Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

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.

Zach Samuels improved to 1-1 on the season with a really nice start in the GCL Tigers 3-1 win over the GCL Pirates.  He gave up one unearned run on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in seven innings.  Melvin Mercedes pitched a shutout ninth and he picked up his eighth save of the season.

Jordan Cruz went two for four with two RBIs.  Alexander Nunez went three for four with a double and a run.

The GCL Tigers had a tough time getting anything going at the plate in their 3-1 loss to the GCL Blue Jays.  Jordan Cruz doubled and he drove in the lone run while Alexander Nunez went two for three with a walk.

A solid start by Jose Diaz went to waste. He fell to 1-4 and he gave up three runs (two earned) on five hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in seven innings.

The GCL Tigers scored an eighth inning run and that proved to be the difference in their 3-2 win over the GCL Yankees.  The game winner was a triple by Jordan Cruz that scored Patrick McKenna.  Alexander Nunez also had a nice day at the plate and he went two for four with a double and a run.

Zach Samuels had a solid start and he gave up two runs on five hits and three walks with five strikeouts in six innings.  Robert Diaz improved 1 2/3 shutouts to improved to 3-1 while Melvin Mercedes pitched a shutout ninth to pick up his sixth save of the season.

Richard Zumaya fell to 0-3 on the season with a lackluster appearance out of the pen in the GCL Tigers 7-4 loss to the GCL Braves.  He gave up two runs on two hits and a walk with a strikeout in 1 1/3 innings of relief.  Jose Siso had a solid start and he gave up two runs on four hits and a walk with a strikeout.

Adolfo Reina went one for three with two walks and two runs in the loss.  Edwin Gomez went one for three with a double and an RBI.

The GCL Tigers edged the GCL Phillies 6-5 and it was Francisco Martinez who got it done at the plate.  He went two for four with a double, three RBIs and two runs.  Jordan Cruz went two for four with a run.

Robert Diaz picked up the win and he improved to 2-1 with 2 1/3 innings of shutout relief.  Melvin Mercedes struck out one in a shutout ninth and he picked up his fourth save.

Ramon Lebron had an exceptional start in the GCL Tigers 7-3 win over the GCL Blue Jays.  He gave up two runs on five hits and one walk with eleven strikeouts in six innings and the win improved his record to 1-1. 

Alexander Nunez went two for three with a triple and two RBIs.  Julio Rodriguez went one for three with a walk, an RBI and two runs.

You’re not going to win too many games when you make more errors (2) then you score runs (1) and that’s what happened in their 3-1 loss to the GCL Yankees.  Jordan Cruz doubled and he scored a run while Francisco Martinez doubled and drove in one.

A really nice start by Rayni Guichardo went to waste.  He gave up an unearned run on four hits and three walks with three strikeouts in six innings.  Robert Diaz took the loss and he fell to 1-1 after he gave up a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth inning.

The GCL Yankees and GCL Tigers split shutouts today as they made up a rain out.  The GCL Tigers were on the losing end of a 3-0 game in the first one.  Bruce Rondon gave up two runs on four hits and three walks with five strikeouts in four innings and he dropped to 0-1.  The hitters managed only four hits and all four were singles.

Game two went a lot better and it was a 1-0 win.  Marcos Nunez improved to 1-0 with three innings of shutout relief while Melvin Mercedes pitched a shutout ninth to pick up his third save of the season.  Jordan Cruz was the hitting star and he went two for three with two doubles and a run.

The GCL Tigers blew a 4-1 lead as they lost to the GCL Braves 5-4.  Luis Castillo belted a solo home run.  Alexander Nunez went two for four with a double and an RBI.

Richard Zumaya took the loss and he fell to 0-2.  He gave up the tenth inning run on three hits in 1/3 of an inning.  Nolan Cain had the best night on the mound and he gave up a hit with three strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings.

The GCL Tigers trailed for most of this game until they rallied for six runs in the top of the seventh inning to give them a 7-4 win.  Elvin Soto went two for four with a double and an RBI while Luis Castillo went two for five with a run.

Marcos Nunez picked up the win although he was kind of the right place at the right time because he gave up two of the four Phillies run.  Melvin Mercedes threw a shutout ninth and he picked up save number one.