Minor League Recaps 7/28

Triple-A: Toledo Mud Hens (48-62)

W, 6-0 vs. Buffalo. The Mud Hens jumped out to a 2-0 first-inning lead and never looked back. Jordan Lennerton and Ben Guez both homered for Toledo, while Nick Castellanos drove in two runs. Darin Downs tossed a perfect seventh inning for Toledo – continuing his rehab assignment. J.A. Happ continued his rehab assignment for Toronto and took the loss. Happ, who was struck in the head by a line drive earlier in the season, allowed all six runs on eight hits over 4 2/3 innings. The southpaw also struck out four batters while walking three.

- LHP Blaine Hardy (W, 4-0): 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 6 K

- LHP Darin Downs: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

- CF Avisail Garcia: 1-3, 2 R, BB, 1 K

- LF Nick Castellanos: 1-4, 2 RBI

- 1B Jordan Lennerton: 2-3, R, HR (14), 2 RBI, BB

- RF Ben Guez: 2-3, 2 R, 2B (13), HR (15), RBI, BB, 1 K

- 2B Danny Worth: 1-4, R, RBI, 3 K

Double-A: Erie SeaWolves (56-49)

Erie swept Bowie during yesterday’s doubleheader. Both games lasted just seven innings.

Game One:

W, 3-2

- LHP Drew VerHagen: 5 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 5 K

- LHP Ryan Robowski (W, 3-2): 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K

- C James McCann: 0-2

- CF Daniel Fields: 0-3, 2 K

- SS Eugenio Suarez: 1-4, RBI, 2 K

- LF Tyler Collins: 0-3, 1 K

- DH Ramon Cabrera: 1-2, BB, 1 K

- RF Jamie Johnson: 1-3, R, RBI, BB

- 3B Wade Gaynor: 1-2, R, 2B (22), BB

- 1B James Robbins: 1-3, R, 2 K

Game Two:

W, 9-7

- RHP Warwick Saupold (W, 6-3): 5 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 4 BB, 3 K

- RHP David Kopp (H, 2): 1.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 0 K

- RHP Melvin Mercedes (S, 5): 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

- C James McCann: 2-4, 2 R, 3B (1)

- CF Daniel Fields: 2-4, 2B (23), 3 RBI

- SS Eugenio Suarez: 2-2, 2 R, HR (8), 2 RBI, 2 BB

- LF Tyler Collins: 1-4, R, HR (17), 2 RBI, 1 K

- DH Ramon Cabrera: 1-4, R

- 3B Wade Gaynor: 2-3, R, BB, SB (10)

- RF Luis Castillo: 1-1, 2 R, 2 BB

- 2B Brandon Douglas: 1-3, RBI, 1 K

Advanced-A: Lakeland Flying Tigers (45-54)

W, 3-0 vs. St. Lucie. Thomas Collier, Alex Burgos and Jose Valdez combined to one-hit the Mets. Devon Travis and Corey Jones notched Lakeland’s two credited RBIs, while Dixon Machado and Francisco Martinez recorded two hits apiece.

- RHP Thomas Collier (W, 2-2): 5 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K

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

- RHP Jose Valdez (S, 8): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K

- SS Dixon Machado: 2-4, R, 2B (4), 2 K

- 3B Francisco Martinez: 2-4

- 1B Aaron Westlake: 1-4

- 2B Devon Travis: 2-3, R, RBI, BB

- RF Steven Moya: 0-3, R, 2 K

- CF Jeff McVaney: 1-4

- LF Jason Krizan: 0-4, BB, 1 K

- C John Murrian: 1-4, 1 K

- DH Corey Jones: 3-4, RBI

Low-A: West Michigan Whitecaps (50-54)

W, 10-7 vs. South Bend. Lance Durham had a monster night at the plate, as the first basemen went 2-for-4 with two home runs and five RBIs. Danry Vasquez, Jeff Holm and Adolfo Reina also all drove in a run apiece. Calvin Drummond picked up the win in relief while Corey Knebel notched his eighth professional save by tossing a perfect ninth inning.

- RHP Calvin Drummond (W, 2-1): 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K

- LHP Josh Turley (H, 7): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

- RHP Corey Knebel (S, 8): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

- LF Danry Vasquez: 0-3, R, RBI, BB

- RF Jeff Holm: 0-3, RBI, BB, 1 K

- SS Jared Reaves: 1-5, R, 1 K

- CF Connor Harrell: 0-3, R, 2 K

- 3B Jason King: 2-5, R, 2B (9)

- DH Dean Green: 3-5, 2 R, 2 2B (3), 1 K

- C Adolfo Reina: 1-4, R, 2B (9), RBI

- 1B Lance Durham: 2-4, 2 R, 2 HR (12), 5 RBI, BB

- 2B Harold Castro: 1-3, R, 3B (1), BB

Class-A Short-Season: Connecticut Tigers (17-23)

W, 3-0 vs. Tri-City. Joe Mantiply, Julio Felix and Zac Reininger combined to shutout the ValleyCats. Connecticut had five players record multiple hits, with Pat Leyland and Curt Powell being the only starters to not notch a hit.

- LHP Joe Mantiply: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

- RHP Julio Felix (W, 1-2): 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K

- RHP Zac Reininger (S, 4): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

- CF Austin Schotts: 2-5, 2B (5)

- DH Ben Verlander: 2-4, 2 R, 2B (8)

- SS Curt Powell: 0-5, 1 K

- C Chris Taladay: 2-3, 2B (2), BB

- 1B Pat Leyland: 0-3, RBI

- 3B Brett Harrison: 3-3, R, HR (5), RBI

- LF Kasey Coffman: 1-4, 3 K

- 2B Dominic Ficociello: 2-5, 2 K

- RF Raphael Rhymes: 1-4, RBI, 1 K