Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

Jacob Turner continued his solid start and he improved to 3-2 with a nice start in the Hens 7-3 win over Akron.  He gave up three runs on nine hits and two walks with five strikeouts in seven innings.  Luis Marte closed out the game with two innings of shutout relief.

Brandon Douglas went three for four with a solo home run and two runs.  Bryan Holaday belted a three run home run.

Brian Flynn improved to 1-0 on the season with a really nice start in the Whitecaps 3-0 win over South Bend.  He gave up just three hits and a walk with five strikeouts in seven shutout innings.  Nate Newman struck out two in two shutout innings and he picked up his first save.

Jeff Rowland doubled twice in three at bats and he scored a run.  Luis Castillo went two for four with two runs.

The Hens continue to drop games and today was a 9-2 loss to the Bats.  Brayan Villerreal fell to 0-5 on the season.  He gave up eight runs on seven hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.  Fu-Te Ni gave up a run on on hit in 2 2/3 innings of relief.

Wil Rhymes went two for four with a solo home run.  Clete Thomas went two for four and he also had a solo shot.

Drew Smyly improved to 2-2 on the season with a nice start in the Flying Tigers 4-0 win over Daytona.  He didn’t allow a hit and he walked three with seven strikeouts in seven innings.  Tyler Stohr threw two innings of shutout relief to close out the game.

Jordan Lennerton doubled twice and drove in two runs.  Tony Plagman went two for five with a double and two runs.