Rays Minor League Baseball Blog

Vero Beach lost to Lakeland 7-6 but it wasn’t because of the efforts of James Hall.  The leftfielder went three for four with a double, a homerun, two RBIs and three runs.  Neil Walton went two for four with a double and an RBI.

Kevin Lynn took the loss when he gave up an unearned run in the ninth inning.  The loss dropped his record to 1-5 on the season.

Chris Kelly gave up a run in the bottom of the tenth inning in their 3-2 loss to Tampa.  Jeff Kamrath had a decent start go to waste in the loss.  He gave up two runs on five hits and four walks with five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.

Rhyne Hughes doubled and he scored on the Ray’s two runs.  Neil Walton drove in the other run with a solo homerun in the third inning.

Matthew Walker dropped to 1-6 on the season with a tough start in Vero Beach’s 8-2 loss to Fort Myers.  He gave up five runs on five hits and five walks with one strikeout in two innings.

Alex Jamieson doubled and he drove in both Vero Beach runs.  Neil Walton doubled twice in the loss.

Erold Andrus had a big day at the plate in Vero Beach’s 5-3 win over Sarasota.  He went three for five with a homerun and two runs scored.  Neil Walton also had a nice game and he went two for four with an RBI.

Greg Dupas was the pitching star. He gave up just two hits with three strikeouts in three shutout innings of relief.

Jacob McGee got it done on the mound in Vero Beach’s 6-2 win over Lakeland.  He gave up two runs on three hits and three walks with eight strikeouts in six innings of work.

Jackson Brennan went two for three with a double, two walks, an RBI and a run.  Neil Walton went two for four with a homerun, a triple, two RBIs and two runs.

The Rays got some solid pitching in their 5-1 win over the Cubs.  Wade Davis threw 5 2/3 innings and gave up just one run on six hits and two walks with seven strikeouts.  Greg Dupas picked up the win with 3 1/3 innings of shutout relief.

Hunter Vick had a nice day at the plate.  He went three for four with a run and an RBI. Neil Walton went two for four with a double and he scored twice.

Rhyne Hughes had a big game at the plate today in Vero Beach’s 6-4 win over Daytona.  He went three for four with a double, two runs and an RBI.  Neil Walton and Jackson Brennan each drove in two runs and Christian Lopez scored twice.

Wade Davis was hit hard in his loss but the bullpen did their job and the hitters put together some late rallies.  He gave up four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks with six strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.  Jino Gonzalez picked up the win with 1 2/3 innings of shutout ball.

Paul Moviel dropped to 0-2 and his struggles continued in a tough start against Sarasota.  He gave up four runs on five hits and he struck out six in five innings of work.

Neil Walton had the only extra base hit of the game for Vero Beach.  He went one for three with a triple and an RBI.