Devil Rays Minor League Baseball Blog

Aaron Sisk had a big day at the plate in Vero Beach’s 9-7 win over St. Lucie.  He went three for four with a double, a homerun, three RBIs and three runs.  Patrick Cottrell went two for five with two runs scored.

Jonathan Beltre picked up the win although his relief appearance was hardly stellar.  He gave up three runs in just inning.  Wade Davis did have a nice start though.  He gave up four runs (three earned) on seven hits and two walks with nine strikeouts in six innings.

Vero Beach never got their bats going in a 4-1 loss to Tampa.  Patrick Cottrell drove in the only run of the game.  Garrett Groce went two for four with a double and he scored the only run.

Eddie De La Cruz took the loss when he gave up three runs in tenth inning.  He gave up three runs on three hits in 1 2/3 innings and the loss drops his record to 2-2 on the season. 

Vero Beach lost to Lakeland 4-3 and they picked up just six hits.  Erold Andrus and Patrick Cottrel each had a single, a double, a run and an RBI.

Michael Wlodarczyk had a decent start but he didn’t get the run support to pick up the win.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on five hits and three walks with three strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.

Vero Beach ran up the scored on Palm Beach in their 11-3 win.  Patrick Cottrell had a big game at the plate.  He went three for three with two doubles, a triple, four RBIs and a run.  Hunter Vick went three for five with two runs and two RBIs.

Paul Moviel coasted to an easy win and he improved to 1-2.  He gave up one run on five hits and four walks with two strikeouts in six innings of work.

This was a tough loss because Vero Beach had a 2-1 lead and gave it up in the ninth and then they had a 3-2 lead in the eleventh before Eddie de la Cruz gave up two runs in the bottom half of the inning to lose it.  Even worse, a great start by Wade Davis went to waste.  He gave up one run on three hits with eight strikeouts in seven innings.

Alex Jamieson put Vero Beach on the board in the third with a solo homerun.  Patrick Cottrell also had a nice game and he went two for four with a double and he drove in the other two runs in the 4-3 loss.

Vero Beach had a good old fashioned comeback as Paul Moviel gave up four runs to put Vero Beach down 4-0.  Then late in the game, the hitters started chipping into the lead until a run in the eighth tied it and a run in the ninth won it.

Patrick Cottrell had a big day at the plate.  He went three for four with a double, a homerun, two RBIs and a run.  James Hall went four for five with a double, a run and an RBI in the 5-4 win.

Left hander Michael Wlodarczyk threw five solid innings and he picked up the win in Vero Beach’s 4-2 win over Palm Beach.  He gave up just two runs on six hits with two strikeouts.

James Hall homered and drove in two runs while Rhyne Hughes went three for three with two RBIs.  Patrick Cottrell had two hits and two runs.

Vero Beach lost to St. Lucie 5-3 and all of the runs were driven in by Christian Lopez.  He went two for four with three RBIs.  Patrick Cottrell went one for two with two walks and two runs.

Jeffrey Kamrath took the loss when he gave up three runs in seventh.  He threw in relief of Matthew Walker, who struck out five in five innings.