Yankees Minor League Baseball Blog

The RiverDogs made up their rain out game from the night before and lost both ends of a doubleheader to Hickory.   The first game was a 5-2 loss and Ivan Nova took the loss with a rough start.  He gave up five runs on seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts in four innings of work and the loss dropped him to 5-5 on the season.  Kevin Smith belted a solo homerun for half of the RiverDogs runs.

The second game was closer but it was still a loss.  Jonathan Hovis took the loss when he gave up a run in the eighth inning.  Eric Hacker gave up three runs in five innings in his start and Kyle Anson and Timothy O’Brien both hit solo shots in the 4-3 loss.

Grant Duff fell to 11-7 on the season with a rough start in the RiverDogs 8-6 loss to Greenville.  He gave up eight runs on seven hits and five walks in 2 1/3 innings.

Joseph Muich was the hitting star in the loss.  He went two for four with a double, two RBIs and two runs.

Mitchell Hilligoss led the way at the plate for the RiverDogs in their 5-1 win over Greenville.  He went three for four with a double and two runs.  Seth Fortenberry helped out the cause with a two run homer in the fourth inning.

Jesse Hoover picked up the win with two shutout innings of relief.  He took over after a rain delay and the win pushed his record to 2-2 on the season.

Timothy O’Brien had a huge day at the plate in the RiverDogs 13-8 win over Greenville.  He went three for five with two homeruns and four RBIs.  Joseph Muich went three for five with a double, a homerun two RBIs and two runs.

Eric Hacker improved to 7-2 on the season with a nice start.  He gave up two unearned runs on seven hits and a walk with three strikeouts in six innings.

Grant Duff fell to 11-6 on the season in a tough start in the RiverDogs 6-1 loss to Asheville.  He gave up three runs on six hits and six walks with five strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.

Joseph Muich was the hitting star in the loss.  He went two for four and he drove in the only RiverDog run with a solo homerun.

The RiverDogs didn’t get too many chances as they were held to five hits in a 5-3 loss to Asheville.  Josue Calzado had a hand in all three Charleston runs and he went two for four with a double, a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.

Ferdin Tejada took the loss and he fell to 1-1 on the season.  He gave up two runs on three hits in just two innings of work.

Luke Trubee gave up a run in the bottom of the ninth as the RiverDogs lost to Asheville 6-5.  This was after a rough start by Eric Hacker, who gave up three runs on nine hits and four walks with a strikeout in five innings.

Seth Fortenberry was the hitting star in the loss.  He went three for four with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.

The RiverDogs did a number on Kannapolis in their 10-0 win.  They got good pitching from Ivan Nova, who improved to 5-4 on the season with five shutout innings.  He gave up three hits with three strikeouts.

Kyle Anson had just one hit (a double) but he drove in four runs in the game.  Eduardo Nunez went two for four with an RBI and three runs.

The RiverDogs beat Kannapolis 4-2 and all four runs scored by Charleston were unearned as they capitalized on three Kannapolis errors.  Josue Calzado went two for four while Kevin Smith went one for three with a run.

Brady Martinez improved to 2-2 on the season.  He gave up just one hit and a walk with three strikeouts in 2 1/3 shutout innings.  Grant Duff walked seven batters in 4 2/3 innings but he gave up just one run.

The RiverDogs took it to the Sand Gnats and blew them out 12-4.  Mitchell Hilligoss led the way with a grand slam and he finished the game with two runs.  Kevin Smith went three for four with a double, a triple, a walk and two runs.

Eric Hacker picked up the win and he improved to 6-2 on the season.  He gave up one run on nine hits and one walk with two strikeouts in six innings of work.

The RiverDogs took care of the Sand Gnats in both of the games of their doubleheader.  In the first game, Michael Dunn had a nice start and he improved to 11-3 on the season in the 2-1 win.  He gave up one run on three hits and four walks with four strikeouts in six innings.  Mitchell Hilligoss tripled and he scored one of the two runs.

In the second game, Luke Trubee improved to 3-0 on the season with a 1 2/3 innings of shutout relief.  Chase Odenreider hit a solo homerun and he scored three runs in the 6-1 win.

The RiverDogs could push just one baserunner across the plate in their 3-1 loss to the Catfish.  Josue Calzado went two for four with an RBI while Seth Fortenberry went two for four with a double.

A pretty good start by Grant Duff went to waste.  He gave up just one run on seven hits and one walk with three strikeouts in six innings of work.

Gabriel Medina and two relievers combined to hold the Catfish to just a single hit in the RiverDogs 3-1 win.  Medina gave up just the one hit with six strikeouts in six shutout frames.

Eduardo Nunez went two for four with a run.  Seth Fortenberry walked twice, scored a run and drove in one.

Eric Hacker may not have picked up the win in this one, but he definitely kept the RiverDogs in the game in their 3-1 win over the Catfish.  He gave up just a single run on three hits and walk with six strikeouts in seven innings.  Jesse Hoover picked up the win with two shutout innings to close the game out.

Eduardo Nunez led the way at the plate with three hits (two singles, one double) and two RBIs.  Mitchell Hilligoss had a great game as well.  He went two for four with a triple, an RBI and two runs.

The RiverDogs lost 14-4 and it was reliever Brady Martinez who took the brunt of the damage.  He gave up ten runs on ten hits and two walks in just 1 2/3 innings.

Brian Aragon belted a two run homer in the loss.  Brandon Ketron doubled, drove in two and scored a run.