Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

The Ports did it again.  They won their sixteenth straight game as five pitchers combined to hold the Blaze to three runs.  Scott Deal gave up a run on two hits and a walk in three innings of work and he improved to 4-1.  Andrew Carigan threw a shutout ninth inning and he picked up his fifth save of the season.

Anthony Aliotti went one for two with a solo home run and two walks.  Michael Gilmartin doubled and drove in two runs.

Gary Daley improved to 2-1 on the season with a fantastic start in the Rockhounds 3-1 win over the RoughRiders.  He gave up one unearned run on one hit with three walks and six strikeouts in eight innings of work.  Neil Wagner threw a shutout ninth and he picked up his fourth save of the season.

Grant Green went two for two with two walks and a solo home run.  Adam Heether went one for three with a walk and an RBI.

Lenny Dinardo improved to 1-3 on the season with a solid start in the RiverCats 10-2 win over the Salt Lake Bees.  He gave up two runs on five hits and two walks with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.

Andy LaRoche went two for four with two doubles, three RBIs and a run.  Chris Carter belted two solo home runs and he drew two walks.

The Bees couldn’t get anything done at the plate in their 5-0 loss to South Bend.  Josh Whitaker went two for three with a walk and the only other player with a hit was Douglas Landaeta.

Jose Macias fell to 1-1 despite an okay start.  He gave up three runs (one earned) on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts in five innings.