Jeremie Tice knocked in two runs including a go-ahead solo homer in the fourth inning, and the K-Tribe pitching staff did the rest in a 2-1 win over Salem on Friday night at Historic Grainger Stadium. Kinston now has sole possession of the final playoff spot in the Carolina League Southern Division, with a game lead over the Red Sox in the Wild Card hunt.
The Indians jumped on top in the first against Salem starter Brock Huntzinger. Bo Greenwell walked to lead-off the game and stole second. He moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on Tice’s sacrifice fly to center to make it 1-0.
Salem answered with a run in the in the third against K-Tribe starter T.J. House. Ronald Bermudez hit a lead-off double and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Ryan Dent hit a sac fly to center to tie the game at one. The Red Sox threatened again in the fourth, putting runners on the corners with nobody out. But House recovered to retire the next three and keep the game tied.
On the first pitch in the bottom of the fourth, Tice clubbed a solo homer to left to put the K-Tribe back on top 2-1.
House (6-9) threw six innings for the victory, limiting Salem to a run on two hits. He walked four and struck out four. Travis Turek came on to pitch two scoreless innings for his seventh hold. He allowed two hits and struck out three. Cory Burns pitched a scoreless ninth for his league-leading 26th save in 29 chances with the K-Tribe. Burns has 38 saves combined this season, the third-best total in all of Minor League Baseball.
Huntzinger (7-7) was hung with a loss despite a solid outing. He surrendered two runs on four hits in six innings.
Game two of the series will be on Saturday night at 7 pm. Righty Joe Gardner will take the hill for Kinston.
Bats earn split with walk-off hit, win 2-1
The Clippers had a chance to reclaim the International League West Division lead in Louisville Friday night, but Wilkin Castillo's single in the bottom of the ninth brought home Danny Dorn to break a 1-1 tie and send the Slugger Field faithful home happy.
In a classic pitcher's duel, the Bats broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fifth, with Zack Cozart's two-out single against Columbus ace Carlos Carrasco plating Castillo.
Columbus evened the score in the very next half inning, with Jose Constanza, who had doubled with one out, coming home on Drew Sutton's RBI-single. The teams traded zeroes on the scoreboard until an electrifying final inning.
Carrasco and Bats starter Ben Jukich both went seven innings, allowing one run each off of five hits. Carrasco struck out six, while Jukich took care of seven Clippers all by himself.
In the top of the ninth, Aroldis Chapman hit 105 and 104 miles-per-hour on the stadium radar gun, while striking out the side. In the home half of that frame, with Saul Rivera on in relief, Dorn walked and then advanced to third on Devin Mesoraco's single, coming home on Castillo's single to right.
Columbus again falls a game-and-a-half behind the Bats in the IL West, with just 10 games left in the regular season. Buffalo's victory over Syracuse brings them to within two games of the Clippers in the wild card race. The Clippers finish the regular season with a 14-7 mark against the Bats.
The Clippers return home for a pair of weekend contests against Indianapolis, with David Huff (7-1, 3.98) going for Columbus against Dana Eveland (0-2, 10.69).
Aeros Sink SeaWolves 5-2
The Aeros pulled away from Erie in the second half of the game to defeat the SeaWolves 5-2. It was Akron’s fourth-straight victory Friday night as they improved to 68-64 in front of 7,188 fans at Canal Park. Erie fell to 59-73.
A scoreless tie was broken in the bottom of the fifth inning when the Aeros rallied with two outs to score a pair of runs. After catcher Juan Apodaca and shortstop Cristo Arnal both hit singles, center fielder Jordan Henry walked to load the bases. Second baseman Jason Kipnis also walked to force in the first run. Arnal scored soon after on a wild pitch by Brayan Villarreal to give Akron a 2-0 lead. Erie answered in the sixth when Brandon Douglas scored from third when Bryan Pounds grounded out unassisted to first with one out.
The Aeros cushioned their lead when they earned the run back on a second bases loaded walk when third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall took a base on balls to force in Arnal in the seventh. Designated hitter Jerad Head proceeded to hit a double to left center field that brought in Henry and Kipnis which made the score 5-1.
The SeaWolves struck back in the eighth after Rawley Bishop hit an RBI-single to score Douglas, but could not take advantage and left the bases loaded. Closer Omar Aguilar came on in the ninth to record his seventh save of the season. Right-handed starter Corey Kluber earned the win with one run on eight hits. He struck out five against one walk over seven innings of work.
Akron remains 3.5 games out of the wildcard as Harrisburg defeated Trenton tonight 4-3. No ground was made on Bowie either as they were winners of a 4-3 decision against New Britain.
On Saturday, the first 1,000 fans will receive a foam finger giveaway sponsored by the Akron Canton Airport. The airport will also give away a free AirTran airline voucher to two lucky fans in attendance. Join Jim Clark for Saturday’s radio broadcast beginning at 6:50 p.m. on Fox Sports 1350 AM and at www.akronaeros.com as left-handed pitcher Matt Packer (0-2, 4.50 ERA) faces SeaWolves southpaw Jon Kibler (4-5, 5.65 ERA).
The Hot Rods Walk by Captains 12-6
The Hot Rods used sixteen walks by Lake County pitching to defeat the Captains 12-6. Bowling Green avoided the sweep with the win on Friday night.
Lake County led early scoring four runs in the first inning. Tyler Holt reached base on a one out walk. A Casey Frawley single put runners on the corners. Adam Abraham singled to left scoring Holt. Chris Kersten hit a three run homerun to leftfield, his eleventh of the season to finish the scoring.
Bennett Davis led off the Hot Rods first inning with a walk. A single by Ty Morrison put runners on first and third. Morrison stole second base and a throwing error by Roberto Perez allowed Morrison to go to third and Davis to score making it 4-1.
Bowling Green tied things up in the second. Burt Reynolds drew a walk off Captains' starter Trey Haley. After a Reynolds stolen base, Robi Estrada doubled him to make it 4-2. Dustin Biell walked putting runners on first and second. Davis walked for the second time to load the bases. Brett Nommansen's two out walk scored Estrada. Julio Cedeno hit into a fielder's choice on the play Ben Carlson made an error on the catch allowing Biell to tie the game at four.
In the third inning, Haley retired the first two hitters. Estrada picked up a two out walk. Dustin Biell doubled to left putting runners on second and third. Haley walked Bennett Davis for a third time to load the bases. Nick Kirk entered the game in relief for Haley and walked Morrison and Nommansen giving Bowling Green a 6-4 lead.
In the fifth inning, Kirk walked Biell and Davis to start things off. Brett Nommansen doubled to right center, driving in his 3rd and 4th runs of the game pushing the Hot Rods lead to 8-4.
Bennett Davis led the eighth inning with a walk, his fifth of the game. Captains' reliever Ramon Cespedes gave up a single to Morrison to put runners on first and third. Morrison stole second base to get in scoring position. Nommansen walked on four straight pitches loading the bases. Julio Cenedo singled to leftfield driving in Davis. Ryan Wiegand walked with the bases loaded scoring Morrison. With the walk to Wiegand every Hot Rod hitter walked at least once. Burt Reynolds drove in his first RBI of the season with a sacrifice fly to left. Estrada capped off the four run inning with a single scoring Wiegand making it 12-4.
Greg Folgia reached on an error to start the ninth inning. Delvi Cid picked up his second hit of the game with a base putting runners on first and third. Tyler Holt walked for the third time to load the bases. Scott Shuman pitching to Abraham balked allowing Folgia to score. Abraham singled up the middle for his second RBI of the night and it was 12-6.
Aaron Dott (4-4) pitched 3.1 innings for the win, giving up just one hit, walking one and striking out seven. Alexander Colome started the game for Bowling Green and struck out seven. Scott Shuman pitched the final two frames and finished with four strike outs. The Hot Rods' staff combined for a franchise high 18 strike outs.
Trey Haley (5-10) suffered the loss giving up six runs, four earned on just three hits. Haley walked a season high eight and struck out three. Nick Kirk pitched 2.1 innings, giving up two runs on two hits, walking four and striking two. Ramon Cespedes picked two frames, giving up four runs on three hits, walking four and striking out three. Lake County's pitching staff combined to walk a season high 16 hitters, eight of which scored for Bowling Green, four of them RBI walks.
Lake County returns home to host a four games series with South Bend beginning Saturday night at 7:00PM. The Captains will start LHP Vidal Nuno (5-7) against the Silver Hawks' RHP Andrew Wolcott (2-3).
Scrappers fall to Doubledays, 11-0
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers pitchers gave up runs in six of eight innings and lost game one of a three-game series to the Auburn Doubledays 11-0 tonight at Falcon Park.
With the loss, the Scrappers have lost three straight games falling to 28-39 on the season. The Doubledays improved to 29-37 in 2010.
Despite the Scrappers offensive struggles, Brian Heere extended his hitting streak to 10 straight games.
Jordan Cooper suffered the loss for the Scrappers lasting four innings, giving up five runs on seven hits and striking out three.
Shawn Griffith came in from the bullpen to earn the win pitching two scoreless innings for the Doubledays.
Giovanny Urshela returned to the lineup tonight and went 0-4 with a strikeout. Urshela had been out of the lineup since August 13 after being hit on his left hand in a game against the Lowell Spinners.
After scoring a run in the bottom of the first, the Doubledays added to their lead in the bottom of the third inning. Gustavo Pierre doubled off Cooper and later scored with one out on a Carlos Perez single that made it 2-0. Lance Durham tripled home Perez to give the Doubledays a 3-0 lead. Steve McQuail brought Durham home on a sacrifice fly to make it 4-0.
The Doubledays scored one more time off Cooper in the bottom of the fourth inning and scored two runs in each of the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to cruise to a game one win.
The Scrappers will look to end their three-game skid tomorrow night in game two of this series. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m.
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3 comments:
Tony,
Any word on how fast Carrasco was throwing last night. Am hoping he is in the process of fully recovering the velocity he had prior to his injury.
Nope, no idea. But I am assuming it was at least at the 93-94 range it was at last time out since I haven't heard anything.
Carrasco was 93-95 MPH on Friday night
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