Reds Minor League Baseball Blog

James Avery didn’t take the loss, but he got things going as the Lookouts were knocked around by the Biscuits.  He gave up four runs (three earned) on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.  Pedro Viola was boucned for three runs in just 2/3 of an inning.

Tonys Gutierrez went two for four with a solo homer.  Craig Tatum doubled, drew two walks and drove in a run.

The Lookouts pitchers took it on the chin in this one in a 8-2 loss.  Sam Lecure took the loss although he was hardly guilty of giving up all of the runs.  He was tagged for three runs on five hits and four walks with three strikeouts in four innings.  Two relievers combined to give up five runs in three innings to blow the game open.

Craig Tatum belted a solo homerun in the loss.  Adam Rosales went two for four with a double and a walk.

Cody Strait had a big day at the plate in Sarasota’s 9-6 win over Vero Beach.  He went two for five with a homerun and five RBIs.  Craig Tatum went three for five with a double and an RBI.

Robert Manuel improved to 5-2 with 2 1/3 innings of solid relief.  He gave up one run on three hits and a walk with three strikeouts.

Sarasota entered the eighth down 3-0 and things were looking grim but the Reds rallied for four runs to walk away with a 4-3 win.  Adam Rosales singled home two runs to make it a one run game and then Craig Tatum singled home both the tying and winning runs in the big inning.

Ramon Ramirez improved to 5-2 on the season with some nice pitching.  He gave up just a single hit and he struck out six in 3 1/3 innings.

Craig Tatum had a huge day at the plate in Sarasota’s 7-2 win over Vero Beach.  He went two for four with a two run homer and a solo shot in the win.  Jeremiah Piepkorn also helped out the cause with a two run homer.

Daryl Thompson improved to 2-2 on the season with the win.  He gave up two runs on four hits and a walk with five strikeouts in six innings.

Sarasota topped Daytona 7-4 and Brandon Szymanski played a huge role in the win.  He went two for four with a triple, a homerun and four RBIs.  Craig Tatum went three for four and he he scored two runs.

Luis Montano picked up the win although he was in the right place at the right time.  He gave up two runs in his 2 1/3 innings of relief.

This is one of those games where the box score looks like something out of a video game.  Five different Reds hit homeruns with Craig Tatum’s being a grand slam.  Jay Bruce hit homerun number nine and he drove in three and scored twice while Michael DeJesus went two for four with a homerun, three RBIs and three runs.

Logan Ondursek wasn’t great but he picked up the easy win.  He gave up three runs on four hits and a walk with three strikeouts in five innings.

The Reds blew a five game lead but still picked up the win,  it just took them fourteen innings.  Craig Tatum went two for five with a solo homerun and Adam Rosales went two for six with a double and two RBIs in the 6-5 win.

Johnny Cueto was hit hard but the pen picked him up.  He gave up five runs on six hits and four walks with two strikeouts in six innings.  Thomas Lanier picked up the win with a shutout thirteenth and Josh Roenicke picked up his eighth save with a shutout fourteenth inning.

Sarasota was held to just a single run on four hits in their 4-1 loss to Lakeland.  Craig Tatum had two of the Reds four hits and he scored the only run.

Richie Gardner had a solid start but he took the loss and dropped to 2-1.  He gave up three runs (one earned) on four hit and two walks with three strikeouts.

It had to end eventually and it wasn’t for lack of pitching.  Carlos Fisher struck out eleven in six shutout innings but Logan Ondrusek gave up the only run of the game in the seventh innings as he took the loss.

The Reds were shutout on seven hits in the 1-0 loss.  Craig Tatum and Brandon Szymanski each finished with two hits.

Carlos Fisher has handled himself quite well in the Florida League.  He’s won all three of his starts and in this one, he gave up just a single run on four hits with five strikeouts in six innings of work. In 19 innings this year, he’s given up just one earned run, thirteen hits and just two walks.  That’s a nice start and once the weather warms up, it might be worth seeing what the right hander can do in Double A.

Craig Tatum had a nice day at the plate.  He went three for four with two doubles, a run and an RBI.  Michael Griffin and Jeremiah Piepkorn also had three hits in the 5-1 win.

Craig Tatum hit the ball well in the Reds 6-3 win over Tampa.  He went two for four with a two run homer.  Jeremiah Piepkorn went three for four with two doubles and a run while Jay Bruce continued to hit well with two hits and two runs.  Bruce now has nine runs in the first ten games.

Luis Montano picked up the win with some solid relief.  He gave up three hits and a walk with three strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.

Sarasota got a blow out win and then a close loss in their doubleheader with Dunedin.  In the first game, Craig Tatum drove in three runs with two hits and Carlos Fisher threw six shutout innings in the 8-0 win.

Game two didn’t go as well.  Johnny Cueto had a mediocre start and he gave up two runs on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.  The lone run came on an RBI single by Norris Hopper in the 2-1 loss.