Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

Just about everyone was a hitting star in the River Cats 10-3 win over Fresno but Kevin Melillo had an exceptionally good day at the plate.  He went two for four with a homerun and three RBIs.  Daric Barton also had a great game and he went two for three with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.

Dan Meyer improved to 5-1 with the win.  He gave up three runs on nine hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.

The River Cats beat up on Salt Lake 8-6 and it was Daric Barton who got it done at the plate again.  He went four for five with a double, an RBI and two runs.  Dee Brown went two for five with a three run homer.

Brad Ziegler picked up the win with 1 2/3 innings of shutout relief.  He gave up one hit and he struck out one and the win pushes his record to 2-2 on the season.

Mario Ramos improved to 1-0 on the season with a nice start in the River Cats 3-0 win. He gave up six hits and four walks with four strikeouts in five shutout innings.

Donnie Murphy went three for five in the win.  Daric Barton went two for three with a double, two runs and a walk.

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.

Dan Meyer dropped to 3-1 on the season with his worst start of the season in the River Cats 8-3 loss to Las Vegas.  He gave up six runs on six hits and three walks with four strikeouts in five innings.

Jason Perry went two for four with a two run homer.  It was his fifth long ball of the season.  Daric Barton also had a nice game and he went three for four.

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.

The River Cats had a tough time even getting a hit in a 9-2 loss to Tuscon. Daric Barton had two of the five River Cats hits. He doubled twice, drew a walk and scored a run.

Shane Komine dropped to 2-8 on the season. He gave up six runs on eleven hits and one walk with one strikeout in 4 1/3 innings.

This was a crazy game.  The River Cats scored a run in the seventh inning to give them a 14-6 lead before Tuscon rallied with six runs in the seventh and three in the eighth as the River Cats lost 15-14.  The two teams combined for 34 hits in this one.

Just about everyone was a hitting star but Donnie Murphy probably had the most impressive game.  He went four for five with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs.

Brad Ziegler took the loss although he just happened to give up the final four runs.  He fell to 1-2 on the season.

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.

Kaz Tadano dropped to 2-1 on the season with a rough start in  the River Cats 9-6 loss to Round Rock.  He gave up seven runs on eight hits and four walks with five strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.

Jeremy Brown doubled and he drove in two runs in the loss.  Dee Brown singled and he scored twice.

Shane Komine had a nice start go to waste in the River Cats 3-2 loss to Round Rock.  He gave up two runs on four hits and three walks with eight strikeouts, but because of the lack of offense, he dropped to 2-7 on the season.

Kevin Melillo went two for three with a walk.  Nicholas Blasi went two for three with a run.

The River Cats got plenty of offense but not much pitching in their eleven inning 10-8 loss to Round Rock.  Dee Brown had a really big game in the loss.  He went three for five with a double, a homerun and five RBIs. 

Alec Zumwait took the loss and he dropped to 0-3 on the season. He not only gave up the run that sent the game into extra frames but he also gave up the two runs in the eleventh. 

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.