Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

The River Cats led their game against Salt Lake all the until the ninth inning in a tough 11-10 loss that now puts them two games down in a five game series.  The River Cats had leads of 5-0, 7-4 and 10-6 but Salt Lake scored three in the bottom of the eighth and two in the ninth to blow it.  Brad Ziegler was tagged with the final three runs and he took the loss but the game winning run actually came with Jeffrey Gray on the mound.

Nicholas Blasi went four for six with three runs.  Jorge Pierda went two for four with a double, three RBIs and a run in the loss.

Talk about a tough loss.  The River Cats came back from a 6-2 deficit to tie the game and send it into extra frames.  Then, they take a two run lead in the tenth inning only to have Jeffrey Gray give up three runs in the bottom of the tenth to seal the River Cats fate in a 9-8 loss.   Gray didn’t get batter out in the tenth, he just gave up five consecutive hits.

Daric Barton had a big day at the plate with two homers and four RBIs.  Nicholas Blasi doubled twice and he scored three times in the loss.

The River Cats won one and lost one in their doubleheader against Las Vegas.  The first game went well enough and the River Cats won their third straight game.  Jorge Piedra hit a two run walk off homer in the bottom of the seventh and he finished the game with four of the River Cats five runs.  Jeffrey Gray picked up the win despite allowing the tying run to score in the top of the seventh inning.

Game two didn’t go nearly as well as Shawn Kohn was shelled.  He gave up four runs in 2 1/3 innings.  J.D. Closser went three for four with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs in the 10-4 loss.

Kevin Melillo hit a walk off two run homer in the bottom of the twelth inning in the River Cats 6-5 win over Round Rock.  Melillo had a nice overall day at the plate and he went three for six with a double, the homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Jason Perry helped out with a two run homer in the sixth inning.

Jeffrey Gray picked up the win.  He got the final two batters out in the twelth inning and he improved to 1-3 on the season.

The River Cats ran into Howie Kendrick in his rehab stint and he almost single handedly cost the River Cats the game.  He hit a three run homer off of Jeffrey Grey that was the game winner and he also drove in the only run against starter Dan Meyer.

Donnie Murphy was the hitting star in the 4-3 loss.  He went two for four with a double and a run.

Jeffrey Gray had a pretty tough outing.  He took a two run lead into the ninth and gave up two runs to send the game into extra frames.  Then he gave up a two run homer in the bottom of the tenth as he took the loss in the 6-4 game. 

Lou Merloni had a nice game for the River Cats. He went three for four with a run and an RBI.  Jason Perry and Nicholas Blasi each had three hits in the game.

Jason Perry had a huge day at the plate today in Midland’s 9-3 win over Corpus Christi.  He went two for four with two homeruns and four RBIs.  Vince Faison also had a nice game and he went two for five with a homerun, a triple, three RBIs and two runs.

Brad Knox gave up three runs in 6 2/3 innings but because most of Midland’s runs came late, he didn’t get a decision.  Jeffrey Gray improve to 2-0 and he threw 2 1/3 innings of shutout relief.

Landon Powell hit a bit three run homerun and Eduardo Cornejo doubled home a run in the Rockhounds 4-3 win in the second game of a double header with Arkansas.  Kevin Deaton threw five decent innings and Jeffrey Gray picked up the win with two innings of solid relief.

The first game was pretty ugly as the Rockhounds lost 9-1.  Josh Alliston was pounded for six runs in 1 2/3 innings and the lone run came on a sac. fly by Casey Myers.