Clippers fall again
Lehigh Valley won a 4-2 decision over the Clippers for the second straight day at Coca-Cola Park.
Carlos Carrasco was scheduled to start for the Iron Pigs, but was pulled about 35 minutes before game time. Several media outlets reported that the Phillies were in serious negotiations with the Indians to acquire lefty ace Cliff Lee, with Carrasco as a part of the package.
Jake Woods took the ball for Lehigh Valley in a spot start and tossed three innings, allowing both Columbus runs as the first of six pitchers used by the Pigs.
Chuck Lofgren for the third start in a row struggled in the opening inning, allowing three runs to score as nine batters came to the plate. Following the first inning, Lofgren settled in and found a nice groove, allowing only two soft singles in the rest of his outing which spanned six total innings. The Clippers offense would not give him much help.
The Clippers had a couple of golden opportunities, but only cashed in once as Jordan Brown drove in a pair with a double in the third inning. The Clippers would leave 2 runners in scoring position in that inning and leave the bases loaded in the fifth. It would be the final Clippers threat of the game.
Aeros 'pen key to victory In his first outing in Double-A, Graham lit up the radar guns early on but also faced issues with his control. He walked three of the first four batters he faced to load the bases with one out, but the 6’7” right-hander escaped serious harm by inducing a run-scoring ground ball from Alex Avila and striking out Michael Bertram to end the inning and strand runners at second and third. It remained 1-0 until Akron got on the board in the third, as Cristo Arnal extended his hitting streak to seven games with a one-out single to left and leadoff man Jose Constanza followed with a base hit of his own to move Arnal to third. Jerad Head then hit a chopper to short on the next pitch and hustled to beat the relay throw, keeping the inning alive as Arnal scored to tie the game. The effort paid off for the Aeros as Nick Weglarz followed with a walk and Carlos Santana laced a sinking two-run double to right that eluded Brennan Boesch to put Akron in front 3-1. Beau Mills then finalized the frame with an RBI double of his own to give Akron a three-run edge. More clutch hitting in the bottom of the seventh paced the Aeros offense, as Arnal grounded a two-out double to left field and Constanza scored him with his second single to provide the final margin. Wright kept his record perfect at 8-0 with 2.2 innings of one-hit baseball, walking none and striking out three in relief of Graham. Jonah Nickerson (7-8) took the loss for the SeaWolves, permitting all five runs along with six hits in 6.2 innings. Putnam surrendered a pair of singles and struck out four in two shutout frames, and Judy struck out two while working the ninth. Graham hit 95 mph with his fastball and show cased an excellent slider, as evidenced by his five strikeouts in 3.1 innings. He allowed one run, one hit, and three walks as the Aeros tied a season-high by notching 14 strikeouts. Santana finished 1-4 and drove in a pair while extending his hitting streak to a season-high seven games, and Mills finished 2-3 with a walk for his team-leading 31st multi-hit game of the season.
The Aeros scored four times in the third and a trio of relievers silenced the dangerous Erie offense, as Akron claimed its third straight game over the SeaWolves 5-1 in front of 2,014 fans at Canal Park Wednesday night. Newly acquired Connor Graham got the starting nod for the Aeros but departed in the fourth inning because of a blister, but relievers Steven Wright, Zach Putnam and Josh Judy allowed just three singles and a walk over the final 5.2 innings. Akron improved to 64-41 with the victory and extended its lead in the Southern Division to six games over Erie (57-46).
The game’s only other runs all came in the third inning with Kinston starting the scoring with a two-out rally. Ronald Rivas singled to extend his season-high hit streak to nine games and then Cord Phelps walked. Ole Sheldon then drilled a three-run homer off Dash starter Jacob Rasner over the batter’s eye in center field. It was Sheldon’s sixth home run of the season.
The Dash came right back in the bottom half of the third inning with three runs of their own. Brent Morel smacked a two-run homer, his team-leading 14th of the season. Tyler Kuhn then drove home Salvador Sanchez on an RBI single to tie the game.Kinston starter Scott Barnes made his Carolina League debut after getting traded from the San Francisco Giants just two days ago. Barnes went five innings, allowed three runs on eight hits, two walks and struck out three.
The game would remain 3-3 till the ninth. Kinston’s Roman Pena would triple with one away off reliever Miguel Socolovich (3-1). Then with Richard Martinez at the plate, the K-Tribe called for a suicide squeeze, but Martinez’s bunt attempt was missed and Pena was toast at the plate. Martinez would foul out to third to end the inning.
In the bottom half Dallas Cawiezell (1-3) would walk leadoff hitter John Curtis to start the frame. Greg Paiml would sacrifice him over to second and then Dale Mollenhauer would knock him over to third with a ground out to second. With Curtis on third and two away, Justin Greene reached base on a catcher’s interference call on a 3-2 pitch that was fouled away. That set the stage for Gallagher’s walk off hit and gave the Indians their fifth straight loss.
Kinston ends the season series with Winston-Salem just 6-14 vs. the Dash, including losing 11 of the last 12 meetings.
Reliever Chen-Chang Lee worked three scoreless innings for the K-Tribe, allowing three hits and striking out two.
Kinston also suffered its 27th one-run loss of the year, tied for the most in all of minor league or major league baseball.
Hot Rods race past Captains
The Bowling Green Hot Rods collected thirteen hits on their way to a 10-4 victory over Lake County Captains on Wednesday. The Captains went 5-3 on the road trip.
The Hots Rods scored a run in the first inning off of Captains' starter Danny Salazar when Tim Beckham doubled and then scored on a single by Mike Sheridan and it was 1-0. It went to 2-0 in the bottom of the second inning when Justin Reynolds scored on a wild pitch by Salazar. The Captains scored a run in the top of the fourth inning when Bo Greenwell led off the inning with a single and then scored on a triple by Jeremie Tice and it was 2-1. The Hot Rods came right back in the bottom of the fourth inning when Jason Tweedy single home Kyeong Kang to make it 3-1.
It went to 5-1 when Anthony Scelfo singled. He stole second and scored on two throwing errors on the play. Two batters later Jake Jeffries hit his seventh home run of the year. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Scelfo hit a three run home run off of Captains reliever Ryan Miller to up the lead to 8-1. The Hot Rods added two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning off of Francisco Jimenez and it was 10-1. Mark Thompson hit his second home run in as many days to cut the lead to 10-2. Nate Recknagel added a home run in the top of the ninth inning and Dan DeGeorge drove in a second run to finish the scoring at 10-4.
Salazar (3-4) took the loss going five innings and allowing five runs on eight hits, walking three and striking out one. Hot Rods starter Nick Barnese (5-4) got the win pitching six innings allowing one run on two hits, walking one and striking out three. Juan Santana pitched the final three innings allowing two runs and picked up his first save of the year.
Scrappers defeat Auburn
Wednesday night the Scrappers improved to 2-1 on the current four game road trip with a 2-0 victory over the Auburn Doubledays. With the win the Scrappers are now 4-0 on the season against the Doubledays.
Scrapper's starter Preston Guilmet pitched the first six innings limiting the Doubledays to no runs on just four base hits and five strikeouts. Guido Fonseca, Nick Kirk and Tyler Sturdevant each worked a scoreless inning to close out the game. Sturdevant struck out the side in the ninth to record his first save of the season.
The only offense the Scrappers needed came in the top of the second when Ben Carlson singled to left and then scored on Jason Smit's home run to left field. Carlson led the Scrappers offensive attack with three of the teams seven total hits.
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