Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

The Rockhounds dropped a tough eleven inning game to Wichita 3-2.  Jerry Blevins took the loss and he fell to 0-2 when he gave up a run in the top of the eleventh inning.

Richie Robnett was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for five with a double and two RBIs.

Trent Peterson fell to 0-2 on the season in the Rockhounds 6-3 loss to Springfield.  He gave up four runs on seven hits and four walks in 6 1/3 innings.

Richie Robnett went two for four and he drove in two runs.  Cliff Pennington went one for four with two runs.

Benjamin Fritz improved to 8-3 on the season with a nice start in the Rockhounds 3-1 win over San Antonio.  He gave up four hits and two walks with two strikeouts in six shutout innings.

Richie Robnett went one for three with a solo homerun and two runs scored.  Myron Leslie went two for four with a triple and two RBIs.

Frisco racked up four ninth inning runs but it wasn’t enough as the Rockhounds walked away with a 7-5 win in the first game of their doubleheader.  Danny Borrell picked up the win with 2 2/3 innings of shutout relief while Richie Robnett provided the offense with a grand slam homer.

The second game didn’t go as well as Midland lost 6-3.   Andy Shipman was roughed up and he fell to 4-3 on the season with a rough start.  He gave up six runs on nine hits and three walks with four strikeouts in seven innings.  Gregorio Petit went three for five with a double and a run.

Benjamin Fritz improved to 6-1 on the season with another start in the Rockhounds 4-2 win over Wichita.  He gave up two runs on six hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.

Richie Robnett hit a two run homer in the win.  Gregorio Petit went two for four with a double, a walk and two runs.

Vasil Spanos had a nice day at the plate in the Rockhounds 8-3 win over Corpus Christi.  He went three for four with a double, three RBIs and two runs.  Richie Robnett also had a nice game and he went two for five with a double and two RBIs.

Michael Madsen improved to 3-0 on the season with a nice start. He gave up two runs on five hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in six innings of work.

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.

Midland had several hitting stars in their 11-5 blowout win over Corpus Christi.  Richie Robnett went three for six with two doubles, two runs and two RBIs.  Georgio Petit had four hits and two RBIs while Brant Colamarino had two hits and three RBIs.

Brad Ziegler picked up the win in a solid relief appearance.  He gave up two hits with one strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings.

There wasn’t much solid pitching in the Rockhounds 9-8 loss to San Antonio.  Kazuhito Tadano gave up five runs in six innings and Jeffrey Coleman gave up four runs in just 2/3 of an inning.

Danny Putnam had a monster game at the plate.  He went two for four with a double, a homerun and five RBIs.  Richie Robnett homered and he scored two runs.

The Rock Hounds had plenty of hitting start in their 15-1 win over Arkansas.  The big hitter though was Richie Robnett.  He went three for four and he came a single short of hitting for the cycle.  He drove in five and scored three times in the win.

Lost in all the offense was a great start by Benjamin Fritz.  He gave up just a single run on two hits and a walk with six strikeouts in 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.