Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

Matt Hoffman threw another good one and he improved to 4-0.  He gave up just four hits and two walks with six strikeouts in seven shutout innings.  That brings his ERA down to a sick 0.84 on the season and he has 27 strikeouts and just seven walks in 32 1/3 innings.  This is just his second start, but in those two starts he’s thrown 15 shutout innings.

Erik Crichton threw a shutout ninth and he  picked up his second save of the season.  On the hitting side, Gustavo Nunez went two for four with a run.  Ben Guez doubled, drew a walk and scored once.