Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

Jonah Nickerson improved to 12-4 on the season with a nice start in the Flying Tigers 7-1 win over Clearwater.  He gave up one run on six hits and one walk with two strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.  Robbie Weinhardt picked up his fourth save with 2 1/3 innings of shutout relief to close out the game.

Brandon Timm went two for four with three RBIs.  Louis Ott went three for five with a double, two runs and two RBIs. 

Lakeland took home both of their games in a doubleheader with the Yankees.  Game one was a 2-1 win and Duane Below got it done on the mound.  He gave up one run on three hits and four walks with six strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.  Ryan Strieby and Devin Thomas both belted solo homers for the Flying Tigers two runs.

Game two was a 4-2 win.  Jonah Nickerson improved to 10-3 and he gave up two runs on five hits with four strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.  Louis Ott went two for three with two RBIs while Michael Bertram went one for two with a walk and two runs.

The Seawolves and B-Mets exchanged shutouts today and while Erie was outscored 11-1 combined over the two games, they actually walked away with a win.  Game one was a brutal 11-0 shutout.  Lauren Gagnier was tagged for nine runs in 2 2/3 innings and he fell to 1-2.  His ERA now sits at 17.36 in his three starts for Erie.  Danny Worth and Louis Ott both had a pair of singles.

Game two was a 1-0 shutout win and it was Daniel Christensen who threw 6 1/3 innings of shutout ball.  Casey Fien got the final two outs and he improved to 2-3 with the win while Casper Wells singled and scored the lone run for either side.

Lucas French didn’t get the decision, but he threw a very nice game in the SeaWolves 3-1 win over Akron.  He gave up five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in six shutout innings.  Matt Rusch blew the save, but earned the win and he gave up just a solo homer in two innings of relief.

Ryan Roberson belted a two run homer in the win.  Louis Ott went two for three with a double.

Matt O’Brien improved to 5-1 on the season with another nice start in the Flying Tigers 6-1 win over Sarasota.  He gave up one unearned run on five hits and one walk with seven strikeouts in seven innings.

Pedro Cotto belted a two run homer in the win.  Louis Ott singled, drew a walk and scored twice.

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.

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.

The big story in this game was when Louis Ott was hit in the seventh, there was a bench clearing brawl.  Nobody got hurt but it made the local news.  The Lugnuts pitcher was ejected as was Ott.

That overshadowed a solid pitching performance by Casey Fien.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on four hits and he struck out five in five innings of relief.  The win pushed his record to 2-0 on the season.

Scott Sizemore was the hitting star in the 4-2 win.  He went two for four with a triple, a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.

Brenna Boesch had a big day at the plate in the White Caps 7-4 win over the Dragons.  He doubled, drove in three runs and scored.  Louis Ott went one for two with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs while Audy Ciriaco went two for three with a double and two runs.

Angel Castro picked up the win with five solid innings.  He gave up two runs on five hits and a walk with one strikeout and the win pushed his record to 7-4.

The White Caps dismantled Kane County 9-3 and Brennan Bosch and Louis Ott led the way at the plate.  Bosch singled three times and he drove in two and scored once.  Ott singled twice, doubled and drove in two.

Jonah Nickerson picked up the win with five mediocre innings. He gave up three runs on three hits and three walks with five strikeouts and the win improved his record to 2-2.

The White Caps couldn’t put a single run on the board and a great start by Christopher Cody was wasted in the 1-0 loss.  Cody gave up on unearned run on two hits with six strikeouts in seven innings and the loss is his first of the season.

Louis Ott was the hitting star, if you can have one in a shutout. He went two for four with a double.

Christopher Cody has been a man on fire for West Michigan lateley.  He gave up just one run on six hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in seven innings of work and the win improved his record to 2-0.  The eighth round draft pick in 2006, Cody has now just given up one earned run in 26 2/3 innings and he’s struck out 28.  This is one of those guys who doesn’t throw really well and until starts facing guys in Double A, we really won’t know if he’s for real.  Those number are pretty amazing though and he’s a left hander, which makes it even better.

Jeramy Laster went one for four with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Gorkys Hernandez scored twice and Louis Ott finished with three hits, a run and an RBI in the 8-2 win.