The Toledo Mud Hens defeated the Omaha Storm Chasers 8-2, powered by four home runs. Ty Madden pitched effectively, allowing only one run before the bullpen took over.
Key points
Toledo Mud Hens won 8-2 against Omaha Storm Chasers
Ty Madden pitched effectively for the Mud Hens
Mud Hens hit four home runs in the game
Corey Julks and Jace Jung hit back-to-back home runs
The Mud Hens bashed four home runs in support of Ty Madden and cruised to victory over the Storm Chasers on Wednesday.
Madden got himself into a jam with some walks in the top of the first, but escaped with just a run allowed. He went on to blank them through three more innings before turning it over to the bullpen.
The Mud Hens seized control in the bottom of the second against RHP Aaron Sanchez, who at 33 years old refuses to give up. Some may remember the excellent start to his major league career with the Blue Jays a decade ago. Corey Julks and Jace Jung, unlike Pepperridge Farms neither remember nor care, and they blasted back-to-back solo shots to lead off the inning.
In the third, Ben Malgeri cracked a solo shot to leadoff that inning. 3-1 Hens.
Tyler Mattison took over from Madden in the fifth. He was a little wild, and a Luke Ritter error contributed to a run scoring, but Mattison limited the damage. 3-2 Hens.
Finally in the fifth the Hens pulled away for keeps. Max Clark led off the inning by reaching on an error and Gage Workman ripped a single to right field. Julks stepped in and smoked a line drive to left for a two-run double that made it 5-2. That was the end of Sanchezâs outing.
Ethan Bosacker took over for Omaha and promptly walked Jung. A Tyler Gentry single loaded the bases and Tomas Nido walked to make it 8-2. Ritter lifted a sacrifice fly to score Jung for a 7-1 lead.
Q&A
What was the final score of the Mud Hens vs. Storm Chasers game?
The final score was Toledo Mud Hens 8, Omaha Storm Chasers 2.
Who pitched for the Toledo Mud Hens in their recent game?
Ty Madden was the starting pitcher for the Toledo Mud Hens.
How many home runs did the Mud Hens hit against the Storm Chasers?
The Mud Hens hit four home runs in the game against the Storm Chasers.
Who hit back-to-back home runs for the Mud Hens?
Corey Julks and Jace Jung hit back-to-back solo home runs for the Mud Hens.
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Malgeri would lead off the bottom of the eighth with his second solo shot of the day and his third homer of the season.
Scott Effross returned from rehab with a clean inning of relief. Ricky Vanasco, who I referred to as Ricky Nolasco like a maniac in an article yesterday, remained untouchable with a clean inning and a strikeout, maintaining his 0.00 ERA. Brenan Hanifee closed it out with no issues.
If it feels like Max Clark watch has been quiet, he looks fine and hasnât been striking out. He just hasnât been racking up the hits or doing much damage the past few games.
Julks: 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B, HR, K
Malgeri: 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR, 2 K
Jung: 1-4, 2 R, RBI, HR, BB, 2 K
Madden: 4.0 IP, ER, 2 H, 4 BB, 4 K
Coming Up Next: Itâs a 6:35 p.m. ET start in Toledo on Thursday with the series tied at a game apiece.
Kenny Serwa threw his first good game of the season, and the offense took advantage of some wildness from the Ponies to win easily on Wednesday.
Serwa got himself into a bit of a jam in the bottom of the first, but the knuckleballer worked through it without surrendering a run. Then his teammates got to work in the top of the second.
Chris Meyers singled with one out, and Izaac Pacheco drew a walk. An Andrew Jenkins ground out advanced the runners but it didnât matter as E.J. Exposito cranked a three-run shot, his third of the year, for an early lead. Singles from Brett Callahan, Justice Bigbie, and Meyers produced another run in the third. 4-0 SeaWolves.
Serwa leaked a run in the bottom of the fourth but he handled the fifth without issue and put together a really good outing overall.
A sacrifice fly from Callahan scored Seth Stephenson in the seventh, and in the eighth, a pair of walks to Bigbie and Meyers were cashed in by a Pacheco two-run double. A ground out got Pacheco to third where an Exposito fly out was deep enough to score him and make it 8-1.
Moises Rodriguez was strong in two scoreless innings of relief, while Tyler Owens struck out three across the eighth and ninth to wrap this one up.
Meyers: 3-3, 2 R, RBI, BB, CS
Exposito: 1-2, 2 R, 4 RBI, HR, BB, K
Pacheco: 1-2, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B, 2 BB, K
Serwa (W, 1-3): 5.0 IP, ER, 4 H, BB, 6 K
Coming Up Next: First pitch is set at 6:07 p.m. ET on Thursday as the SeaWolves hold a 2-0 lead in the best of six series.
West Michigan Whitecaps 7, Lake County Captains 1 (box)
Junior Tilienâs three-run shot early on was plenty as Hayden Minton and the Whitecapsâ pitching staff had the Captains well under control on Wednesday.
Minton got into some trouble in the second, but a potential RBI double that instead went for a ground rule double from the lead runner at third, and Minton escaped the inning unscathed.
In the bottom half, Nolan McCarthy walked, and Juan Hernandez singled with two outs. Tilien stepped in and blasted a drive to left to make it a 3-0 game.
Minton dug himself a deep hole in the top of the third and was lucky to escape with only one run allowed. He eventually gave way to RHP Duque Hebbert in the fourth, and Hebbert had no trouble getting them through the fifth with the score 3-1.
In the bottom of the third, Ricardo Hurtado and Garrett Pennington singled, and McCarthy eventually singled in Hurtado, though Pennington was cut down trying to score. 4-1 Whitecaps.
In the fifth, Pennington doubled with one out and Cristian Santana drove a deep drive to right field that was briefly misplayed into an RBI triple. 5-1 Whitecaps.
Zack Lee handled the sixth and seventh in relief without any issues. In the bottom of the seventh, Hurtado and Santana walked. With two outs, Clayton Campbell doubled both runners in to make it 7-1.
Logan Berrier tossed the final two frames with no trouble to lock this one up.
Pennington: 2-4, R, 2B, 2 K
Santana: 1-3, R, RBI, 3B, BB, K
Tilien: 1-4, R, 3 RBI, HR, K
Minton: 3.1 IP, ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 4 K
Coming Up Next: Itâs a 6:35 p.m. ET start on Thursday with the series knotted at a game apiece.
Lefty Ben Jacobs was excellent yet again, and the Flying Tigers broke through for one big inning to win again on Wednesday, running their record to 12-5.
Jacobs looked really good despite recording only three strikeouts in five innings of work. The rookie attacked the zone relentlessly with a well commanded mix of fourseamers, sinkers, and sliders, recording nine whiffs on 35 swings. The fourseamer continues to display really nice riding action, and the Tarpons were only able to manage two hits, while Jacobs didnât walk a batter.
The Flying Tigers had a few chances to score but didnât manage to cash any of them in until the seventh inning. Anibal Salas led off that inning with a missile to center field for a triple. Jordan Yost took a called strike three, but Jesus Pinto walked and Thayron Liranzo, who did have two more hits in this one as the DH, was hit by a pitch. Jack Goodman singled in two runs, and then Beau Ankeney was hit by a pitch to reload the bases. Carson Rucker struck out, and the Tarpons brought in Brian Arias in reilef of Jordarlin Mendoza, looking to escape the inning.
They would not escape, as Javier Osorio singled in two runs, Sergio Tapia singled in Ankeney, and then Osorio and Tapia pulled off a double steal and the Tarpons catcher threw the ball away, scoring Osorio to make it 6-0. Salas followed by drawing a walk, but Yost struck out swinging to end the inning.
Donye Evans and Luke Hoskins cleaned up the final 3 1/3 innings with no real trouble to put this one away.
Osorio: 2-4, R, 2 RBI, SB
Liranzo: 2-3, R, BB, K
Salas: 1-1, R, 3B, BB
Pinto: 1-3, R, 2 BB, K, SB
Yost: 0-4, 2 K
Jacobs: 5.0 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 3 K
Coming Up Next: Itâs a 6:30 p.m. ET start on Thursday.
