Devil Rays Minor League Baseball Blog

The Catfish beat Rome 8-5 and Cesar Suarez contributed with two solo homeruns.  Jairo De La Rosa also had a nice game and he went two for four with a homerun and two RBIs.

Wade Townsend improved to 4-4 on the season with a mediocre start.  He gave up four runs on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts in five innings of work.

The Catfish were blown out by the RiverDogs 9-1 in a game where most of the hitters really didn’t show up.  Jairo De La Rosa was the hitting star and he doubled twice and drove in the only run of the game for the Catfish.

Wade Townsend took the loss and he dropped to 3-4 on the season. He gave up six runs on five hits and four walks with two strikeouts in five innings.

The Catfish had a hard time at the plate and they lost 3-2 to the RiverDogs. Nevin Ashley hit a solo homerun and Joey Callender went two for three with a double.

Wade Townsend took the loss and he dropped to 3-3 on the season.  He gave up two runs on four hits and five walks with four strikeouts in five innings.

The Catfish’s offense couldn’t get it done in two losses to the Sand Gnats.  In the first game, a decent start by Wade Townsend went to waste.  He gave up two runs on three hits with six strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.  Nevin Ashley drove in the only run of the game with a sac. fly.

In the second game, the Catfish didn’t even get the pitching.  Joshua Butler gave up four runs in five innings and Ryan Royster drove in the only run of the game with a double.

John Matulia had a banner day today in the Cat Fish’s 7-1 win over Rome.  He went five for five with two doubles, a triple, and three runs.  Ryan Royster doubled three times and drove in two runs.

Wade Townsend struck out nine in his win.  He gave up one run on four hits in six innings and the win pushed his record to 3-1 on the season.

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.

Columbus racked up eight hits and a walk but they couldn’t get a single runner across the plate.  Nevin Ashley and Ryan Royster each had two singles in the 3-0 loss.

Wade Townsend was roughed up in his start and he took the loss.  He gave up three runs on four hits and three walks with four strikeouts in three innings.  The Cat Fish did get some decent relief pitching though.  Chris Kelly threw three shutout innings and Neal Frontz struck out two in a pair of shutout frames.

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.