Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

Timo Perez seemed to be hitting out of his slump as he was passed up for promotion after the release of Jacque Jones.  He went four for four with a triple, a homer, three RBIs and two runs in the Hens 11-7 win.  Mike Hessman belted his eleventh homer of the season and Jeff Larish hit his ninth and drove in three.

Virgil Vasquez picked up the win and he improved to 2-2.  He gave up three runs on four hits and a walk with six strikeouts in five innings.

The Hens got it done as they beat up on Lehigh Valley 6-4.  Mike Hessman homered and drove in two runs while Timo Perez homered and scored a pair.  Brent Clevlen also had a nice game and he went two for four with a double, a run and an RBI.

Jeremy Johnson picked up the win although he didn’t have his best start.  He gave up four runs on eight hits and three walks with one strikeout in five innings.

The Mud Hens were only able to push one run across the plate as they lost to Lehigh Valley 4-1.  Timo Perez reached base three times with two singles and a walk while Jackson Melian drove in the lone run with a solo homer.

Jonathan Connolly took the loss despite a solid outing.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on six hits and two walks with one strikeout in five innings.

The Mud Hens blew out the Knights 11-4 and it was Timo Perez who led the way at the plate.  He went three for five with two doubles, four RBIs and a run.  Brent Clevlen and Mike Hessman both drove in two runs while Derek Wathan singled twice, drew a walk and scored three times.

Eddie Bonine picked up the win and he improved to 1-0.  He gave up three runs on four hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.

The Hens made it 2-0 tonight as they rolled over the Bulls 9-2.  Jeff Larish went two for four with a three run homer, his first long ball of the spring.  Brent Clevlen and Matthew Joyce both drove in two runs in the contest while Timo Perez drove in two and scored three runs.

Armando Galarraga got it done on the mound.  He gave up three hits and a walk with six strikeouts in five shutout innings.

Virgil Vasquez picked up his first win of the season with an impressive pitching performance in Toledo’s home opener.  He gave up just a single run on three hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.  Preston Larrison gave up a run in his single inning and Blaine Neal pitched a perfect ninth to pick up his first save of the season.

Dane Sardinha was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for three with a solo homerun.  Timo Perez didn’t get a hit, but he stole two bases and Mike Hessman went two for four with a double and a run.

Andrew Miller had some better luck in his second rehab start despite the Hens not winning.  He gave up just one run on one hit with five strikeouts in three innings to start the game.  Yorman Bazardo threw six solid frames but Jose Capellan gave up three runs in the top of the ninth as the Hens lost it 6-3.

Timo Perez doubled and drove in two runs in the loss.  Brent Clevlen went two for four with a triple and a run.

Andrew Miller threw three tough innings as he started his rehab assignment with the Hens.  He gave up five runs on five hits and five walks with four strikeouts in just three innings.  He reached his pitch count pretty quickly and those three pretty poor innings were all he could manage.  Joel Zumaya threw better with a shutout eight.  He didn’t strike anyone out but he also didn’t give up a base runner.

All of the scoring in this 8-7 win came prior to the sixth inning.  Mike Hessman homered and drove in four runs while Timo Perez went three for four with a triple, two RBIs and two runs.

Three different Mud Hens pitchers combined to give up five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning as they lost to Norfolk 5-2.  Corey Hamman took the loss but he had a solid outing.  He gave up just one run on five hits with a strikeout in six innings.  Jeremy Johnson was the one who got tagged with the most damage as he was credited with three of the five runs.  Joel Zumaya made his first rehab appearance.  He gave up a hit and struck out one in 2/3 of an inning.

Timo Perez provided the offense with a two run homer, his thirteenth of the season.  Andres Torres went two for three with a walk.

Anastacio Martinez improved to 5-5 on the season with a fantastic start in the Hens 6-1 win over Norfolk. He gave up two hits and a walk with three strikeouts in six shutout innings.

Timo Perez went one for two with a homerun, two RBIs and three runs.  Brent Clevlen went two for four with two RBIs.

The Mud Hens couldn’t get much done at the plate as they lost to the Knights 4-1.  Timo Perez had two of those hits while the lone run came on a solo homer by Dane Sardinha.

Virgil Vasquez fell to 10-4 despite a nice start.  He gave up two runs on six hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in seven innings of work.

The Mud Hens had a tough time at the plate and they pushed across just two runs on five hits in a 4-2 loss to Pawtucket.  Timo Perez had two of those hits and he drove in both runs with a two run homer in the first inning.

Jeremy Johnson took the loss and he fell to 3-3.  He gave up one run on three hits and a walk with two strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.  Fernando Rodney threw a shutout inning of relief in his rehab stint.  He walked one and struck out two.

Timo Perez had a big day at the plate in the Mud Hens 12-2 win over Pawtucket.  He went two for three with five RBIs and a run. Andres Torres had a big game as well.  He went two for five with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.

Ron Chiavacci picked up the win and he improved to 8-5 on the season.  He gave up two runs on seven hits and one walk with five strikeouts in six innings of work.

Jordan Tata put together a nice start but a fielding error by Chris Shelton in the bottom of the sixth inning led to two unearned runs that cost the Hens in their 3-2 loss to Charlotte.  Tata fell to 3-2 and he gave up three runs (just the one earned) on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.

Timo Perez put the Hens on the board in the first inning with a two run homer but that’s all the Hens would score the rest of the way.  Chris Shelton had the only other hit of the game with a single.

Yorman Bazardo dropped to 7-4 on the season with a tough start in the Hens 7-5 loss to Richmond.  He gave up seven runs on seven hits and a walk in just three innings of work.

Brent Clevlen continued to rake after the break with another nice day at the plate.  He went three for four with three RBIs and a double.  Timo Perez singled twice and scored two runs.

The Mud Hens opened up the second half of the season with a 5-3 win over Richmond and Virgil Vasquez improved to 8-3 on the season with another nice outing.  He gave up two runs on six hits with three strikeouts in seven innings of work.

Brent Clevlen led the offense with two homers and three RBIs in the win.  It’s nice to see the once-prospect showing he can still do his thing.  Timo Perez went two for four and he scored a run.

The Mud Hens nearly doubled up the Bats when it came to hits with 11 versus the Bats 6, but that wasn’t reflect in the score as the Hens lost going into the break 4-3.  Chris Shelton went two for four with an RBI while Timo Perez went two for four with a double, a run and an RBI.

Anastacio Martinez fell to 2-5 on the season with the loss.  He gave up two runs in 1 2/3 innings of relief.

Mike Hessman has been an RBI machine for Mud Hens and he continued to do it in the Hens 13-7 win over the Bulls.  He went two for four with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Chris Shelton went two for three with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs while Timo Perez had three hits, two runs and two RBIs.

Yorman Bazardo picked up the win and he improved to 7-3 on the season.  He gave up four runs on eleven hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in six innings.

The Mud Hens scored two runs in the sixth inning to make it a 4-3 deficit against Vancouver but that’s as far as they got in the loss.  Jonathan Connolly took the loss and he fell to 1-1 on the season.  He gave up all four runs on nine hits and a walk with one strikeout in 5 2/3 innings.

Ryan Rayburn belted homerun number 16 with a solo shot in the sixth inning.  Timo Perez doubled and he drove in one of the Hens’ runs.

Things looked grim for the Mud Hens when Aquilino Lopzez gave up a go ahead run to Indianpolis in the top of the eleventh.  Fortunately, The Hens rallied in the bottom half off the inning and Mike Hessman drove belted a walk off two run single after loading the bases to win it 7-6.  Jack Hannahan had a great game and he went two for four with two homeruns and three RBIs while Timo Perez went three for five with a run.

Lopez picked up the win despite giving up that eleventh inning run.  Jonathan Connolly had a nice start and he gave up two runs (one earned) on three hits and two walks with five strikeouts in five innings.