Reds Minor League Baseball Blog

Travis Wood didn’t get the win today but his start was impressive enough.  He gave up two hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.  Robert Manuel picked up the win with 2 1/3 innings of shutout relief.

Chris Valaika had a nice day at the plate.  He went four for five with a two run homer.  Jason Louwsma went two for four with a two run homer of his own.

Anthony Gressick had a rough time in his start in the Dragons 8-3 loss to the White Caps.  He fell to 2-3 on the season and he gave up four runs on four hits and five walks with two strikeouts in three innings.

Juan Francisco doubled, drove in two and scored a run.  Chris Valaika went two for five and he scored a run.

The Dragons outhit the Loons 9-8 but they lost 4-2 in a low scoring affair.  Jason Louwsma hit a solo homerun while Chris Valaika went three for four.

Jordan Smith dropped to 4-4 on the season although he had a decent start.  He gave up three runs on six hits and one walk with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.

Juan Francisco provided the bulk of the Dragons offense in their 7-5 loss to the Loons.  He went two for three with a homerun and four RBIs.  Chris Valaika also had a hot day at the plate and he went four for five with two RBIs and a run.

Rafael Gonzalez improved to 8-1 on the season with a nice start.  He gave up three runs on seven hits and one walk with six strikeouts in seven innings of work.

The Dragons took both games in their doubleheader sweep over South Bend.  In the first game, the offense was rolling and Chris Valaika doubled, drove in three and scored a run.  Juan Francisco went two for three with a homerun and two RBIs while Jordan Smith picked up the win with five decent innings in the 6-3 win.

In game two, pitching saved the game and Pedro Viola picked up the win with 2 2/3 shutout innings of relief.  Drew Stubbs went two for three and he scored both runs in the 2-1 win.

A nice start by Sean Watson was wasted in the Dragons 3-2 loss to South Bend.  He gave up one hit and three walks with five strikeouts in five innings.

Chris Valaika was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for four and he hit a solo homerun.

Each team took a game in the doubleheader split between the Dragons and South Bend.  In the first game, the Dragons got a nice start from Rafael Gonzalez in the 2-0 win.  He gave up three hits and he struck out three and he threw all seven innings.  He improved to an impressive 7-1 on the season.  Juan Francisco was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for three with a double and he scored one of the two runs.

Game two didn’t go quite as well.  Daniel Guerrero had rough start and Misael DeJesus took the loss when he gave up two runs in the seventh inning.  Chris Valaika doubled and he drove in two and scored once.

Juan Francisco picked up two hits and he was the only player with a multihit game in the Dragon’s 5-0 loss.  Chris Valaika doubled and he drew two walks.

Anthony Gressick was hit hard in the loss.  He gave up five runs on eight hits with six strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.

Dayton scored four runs in the top of the seventh and they needed every one of them in the Dragons 6-5 win over Cedar Rapids.  Chris Valaika was the hitting star and he had a hand in most of the runs.  He went two for five with a double, a homeruns four RBIs and two runs.

Misael DeJesus threw 2 1/3 shutout relief innings and he picked up the win.  Jose Rojas pitched three shutout innings to close the game out andhe picked up his seventh save of the season.

Travis Webb got it done on the mound in the Dragons 5-1 win over Fort Wayne.  He gave up just one run on six hits and he struck out seven in five innings of work and the win improves his record to 3-1 on the season.

Chris Valaika had a huge day at the plate.  He went two for three with two homeruns and four RBIs.  Justin Turner also had a nice game and he went three for four with a homerun and two runs scored.

This game was pretty ugly as Burlington scored fourteen runs in the first five innings.  Jordan Smith took the loss and he was hit hard for eight runs on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts in just 2 2/3 innings.

Denis Phillips had a pretty good game at the plate in the 14-7 loss.  He went three for five with two RBIs and a run.  Chris Valaika went two for four with a run and an RBI.

Chris Valaika got it done at the plate in the Dragons 9-5 win over Quad Cities.  He went four for five with a double, a triple, three runs and two RBIs.  Jason Louwama and Drew Stubbs both went yard.

Sean Watson had a very nice and he improved to 2-0.  He gave up just two runs on four hits and a walk with ten strikeouts in five innings.

Rafael Gonzalez gave up just one run on five hits and a walk with three strikeouts in the Dragons 5-2 win.  The win improved his record to 2-0 on the season.

Chris Valaika went two for four with two doubles and two runs.  Denis Phipps doubled and drove in two runs.

Daryl Thompson gave up just five hits and a walk with two strikeouts in six shutout innings as the Dragons took care of Quad Cities 3-0.  The win improved his record to 2-0 on the year.

Chris Valaika was the hitting star. He went two for three with a walk and two RBIs.

Chris Valaika had a nice game in the Dayton Dragons third straight win.  He went four for five with two RBIs in the 9-2 win.  Denis Phipps had two hits and two runs.

Daryl Thompson picked up the win with five nice innings.  He gave up a single run on two hits with five strikeouts.