Devil Rays Minor League Baseball Blog

Jae Seo dropped to 1-1 on the season with a pretty poor start in the Bulls 10-4 loss to Rochester.  He gave up nine runs on twelve hits and two walks with one strikeout in 3 2/3 innings.

Brent Butler doubled twice and he drove in a run.  Jorge Velandia hit a solo homerun in the loss. 

Jeff Niemann improved to 8-4 on the season with a nice start in the Bulls 4-1 win over Richmond.  He gave up one run on six hits and one walk with three strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.

Wes Bankston was the hitting star.  He went two for four with a double, an RBI and a run.

Jae Kuk Ryu fell to 1-1 on the season in the Bulls 7-4 loss to the Yankees.  He gave up four runs on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts in four innings.

Ben Zobrist was the hitting star in the loss.  He went one for three with a solo homerun, two walks and two runs.

Chris Richard hit a first inning grand slam and while it didn’t turn out to be enough, the hit definitely set the stage for the Bulls 8-4 win.  Joel Guzman also homered and he drove in two runs while Jorge Valandia went one for three with two walks and two runs.

Jeff Niemann improved to 7-4 on the season with a decent start.  He gave up four runs on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts in six innings.

The Bulls lost to the Yankees 7-5 and Jeremy Owens had a nice day at the plate despite the loss.  He went two for three with a triple and three RBIs.  Joel Guzman hit a solo homerun, walked twice and scored two runs.

Steve Andrade was shelled and he fell to 2-2 on the season.  He gave up four runs in just one inning.

Joel Guzman had a nice day at the plate in the Bulls 7-3 win over Indianapolis.  He went two for four with a double and three RBIs.  Justin Ruggiano also had a nice game and he went three for four with an RBI and two runs.

Scott Dohmann picked up the win with two nice shutout innings of relief.  He gave up a single hit and he struck out one and the win pushes his record to 3-1 on the season.

Mitch Talbot fell to 5-6 on the season in the Bulls 5-1 loss to Indianapolis.  He gave up two runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.

Elliot Johnson was the hitting star in the loss.  He went two for four with a double and a run.

Jae Kuk Ryu improved to 1-0 with a nice start in the Bulls 2-1 win over Indianapolis.  He gave up one run on three hits with seven strikeouts in five innings.

Joel Guzman was the hitting star in the win.  He went three for four with a double and an RBI. 

Dustan Mohr led the way at the plate for the Bulls in their 8-1 win over the Yankees.  He went three for five with a double, two homeruns, four RBIs and three runs.  Jonny Gomes went two for three with two RBIs.

Jeff Niemann improved to 5-4 on the season with a nice start.  He gave up one run on eight hits with five strikeouts in seven innings.

The Bulls lost 3-2 in a rain shortened game in Ottawa.  Tony Peguero gave up three runs on six hits and a walk in 4 1/3 innings and the loss drops him to 0-2 on the season.

Brent Butler provided all of the Bulls runs with one swing of the bat.  He hit a two run homer in the fifth inning.

The Bulls got plenty of offense in the Bulls 9-5 win over Ottawa and while just about everyone was a hitting star, Joel Guzman had a particularly good day at the plate.  He went three for five with two runs and an RBI.  Joshua Johnson had an idential line to Guzman and Justin Ruggiano went three for five with two douboes, one run and one RBI.

Jason Hammel picked up the win despite a mediocre start.  He gave up four runs on seven hits and three walks with five strikeouts in five innings.

Jeff Niemann dropped to 4-4 on the season with a rough start in the Bulls 10-2 loss to the Bats.  He gave up six runs on six hits and four walks with four strikeouts in just 4 1/3 innings.

Both of the Bulls two runs scored on solo homeruns.  Jorge Velandia and Justin Ruggiano both went yard in the loss.

Justin Ruggiano and Jonny Gomes hit back to back homers and then later in the third inning, Dustan Mohr homered to make it a four run third inning in the Bulls 4-3 win over the Bats.  Ruggiano’s homer was a two run shot and he wasl also the only Bull with two hits in the game.

Ruddy Lugo improved to 2-0 on the season with 2 2/3 innings of shutout relief.  He gave up two hits and he walked one.

Jason Hammel struck out nine and gave up four runs in his five innings in the Bulls 7-5 loss to the Bats.  Steve Andrade took the loss and he gave up three runs in 2 2/3 innings.

Jorge Velandia hit a two run homer in the loss.  Wes Bankston went two for four with a double and an RBI.

Wes Bankston hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the tenth inning to win it for the Bulls.  He finished the game two for five with the homerun and two RBIs.  Justin Ruggiano went two for four with a run.

Mitch Talbot had a nice start but he didn’t get the win.  He gave up three runs on five hits and three walks with five strikeouts in six innings.  Ruddy Lugo picked up the win with a shutout tenth inning.