Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

Yorman Bazardo and the rest of the Hens pitching staff had a tough time in their 10-6 loss to the Knights.  Bazardo gave up three homers in five innings while Anastacio Martinez fell to 0-1 when he gave up four runs in just 1 1/3 innings of work.

Brent Clevlen belted a solo homer, walked twice and scored three runs in the loss.  Michael Hollimon went two for four with a homerun and three RBIs.

Yorman Bazardo fell to 1-1 on the season with a rough start in the Hens 5-1 loss to Lehigh Valley.  He gave up four runs on seven hits and three walks with two strikeouts in five innings of work. 

Jackson Melian provided most of the offense for the Hens.  He went three for four with a solo homer.

Yorman Bazardo improved to 1-0 with a nice start in the Hens 5-1 win over Rochester.  He gave up one run on three hits and three walks with two strikeouts in five innings.  Casey Fossum also had a nice outing with 3 1/3 innings of shutout relief and Blaine Neal got the final two batters of the game out for his tenth save of the season.

Mike Hessman had a big day at the plate.  He went three for three with a walk, his ninth homer, and two runs.  Brent Clevlen tripled, homered and drove in three.

Kevin Goldstein recently put out his list of who he things the Tigers top eleven prospects are.  It’s an interesting list because like last year, you have two top players then a steep drop off.  Cameron Maybin checks in at number one for the second straight season and that’s not a surprise.  Yeah Maybin fell flat last year once he made it to the bigs but his minor league advancement was very solid.  He’s still considered a future star and the Tigers felt good enough about him to trade away Gorkys Hernandez, another top outfield prospect.

The Tigers 2007 first round draft pick, Rick Porcello, checks in at number two and like Maybin, he was given a five star tag.  Porcello signed too late to play in the Tiger’s system but he should start out with the White Caps.  I doubt if he’ll stay there long and I expect to see some pretty high strikeout numbers while he’s there.

After that, things thin out.  Casey Crosby, the Tigers fifth round pick in 2007, is the the third best prospect.  Like Porcello, Crosby fell further down because of signability issues and he was a big reason many though the Tigers had one of the best drafts this year. 

Cale Iorg and Brandon Hamilton (another first round, 2007 draft pick) round out the top five. Jeff Larish is sixth after a solid season at Double A last year and you also have a pair of pitchers in Yorman Bazardo and Eulogio De La Cruz who made the list despite having stints in the big leagues last year.

Yorman Bazardo fell to 10-6 on the season with a tough start in the Hens 7-2 loss to Indianapolis.  He gave up seven runs on six hits and three walks with two strikeouts in six innings of work.

Jason Perry hit his first homerun since joining the Hens.  Omar Infante went two for four with a double and a run in the loss.

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.

Yorman Bazardo improved to 10-5 on the season with a nice start in the Mud Hens 5-2 win over Norfolk.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on six hits and a walk with one strikeout in eight innings of work.

Marcus Thames was the hitting star in his final rehab game.  He went two for four with a solo homerun.  Chris Shelton went yard with a solo shot and he scored two runs.

Jeremy Johnson gave up three runs in the ninth inning but all it did was turn a comfortable 5-1 lead into a nail biting 5-4 win.  Yorman Bazardo picked up the win with an excellent start.  He gave up one run on five hits and one walk with three strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings and the win pushed his record to 9-5.

Henry Mateo was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for four with a double, a solo homerun and two runs scored.

Yorman Bazardo had one his best starts of the season with a complete game four hitter.  He did give up one run but it was unearned and he walked two and struck out four.  The win pushed his record to 8-5 on the season.

Chris Shelton went two for four with a solo homerun in the 4-0 win.  Andres Torres went two for three with an RBI.

Yorman Bazardo fell to 7-5 on the season after a tough start in the Mud Hens 9-1 loss to Norfolk.  He gave up six runs on eleven hits and two walks with one strikeout in five innings of work.

Jack Hannahan drove in the only run for the Hens with a solo homerun, his twelth homerun of the season.  Kevin Hooper doubled twice.

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.

Three different Mud Hens pitches gave up a combined eight runs in the seventh inning as the Bats took this one 10-8.  Yorman Bazardo got the inning going but he was pulled with one out before Preston Larrison came in and gave up the bulk of the damage.  He took the loss and he gave up four runs on four hits with out getting a single batter out.

Ryan Rayburn didn’t get a hit but the big news was his callup to the big league team.  Jack Hannahan was two for three with a double and two runs.

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.

Mike Hessman had a nice day at the plate in the Mud Hens 9-1 blowout win over Indianapolis.  He gave went two for two with a double, three walks, five RBIs and two runs.  Ramon Santiago went three for four with a double, a run and a walk.

Yorman Bazardo threw seven scoreless innings and he improved to 6-3 on the season.  He gave up four hits and a walk with three strikeouts.

The Mud Hens managed only four hits in a twelve inning game but they still walked away with a 2-1 win.  Dane Sardinha drew a bases loaded walk in the top of the twelth to win it for the Hens.  Ramon Santiago had two of the four hits and he scored the first run for the Hens in the first inning.

Virgil Vasquez threw six shutout innings and then Yorman Bazardo gave up just one run in five innings of relief to pick up the win.  He improved to 5-3 on the season.

Just about everybody was a hitting star in the Mud Hens 15-3 blowout win but David Espinosa was a notch above the rest.  He went four for six with a homerun, four RBIs and four runs.  Timo Perez also had a nice game and he went four for six with a double, an RBI and three runs.

Yorman Bazardo had a nice start.  He improved to 4-3 on the season with a complete game.  He gave up three runs on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

Ryan Rayburn had a career today in the Mud Hens 14-5 win over the Clippers.  He went four for five and he hit for the cycle.  He drove in three and scored three in the win.  Mike Hessman hit his thirteenth homer of the season and he drove in four runs while Kevin Hooper scored three times.

Yorman Bazardo coasted to an easy win with all of the offense.  He gave up one run on six hits and four walks with one strikeout in six innings and the win improved his record to 3-3 on the season.

Christopher Maples singled home David Espinosa in the bottom of the eleventh to win it for the Mud Hens.  Maples finished two for five with a triple, two RBIs and a run.  Espinosa finished with two runs.

Yorman Bazardo was roughed up in the Mud Hens win but the pen and hitters picked him up.  He gave up four runs in five innings and Jeremy Johnson picked up the win with a shutout eleventh.

Jack Hannahan drove in the only run of the game for the Mud Hens in their 4-1 loss to Rochester.  He went two for four with a double while Mike Hessman finished with two singles.

Yorman Bazardo was cruising in this one until he was touched up for two runs in the ninth inning.  He dropped to 1-2 and he gave up three runs on eight hits and two walks with four strikeouts in 8 1/3 innings.

A solid start by Yorman Bazardo went to waste today as the pen gave up the tying run in the eighth and then lost when they gave up two runs in the eleventh.  Bazardo gave up one unearned run on three hits and a walk with three strikeouts in six innings.  That’s two nice starts in a row for the big right hander.

Tim Byrdak gave up the tying run in the eighth and then Jason Karnuth lost it when he gave up a two run homer in the bottom of the eleventh.  Sandwiched between those two were two shutout innings by Vic Darensbourg.

At the plate, Timo Perez extended his hitting streak to eighteen games with a solid two for four game.  Andrew Graham went two for two with an RBI and a run in the 4-2 loss.