Tigers Minor League Wrap 4/16/2009

Columbus 2 Toledo 1
Ron Chiavacci fanned 5, but he also walked 3 and allowed 5 hits for 2 runs in 5.2 innings. Fu Te Ni pitched 1.1 scoreless innings with a strikeout. Wilkin Ramirez had 2 hits and drove in the lone run. Wil Rhymes tripled.

Erie 3 Altoona 0
Erie nearly pulled off the a no hitter. Alfredo Figaro went the first 7 innings allowing 3 walks while fanning 5. Zach Simons got through his one inning. But Brett Jensen allowed a double with two outs in the 9th inning. Scott Sizemore went 4 for 4 with 2 doubles and a walk. Cale Iorg went 0 for 4 with 3 K’s.

Lakeland 0 Clearwater 1
Kyle Peter, Andy Dirks, and Kody Kaiser had the only 3 hits and they each stole a base. Duane Below struck out 9 and walked none in 5.2 innings of work. Brett Jacobson got the other out.

Lakeland 6 Clearwater 3
Michael Bertram homered as part of a 3 for 4 day. Andy Dirks and Shawn Roof each had 2 hits. Patrick Stanley pitched a 1 hitter for 5 innings. Lester Oliveros got the hold, but he allowed 2 runs on 4 hits in 1.2 innings.

West Michigan DNP