Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

Alfredo Figaro improved to 3-0 on the season with a nice start in the White Caps 5-3 win over Beloit.  He gave up just two runs on six hits and one walk with two strikeouts in six innings of work.  Noah Krol threw a perfect ninth and he picked up his third save of the season.

Ron Bourquin singled twice, drew a walk and scored two runs.  Casper Wells was a perfect three for three with a pair of RBIs.

The White Caps pulled off a sweep over South Bend and this time it was an 11-5 blowout.  Christopher Carlson led the way and he went four for five with a double, a homerun, four RBIs and two runs.  Ron Bourquin went three for five with two RBIs and three runs while Audy Ciriaco went three for five with a solo homerun.

Lauren Gagnier struck out seven in 3 2/3 innings his start.  Paul Nardozzi gave up three unearned runs in three innings but it was good enough to pick up the win.

The White Caps made it three straight against South Bend although the games are getting tighter. This time it was 5-4 even though they had more then twice as many hits. Marc McBratney went three for four with a double, two RBIs and a run. Ron Bourquin doubled, walked twice, drove in a run and scored.

Emmanuel Miguelez pitched into the fifth and gave up one run before yielding to our own Andrew Hess. He got out of the fifth with a double play but then had a tough time in the sixth and he yielded three runs. Santo Mieses picked up the win although two of the runs that were credited to Hess scored off of Mieses.

Oneonta took care of Tri-City with a 6-3 win as they made a push for a post season berth.  Ron Bourquin led the way at the plate with a double, a solo homerun and two runs.  Jorge Patino went two for four with a solo homer.

Wilton Garcia improved to 1-0 with 2 1/3 innings of shutout relief.  He gave up one hit and two walks with four strikeouts.

Ron Bourquin led the Tigers at the plate in Oneonta’s 6-1 win over Tri-City as the team entered their final weekend of the season.  He went two for three with a double, a triple, three RBIs and a run.  Christopher Carlson went three for four with a double, an RBI and two runs.

Luis Gil improved to 1-0 with two innings of shutout relief.  He gave up one hit and he struck out three.

Oneonta took two and they got some solid pitching in their doubleheader sweep over Williamsport.  In the first game, Mark Brackman improved to 2-2 and he gave up one run on seven hits and two walks with six strikeouts in six innings.  Christopher Carlson singled and drove in three runs while Justin Henry singled twice, drew a walk and scored twice in the 5-1 win.

Game two was a 4-1 win and it was Guilermo Moscoso who got it done on the mound.  He improved to 6-1 and he gave up one run on six hits with six strikeouts in five solid innings.  Henry drove in two runs without getting a hit and Ron Bourquin went two for three with a double.

Oneonta took two after a rain out the day before forced a doubleheader with Auburn.  In the first game, Ron Bourquin led the way at the plate with a nice game.  He went two for three with two doubles, an RBI and three runs.  Kody Kaiser went two for three with two RBIs.  Sean Finefrock improved to 3-3 with the win.  He gave up three runs (two earned) on two hits and two walks with four strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.

In the second game, Christopher Carlson went two for four with a double, three RBIs and a run.  Bourquin capped off a nice day with two more hits and a walk.  Chris Homer picked up the win with two shutout innings.

Justin Henry scored on a wild pitch in the tenth inning to edge Brooklyn 3-2 in ten innings.  Ron Bourquin was the hitting star in the win.  He went three for four with a triple and two runs.

Erik Crichton picked up the win.  He gave up one hit with a shutout tenth inning.

Casper Wells and Kody Kaiser hit back to back homers in the top of the eleventh inning to win it for the Tigers in their 4-2 win over Staten Island.  Ron Bourquin and Justin Henry each had three hits in the win.

Erik Crichton improved to 2-0 on the season.  He threw two perfect innings and he struck out one in the win.

Rudy Darrow gave up two runs in the top of the tenth inning as Oneonta lost to Aberdeen 10-8.  He fell to 0-3 on the season and it didn’t help that Sean Finefrock was shelled for six runs in less then four innings of work.

Ron Bourquin went two for four with a homerun and three RBIs.  Casper Wells went two for four with a solo homerun and two runs.

Mark Brackman fell to 1-1 on the season with a tough start in Oneonta’s 9-5 loss to Staten Island.  He gave up seven runs on seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.

Kody Kaiser got back on track with a nice win. He went two for five with a triple, a homerun two RBIs and two runs.  Ron Bourquin went two for three with an RBI and a walk.

Sean Finefrock improved to 2-2 on the season with a great start in Oneonta’s 4-0 win over Mahoning Valley.  He gave up just one hit and a walk with three strikeouts in eight shutout innings.

Ron Bourquin went two for four with a run and an RBI.  Justin Henry went two for three with an RBI.

Casper Wells was one of the hitting stars in Oneonta’s 11-2 blowout win over Jamestown.  He had a team high three hits and he scored two runs.  Ron Bourquin went one for three with a walk, a triple, two RBIs and two runs.

Sendy Vasquez picked up the win and he improved to 2-4 on the season.  He gave up two runs on three hits and three walks with five strikeouts in six innings of work.

It may have come in the fourth inning, but Devin Thomas’ two run homer provided the Tigers with the runs they’d need in their 4-3 win over Batavia.  Ron Bourquin also had a nice game and he went two for three with a walk and a run.

Alfredo Figaro improved to 3-2 on the season with a nice start.  He gave up three runs on six hits and one walk with six strikeouts in seven innings.

Jose Fragoso gave up two runs in the bottom of the ninth and he blew a one run Tiger lead in Oneonta’s 8-7 loss to Hudson Valley.  The loss drops him to 1-2 on the season.

Ron Bourquin went three for five with two RBIS and two runs.  Devin Thomas went three for five with an RBI and two runs while Christopher Carlson went four for four with a double and an RBI.

Oneonta lost 5-3 but Kody Kaiser continued to rake the ball after two games without a hit.  He went three for four with a double and two runs.  Ron Bourquin went three for five with an RBI.

Jose Fragoso took the loss.  He gave up a run on two hits with two strikeouts in two innings.

Alfredo Figaro was roughed up by Tri-City and he fell to 0-2 since joining Oneonta in their 6-3 loss.  He gave up six runs on seven hits and a walk with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.

Ron Bourquin went two for four with a run.  Orlando Rodriguez went just one for four but he drove in two and scored a run.

Lakeland lost their first game of the season as Burke Badenhop was outdueled by Yankees top prospect Ian Kennedy.  Badenhop did have a decent start though.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on six hits and no walks with three strikeouts in five innings.  Freddy Dolsi got it done in relief as he struck out two in his single frame.

Michael Hernandez provided most of the offense for Lakeland.  He went two for four with a solo homerun.  Dusty Ryan was the only other Flying Tiger with two hits while Ron Borquin drove in the other run in the 3-2 loss.  Cameron Maybin has yet to get his first hit of the season, but he did draw a walk and he scored a run.

Coming in at number ten in my highly scientific method for rating Tiger prospects is third baseman Ron Bourquin with five prospect points.  Just missing the cut was right handed pitcher Dallas Trahern.  Trahern showed up on more lists then Bourquin did, but Bourquin was the fifth best prospect on Kevin Goldstein’s list so that pushed him one point ahead of Trahern.  Both have C+ ratings from John Sickels and he rated him 14th on his top 20 list.

Bourquin was the Tigers second round pick in 2006.  He sports a lefty bat but he fields the ball right handed.  Bourquin will turn 22 in late April and he was a graduate from Ohio State University.  He led the Big Ten in hitting, OPS and RBIs and Sickels says he’s solid fielding third baseman.

Most impressive about Bourquin is his patience at the plate.  He was signed early enough to get him into Oneonta, where he put together a solid season. He only hit .266, but he had a .391 OBP and he had just as many strikeouts (46) as he did walks.  The primary concern is that his power didn’t show up once he got to the minors.  He only hit two homeruns and his slugging came out at a mediocre .349.

It’ll be interesting to see where Bourquin starts in 2007.  Goldstein says he might skip West Michigan and go right to High A in Lakeland.  Regardless, Bourquin is one of those guys who bears watching in 2007 to see if he can make some strides at the plate, especially in the power department.