TAMPA, Fla. (August 10, 2019) - Jake Palomaki's seventh inning double broke a late tie to help the Stone Crabs win their fifth straight game, a 5-4 victory over the Tampa Tarpons at Steinbrenner Field.With the game tied 4-4 in the top of the seventh, Zach Rutherford dropped his third

BRADENTON, Fla. (July 30, 2019) - Michael Plassmeyer turned in a masterful performance for the Stone Crabs Tuesday, striking out nine Bradenton Marauders in 5-0 win at LECOM Park.Plassmeyer (6-2) set a career high with nine punchouts, allowing four hits over seven scoreless innings. He didn't walk a single batter.The

CLEARWATER, Fla. (July 25, 2019) - Joe Ryan struck out eight in over six dominant innings Thursday, but the Clearwater Threshers battled back to beat the Charlotte Stone Crabs 5-3 at Spectrum Field. Ryan allowed just one run on four hits over six frames. He retired ten of the final

CLEARWATER, Fla. (June 3, 2019) - Paul Campbell went seven strong innings and the Stone Crabs got a pair of clutch hits in the seventh inning to defeat the Dunedin Blue Jays 3-1 at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium Monday. Campbell (5-4) set season highs in both innings (7) and strikeouts

FORT MYERS, Fla. (April 4, 2019) - Vidal Brujan and Carl Chester both notched four hits, but the Charlotte Stone Crabs allowed eight unanswered runs late to fall 11-3 to the Fort Myers Miracle on Opening Night at Hammond Stadium. Brujan, Chester and Zach Rutherford accounted for 10 of the

With All-Star Games approaching across the Minor Leagues, members of the MiLB.com staff are looking back at some of the most notable performers from the first half of each of the four full-season levels and who could take off in the months to come. Here, we look at players in

Zach Rutherford had been searching for power in his first full professional season. Until Monday, the Rays infield prospect had knocked just one homer in nearly 150 at-bats this spring.But sometimes when it rains, it pours.