Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

Ryan Webb dropped to 0-4 on the season with a tough start in the Rockhounds 9-4 loss to Corpus Christi.  He gave up seven runs on eight hits and one walk with four strikeouts.  Five of the eight hits he gave up were homeruns.

Brian Snyder was the hitting star in the loss.  He went two for five with a double and an RBI.

The Rockhounds beat Wichita 6-1 and a big part of the win was some solid pitching by Andy Shipman.  He gave up one run on six hits and a walk with three strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.

Jeffrey Baisley went two for three with two runs scored.  Brian Snyder doubled twice and he scored a run.

Michael Madsen was awesome on the mound in the Rockhounds 1-0 win over Frisco.  He gave up just two hits and three walks and he struck out a season high ten batters in six shutout innings.  The win pushes his record to 2-0 on the season.

The lone run was driven in by Richie Robnett on a sac. fly.  Gregorio Petit went three for three and Brian Snyder went two for four and he scored the lone run of the game.

The Rockhounds scored most of their runs in the seventh inning when they scored seven to top Frisco 9-8.  Brian Snyder was the hitting star and he went two for four with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs. 

Kazuhito Tadano was hit hard in his start but the hitters picked him up.  He did strikeout out eight in six innings but he also gave up six runs. 

Midland effectively played a double header and lost it 7-6.  The Rockhounds came from behind to score two in the ninth to take the lead but then they gave up a run in the bottom of the ninth to send the game into extra frames.  Each team scored two runs in the seventeenth and then Brian Snyder gave up the losing run in the bottom of th eighteenth.

The Rockhounds were held in check at the plate and they picked up just ten hits in the eighteen innings.  Georgio Petit was the hitting star and he went two for seven with a walk and three RBIs.

Midland dropped their second game of the season behind some pretty poor relief pitching.  Brad Knox had a decent start and he gave up just two runs on two hits in five innings but two different relievers were pounded for seven runs in the final three frames in the 9-3 loss.

Brian Snyder hit a solo homerun in the loss.  Jeffrey Baisley went two for four with a double and a run.

Brad Knox threw six shutout innings to keep the Rockhounds undefeated.  He gave up just five hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

The big hit of the game was a three run homerun by Brian Snyder to tie the game up in the bottom of the ninth.  Then Vasili Spanos scored the game winner in the tenth on a Springfield error.  Vince Faison had three hits in the game.

Vince Faison and Danny Putnam led the way on offense for the Rockhounds in their season opener.  Faison had two hits, three RBIs and a run while Putnam hit a three run shot in the seventh inning to blow the game open.  Brian Snyder had a good game as well with two hits and two runs.

Dallas Braden picked up the win in six solid innings.  He gave up just a single run on two hits and two walks with six strikeouts.