Game Recaps: Monday 8/24

Indianapolis tops Columbus 5-1

The Clippers lost in Indianapolis 5-1 Monday night. Clippers starter Ryan Edell allowed three runs in seven innings of work and Brad Lincoln pitched five shutout frames for Indy.

Indianapolis got on the board right away on a first inning sacrifice fly from Jeff Clement and tacked on two more in the fifth when Neil Walked drove in a pair with a double.

The Clippers were held in check all night long with the exception of one pitch thrown by former Clippers reliever John Meloan. The first Triple-A homer for Niuman Romero in the sixth inning made the score 3-1. Romero was the only other Clippers batter to touch third base all night, moving there again in the ninth after reaching on a walk.

Michael Tejera, fresh off of the disabled list, threw two innings allowing a two-run home run to Tagg Bozied for the final runs of the contest. Meloan tossed two relief frames allowing one run and Corey Hamman and Jeff Sues each authored a scoreless inning to finish off Columbus.

The Clippers and Indians meet again Tuesday night at 7:00pm. Kenny Ray goes back into the rotation and faces off Daniel McCutchen.

Late Outburst Leads to 3-1 Win for Aeros

The Aeros couldn’t even manage a hit until the top of the 6th inning, but still managed to pull out a 3-1 win over Erie before 6,952 fans at Jerry Uht Park Monday night. Akron improved to 78-49, while the SeaWolves fell to 66-60.

Erie got their lone run in the first inning, as Danny Worth drew a leadoff walk and came around to score on a two out infield single.

All was quiet for the next several innings, as even Josh Rodriguez’s lone hit for the Aeros was promptly erased on a double play. Jose Constanza finally woke the Aeros offense in the 8th with a two out double. Constanza advanced to third on a wild pitch, and was joined on the basepaths by Carlos Santana after he drew a walk. Beau Mills then followed and brought everyone home with his 13th homer of the year, nailing a nasty two strike curveball over that just bounced over the right field wall.

Steven Wright got the win in relief of Akron starter Eric Berger, running his record to a sterling 10-0 with two perfect innings of relief which included three strikeouts. Josh Judy closed things out for his 8th save of the year, but it didn’t come without some drama. Judy struck out the first batter he faced in the 8th, but then put the tying runs on with a single and a walk. Showing he can get out of a jam with style, Judy closed out the inning with two strikeouts and then struck out the side in the 9th to seal the deal. The final seven outs for Akron pitching all came by way of the K.

The Aeros now finish off this road trip with three games in Bowie, with tomorrow’s contest starting at 7:05 p.m. Akron has yet to name a starter while Tim Bascom (2-7, 4.22 ERA) takes the mound for the Baysox.

Keys Win Opener Of Four-Game Set With Kinston

The Frederick Keys blew an early four-run lead on Monday night, but were able to comeback to defeat the Kinston Indians 7-4.

The Keys jumped on the scoreboard in the top of the second. With one man down, LF Tyler Henson lined a ball to right field. It dropped in for a base hit. Kinston RF Roman Pena over-ran the ball, allowing it to get by him. It was ruled a single and an error on Pena that allowed Henson to get into second. Back-to-back wild pitches scored Henson, giving Frederick a 1-0 lead.

Frederick extended their lead in the third. With one on and one down, SS Pedro Florimon drilled a two-run homer to left-center. The very next batter, 3B Brandon Waring, then cracked his 25th long ball of the season. The back-to-back round-trippers gave the Keys a 4-0 lead.

Kinston got on the scoreboard in the third. LF Lucas Montero hit a solo homerun, making it 4-1.

Following the homerun, Frederick RHP Kenny Moreland retired the next 11 batters he faced. He exited after allowing just the one run on two hits in six innings of work.

RHP Joe Esposito came into the ball game to pitch the seventh and struggled. With one man out, he surrendered back-to-back walks to 1B Doug Pickens and 3B Adam Davis. SS Ron Rivas was then hit by a pitch, loading the bases for C Alex Castillo. The Kinston backstop came trough with a two-run single, pulling the Indians to within one.

Esposito was pulled in favor of LHP Jake Stevens. With runners on the corners and one down, RF Roman Pena lifted a sac fly to center, tying the contest at four.

The Keys took the lead once again in the top of the ninth. With one man down, RHP Santo Frias surrendered back-to-back walks to 2B Bobby Stevens and C Billy Killian. CF Matt Angle then singled. Kinston went back to the bullpen, bringing in RHP Kyle Landis with the bases loaded. He immediately walked Florimon, knocking in Stevens, and giving the Keys a 5-4 lead. Landis then balked, knocking in Killian. The K-Tribe elected to intentionally walk Waring, re-loading the bases for 1B Robbie Widlansky. He grounded into a fielder's choice, scoring Angle, and making it 7-4.

Stevens (1-1) got the win. He pitched a scoreless 1.2 innings. Frias (0-2) took the loss after surrendering three runs in 1.1 innings of work. RHP Brandon Cooney recorded the final three outs for his fourth save of the season.

These two clubs will meet in game two of of this four-game series Tuesday evening at Grainger Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 7:00 PM.

Captains Sweep DH From BlueClaws

The Lake County Captains swept a doubleheader from the Lakewood BlueClaws wining game one 2-0 and taking the night cap 8-3 on Monday. It was the first doubleheader sweep by the Captains this year. They went 4-2 on the road trip.

In game one, the Captains got a run in the top of the third inning when Mark Thompson scored on a sacrifice fly from Chris Nash and the Captains led 1-0. Thompson singled home Jeremie Tice in the top of the fourth inning to extend the lead to 2-0.

The Captains sent RHP Trey Haley (4-7) to the mound in game one and he got the win pitching five scoreless innings allowing three hits, walking two and striking out a season high seven batters. Matt Langwell returned from the disabled list to hurl a scoreless inning. Steve Smith pitched a scoreless seventh inning to pick up his 23rd save which ties him for the league lead. The BlueClaws started Brett Myers who was doing a rehab assignment for the Philadelphia Phillies and he went one scoreless inning. Rob Roth (4-3) followed Myers in the second inning and took the loss working three innings and allowing two runs on four hits, walking two and striking out two.

In game two, the Captains took the lead in the top of the second inning as Tice scored on a ground out by Dan DeGeorge and Donnie Webb tripled home John Allman and the Captains led 2-0. This was Webb’s league leading 12th triple. Jim Murphy led off the bottom of the bottom of second inning with his 13th home run of the year and Vladimir De Los Santos scored on a wild pitch to tie the game up at 2-2. The Captains re-gained the lead in the top of the fourth inning when Webb singled home John Allman and Dan DeGeorge scored on a wild pitch, and score was 4-2.

The Capt added four runs in the top of the fifth inning when Thompson hit a pinch hit two run double that scored Chris Nash and Karexon Sanchez. They put up the other two runs on a RBI double by DeGeorge and another added RBI single from Donnie Webb and it was 8-2. Murphy added another solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning and to make it 8-3.

T.J. McFarland (8-4) started game two and got the win going five innings allowing two runs on four hits, walking one and striking out four. Travis Turek came on in the sixth inning and went two innings allowing one run on three hits. BlueClaws starter Heitor Correa (7-7) took the loss working four innings and allowing seven runs on ten hits, walking two and striking out four.

The Captains will return to Classic Park for the final regular season home stand beginning on Tuesday at 7:00 PM against the Delmarva Shorebirds. Captains will send LHP T.J. House (5-9, 2.89) to the hill to face LHP Chris Salberg (2-2, 3.91).

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