Devil Rays Minor League Baseball Blog

Vero Beach lost to Palm Beach 8-4 and it was Brian Lockwood who took the loss.  He gave up four runs on five hits, two of which were homers, without getting a single batter out in his season debut.

Sergio Pedroza doubled and drove in two runs in the loss.  Christopher Cunningham went two for four with a double and he scored a run.

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.

Matthew Walker was hit hard and he took his second loss of the season in a 9-5 loss to Palm Beach.  He gave up eight runs on seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 1 1/3 innings.

Chrisian Lopez was the only Ray with two hits and one of them was a solo homerun.  James Hall singled and drove in two runs.

Hunter Vick singled three times and that accounted for more then half of Vero Beach’s hits in their 3-2 loss to Brevard County.  He also scored twice one of the two runs.

Jeffrey Kamrath took the loss when he gave up one run in his 1 1/3 innings of relief.  He gave up two hits and he struck out three.

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 was shut down at the plate in their 7-1 loss to Brevard County.  They picked up just two hits one of those was a triple by Christian Lopez that he scored on.

Jacob McGee took the loss and he dropped to 1-1.  He gave up four runs on six hits and three walks with one strikeouts.

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.

Vero Beach scored a run in the ninth to break a 6-6 tie to win it 7-6.  Matthew Devine hit a three run homer in the win and Erold Andrus finished with two hits and two RBIs.

Matthew Walker had a rough start and he didn’t even finish the fourth inning.  Greg Dupas both blew the save and picked up the win and he gave up two runs in one inning.

His name’s a mouthful but he got the job done in Vero Beach’s 1-0 win over Jupiter.  Michael Wlodarczyk gave up just two hits and two walks with six strikeouts in six innings and he improved to 2-0 on the season.

Erold Andrus drove in the only run of the game. He finished the game two for four with a double.

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.

Jacob McGee was pretty good on the mound today.  He gave up just two hits and a walk with nine strikeouts in 5 2/3 shutout innings.  Unfortunately, Kevin Lynn was hammered for nine runs in relief and he blew McGee’s great start as Vero Beach lost 5-4.  McGee now has 19 strikeouts in 14 2/3 innings and he’s given up just one earned run.

Erold Andrus was the only Devil Ray with two hits. He went two for four with a run.

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.

Vero Beach was blown out by Palm Beach 10-2 and Matthew Walker took it on the chin.  He gave up five runs on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in four innings of work.

Jackson Brennan was perfect with the stick.  He went three for three and he scored both of the Devil Ray’s runs.

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.

Erold Andrus had a really nice day at the plate in Vero Beach’s 4-3 win over Daytona.  He went three for four with a double, a homerun, a stolen base and two RBIs.  James Hall had two hits and two runs.

Wade Davis gave up three runs on seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts in six innings in no decision.  Jeffrey Kamrath struck out two and he picked up thw win.

Vero Beach got no offense in a first game loss against Daytona then scored way more then they needed in a second game win. Paul Moviel took the loss in game one and he gave up four runs (two earned) on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.  Jackson Brennan doubled twice and drove in the only run in the 5-1 loss.

Jacob McGee threw six shutout innings in the second game and the Rays picked up an 8-1 win.  He gave up one run on four hits with six strikeouts.  Brennan again got it done with a big game at the plate.  He hit a grand slam and finished with five RBIs to cap off a very nice day for the center fielder.

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.

The Devil Rays were held to just six hits in a shutout loss to St. Lucie.  Christian Lopez had two of those hits and all six Devil Ray hits were singles.

Wade Davis threw five shutout innings in his start but Jino Gonzalez followed that up by giving up three runs.  Jonathon Beltre was impressive as he struck out the side in the ninth.

Vero Beach was held to just four hits in an opening day shutout at the hands of St. Lucie.  Garrett Groce had two of the four hits and Rhyne Hughes had the only extra base hit with a double.

Jacob McGee walked four and struck out four in three shutout innings.  Jeffrey Kamrath gave up a run and took the loss but he struck out four in 2 2/3 innings.