Tigers Minor League Wrap 6-24-08

Toledo 12 Syracuse 2
Matt Joyce enjoyed himself tonight with a grand slam, a three run homer, and a single. All the starters did well tonight with 7 of the 9 having multiple hits. Virgil Vasquez allowed 2 runs on 2 homers over 8 innings while fanning 5.

Erie 2 Trenton 6
Kody Kirkland picked up 2 hits and has raised his average to .250. Andrew Kown allowed 5 runs in 5.2 innings on 10 hits.

Lakeland 4 Jupiter 2
Devin Thomas homered and tripled. Max De Leon added a homer as well. Jonah Nickerson allowed 2 runs on 4 hits, 3 walks, and 6 K’s in 6 innings. Zach Simons pitched 2 innings of relief and allowed 1 hit while fanning 5.

West Michigan 7 Fort Wayne 6
Ronnie Bourquin was 2 for 4 with a homer. Kody Kaiser doubled and added 2 walks. Phil Nardozzi allowed 6 runs on 11 hits in 5.1 innings. Noah Krol struck out the side in the 9th for the save.

Lowell 4 Oneonta 3 – 14 innings
Joaquin Guzman singled, tripled, walked, and drove in all 3 runs. Luke Putkonen fanned 5 and wlaked 3 in 4.1 innings of 2 hit ball. Anthony Shalwer took the loss allowing an unearned run on 1 hit and 1 walk with 3 K’s in 3 inings.

Lowell 1 Oneonta 4
Mike Gosse and Ben Guez each doubled. Darwin De Leon allowed just 1 run on 1 walk and 2 hits in 5 innings. Lester Oliveros struck out the side in one inning of work and Tyler Stohr allowed 2 base runners but got the save.

GCL Blue Jays 5 GCL Tigers 9
Luis Salas went 3 for 3 with a walk. Brandon Douglas doubled twice and homered. Londell Taylor went 2 for 5 with a homer. Chao-Ting Tang had 2 hits and a walk. Victor Larez fanned 6 and walked none but allowe 5 runs in 5.2 innings on 6 hits.