Daily Recap: 7/14

Matt McBride went 9 innings behind the plate on MOnday, but was taken out in the 10th inning when the game went into extra innings. With him now going nine innings and showing he can play a whole game, the final hurdle for him will be to show he can handle it everyday. McBride, if he has no setbacks, should be moved up to Lake County or Kinston by the end of the week. In the game he went 2-for-4 with a 2B, 3B, and 2 RBI.

Aeros Rebound Late, Clip Phillies 5-3

READING, PA – Luis Perdomo gave up a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth, but Akron responded to score three times in the top of the ninth and defeat Reading 5-3 before 8,271 fans at FirstEnergy Stadium Monday. The Aeros head to the All-Star break 61-35 and 6.5 games in front in the Southern Division, while Reading fell to 39-56.

Ryan Goleski started the winning rally with a one-out double to left-center, and Josh Rodriguez brought him home when his single to right just barely slipped last a diving Luke Appert. After Chris de la Cruz walked, Bronson Sardinha delivered the game-winning runs on a single to center.

T.J. Burton (2-2) earned the win with two-thirds of an inning of relief, while Reading’s Sam Walls (0-1) allowed the final three runs in the ninth. Wisconsin native Scott Roehl notched his fourth save of the year. Rodriguez finished 2-5 with an RBI and a run scored, while Sardinha was 2-4 with a walk. Brandon Chaves opened the scoring in the top of third, launching a solo home run to right (his second homer of the season).

The Aeros are off for the next two nights before returning home to open a four-game series with Erie at 7:05 p.m. Thursday. It will be another Thirsty Thursday at Canal Park, with $1, 12-ounce fountain drinks available from the time gates open at 6 p.m. until the end of the third inning. The game broadcast begins at 6:50 p.m. on SportsRadio 1350 AM and online at www.akronaeros.com.

Kinston loses, Romero's streak continues

Kinston's Niuman Romero extended his hit streak to a Carolina League season high 19 games, but it wasn't enough as Kinston lost to Winston-Salem 7-3 Monday night at Historic Grainger Stadium. Romero went 2-for-4 smacking a single in his first at bat to extend his hitting streak to 19 games, the most in the Carolina League this season. A two-out single in the eighth ensured Romero of his fifth straight two-hit game to give him 10 multi-hit games over the span of the streak. Romero started the streak on June 22nd with a batting average of .256, his average now stands at .310.

After an hour and a half rain delay to start the evening, Jeanmar Gomez struck out the first two Warthogs he faced. Winston-Salem then brought the bats, though, as they collected five straight hits and four runs, including a solo home run by Brandon Allen and a two-run home run by Estee Harris.

The Indians responded in the bottom half off of Major League closer Bobby Jenks, making a rehab appearance for Winston-Salem. Singles from Jason Denham and Beau Mills, set up a sacrifice fly RBI from Jared Goedert off the big-league reliever.

Winston-Salem responded with a run in the third, but Kinston drew within two in the fourth on a Jerad Head two-run double making the score 5-3. Winston-Salem added two insurance runs in the sixth, the first two scored off K-Tribe reliever Tony Sipp. Sipp relieved Jeanmar Gomez (3-8), who took the loss giving up five runs in five innings.

Kinston will play an early morning finale at 11:00 AM Tuesday to close out this series with the Warthogs. The Indians have insured a series split, but a win tomorrow would give them the edge in the season series, as the teams have split the first 14 contests between them. Sung-Wei Tseng (0-2) will make his second start for the K-Tribe.

TOURISTS TAKE THREE OF FOUR FROM THE CAPTAINS

(Eastlake, OH) – Cory Riordan tossed a complete game and limited the Lake County Captains to six hits as the Asheville Tourists defeated the Captains 6-1 on Monday. The Tourists took two of the three games I the series which could be preview of the SAL championship round should both teams win their first round match up. The Captains scored a total of five runs in the four game series.

The Tourists got to Captains reliever Josh Judy in the top of the seventh scoring as Brian Rike singled to put the Tourists ahead. That was followed by an RBI single by Lars Davis. Everth Cabrera singled home two more runs off of Gary Campfield who had relieved Judy. Kevin Clark hit a sacrifice fly and another run scored on a wild pitch and it was 6-0. The Captains picked up a run in the bottom of ninth to avert their second straight shutout.

Carmona went four scoreless innings and allowed one hit and struck out three. John Gaub pitched two scoreless innings in relief and Jonathan Holt and Kyle Lands each pitched one as well. Riordan got the win to even his mark at 7-7.

The Captains will begin an eight game road trip to Greenville and Augusta beginning on Wednesday. The Captains will send RHP Joey Mahalic (6-2, 4.13) against the Drive LHP Jose Capellan (1-2, 6.28) on Wednesday with game time 7:00 PM. All Captains games can be heard on AM 1330 WELW, WELW.COM or CAPTAINSBASEBALL.COM.

Scrappers win 12-3

On Monday the Scrappers started this off well scoring three in the first when Jeremie Tice drove in the first run with an RBI single, then Juan Valdez followed with a two RBI single. Scrapper starting pitcher Eric Berger worked five inning and gave up two runs in the fifth to cut the Scrapper lead to 3-2. Then in the bottom of the fifth the Scrappers added two more runs on a Juan Valdes 2 RBI single and took a 5-2 lead to the top of the sixth.

In the sixth the Renegades added one more run off of reliever Brad Hinkle, when Justin Reynolds drove in John Mollincone with an RBI single. After the top of the sixth relief pitching took over for both teams and the score remained the same 5-3 Scrappers heading to the eighth.

In the bottom of the eighth the Scrappers added on lead with six straight singles, that included an RBI single by Ramon Hernandez and a defensive error that allowed another run to score, Valdes then added a two RBI single and Isaias Velasquez added a three run home run and the Scrappers led 12-3 after eight innings.

Daniel Morales worked a quick top of the ninth and the Scrappers took the victory over Hudson Valley 12-3.

In Other Games...

- Buffalo did not play.

- The GCL Indians lost 7-4 in 12 innings. LHP T.J. McFarland went 5 innings and gave up 3 runs on 10 hits, 1 walk, and had 3 strikeouts. OF Delvi Cid went 3-for-6 with a run, 3B Abner Abreu went 2-for-6 with a 3B and RBI, and 2B Rafael Vera went 2-for-5 with an RBI.

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