Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

Trent Petterson dropped to 0-1 on the season with a rough start in the Rockhounds 6-3 loss to Frisco.  He gave up six runs on eight hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six innings.

Vasili Spanos was the hitting star in the loss. He went two for five and he drove in a run.

Luis Ramirez fell to 4-3 on the season with a tough start in the Rockhounds 9-4 loss to Frisco.  He gave up seven runs on eight hits and one walk with three strikeouts in seven innings.

Vasili Spanos went three for five with two doubles and a triple with two RBIs in the loss.  Landon Powell went two for five with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.

Michael Madsen improved to 5-2 on the season with a nice start in the Rockhounds 4-2 win over San Antonio.  He gave up two runs on three hits and three walks with five strikeouts in six innings.

Vasili Spanos was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for three with two doubles, two runs and an RBI.

Vasili Spanos had three hits and he drove in three runs in the Rockhounds 7-5 win over Tulsa.  Brant Colamarino also had a nice day at the plate and he went three for five with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs.

Benjamin Fritz picked up the win and he improved to 5-1 on the season. He gave up three runs on seven hits and one walk with four strikeouts in six innings of work.

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.

Brad Knox threw six shutout innings to keep the Rockhounds undefeated.  He gave up just five hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

The big hit of the game was a three run homerun by Brian Snyder to tie the game up in the bottom of the ninth.  Then Vasili Spanos scored the game winner in the tenth on a Springfield error.  Vince Faison had three hits in the game.