Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

Jared Wesson fell to 1-2 on the season with a mixed bag start in the GCL Tigers 3-2 loss to the GCL Pirates.  He did give up three runs on five hits and two walks in just four innings but he struck out seven.  Ramon Lebron had a really nice outing in relief and he threw four shutout innings.

Chao-Ting Tang went two for three with a walk, a double and an RBI.  Eddie Rush went two for five with a double.

Giovany Soto improved to 1-0 on the season with a solid start in the GCL Tigers 2-1 win over the GCL Yankees.  He gave up just one unearned run on two hits and two walks with three strikeouts in six innings.  Melvin Mercedes struck out two in a shutout ninth and he picked up his eleventh save of the season.

Eddie Rush was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for four with a double, a walk and a run.  Jordan Cruz doubled, drove in one and scored.