Dodgers Minor League Baseball Blog

The Suns padded their league lead to four games with a 3-2 win over Carolina.  Clayton Kershaw, as expected, had a tough time with his big jump all the way to Double A but he put together a worthy start none the less.  He gave up two runs on three hits and four walks with four strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.  It’s nice to see them testing the left hander this early with some talent that should be over his head.

Ramon Troncoso improved to 7-2 with a shutout ninth inning.  Anthony Raglani walked twice and scored two runs while Juan Gonzalez singled and drove in two.

Clayton Kershaw had one bad inning but he gave up four runs in it as he dropped to 7-4 on the season.  He gave up the four runs on six hits and a walk with an impressive nine strikeouts in six innings of work.

Josh Bell went two for four with a solo homerun and two runs scored. Adolfo Gonzalez went three for four with a double, a run and an RBI.

The Loons held off a late inning comeback attempt by South Bend in a 10-9 game that saw South Bend score five runs in the bottom of the ninth.  Eduardo Perez homered and drove in five runs in the win while Preston Mattingly continues to hit the ball well the last couple of weeks and he went four for five with a run and an RBI.

Clayton Kershaw almost saw the pen blow his sixth win of the season. He gave up one unearned run on three hits and three walks with six strikeouts in five innings.

Clayton Kershaw gave the Loons eight shutout innings and he gave up just one hit to improve to 5-2 on the season. He walked one and struck out seven in the 3-1 win.

Josh Bell was the hitting star.  He went three for five with a run and an RBI.

The Loons scored two runs in the ninth but still lost 3-2 as their comeback fell short.  Preston Mattingly was the hitting star in the loss.  He went two for four with a double, a run and an RBI.  Mattingly is still struggling though and his batting average is still an unhealthy .190.  Hopefully with the weather warming up, he’ll heat up as well.

Clayton Kershaw took the loss and he dropped to 4-2.  He gave up two runs (one earned) three hits and three walks with seven strikeouts in four innings.

Clayton Kershaw had another nice start in the Loons 4-0 win over Kane County.  He gave up just one hit and three walks with nine strikeouts in six innings of work.  The win improved his record to 4-1 on the season.

Bridger Hunt went two for three with two RBIs.  Adolfo Gonzalez went three for four with a double in the win.

Clayton Kershaw had a rough start as he was tagged early and often by the White Caps.  He gave up seven runs on five hits and four walks with two strikeouts in 1 1/3 innings.  In his previous six starts, he had given up just five earned runs so this game was kind of an outlier.  We’ll have to wait and see how he does next time out and hopefully he’ll get back into his groove.

Josh Bell provided most of the offense in the 12-5 loss.  He went three for four with a double, a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.

Clayton Kershaw didn’t get a decision, but man did he throw a solid game.  He gave up just one run on three hits and a walk with twelve strikeouts in six innings.  Garrett White picked up the win and he threw 1 1/3 shutout innings.

Matthew Berezay was the hitting star. He went two for four with a double in the 2-1 win.

The Loons made up one of their rainout games and the end result was a twin bill loss to Peoria.  The Loons didn’t get much hitting in either game and they scored just one run in each.  In the first game, a nice start by Clayton Kershaw went to waste.  He gave up a run on four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.  Matthew Canepa had two hits and he scored the only run of the game.

In the second game, it just another run and this time the pitching was much worse.  Steven Johnson was hit hard for five runs in four innings and he took the loss.  The lone run came on a sac. fly by Bridger Hunt.  Preston Mattingly continued his struggles and went 0 for 7 in the doubleheader. He’s now hitting just .156 and he’s struck out thirteen times versus zero walks in 32 at bats.

After a rainout yesterday, the Loons and Fort Wayne played two with each team taking one.  In the first game, Great Lakes was blown out 9-3 behind a rough outing by Joshua Wall.  Preston Mattingly provided most of the Loons offense with a triple and he drove in all three runs.  Mattingly’s off to a rough start so far (one for thirteen) and this was his first hit in the Loons first four games.

Game two went a bit better as the Loons won it 5-2.  Clayton Kershaw got it done on the mound and he picked up the win. He threw five shutout innings and gave up just one hit with seven strikeouts in five innings.  Francisco Lizarraga and Michael Rivera each drove in two runs in the win.