Minor League Recaps 6/29

Triple-A: Toledo Mud Hens (34-50)

W, 10-6 vs. Lehigh Valley. The Mud Hens pounded out 17 hits and plated five runs during the seventh inning to take the lead for good. Continuing his rehab assignment, Alex Avila went 2-5 with an RBI. Nick Castellanos pushed his batting average up to .303 after a three hit night.

- LF Nick Castellanos: 3-5, R, 2 2B (26), RBI, 1 K

- DH Alex Avila (seventh rehab game): 2-5, 2 R, RBI, 1 K

- 1B Jordan Lennerton: 1-4, R, RBI, BB, 1 K

- C Ramon Cabrera: 1-4, BB

- RF Danny Dorn: 4-4, 2 R, 2B (13), HR (15), 3 RBI, BB

Double-A: Erie SeaWolves (41-38)

W, 5-2 vs. Richmond. Erie notched just five hits in the contest, but a four-run fifth inning provided all of the offense that the SeaWolves would need. Hernan Perez stole two bases on the night and had a big two-RBI single in the fifth inning. Melvin Mercedes earned the save while Jamie Johnson, Eugenio Suarez and Marcus Lemon all knocked in a run in the win.

- RHP David Kopp (W, 1-2): 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K

- RHP Melvin Mercedes (S, 1): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K

- SS Eugenio Suarez: 0-3, RBI, BB

- 2B Hernan Perez: 1-4, 2 RBI, 1 K, 2 SB (21)

- C James McCann: 0-3, BB, 1 K

- DH Tyler Collins: 0-3, BB

- CF Jamie Johnson: 1-4, R, RBI, 1 K

- 3B Wade Gaynor: 1-3, 2 R, 2B (15), BB, 1 K

- LF Marcus Lemon: 2-2, R, RBI, BB

Advanced-A: Lakeland Flying Tigers (33-44)

W, 5-4 vs. Brevard County. Trailing by a single run in the bottom of the eleventh inning, Jason Krizan scored on a wild pitch and Tyler Hanover walked with the bases to give the Flying Tigers the walk-off victory. Steven Moya hit a two-run home run in the first inning and Francisco Martinez had a three hit night.

- RHP Jeff Ferrell: 7.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 2 K

- LHP Alex Burgos: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

- RHP Jose Valdez: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 3 K

- 3B Francisco Martinez: 3-5, R, SB (4)

- RF Steven Moya: 2-5, R, HR (5), 2 RBI

- 1B Corey Jones: 1-4, R, RBI, 1 K

Low-A: West Michigan Whitecaps (38-42)

L, 3-1. vs. Bowling Green. West Michigan allowed two runs in the first inning and the offense could never recover. Corey Knebel tossed another scoreless inning for the Whitecaps, allowing one hit.

- RHP Corey Knebel: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

- LF Danry Vasquez: 1-3

- 2B Jared Reaves: 0-4, 2 K

- 1B Jeff Holm: 1-3, BB

- CF Connor Harrell: 0-3, BB

- SS David Gonzalez: 1-3, RBI, BB

Class-A Short-Season: Connecticut Tigers (4-8)

Connecticut split a doubleheader with the Tri-City ValleyCats, as Connecticut took the first game and Tri-City grabbed the second. Ben Verlander recorded a hit in both contests. Detroit’s second round pick in his year’s amateur draft, Kevin Ziomek, started for the Tigers in game number two and pitched two perfect innings in his professional debut. Only seven innings were played in both ballgames.

Game One:

W, 5-1.

- LHP Alex Phillips (W, 1-0): 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K

- LHP Ryan Beck (H, 1): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K

- RHP Scott Sitz: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

- CF Austin Schotts: 1-3, 1 K

- 1B Ben Verlander: 1-3, R, 2B (3)

- 3B Brett Harrison: 1-3, R, HR (1), 2 RBI, 1 K

- DH Dominic Ficociello: 1-2, 2 R, BB

- Javier Azcona: 2-3, R, HR (2), 2 RBI

Game Two:

L, 4-0.

- LHP Kevin Ziomek: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

- RHP Julio Felix (L, 0-1): 2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

- RHP Tanner Bailey: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

- RHP Andrew Harrison: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 0 K

- CF Austin Schotts: 0-3

- RF Ben Verlander: 1-3

- LF Raphael Rhymes: 2-3

- 2B Dominic Ficociello: 2-3