Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

Virgil Vasquez gave the Mud Hens five solid innings in which he gave up just two runs with six strikeouts.  The pen then proceed to give up seven runs and the end result was a 9-7 loss.  Clay Rapada gave up four runs in his relief stint but all three relievers gave up at least a run.

Most of the Hens’ offense came from a pair of three run homers by Matthew Joyce and Ryan Raburn.  Brent Clevlen also had a nice game with three hits and a run.

Jeff Larish got it done at the plate with a pair of homeruns and four RBIs in the Hens 6-1 win over the Bulls.  Mike Hessman had a solid game as well and he went two for four with two doubles and a run.

Jeremy Johnson picked up the win with three solid innings of relief.  He gave up a run on four hits and he struck out five while Clay Rapada threw three shutout innings and he struck out three.