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 White Caps suppressed a late inning surge by Fort Worth to win 4-3.  Giovany Sota had a fantastic start in which he struck out ten.  He gave up just one run on two hits and a walk in five innings.  Melvin Mercedes threw a shutout ninth and he picked up his first save of the season.

Avisail Garcia and Jamie Johnson both drove in a pair of runs.  Hernan Perez went three for three with a run.

Jacob Turner shined in what turned out to be a White Caps loss in his professional debut.  He pitched five shutout innings in which he gave up just two hits and he struck out seven while walking none.  Unfortunately, Victor Larez wasn’t as successful and he gave up five runs (three earned) in 1 2/3 innings of relief.

Wade Gaynor had a big day at the plate.  He went two for  five with a double, a home run and three RBIs in the 6-4 loss.  Eric Roof and Mike Gosse each had three hits.