Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

Jeramy Laster had a heck of a game.  He belted a solo homer in the third inning to put the Flying Tigers on the board and then he hit a two run shot in the top of the ninth to tie the game at 5-5.  Unfortunately, that even score was short lived Angel Castro gave up a run in the bottom of the ninth as Lakeland lost it to Dunedin.

Rick Porcello had a decent start in the no decision.  He gave up two runs on five hits and three walks in five innings.  Suprisingly, no strikeouts.

Lakeland blew a three run lead when Brendan Wise and Juan Cedeno combined to give up four runs in the eighth inning.  Wise took the loss and he fell to 0-3 and it was too bad because a very nice start by Luis Marte went to waste. Marte gave up four hits with four strikeouts in seven shutout innings.

Jeramy Laster went three for four with double but he was picked off and caught stealing in the game.  Brennan Boesch drove two runs on a pair of sac. flies.

Jeramy Laster had a nice day at the plate as the Flying Tigers took care of Fort Myers 8-3.  He went two for three with a walk, a double, a stolen base, two RBIs and a run.  Brennan Boesch went two for three with a walk, an RBI and two runs.

Matt O’Brien picked up the win and he improved to 2-0.   He gave up three runs on six hits and one walk with two strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.

Luis Marte improved to 2-1 with a very solid start in the Flying Tigers 3-1 win over Dunedin.  He gave up one unearned run on three hits and a walk with eleven strikeouts in seven innings.

Ryan Strieby went two for four with a double and two RBIs.  Scott Sizemore went two for four with two runs.

It’s tough when you blow a 9-3 lead but that’s what happened tonight as Lakeland lost to Fort Myers 10-9.  Freddy Dolsi gave up a two run homer in the bottom of the ninth and that hit decided the game.  Jordan Tata made his season debut after starting the season the disabled list.  He gave up four runs and he walked four in just 2/3 of an inning.

Justin Justice was the hitting star in the loss.  He went three for four with a three run homer and two runs.

Jonah Nickerson fell to 1-2 on the season in the Flying Tigers 10-4 loss to Fort Myers.  He gave up six runs (five earned) on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.

Jeramy Laster was the hitting star in the loss.  He went two for four with a solo homer.

Duane Below fell to 1-2 in the Flying Tigers 6-2 loss to Fort Myers.  The left hander gave up three runs on three hits and seven walks with four strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.

Jeramy Laster went one for three with a double and a walk.  Cale Iorg tripled and scored a run.

Lakeland took care of Sarasota 6-2 and it was Michael Bertram who brought the big stick.  He went two for three with a double and three RBIs.  Scott Sizemore doubled, drove in two runs and scored.

Matt O’Brien improved to 1-0.  He gave up two runs on eight hits with two strikeouts in six innings.

Just about everyone was a hitting star as the Flying Tigers hitters poured it on in a 17-3 win over Sarasota but Cale Iorg and Scott Sizemore were notch above the rest.  Both hitters had a pair of hits including a homer and they drove in four.

Jonah Nickerson picked up the easy win with a solid outing.  He gave up two runs on five hits with four strikeouts in five innings.

Cale Iorg had a pair of singles and unfortunately, that was a third of the Flying Tigers offense in a 5-0 loss to Clearwater.  Jeffrey Kunkel had the only extra base hit of the game with a double.

Rick Porcello dropped to 1-2 on the season but his ERA is still a microscopic 0.64.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on four hits and two walks with five strikeouts in four innings.  If he keeps this up and as soon as the weather warms up, I have a feeling we’ll be seeing Porcello in Erie.

Michael Bertram singled home Cale Iorg in the top of the ninth inning and that was the difference in the Flying Tigers 5-4 win over Clearwater.  It capped off a solid game for both players who provided the bulk of the offense in this one.  Iorg went four for five with two runs while Bertram was three for five with two RBIs and a run.

Angel Castro picked up the win with 1 1/3 innings of shutout relief.  Freddy Dolsi picked up the save with two strikeouts in a shutout ninth inning.

Lakeland took care of Sarasota 4-2 and Duane Below got it done on the mound.  He gave up three hits and three walks with nine strikeouts in six innings.

Shawn Roof was the hitting star.  He went two for four and he drove in two of the Flying Tigers four runs.

It’s hard to blame this one on Rick Porcello.  He was crusing along but a pair of errors in the fourth inning resulted in four unearned runs and the end result was the young right hander took his first loss.  Still, he gave up just four hits without a walk and he struck out four in five innings in the 7-3 loss.

Louis Ott had two hits and he drove in two of Lakeland’s three runs.  Cale Iorg had a team high three hits including a double.

Lakeland won their second game of the season behind some solid hitting by second baseman Scott Sizemore.  The final was 4-3 and Sizemore went three for three with a walk, a run and an RBI.  Justin Justice went two for three and he belted a two run homer.

Jonah Nickerson gave up two runs in 4 2/3 innings in his start.  Ed Clelland gave up one run in 2 2/3 innings but he picked up the win.

The Rick Porcello era has begun.  Last year’s first round draft pick gave up just one hit and two walks with three strikeouts in five shutout innings in the Flying Tigers 4-1 win.  Freddy Dolsi struck out the side, but he gave up the lone run of the game to Tampa.

Brennan Boesch doubled and drove in two runs in the win.  Louis Ott singled, drew a walk and scored twice.