Reds Minor League Baseball Blog

The Bats were held to just five hits in a 3-0 shutout at the hands of the chiefs.  All five hits were singles and while the team drew seven walks, they stranded eleven men on base.

Tom Shearn wasn’t awful but he took the loss and dropped to 0-2.  He gave up three runs on six hits and three walks with six strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.

The Bats picked up two wins today in a couple of close games against the Syracuse Chiefs.  In the first game, Chad Moeller led the offense in the 6-5 win.  He went two for three with a double, a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Mark Bellhorn went two for four with an RBI.  Gary Majewski picked up the win with an inning of shutout relief.

The second game was a little more low scoring, but it was a win none the less as the Bats won it 3-2.  Bobby Livingston gave up a bunch of hits (12) but only two baserunners crossed the plate in 5 2/3 innings.  Ricky Stone picked up the win with 1 1/3 innings of shutout relief.  Earl Snyder was the hitting star and he went two for two with a walk, an RBI and a run.

Homer Bailey’s start wasn’t all that bad, but with just one run of support, it turned into his only loss so far this season. He gave up three runs (one earned) on four hits and a walk with two strikeouts in six innings. 

The lone run was driven in by Aaron Herr.  Jeff Keppinger went two for four with a double.

The Bats got it done with the long ball in their 6-5, ten inning win over Richmond. Joey Votto finished with two doubles, a homerun and three RBIs and DeWayne Wise homered twice and scored three runs to lead the way for the Bats at the plate.

Tom Shearn was hit hard and he gave up four runs in 6 1/3 innings. Wes Wilkerson struck out two and improved to 2-0 with a shutout tenth

Phil Dumatrait pitched the Bats to their first win in a while.  He improved to a very impressive 4-0 record and he gave up just one unearned runs on four hits and three walks with one strikeouts in six innings.

Aaron Herr doubled, tripled and drove in three runs in the 7-1 win.  Mark Bellhorn doubled twice and drove in two runs.

Bobby Livingston had a pretty good start today for the Bats but at the end of the day, he dropped to 0-2 because the hitters picked up just one run.  He gave up two runs on four hits with four strikeouts in seven innings.

Earl Snyder drove in the only run for the Bats.  DeWaynee Wise went two for three with a triple and a run.

The Bats got some rough pitching today in a 7-4 loss to the Tides.  Mike Gosling gave up four runs in six innings and Jason Kershner gave up a run in 2 1/3 innings as he took the loss.

Tyrell Godwin was the hitting star.  He went two for four with a double and three RBIs.  Anderson Machado walked three times and he scored twice.

Homer Bailey got it done today, but the scored wouldn’t reflect it in the Bats 8-4 loss.  Bailey gave up just a single run on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts in five innings of work.  Then the pen exploed and gave up seven runs in the final four frames with the big inning being the sixth where the Tides picked up six runs.

Anderson Machado went two for four with a double and two RBIs.  Mark Bellhorn went two for five with a double, two RBIs and a run.

Phil Dumatrait gave up three hits and two walks with five strikeouts in five shutout innings today.  The win improved Dumatrait’s record to a perfect 3-0 and he’s now given up just one earned run on 17 2/3 innings.

Tyrell Godwin had a monster game at the plate.  He went four for five with two doubles, a triple and two runs.

Louisville managed only one run on five hits in their 3-1 loss to Richmond.  Mark Bellhorn was the only bat with two hits and he also scored the lone run.

Bobby Livingston had a very solid start but he took the loss.  He gave up two runs on six hits with four strikeouts in six innings of work.

Louisville lost today and they were completely shut down at the plate.  The lone run came in the third inning when Norris Hopper singled home Ryan Jorgenson in the 4-1 loss.

Brian Shackelford picked up the loss in a pretty poor relief appearance.  He gave up all four of the runs and he did it while getting just two outs.

Homer Bailey got it done today.  He gave up just one run on three hits and three walks with four strikeouts.  It’s his second straight start where he’s given up just one run and you wonder how long he’s going to have to prove himself down here at Triple A.

The Bats scored six runs in the ninth inning to break a 2-2 tie.  Joey Votto, Aaron Herr and Earl Snyder all drove in two runs in the 8-2 win.

Tom Shearn looked very sharp in his start today.  He gave up just one unearned run on two hits and two walks with four strikeouts in seven innings.  Unfortunately, the pen couldn’t hold in the final two innings and the hitters racked up only three hits so he picked up a no decision for his troubles.

Earl Snyder picked up two of those three hits.  Aaron Herr accounted for both Bats runs in the 4-2 loss with a two runs homer.

Mark Bellhorn hit a huge three run shot in the fourth inning to push the Bats to a 3-2 lead.  They’d later get an insurance run and make it 4-2 but that big hit was the difference between a win and a loss.

Phil Dumatrait threw a decent game and he picked up the win.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on three hits and two walks with six strikeouts.

The Clippers held the Bats to just five hits in a 1-0 shutout loss.  Jeff Bannon was the only Bat with two hits.

Bobby Livingston had a great start go to waste.  He threw 6 2/3 shutout innings and he gave up just five hits and two walks with five strikeouts. 

The Louisville Bats improved to 4-1 with a shutout by the pitching staff.  Mike Gosling got the start and he threw six shutout innings and gave up just three hits.  He walked two and struck out four.  Wes Wilkerson threw the final two frames and he picked up the win.

The lone run came in the ninth inning.  Aaron Herr doubled in the ninth and that was the first Bats hit of the game.  Then Bubba Crosby singled him home for the walk off RBI.

Homer Bailey got it done and while his numbers weren’t great, he got the benefit of a ton of runs by the Bats offense.  Bailey gave up just a single run on only one hit but he walked three with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.

Joey Votto had a huge game at the plate.  He hit a grand slam and he finished with five RBIs.  Aaron Herr went three for five with a double, a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.

This was an ugly game.  Tom Shearn was hit hard in his start and Steven Kelly was even worse in relief.  Shearn gave up five runs on five hits and three walks with three strikeouts in four innings of worse.  Kelly was knocked around for nine runs (six earned) on seven hits and four walks in just two innings.

Tyrell Godwin pretty much was the Bats offense. He drove in both runs and he singled twice.

Mark Bellhorn got it done at the plate today for the bats.  He went two for five with a homerun and four RBIs.  Anderson Machado had two hits and two RBIs while Dewayne Wise had two hits, including a triple, and two runs scored.

Phil Dumatrait picked up the win with a solid outing.  He gave up one unearned run on two hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.

Bobby Livingston was hit hard in the Bats season opener but the pen really came through with 4 2/3 shutout innings in the Bats 5-4 win in ten innings.  He gave up four runs on nine hits and a walk with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.

Dan Conway had a big day at the plate.  He went two for three with a homerun and two RBIs.  Jesse Gutierrez singled and drove in two runs.