Mud Hens take series finale at home
TOLEDO, Ohio - The Toledo Mud Hens would finish even in their four-game series against the Durham Bulls after Thursday's 8-5 win at Fifth Third Field.
TOLEDO, Ohio - The Toledo Mud Hens would finish even in their four-game series against the Durham Bulls after Thursday's 8-5 win at Fifth Third Field.
Toledo improves to 4-6 against the 2018 Governor's Cup Champions after wrapping up the 10-game season-series and 12-20 against IL South Division opponents this season.
A steller first inning for the Mud Hens was initated by
Rodriguez, with four home runs through 22 games with Toledo, would bumped his batting average to over .300 following a 3-for-4 outing in Wednesday's loss.
VerHagen recorded all seven of his strikeouts prior to back-to-back Durham singles in the fifth inning. It'd set up a
The record-holder for most strikeouts in a game this season belongs to
Despite not turning into a run, Willi Castro grabbed his 19th double in the fifth that ricocheted off the left field wall.
Castro and
VerHagen was relieved with runners at first and third having already giving up a ground ball single to
The next at-bat saw James tie the score with a sacrifice fly as John Schreiber made his 32nd appearance for Toledo this season.
Castro would later find an opening in right-center for his second double of the night in the seventh to give the Mud Hens a 6-3 lead.
The native of Rio Pierdad, Puerto Rico, ends a three-game stretch without an RBI and becomes the seventh IL player to reach 100 hits through the latter half of July.
A fly ball to deep center provided
Garcia came into Thursday third-best among Mud Hens pitchers in WHIP (1.00) and Cisnero made his second relief appearance after being optioned from Detroit on Wednesday.
Toledo finished with two more runs garnered in the eighth off a
Woodrow has now extended his hitting streak to a team-high eight games.
What's Next:
Opening pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. (EST).
Live coverage is available on Buckeye Cable Sports Network, MiLB.TV, BCSNNation.com and Fox Sports 1230 WCWA-AM.
#RoadToDetroit Report (rankings according to MLB.com 2019 Prospect Watch):
5. OF
6. RHP
7. IF Willi Castro: 3-for-5, 2 Runs, 1 Double, 2 RBIs
12. C
16. OF Jacob Robson: 1-for-4, Walk, Run, RBI
18. RHP Bryan Garcia: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
19. OF Danny Woodrow: 1-for-4, Run, RBI
22. RHP John Schreiber: W, 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
27. LHP
28. IF/OF
Hens Notes:
• Jacob Robson has taken sole possession of first place in stolen bases (19) and passes Louisville's
• Caleb Thielbar has logged 8.2 innings without a run allowed on three hits with 12 strikeouts in his last five relief appearances.
• It was announced Thursday that Ryan Carpenter has been added back to the rotation and will start Sunday. Carpenter was optioned from Detroit on Wednesday after starting in Cleveland for his ninth MLB appearance this season.
• The addition of Carpenter will move