PEORIA, IL – The West Michigan Whitecaps were two outs away from victory on two different occasions, but game-tying and game-winning home runs in the ninth and tenth innings led to an 8-7, 10-inning loss to the Peoria Chiefs at Dozer Park on Wednesday. West Michigan left 12 runners on PEORIA, IL – The West
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Despite Justice Bigbie’s heroics, Erie fell in 10 innings to Bowie, 8-6. The SeaWolves scored first in the second inning. After a leadoff double by Chris Meyers, Corey Joyce drove him home with an RBI single to give Erie a 1-0 lead. In the third, Bigbie led off with a Despite Justice Bigbie’s heroics, Erie
The Toledo Mud Hens dropped game two of this week’s series vs the Louisville Bats. The Hens are now 23-24 in the second half and 56-65 overall. Keider Montero started for the Hens and pitched 5.0 innings, giving up five runs with no walks and four strikeouts. The bullpen gave The Toledo Mud Hens dropped
As we make the turn toward the home stretch of the 2023 season, stats watching becomes a favorite pastime in certain corners of the Minor Leagues. Who will lead the lower levels in homers? Who will prove themselves to be a true .300 hitter? Who can rack up the most strikeouts before the final out
DETROIT — Tarik Skubal isn’t usually one to wear his emotions on his sleeve when he’s on the mound. He prefers to leave them somewhere in the dugout, sometimes against the wall when his frustration reaches a boiling point. “Just get it out,” Skubal said. “I’m a guy to just get it out. That way
Toledo Mud Hens 24, Louisville Bats 10 (box) Well, this was quite a day on the old gridiron as the Mud Hens threw for three touchdowns and added a late field goal to defeat Louisville, whose offense couldn’t handle the smothering Hens secondary… Oh, oh right. Baseball! So, Spencer Turnbull’s final rehab start didn’t go
In the grand tradition of afternoon games we’ll make this one short and sweet. The match-up was Tarik Skubal vs. Jameson Taillon. Javier Baez was out for the game, not feeling well. In the first inning Skubal got the ball rolling with three quick outs. The Tigers likewise went down in order in the bottom
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The Tigers reinstated right-hander Spencer Turnbull from the 60-day injured list Wednesday but optioned him to Triple-A Toledo rather than add him to the active roster. He’d been out since early May with a neck injury. Turnbull, 31 next month, tossed a no-hitter for the Tigers back in 2021 and looked to be in the
But as long as the second baseman is playing, he’ll be swinging. And while Parker Meadows stole the show at Comerica Park during Tuesday’s 8-6 win over the Cubs with his speed, flying around the bases on his first Major League triple before running down a line drive in right-center, Ibáñez provided the punch to a
PEORIA, IL – West Michigan Whitecaps infielder Luke Gold enjoyed a history-making performance by blasting two homers in the same inning, including a grand slam in the sixth as part of a 14-3 victory over Peoria Chiefs at Dozer Park on Tuesday. Gold is believed to become the first player PEORIA, IL – West Michigan
Toledo OH- The Toledo Mud Hens take a wild 24-10 win over the Louisville Bats in Louisville. In the top of the first inning, Wenceel Perez greeted the Louisville Bats starter, Levi Stout with a double to open the game. Justyn-Henry Malloy followed with a single to put runners on Toledo OH- The Toledo Mud
The Tigers continued their high-scoring battle against the Cubs tonight at Comerica Park, as each team made a solid effort to out-home run the other. The starting pitchers were Reese Olson and old friend Drew Smyly. Olson started out with a 1-2-3 first, while in the bottom half Smyly was feeling frowny pretty early on.
Erie could not get the bats going in a series-opening 5-0 loss to Bowie. Bowie started the scoring in the second inning against Ty Madden. Donta’ Williams hit Bowie’s second double of the inning to drive home a run. They tacked on a pair of runs in the third inning Erie could not get the