Game Recaps: Thursday 8/20

Akron was rained out on Thursday.

Toledo dominates Columbus
Toledo again used the homer to beat the Clippers 10-1 at Huntington Park in front of a record-setting crowd.

Scott Lewis took the mound for the first time in Triple-A this season, trying to work his way back to full health, but got through only two innings. Toledo touched him up for four runs in the second, three of them scoring on Dusty Ryan's home run.

Mike Gosling came on for Columbus and gave up a home run to Don Kelly, the first batter he faced. Gosling then settled down to throw four quiet innings. The Clippers scored a run in the third when Triple-A rookie Ryan Blair tripled and scored on a Niuman Romero base hit.

Toledo got to Gosling in a big way in the seventh. Gosling allowed four runs on six singles to put the Clippers in a 9-1 hole. R.J. Swindle took the ball and got out of the seventh, but he would allow an unearned run in the eighth when Jesus Merchan dropped a pop up on the infield. Zack Jackson pitched a clean ninth.

Nate Robertson started for Toledo and needed just 54 pitches to get through five innings, allowing one run on five hits. Jeremy Bonderman mowed down the clippers over two perfect innings and Clay Rapada pitched a 1-2-3 eighth. Josh Rainwater closed it out for the Hens.

Myrtle Beach beat K-Tribe
Myrtle Beach hit four home runs on their way to a 10-6 win Thursday night at Historic Grainger Stadium. With the loss, Kinston split the four game series with Myrtle Beach.

The Pelicans jumped all over Kinston starter Bryan Price, with home runs in each of the first three innings. Ernesto Mejia hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the first inning, capping off a four-run frame. Myrtle Beach would extend their lead with three more runs in the second inning, capped off by a two-run home run from Donell Linares. The Pelicans extended their lead to 8-0 with a solo home run from Cody Johnson, his Carolina League leading 29th home run of the season.

Kinston mounted a comeback in the bottom of the third, thanks to an RBI single by Cord Phelps and a two-run home run by Ole Sheldon. The big hit was the tenth home run of the season for Sheldon, cutting the Pelican lead to five.

Bats on both sides would stay silent until the bottom of the eighth inning. Kinston cut the lead to two with RBI’s from Ronald Rivas, Alex Castillo and Roman Pena, making the score 8-6. After a 17 minute delay in the top of the ninth due to a lighting malfunction, Myrtle Beach would get the power going again with a two-run home run by Gerry Rodriguez, putting the Pelicans up 10-6.

Welty belts Captains
Ron Welty belted a two run home run off of Captains starter T.J. House in the bottom of the first inning and that was enough as the Delmarva Shorebirds held on to defeat the Lake County Captains 2-1 on Thursday.

The Captains lone run came in the top of the ninth inning when Mark Thompson scored on a fielding error.

House (5-9) took the loss going five innings and allowing two runs on five hits, walking two and striking out two. Anillins Martinez (2-3) came on in the sixth inning and went three scoreless, innings allowing one hit and striking out two. Shorebirds starter Cole McCurry (5-8) got the win working 5.1 scoreless innings four hits, walking three and striking out three. Brett Bordes pitched the ninth inning to get his fourth save.

Scrappers win
On Thursday night, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers played game two of a six game road trip and defeated the Hudson Valley Renegades 6-3. With the Scrappers win and a Williamsport Crosscutters 8-5 loss to the Oneonta Tigers the Scrappers lead has increased to five games in the Pinckney Division.

Scrappers starter Preston Guilmet pitched the first six innings and allowed three runs, two of which were earned. Guilmet, walked one and struck out four while recording his team high sixth win of the season. Nick Kirk then pitched the next inning and a third, while allowing two hits. Cory Burns then tossed the final inning and two thirds recording his ninth save of the season.

The Renegades took an early lead on Friday night scoring two in the 2nd and one in the 3rd before the Scrappers recorded their first base hit. The Scrappers began their comeback in the fourth, when Chen Chun doubled home the first run, Ben Carlson's single to left drove home the second Mahoning Valley run and the third run of the inning was added when Rafael Vera lifted a sacrifice fly to right field. In the 7th, the Scrappers took the lead for good when Casey Frawley delivered an RBI single that scored Juan Aponte. Mahoning Valley added two insurance runs in the 9th and went on to the 6-3 victory.

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