Chris Lambert pitched 7 innings of 4 hit ball with only 1 run crossing the plate. He struck out one and walked three. Blaine Neal allowed 2 hits, but also struck out the side for his 5th save. He now has 12 K’s in 7 innings of work.

Erie 1 Altoona 6
Jeff Frazier homered, doubled and walked. For the season he has a 320/414/580 line with only 3 K’s in 50 at-bats. Lucas French allowed 5 runs, 3 earned, on 5 hits and 3 walks in 5.1 innings.

Lakeland – DNP

West Michigan – DNP

Tigers Minor League Wrap 4-16-08

Toledo 6 Lehigh Valley 4
Timo Perez and Mike Hessman each hit long balls. Brent Clevlen added 2 hits. Jeremy Johnson lasted 5 innings giving up 4 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks. Blaine Neal got his 4th save fanning 2 and allowing a hit in one inning of work.

Bowie 10 Erie 11
Wilkin Ramirez, Deik Scram, Dusty Ryan, Max St. Pierre, and Danny Worth all had multi-hit games. Scram hit his 2nd homer of the season. Ben Fritz was knocked around for 8 runs in just 4.2 innings.

Sarasota 2 Lakeland 6
Cale Iorg continues to rip the ball picking up his 3rd homer, a double, and a walk. James Skelton singled and walked twice. Michael Bertram had 2 hits and a walk. Matt O’Brien gets the win allowing 2 runs on 8 h its, no walks, and 2 K’s in 6 innings.

West Michigan 1 Peoria 2 (11 innings)
Jordan Newton and Joe Tucker each had 2 hits. Casper Wells drew 3 walks. Phil Nardozi started and allowed 1 run in 3 innings on 2 hits and a walk.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 4-15-08

Toledo 1 Lehigh Valley 4
Timo Perez was the offensive star with 2 hits and a walk. Jackson Melian hit a solo homer. Recently promoted Jon Connolly allowed 2 run over 5 innings on 2 walks and 1 strikeout.

Bowie 5 Erie 6
Jeff Frazier had 2 hits and a walk. Freddy Guzman added two hits and is sitting at .345. Josh Rainwater took the loss with 3 runs allowed in 4.1 innings. Casey Fien pitched 2 scoress innings.

Sarasota 3 Lakeland 17
Cale Iorg and Scott Sizemore each had 2 hits, each homered, and each had 4 RBI. Brandon Timm, Michael Bertram, and Jeff Kunkel all had 3 hits. Jonah Nickerson allowed 2 runs over 5 innings fanning 4 and walking none.

West Michigan 5 Peoria 1
Joseph Tucker and Jordan Newton each had 3 hits and Audy Ciriaco added 2. Alfredo Figaro pitched 7 innings allowing only 1 unearned run on 4 hits while fanning 8 and walking 4.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 4-13-08

Toledo 6 Buffalo 4
Jeff Larish doubled twice and walked. Brent Clevlen and Matt Joyce each homered. Derek Wathan and Jackson Melian each had 3 hits. Eddie Bonine went 6 innings and allowed 2 runs on 6 hits, 1 walk, and 4 K’s.

Erie – PPD

Lakeland 0 Clearwater 5
Rick Porcello had his roughest outing to date lasting only 4 innings. Still he allowed all of 4 hits and 2 walks while fanning 5 so only 2 runs crossed the plate. Cale Iorg had 2 hits to lead the “attack.”

West Michigan 2 Clinton 6
Chris Carlson had 2 hits, and that was the only noteworthy performance. Jon Kibler pitched 6 innings allowing 2 runs on 6 hits, a walk, and 5 K’s.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 4-11-08

Toledo 0 Buffalo 3
The Tigers weren’t the only team to get blanked today. The Mud Hens were held to 3 hits. Chris Lambert took the loss allowing 3 runs in 5 innings on 7 hits, a walk, and 3 K’s. Casey Fossum threw 2 scoreless innings fanning 2.

Binghamton 11 Erie 10
Max St. Pierre was one of 5 Seawolves with 2 hit games. St. Pierre homered for one of his hits and he also drew a walk. Andrew Kown allowed 10 runs in 4 innings on 12 hits.

Lakeland 5 Clearwater 4
Cale Iorg had a 4 hit day and Michael Bertram added 3. James Skelton singled and walked twice. Jeramy Laster had 2 hits and 2 stolen bases. Luis Marte struggled with control walking 4 in 4 innings leading to 3 runs. Freddy Dolsi struck out 2 in picking up the save.

West Michigan 7 Clinton 8
Cory MIddleton had 2 hits. Justin Henry singled and walked and Kyle Peter walked twice. Kody Kaiser tripled and walked. Manny Miguelez didn’t make it out of the 2nd inning before allowing 6 runs on 3 walks and a strikeout.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 4-11-08

Toledo 4 Buffalo 1
Mike Hessman, Jeff Larish, and Matt Joyce all hit solo homers. Jeremy Johnson went 5 innings and allowed only an unearned run on 2 hits, 2 walks, and 3 K’s. Ian Ostlund allowed no walks and no hits while fanning 4 over 2 innings. Blaine Neal picked up his second save walking one and fanning one.

Binghamton 18 Erie 12
Tom Brookens must be a little cheesed at Lucas French. He allowed him to stay in for 4 innings and surrender 14 runs on 15 hits. That is simply a ridiculous line and it begs the question why would Brookens let that happen? Deik Scram, Jeff Frazier, Dusty Ryan, and Ryan Roberson all homered. Freddy Guzman picked up 4 hits.

Lakeland 0 Clearwater 1
Flying Tigers hitters went down on strikeouts 18 times in this game. Gabriel Benitez started and allowed 1 run on 3 hits, 0 walks and 3 K’s in 4 innings

West Michigan – Rained Out

Tigers Minor League Wrap 4-10-08

Toledo – PPD

Binghamtom 7 Erie 10
Wilkin Ramirez doubled and tripled as part of a 3 hit, 3 RBI day and he added a walk. Danny Worth hit a grand slam, and had a nice profile piece in Baseball America. Benjamin Fritz allowed 2 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks while fanning 5 in 5.1 innings.

Lakeland 5 Sarasota 10
Jeramy Laster homered and drove in 3 runs. Shawn Roof had two hits and a walk and is hitting .417. Jonah Nickerson was rocked for 6 runs and didn’t make it out of the third inning. Angel Castro followed and allowed 4 more runs in 1.1 innings.

West Michigan PPD

Minors news

Jeff Gerbe is going under the knife. The pitcher will have arthroscopic shoulder surgery and miss all of 2008.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 4-9-08

Charlotte 3 Toledo 10
Ryan Raburn is trying to show he deserves to be with the big club coming up a triple short of the cycle. Jeff Larish hit his 4th homer of the season. Erick Almonte homered and doubled. Armando Galarraga fanned 5 and walked none as part of a 7 inning, 3 run night. Aaron Fultz pitched 2 scoreless innings to finish it.

Erie 1 Harrisburg 2 (10 innings)
Quiet night for the Seawolves bats with no extra base hits. Danny Worth picked up 2 hits and scored the lone run. Jon Connolly allowed 1 run over 6 innings of work on 3 hits, 3 walks, and no strike outs. Casey Fien pitched 2 scoreless innings.

Lakeland 4 Sarasota 2
Duane Below started and pitched 6 shut out innings allowing just 3 hits and 3 walks while fanning 9. Freddy Dolsi picked up his second save with a scoreless 9th. James Skelton was 1 for 2 with 2 walks and Scott Sizemore was finally held hitless. Brennan Boesch homered.

Great Lakes 0 West Michigan 9
Kyle Peter reached base all 5 times out of the leadoff spot with 3 hits and 2 walks. Casper Wells added 2 hits, as did Kody Kaiser and Chris Carlson. Alfredo Firgaro pitched 6 shut out innings fanning 7 against 2 walks and 3 hits.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 4-8-2008

Charlotte 9 Toledo 7
Ryan Raburn homered and knocked in 3 while Mike Hessman doubled and tripled. Brent Clevlen went 3 for 4 and continues a promising start to his season. Matt Joyce hit his second homer of the year to go along with a walk. Virgil Vasquez was knocked around for 7 hits but limited the damage to 2 runs while fanning 6 in 5 innings. Clay Rapada and Preston Larrison combined to allow 6 runs in 3 innings.

Erie 3 Harrisburg 2
Wil Rhymes 3 run homer was the offense. Wilkin Ramirez doubled and walked. Josh Rainwater went 5 2/3 innings allowing just 1 run on 3 hits, no walks, and 6 K’s. Brett Jensen recorded his first save of the season with a scoreless 9th inning.

Lakeland 3 Sarasota 7
Rick Porcello made his 2nd start and was excellent again. He was tagged for 4 runs, but all were unearned and came in a 3 error 4th inning. He allowed 4 hits, one of which was an infield single, while fanning 4 and walking none. Cale Iorg, who made 2 errors, went 3 for 5. James Skelton and Scott Sizemore each added 2 hits.

Great Lakes 5 West Michigan 1
Kyle Peter doubled and walked and Jordan Newton added 2 singles. Ramon Garcia gave up all 5 runs on 7 hits, no walks,and 6 K’s over 6 innings. Wilton Garcia fanned 4 in 2 scoreless innings of relief.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 4-7-08

Charlotte 4 Toledo 11
It was Timo time in Toledo as Perez had 2 doubles and 4 RBI as part of a 3 hit night. Derek Wathan added 2 hits and a walk and is hitting .429. Ryan Raburn picked up 3 walks to go with a double. Eddie Bonine allowed 3 runs on 4 hits, 3 walks, and 2 Ks.

Erie 5 Harrisburg 12
Freddy Guzman went deep for the only Erie extra base hit and added a single. Deik Scram was 3 for 4. Danny Christenson, Matt Rusch, and Juan Cedeno all allowed 4 runs.

Clearwater 5 Lakeland 6 (completion of yesterday’s suspended game)
Scott Sizemore is a tough out with 2 more hits and a walk today as did Justin Justice. Ryan Strieby homered and finished with 5 RBI. A combination of relief pitchers saw this one through. Freddy Dolsi struggled allowing 2 runs on 4 hits while retiring only one.

Clearwater 3 Lakeland 2
Lou Ott homered and doubled and Ryan Strieby hit his second homer. Luis Marte allowed 1 run on 3 hits, 2 walks, and 6 K’s in 4 innings of work.

Great Lakes 1 West Michigan 11
Casper Wells did the bulk of the damage with 2 homers and 2 singles. Chris Carlson followed him with 2 doubles. Marc McBratney added 3 hits as well. Jon Kibler allowed 1 unearned run on 3 hits and no walks while fanning 4 in 5 innings. Santo Mieses was perfect for 3 innings of relief and notched 4 punchouts.