Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

Alex Zumwait gave up three late runs to the Suns and he took the loss in the River Cats 5-3 loss to Jacksonville.  A nice start by Dallas Braden went to waste and he gave up two runs (one earned) on four hits and a walk with four strikeouts in six innings.

Daric Barton was the hitting star in the loss. He went two for four with a double and two RBIs.

The River Cats beat the Isotopes 4-2 and they got some good pitching across the board.  Dallas Braden struck out seven in three shutout innings in his start and then Brad Ziegler gave up run in two innings with four strikeouts and he picked up the win.

Dee Brown was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for four and he drove in one of the runs.

Antonio Perez hit a solo homerun in the tenth inning to push the River Cats to a 6-5 win over Portland.  He finished the game with two hits, two runs and two RBIs.  Kevin Melilo (two hits and three walks) and Daric Barton (three hits and two walks) each reached base five times.

Dallas Braden threw a very nice game that the pen subsequently tried to blow.  He gave up just three hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in six shutout innings.  Marcus McBeth gave up the tying run in the bottom of the ninth but he shutout Portland in the tenth and he picked up the win.

Richie Robnett hit an eighth inning two run homerun to push the Rockhounds to a 4-3 win over Springfield.  Jason Perry was the other hitting star.  He went three for four with two doubles, two RBIs and a run.

Dallas Braden had a solid start and he gave up two runs on three hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in six innings of work.

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.