Reds Minor League Baseball Blog

Efrain Contreras had just one single but he also had two sac. flies to drive in three runs in the Dragons 6-2 win over Bowling Green.  Kevin Coddington went two for four with two runs while Alex Oliveras drove in two and scored once without picking up a hit.

Josh Ravin improved to 1-1 with a solid start.  He gave up two runs on three hits and two walks with two strikeouts in five innings.  Donnie Joseph struck out three in 1 1/3 innings of relief and he picked up his fourth save of the season.

Four different pitchers combined to throw a three hits shutout in the Dragons 3-0 win over the Whitecaps.  Brian Pearl picked up the win and he improved to 1-0 with a nice start.  He gave up two hits and a walk with six strikeouts in six innings.  Donnie Joseph struck out the side in a shutout ninth and he picked up his third save of the season.

Efrain Contreras went three for four with a double, a run and an RBI.  Frank Pfister doubled, tripled and drove in a run.

It took the Billings hitters a couple of innings but when they got going, they put together a five run third inning to give themselves all the runs they’d need in a 9-1 win.  Efrain Contreras went two for four with a triple, four RBIs and two runs.  Yen-Wen Kuo went three for five with a run.

Leonardo Astorga picked up the win and he improved to 1-0.  He gave up three hits and two walks with five strikeouts in five shutout innings.