Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

Trevor Feeney improved to 1-0 with a solid start in the White Caps 3-2 win over Fort Wayne.  Feeney gave up a pair of runs on five hits with seven strikeouts in seven innings.  Melvin Mercedes pitched a shutout ninth and he picked up his second save of the season.

Jordan Lennerton went two for three with a run and an RBI.  Luis Salas went two for four with an RBI.

The Whitecaps lost one then won one as they split a twin bill yesterday against Fort Wayne.   Game one was 3-1 and Victor Larez took the loss.  He gave up one unearned run on four hits and two walks with a strikeout in four innings and the loss dropped him to 5-9.  The Whitecaps managed only three hits and Billy Nowlin went one for two with a walk and a run.

Robert Waite and Tyler Conn combined for the seven inning shutout in game two. Waite gave up three hits and two walks in four innings in his no-decision start while Conn improved to 6-3 with three shutout innings of relief in which he didn’t allow a hit or a walk.  Gustavo Nunez went two for three with a solo home run while Luis Salas doubled, drove in two and scored a run.

Luke Putkonen had a solid start go to waste as the Whitecaps lost to Lansing 4-3.  He gave up four hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in six shutout innings.  Jade Todd gave up four runs in 2 1/3 innings and he fell to 0-1 on the season.

Billy Nowlin went three forfour with a solo home run and he scored twice.  Luis Salas went two for two with a double, a solo home run and two walks.

The Whitecaps had two fewer hits then their opposition but it was still go enough to walk away with a 5-2 win over Fort Wayne.  Luis Salas singled and drove in two runs while Brent Wyatt doubled and drove in one.

Jared Gayhart picked up the win and he improved to 5-2 with two innings of shutout relief.  Tyler Stohr pitched a shutout ninth and he picked up his twelth save of the season.

Luis Sanz improved to 4-2 on the season with a solid start in the GCL TIgers 7-5 win over the GCL Braves.  He gave up two runs on six hits and three walks with five strikeouts in six innings.

Chao-Ting Tang doubled twice and scored two runs.  Luis Salas had two hits including a solo homer.