Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

The Whitecaps lost to the Loons 5-2 and most of the damage came against starter Trevor Feeney.  He gave up five runs on twelve hits and one walk with six strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.  Luis Sanz pitched 2 1/3 innings of shutout relief but the bats couldn’t get going to mount the comeback.

Hernan Perez went two for five with an RBI.  Wade Gaynor went two for four with a double and a walk.

The White Caps suppressed a late inning surge by Fort Worth to win 4-3.  Giovany Sota had a fantastic start in which he struck out ten.  He gave up just one run on two hits and a walk in five innings.  Melvin Mercedes threw a shutout ninth and he picked up his first save of the season.

Avisail Garcia and Jamie Johnson both drove in a pair of runs.  Hernan Perez went three for three with a run.

Andrew Hess saved some of his best stuff for last as he shut down the the Jays over eight innings in Lakeland’s 4-1 win.  Hess gave up just one run on five hits and a walk with five strikeouts in eight innings.  Chad Linder pitched a shutout ninth and he picked up his second save of the season.

Hernan Perez went two for three with a triple and he scored two runs.  Francisco Martinez went one for three with a run and an RBI.

Charles Furbush didn’t take th eloss, but he had a tough time in the Flying Tigers 4-3 loss to Tampa.  He gave up three runs on four hits and three walks with five strikeouts in five innings.  Chad Linder took the loss and he fell to 3-3 when he gave up a ninth inning run.

Maxwell Leon went three for five with two doubles in the loss.  Hernan Perez went two for four with a double and a run.

The Tigers haven’t played in a while but they finally got two games in today as they lost both ends of a doubleheader with the Blue Jays.  Ramon Lebron had a tough time finding the plate in game, which was a 3-0 loss.  He gave up two runs on two hits but he walked five and struck out five in three innings.  Jordan Cruz led the way at the plate with a double and a walk.

Game two was closer but the result was the same.  Jose Diaz gave up three runs (two earned) on four hits with a strikeout in three innings.  Hernan Perez went three for four with two doubles and a run.

It was 9-8 when the dust finally settled in this one.  The GCL Tigers and GCL Braves combined to score 17 runs and all but one of those came prior to the sixth inning.  Adolfo Reina went two for four with a walk, a solo home run and two runs.  Hernan Perez tripled, drew a walk, drove in two and scored twice.

Robert Diaz picked up the win and he improved to 1-0.  He gave up just two hits with two walks with three strikeouts in three shutout innings.