Devil Rays Minor League Baseball Blog

The Catfish took care of West Virginia 5-2 and they’re now one win away from taking the SALY championship.  Once again, it was pitching that reigned supreme.  Will Kline gave up one run in three in his start and Jeremy Hall gave up one run in 4 1/3 innings of relief to pick up the win.

Quinn Stewart singled and drove in a team high three runs in the game.  Maiko Loyola led off the game with a solo homerun to put the Catfish on the board.

Columbus took a 1-0 lead in their championship series with West Virginia with a solid 5-2 win behind the arm of Heath Rollins. He gave up just two runs (one earned) on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six solid frames.

John Matulia doubled and drove in two runs in the win.  Quinn Stewart went three for four with a triple and he scored two runs.

The Catfish manhandled Augusta again and they earned a berth in the SALY Final with a 7-1 win.  Maiko Loyola went three for five with a homerun and two RBIs while Quinn Stewart doubled, tripled, drove in two and scored a run.

Jeremy Hellickson picked up the win with a nice start.  He gave up one run on four hits with five strikeouts in six innings.

The Catfish won their first playoff game as they ran up the score on Augusta 11-2.  Nevin Ashley went two for four with a homerun and three RBIs.  Quinn Stewart went two for four with a double, a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Maiko Loyola had a team high three hits and he scored twice.

Heath Rollins had a solid start and he picked up the win.  He gave up one run on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in seven innings.

The Cat Fish got it all in their 11-1 win over the Savannah Sand Gnats.  In fact it’s hard to pick a hitting star because everyone contributed.  Quinn Stewart led the way with a three run homer but three other Sand Gnats had three hits.

Heath Rollins picked up the win and he improved to 7-3 on the season.  He gave up one run on four hits and one walk with five strikeouts in six solid innings.

The Catfish didn’t get much offense in their 5-2 loss to the RiverDogs.  Quinn Stewart was the only Catfish hitter with two hits and one of them was a solo homerun.

A nice start by Heath Rollins went to waste.  He gave up one run on six hits and two walks with three strikeouts in six innings.  Ryan Reid took the loss and he gave up four runs in the seventh inning.

Jeremy Helickson improved to 2-0 on the season with a nice start against Charleston.  He got into trouble in the first and gave up two runs but he calmed down and shut the opposition out through five innings.  He gave up five hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

Quinn Stewart hit a two run homer in the 6-3 win.  Nevin Ashley went two for three with two RBIs and a run.

The Catfish scored three runs in fifteen innings and then in the sixteenth, they exploded for five runs to win it 8-3.  Quinn Stewart finished with three hits, three RBIs and a run while Desmond Jennings went four for seven with a double and two runs.

Ryan Reid picked up the win with four perfect innings to close out the game.  He struck out four and the win pushed his record to 1-1.

The Catfish split a pair of games with Asheville as they made up Sunday’s rain out.  The Catfish took the first one with a nice outing by Wade Townsend. He gave up just a single run on three hits and three walks with six strikeouts in five innings and the win improved his record to 2-1.  Jairo de la Rossa drove in two runs in the 6-2 win.

The second game was a blowout Woods Fines had his first rough start of the season.  He gave up six runs in three innings and both Catfish relievers were also hit hard in the 13-5 loss.  Quinn Stewart hit a two run homer and Cesar Suarez had three hits and two RBIs in the loss.

Wade Townsend threw five innings of two hit shutout ball as the Catfish won their season opener over Kannpolis.  He struck out six and walked just one in the win.  Also impressive on the mound was Ryan Reid.  He struck out four in three innings.

Quinn Stewart had a monster game at the plate.  He went two for four with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Matthew Fields hit a two run homeruns while Cesar Suarez had two hits including a double in the 6-1 win.