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| Drew Pomeranz (Photo: Tony Lastoria) |
Wilmington turned the tables on Kinston, shutting out the K-Tribe 2-0 In a special 11 am school day game at Historic Grainger Stadium. Kinston (26-25) is now 12-3 in their last 15 games.
Drew Pomeranz, making his first start since May 18th, did not show any signs of rust, as he did not give up a run in five innings of work. Pomeranz walked one and struck out four, giving up just three hits. For the second straight game, Wilmington’s starting pitcher matched Kinston’s. Jake Odorizzi went six innings, giving up three hits in the no decision. He walked two and struck out eight.
Wilmington finally broke a 19-inning series scoreless streak in the eighth inning. With K-Tribe reliever Francisco Jimenez (1-1) on the hill, Carol Testa walked with one out. Rey Navarro followed with a home run to left field. The two-run shot was his third homer of the season, giving Wilmington all the runs they would need. Jimenez gave up three hits in three innings of work. He walked one and struck out two. Blue Rock’s reliever Tyler Sample (3-3) gave up two hits in two innings of work for the win. Kevin Chapman got the save for Wilmington. Chris Jones pitched a scoreless ninth inning for the Indians. Wilmington racked up seven hits on the day, Kinston had five hits led by Bo Greenwell’s 2-for-4 day at the plate.
The K-Tribe ends the homestand with a Thirsty Thursday 6:30 pm game against Wilmington. Brett Brach (4-3, 2.84) will get the start for Kinston.
Durham nips Columbus 5-4
A Wes Hodges blast got the Clippers back in the game, but Durham pulled it out by a final of 5-4.
In the top of the seventh, Hodges stepped to the plate with two on and one out and took a Cory Wade pitch out to left to tie the game at four.
Joe Martinez (4-2) gave up one in the bottom frame after replacing Corey Kluber, who went six innings, giving up four runs on 10 hits.
The Clippers put Lonnie Chisenhall and Chad Huffman on with singles in the eighth, but the Bulls got out of the jam.On the game, Chisenhall went 2-4 with a run scored.
After losing the first three to Durham, the Clippers, 35-18, look to take one Thursday night, before moving on to International League west rival Louisville Friday.
Jeanmar Gomez will pitch against Durham's Edgar Gonzalez starting at 7:05pm.
Aeros Late Rally Falls Short In Reading
The Akron Aeros scored seven runs in the top of the seventh inning to rally and tie the game, but the Reading Phillies scored three in the bottom of the frame to win game two of a three-game series 12-9 Wednesday at FirstEnergy Stadium.
Righty Adam Miller allowed all three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and suffered the loss for the Aeros pitching one inning of relief. Left-hander Matt Packer got the start for the Aeros lasting 2.2 innings, giving up seven earned runs on nine hits and striking out one.
Right-handed pitcher Chris Kissock got the win for the R-Phils pitching 1.2 innings of relief, scattering three hits and striking out two. Right-hander Phillippe Aumont pitched a scoreless top of the ninth to earn the save.
The Aeros (25-29) got on the board in the top of the second inning. With one out, Juan Diaz walked and scored on a Chun Chen RBI double. Chen came across to score on a Karexon Sanchez RBI groundout to make it 2-0.
Akron’s lead was short lived as Tuffy Gosewisch hit a grand slam in the bottom of the frame to the give the R-Phils a 4-2 lead. Shane Victorino followed with a solo shot of his own making it 5-2.
The R-Phils (28-23) added to their lead in the bottom of the third inning. With one out, Matt Rizzotti hit a solo home run to make it 6-2. Later in the frame, Gosewisch drove in Carlos Rivero to give Reading a 7-2 lead.
Reading got a two-run home run from Cody Overbeck in the bottom of the fourth inning to increase their lead to 9-2.
The Aeros battled all the way back in the top of the seventh inning. Diaz led off with a single and Chen followed with a two-run home run to cut the deficit to 9-4. Karexon Sanchez doubled chasing Reading starter Josh Zeid from the game. The R-Phils went to Jacob Diekman, who walked the first two batters he faced to load the bases. With the bases full, Jordan Henry reached on an error allowing Sanchez to score to make it 9-5. Tim Fedroff pushed another run across on a groundout and Matt McBride walked to reload the bases. The R-Phils again went to the bullpen replacing Diekman with Kissock. Kissock allowed a RBI sacrifice fly to Beau Mills to make it 9-7. Diaz batted for the second time and hit a two-RBI double to tie the game 9-9. Diaz is the first Aero to have two hits in an inning since Jason Kipnis on August 13, 2010.
The R-Phils answered right back in the bottom of the frame scoring three times and going on to the win.
The Aeros will look to salvage the final game of this three-game series against Reading Wednesday. Left-hander Kelvin De La Cruz will get the start for Akron. De La Cruz is 3-3 with a 3.50 ERA in 2011. He will face right-handed pitcher J.C. Ramirez, who is 5-3 with a 2.83 ERA this season. First pitch is set for 9:35 a.m.
Home Run Ball Helps Captains Beat Cougars 5-3
The Lake County Captains hit three home runs and Mike Goodnight threw five scoreless innings as the Captains defeated the Kane County Cougars 5-3 on Wednesday. The Captains have a three game winning streak which ties their season high.
Carlos Monrcrief hit his seventh home run of the year and his second in the last two games to give the Captains a 1-0 lead after one inning. The Captains hit back to back home runs in the top of the second inning when Giovanny Urshela and Anthony Gallas both connected and the Captains led 3-0. The Captains tacked on another run in the bottom of the fifth inning when Gallas plated a run on an infield single and the Captains led 4-0. Ronny Rodriguez added a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth inning that allowed Alex Monsalve to score to make it 5-0.
The Cougars stormed back in the top of the seventh inning when Julio Aparicio hit a three run home run to cut the Captains advantage to 5-3.
Goodnight (4-3) got the win working five scoreless innings allowing three hits walking four and striking out eight. J.D. Reichenbach pitched two innings and allowed three runs, two earned, on four hits while walking one. Dale Dickerson threw the final two innings to record his first save of the season.
Cougars starter Yardano Ventura (0-1) took the loss allowing four runs, three earned, on seven hits, walking one while striking out seven.
The Captains and Cougars wrap up the series on Thursday at 7:00 PM with the Captains sending RHP Steven Wright (1-1 1.77) to the hill to oppose RHP Jason Adam (2-0, 1.96).
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