Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

Rick Porcello lost his first game of the season for the Hens in a tough start.  He gave up five runs on ten hits and three walks with three strikeouts in six innings.  Ryan Perry also had a rough outing in the 7-3 loss.  He gave up an unearned run on one hit and two walks with a strikeout in 1 2/3 innings.

Will Rhymes had another nice game and he went three for five with a triple and two runs.  Brent Dlugach went two for four with a double.

Will Rhymes scored on a triple and an error in the top of the ninth to tie things up with Indianapolis but unfortunately, Jay Sborz gave up a ninth inning run and the Hens lost 5-4.  For Rhymes, it was his fourth hit of the day and that matched the rest of the team combined.  Casper Wells doubled, drew a walk and scored a run.

Ryan Ketchner gave up four runs (two earned) on eight hits with six strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings in his start.  Dan Schlereth pitched a shutout eighth inning and most importantly, he didn’t allow a walk.  Sborz took the loss and he fell to 1-2.

Rudy Lugo and Casey Fien combined for a solid outing as the Hens took care of Lehigh Valley 5-3 in the first of two.  Lugo gave up three runs (just one earned) on three hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.  Fien threw 1 2/3 innings of shutout relief and he improved to 1-0.  Will Rhymes doubled, drove in two and scored once while Scott Sizemore went two for four with a double and a two run home run.

Lauren Gagnier threw five shutout innings and he improved to 2-2 in the second game.  Dan Schlereth and Jay Sborz then threw shutout innings each to finish up game.  Sborz picked up his eleventh save of the season.  Danny Worth singled, scored a run and drove in one.  Ben Guez hit a solo home run, his second of the season.