Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

Normally, ten runs and thirteen hits will do it but the B-Mets picked up eleven runs on nineteen hits as both teams put on a hitting display.  Andrew Kown took the brunt of the damage and he fell to 1-1.  He gave up ten runs (nine earned) on twelve hits and two walks with one strikeout in four innings.

Maxim St. Pierre belted his first homer of the season.  Freddy Guzman had a pair of hits, runs and RBIs while Maxwell Leon doubled, drove in two runs and scored.

Kyle Sleeth picked up his first win since he joined Lakeland in a nice start in the Flying Tigers 2-1 win over Dunedin.  He gave up just two hits and he struck out eight in five shutout innings.

Maxwell Leon was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for three with a double and a run.

The month of August has not been kind to Lakeland.  They lost their sixth straight game and they’ve lost fourteen of their last fifteen as they continue to sit well in the cellar of the second half standings.  This time it was a ten inning loss that saw Josh Rainwater give up the losing run in the tenth inning.

Maxwell Leon went three for four with a double, a walk and a run.  Shawn Roof went two for four with two RBIs in the 4-3 loss.

Lakeland hasn’t won in over a week now as the lost to Fort Myers 9-4.  Lucas French was shelled and he gave up six runs (five earned) on twelve hits and one walk with three strikeouts in six innings of work.  The loss dropped him to 5-11.

Maxwell Leon was the hitting star in the loss.  He went two for five with a double and two RBIs.

Lakeland didn’t have to play a doubleheader but the end result was the same as the lost another one to Clearwater 4-2.  Ovandy Suero tripled and scored a run while Maxwell Leon singled, scored and drove in a run.

Kyle Sleeth dropped to 0-5 with a rough start.  He gave up four runs on nine hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.

Things didn’t go well for Lakeland in their first of two doubleheaders against Clearwater.  In the first game, the Flying Tigers were shutout on six hits.  Maxwell Leon went two for three and Eleazar Aponte took the loss despite a decent start.  He gave up two runs on nine hits with two strikeouts in six innings of work.

Lakeland actually scored in the second game but the two runs weren’t enough in the 6-2 loss.  Ovandy Suero went three for four with two runs and he also stole three bases to bring his season total up to 71.  Josh Rainwater took the loss and he fell to 1-1.  He gave up three runs on seven hits and one walk with three strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.

Justin Justice scored on an error in the bottom of the ninth inning to win it for Lakeland.  Up to that point, Maxwell Leon had been the most productive hitter.  He went four for five with a double and two RBIs.  Daniel Worth doubled three times and he drove in a run.

Freddy Dolsi improved to 5-3 with the win despite giving up three ninth inning runs to tie the game up in the top of the ninth.  Kyle Sleeth gave up three runs in six innings in his start.

Burke Badenhop fell to 10-6 on the season with a tough start in Lakeland’s 9-5 loss to Fort Myers.  He gave up seven runs on nine hits and a walk with two strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.

Diek Scram went three for five with a triple and two runs.  Maxwell Leon went two for three with a run and an RBI.

Michael Hernandez and Maxwell Leon provided the bulk of the offense in Lakeland’s 12-10 win over Daytona.  Hernandez went three for five with a double, a homerun, four RBIs and three runs.  Leon went two for three with a double and four RBIs.

Burke Badenhop was hit hard in his start but the hitters picked him up.  Brendan Wise threw a shutout frame in the eighth inning and he improved to 1-1 on the season.

Burke Badenhop dropped to 6-5 on the season with a tough start in Lakeland’s 7-6 loss to Tampa.  He gave up six runs (four earned) on five hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings.

William Rhymes went three for five with one run in the loss.  Maxwell Leon went three for three with a walk, an RBI and three runs scored.

Burke Badenhop fell to 3-4 on the season with a rough start in Lakeland’s 11-2 loss to Dunedin.  He gave up six runs (three earned) on eight hits with a strikeout in three innings.  Alfredo Figaro was also hit hard and he gave up four runs in 2 2/3 innings.  Maxwell Leon provided all of the offense in the loss.  He doubled and drove in two runs.

In the second game, the Flying Tigers edged Dunedin 3-2. Cameron Maybin hit a solo homerun (his third of the season) and William Rhymes also went yard.  Ovandy Suero continued his rampage of the base paths and he had two hits and two steals to bring his steal total up to 49 on the season.  Paul Hammond picked up the win with a shutout fifth inning.

Lucas French improved to 4-2 on the season in Lakeland’s 5-0 win over Palm Beach.  He gave up six hits and one walk with five strikeouts in eight shutout innings.

Maxwell Leon went three for four and he scored two runs.  Adrian Casanova went two for three with a triple, two RBIs and a run.

Lakeland scored two runs in the seventh inning to take the lead and then they scored one run in the eighth to pad the lead.  Maxwell Leon went two for four with a double and two runs.  Ryan Roberson hit a solo homerun in the win.

Matt O’Brien gave up three runs in 5 2/3 innings in his start.  Jacob Ramos improved to 3-0 with 2 1/3 innings of shutout relief.

Burke Badenhop was red hot out of the game but then he struggled until his previous start.  He got it done again today as he shut down the Sarasota Reds in Lakelands’ 8-1 win.  He gave up just one runs on four hits and five walks with two strikeouts in six innings of work.

Ovandy Suero had a nice day at the plate.  He went two for four with two RBIs and a run.  Maxwell Leon went two for three with two RBIs and a run while Cameron Maybin reached base for the seventh straight game with a hit and a walk.