A lot of moves being made: Casper Wells to Detroit, Cale Iorg to Triple-A, Brent Dlugach and Ryan Streiby to the disabled list among others
Sunday
Ryan Ketchner went five scoreless innings, giving up five hits and three walks with no strikeouts. Shawn Roof was 2-for-3 with a double and Cale Iorg was 2-for-4.
AA: Reading 5, Erie 3 (Game 1)
Brayan Villarreal went 5.1 innings, allowing five runs (three earned) on 6 hits (one a homer) and five strikeouts. Brandon Douglas was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.
AA: Erie 3, Reading 2 (Game 2)
The bullpen took the start and all three pitchers pitched... unimpressive. The hitting was OK though, Bryan Pounds being the star with a double. Brandon Douglas was 1-for-2 with a walk as well.
A+: Tampa 4, Lakeland 1 (Game 1)
Luke Putkonen allowed four earned runs in six innings, on six hits, a walk and two home runs with three strikeouts. Jordan Lennarton was 2-for-2 with a walk.
A+: Tampa 8, Lakeland 1 (Game 2)
The bullpen took the start... and not a single pitcher got a strikeout. Jordan Lennarton was 2-for-3 with a double and a homer, and Daniel Fields was 2-for-3.
A: Great Lakes 7, West Michigan 1
The pitching was a train wreck, and the hitting wasn't much better. The gold star goes to Jimmy Gulliver, who was 2-for-4 with a double.
SS: Connecticut vs. Staten Island did not play
Saturday
Scot Drucker got the start and gave up four earned runs in four innings on six hits, with a walk, a strikeout and a homer. Zach Simons gave up a hit and struck out three in two scoreless innings. Casper Wells was 2-for-3 with a triple and a homer. Scott Sizemore was 2-for-5 with a double and a homer and Robizon Diaz was 3-for-5.
AA: Erie vs. Reading postponed (rain)
Jacob Turner went five scoreless innings, giving up four hits and a walk with seven strikeouts. In other news, GM Dave Dombrowski probably thinks he's ready for Detroit. Daniel Fields was 0-for-2 with two walks.
A: West Michigan 11, Great Lakes 4
He didn't start the game, but Jordan Pratt's three strikeouts in his inning of work deserve lots of praise. The offense was OK, too. Avisail Garcia was 4-for-5 and a homer shy of the cycle, Wade Gaynor was 2-for-5 with a walk, Corey Jones was 4-for-5 with a double and Clay Jones was 3-for-5 with a double.
SS: Staten Island 2, Connecticut 0
James Robbins was 2-for-3. Patrick Lawson did OK too, striking out eight in five innings, with four walks and five hits surrendered. He allowed one earned run.
Friday
Lauren Gagnier took a hard-luck loss, giving up one run in seven innings on four hits and two walks with five strikeouts. Josh Rainwater had two strikeouts in two hitless innings. Cale Iorg was 1-for-3 with a double.
Thad Weber gave up three earned runs and eight hits in his 7.2 innings. He also struck out seven. Lester Oliveros seems to be settling down too- he got three strikeouts in his inning of work, allowing one hit. Bryan Pounds was 3-for-4 with a homer.
A+: Lakeland 5, Brevard County 4
Jon Kibler went give innings, giving up three earned runs on eight hits (one homer) with four walks and four strikeouts. Daniel Fields was 2-for-5 with a triple and Jordan Lennarton was 3-for-5 with a homer.
A: Fort Wayne 7, West Michigan 3
Trevor Feeney got shelled, and Avisail Garcia jacked a homer.
SS: Connecticut 4, Staten Island 2
Matt Perry was 4-for-4 with a double and PJ Polk was 2-for-3 with a double.