Reds Minor League Baseball Blog

It was another good start for Aroldis Chapman, unfortunately, he took the loss as the Bats lost to the Clippers 3-1.  Chapman gave up just one run on one hit but he walked four and struck out just one.  Federico Baez gave up an unearned run on one hit in two innings of shutout relief.

The Bats managed just four hits in the loss.  Todd Frazier led the way and he went two for three with a walk and a run.

The Bats evened up their series with the Bulls 1-1 and they did it despite giving up a couple of early runs.  Ben Jukich was hit for two runs in the first, but the pitching staff didn’t allow a run the rest of the way.  Jukich picked up the win and he gave up two runs on six hits and three walks with three strikeouts in five innings.  Enerio Del Rosario didn’t allow a baserunner in three innings of shutout relief and Logan Ondrusek pitched a shutout ninth to pick up his first save of the postseason.

Chris Valaika went two for three with a pair of RBIs.  Todd Frazier went two for four with a walk, two runs and an RBI.

Lee Tabor fell to 0-1 on the season with a rough start in the Mudcats 9-3 loss to the Lookouts. He gave up six runs (four earned) on six hits in 3 1/3 innings.

Todd Frazier led the way at the plate and he went two for three with a double, a walk and a run.  Carson Kainer went one for three with a double, a walk, a run and an RBI.

This was a wild one.  Travis Wood gave up a pair of runs in the second inning and that’s all either team scored until the Mudcats tied it up with two in the seventh.  Then three in the eighth by Carolina appeared to put this one out of reach but Lookouts stormed back and scored four in the fourth to sneak away with a win.  Speaking of Travis Wood, he threw seven solid frames in his no-decision.  He gave up two runs on five hits and a walk with four strikeouts.  Sean Watson gave up the four eighth inning runs and he fell to 1-4 on the season.

Sean Henry went two for four with a two run home run.  Todd Frazier also pitched in with a two run blast of his own.

Todd Frazier paced an impressive 10-2 win by the Mudcats as they took care of the Biscuits.  He went three for four with a double, a solo homer, four RBIs and two runs.  Chris Helsey also had a nice game and he went three for four with a double, a walk, two RBIs and a run.

Alexander Smit improved to 2-0 with a solid outing.  He gave up two hits and five walks with three strikeouts in five shutout innings.

The Mudcats scored five in the first and never looked back as they took care of the Biscuits 9-3.  Todd Frazier had a huge day at the plate and he went four for five with two doubles, two runs and two RBIs.  Chris Helsey went three for five with a home run and three runs scored.

Curtis Partch improved to 1-0 in his first start for the Mudcats.  He gave up one run on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts in five innings.

The Mudcats finished up playing against the Reds former affiliate and the end result was a 3-1 loss.  Todd Frazier singled and drove in a run while Chris Heisey drew a walk and scored the lone run.

Derrik Lutz took the loss and he fell to 0-2.  He gave up two runs on two hits and two walks in 2/3 of an innings.

Luis Montano continued his impressive campaign and he improved to 3-0 with a nice start in the Dragons 3-1 win over Cedar Rapids.  He gave up just one run on one hits and two walks with five strikeouts in seven innings.  Enerio Del Rosario saved his fourth game with two shutout innings.

Todd Frazier provided the bulk of the Reds offense.  He went two for four with a two run homer.

Todd Frazier was the hitting star in the Dragons 8-3 win over Fort Wayne.  He went three for four with a double, a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Keltavious Jones went two for four with a double and two runs.

Jeremy Horst improved to 1-0 with some impressive relief pitching.  He gave up one hit with four strikeout in four innings pitched.

It was 3-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth and the Dragons held the lead when the eighth inning started but two runs in the eighth and then a game winning run in the ninth cost the Dragons the game in the 4-3 loss.  Terrell Young not only gave up the tying run in the bottom of the eight but he also gave up the game winner in the ninth.

Michael McKennon belted a two run homer in the loss.  Todd Frazier went two for four with an RBI.

Todd Frazier belted a solo homer in the top of the tenth inning as the Dragons took care of the Loons 4-3.  Justin Reed went two for five with a run.

Joseph Krebs gave up a run in three innings of relief and he picked up the win.  Enerio Del Rosario threw a shutout tenth inning and he picked up the save.

Those pesky Loons dispatched the Dragons tonight by the scored of 5-2.  Mediocre is the name of the game.  Neither the offense or the pitching was poor, it just wasn’t that great.  Todd Frazier drew three walks and he scored a run while Jason Bour doubled and scored.

Scott Carroll dropped his start and he fell to 0-1.  He gave up three runs (two earned) on six hits with three strikeouts. 

The Dragons season came to end after a 7-5 loss to South Bend.  They were down 7-1 and made it a game but the deficit was too much to overcome.  It’s too bad because things looked good after a game one win by Dayton. 

Anthony Gressick was shelled in the loss.  He gave up seven runs on four hits and three walks with six strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings.

Todd Frazier and Zachary Cozart both went yard in the loss.  Carson Kainer doubled twice and scored two runs.

The Dragons took a 1-0 lead in their playoff series behind an outstanding start by Daniel Guerrero.  The right hander gave up one run on four hits and a walk with five strikeouts in eight very solid frames.

Carson Kainer went two for three with a double, an RBI and a run in the 3-1 win.  Todd Frazier went two for four with a double and an RBI.

A pair of errors led to two unearned runs in Billings 6-4 loss to Idaho Falls.  Luis Montano took the loss and he fell to 7-3.  He gave up three runs (just one earned) on four hits and three walks with six strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.

Todd Frazier went four for five with a double and an RBI.  Brett Bartles went one for three with two walks, a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.