Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

Shawn Haviland improved to 2-3 on the season with a nice start in the RockHounds 3-0 win over the Hooks.  He gave up three hits and two walks with four strikeouts in 6 1/3 shutout innings.  Jon Meloan pitched a shutout ninth and he picked up his first save of the season.

Tyler Ladendorf went three for four with a run in the win.  Jermaine Mitchell went two for five with a run.

Murphy Smith improved to 2-3 on the season with one of his best starts so far in a 7-0 win over the Blaze.  He gave up six hits and a walk with three strikeouts in six shutout innings.  Brett Hunter threw two shutout innings of relief.

Michael Choice went two for two with three walks, a home run and two RBIs.  Ryan Lipkin went two for five with a pair of RBIs and Rashun Dixon went two for four with a walk and three runs.

 Guillermo Moscoso improved to 2-2 on the season with a nice start in the River Cats 4-0 win over the Sky Sox.  He gave up just a hit and two walks with eight strikeouts in six innings.  Willie Eyre pitched a shutout ninth and he dropped his ERA down to a miniscule 0.77.

Steve Tolleson provided the bulk of the offense in this one.  He went three for four with a home run and two RBIs.  Eric Sogard went one for three with a walk and an RBI.