Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

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.

Jeffrey Baisley was the Rockhounds hitting star in their 4-3 win over Corpus Christi.  He went three for five with a double, a homerun and two RBIs.  Landon Powell finished with two hits and one of those was a solo homerun.

Andy Shipman picked up the win with four shutout innings of relief.  He gave up just one hit and he struck out four.

Midland blew out San Antonio 10-4 and there were plenty of hitting stars in this one.  Jeffrey Baisley and Jason Perry each drove in three runs while Vince Faison finished with a team high three hits and he scored three times.

Mario Ramos was hit hard in his start and he gave up four runs in four innings but the pen and the hitters picked him up.  Michael Rogers picked up the win with two shutout innings.

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.

The Rockhounds outlasted Arkansas in a 7-6, twelve inning win.  Jeffrey Baisley had a huge game.  He went three for four with two homeruns, two walks, three RBIs and two runs.  Danny Putnam also helped out with two doubles and four RBIs.

Benjamin Fritz was roughed up in his start while Brad Ziegler picked up the win with a no hit twelth inning.