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| Mike Rayl (Photo: Lianna Holub) |
Mike Rayl was nearly untouchable on Saturday night at Parkview Field as Lake County defeated Fort Wayne 9-3. Rayl (5-2) tossed six scoreless innings, allowing just one hit, striking out eight for his fifth win of the season.
The Captains took jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Carlos Moncrief doubled to right field and moved to third on wild pitch. Another wild pitch from TinCap starter Adys Portillo scored Moncrief from third.
Lake put together a nice two out rally in the third inning. A walk to Moncrief kicked things off. Alex Monsalve tripled to left center scoring Moncrief as Lake County went up 2-0. A third wild pitch from Portillo allowed Monsalve to score making 3-0.
The Captains put up three more runs, all with two out in the fifth inning. Jesus Aguilar drew a walk. Giovanny Urshela singled to leftfield putting runners on first and second. Jordan Casas tripled to left center driving in a pair of runs giving Lake County a 5-0 advantage. Another wild pitch, this one by Deiber Sanchez allowed Casas to score, for a 6-0 lead.
In the sixth inning, the Captains continued the two out theme. LeVon Washington reached on a walk by Yegri Carvajal. Carlos Moncrief doubled for the second time, scoring Washington, as Lake County went up 7-0.
Captains opened up a 9-0 lead in the seventh inning. Jesus Aguilar singled to center to reach; it was Aguilar’s third hit of the night. Urshela doubled to right, putting runners on second and third. Aguilar would from third on a wild pitch by Chris Franklin. Ronny Rodriguez drove in run grounding out to third to score Urshela.
Fort Wayne battled back late, scoring three runs. Jake Blackwood doubled in a run in the seventh. BJ Guinn tripled in a run and scored on a Dale Dickerson wild pitch in the eighth to make it 9-3.
TinCap Adys Portillo (1-8) took the loss working only three innings, allowing three runs on three hits, walking two and striking out four.
Lake County looks for the sweep of Fort Wayne on Sunday afternoon at Parkview Field at 3:05PM. The Captains will start RHP Kyle Blair (3-5) against RHP Zach Cates (2-4) for the TinCaps.
Braves top Clippers, 5-1
A rare occurrence happened at Huntington Park tonight as the Clippers lost to the Gwinnet 5-1 for only their 2nd loss in their last 18 games.
The G-Braves got on the board in the top of the second with the help of a power display. Mauro Gomez led off the inning with a solo shot to dead center to give Gwinnett a 1-0 lead. The very next batter, Brandon Hicks, hit a solo home run into the left field bleachers to make it a 2-0 Braves lead.
Not wanting to get one-upped on their home field, the Clippers played a little long ball in the bottom of the third. Luis Valbuena led the inning off with a solo drive that over the Wendy's Hamburger Balcony in right field to get Columbus on the scoreboard and make it 2-1.
The G-Braves got the run back in the top of the fifth. Jose Constanza knocked in Ed Lucas from third to make it 3-1 Gwinnett.
The Braves would tack on another run in the top of the sixth. Ruben Gotay lined a two-out single that made it 4-1 in favor of the Braves.
A fifth run would come into score for the Braves in the top of the seventh. J.C. Boscan hit an RBI double to right centerfield to extend the Gwinnet lead to 5-1, which ended up being the winning margin for the Braves.
Raves right hander (8-1) Julio Teheran stifled the Clippers offense, holding Columbus to one earned run on four hits while striking out four and walking nobody in seven innings of work. Clippers lefthander Scott Barnes (6-2) took the loss.
The Clippers and Braves will be back at it again when Braves starter Mike Minor (3-2) faces off against Columbus right hander Zach McAllister (8-2) in a Sunday affair with the first pitch sc scheduled for 5:05 pm.
Diaz Delivers Again, Aeros Walk-Off In Extras
For the second straight night, Juan Diaz delivered the game-winning hit for the Akron Aeros.
Diaz rapped an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning to break a 1-1 tie and give the Aeros a 2-1 walk-off win over the Reading Phillies in game two of a three-game series Saturday at Canal Park.
Right-handed pitcher Justin Friend allowed the Diaz single and suffered the loss for Reading.
Right-hander Cory Burns pitched two scoreless innings of relief to earn the win for the Aeros. Left-handed pitcher Kelvin De La Cruz started for Akron lasting 3.2 innings, allowing one earned run on seven hits, walking four and striking out two.
The R-Phils (36-38) got on the board in the top of the second inning. With one out, Paco Figueroa and Tuffy Gosewisch rapped back-to-back singles. Freddy Galvis walked to load the bases and Michael Spidale followed with a sacrifice fly scoring Figueroa and giving Reading a 1-0 lead.
The Aeros (36-39) tied it 1-1 on a Beau Mills solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
It remained tied until the bottom of the 10th inning. Juan Apodaca led off with a double and Tim Fedroff was intentionally walked. Jordan Henry reached on a bunt single loading the bases for Diaz, who singled into center field past the drawn-in infield to win the game for Akron.
The Aeros will go for the sweep of the R-Phils Sunday. Akron will give the ball to right-handed pitcher Joe Gardner, who is 4-5 with a 4.07 ERA in 2011. He will face fellow right-hander B.J. Rosenberg, who is 2-2 with a 3.38 ERA this season. First pitch is at 1:05 p.m.
Kinston sweeps
The Indians held on Saturday night for a 2-1 victory over the Salem Red Sox. Kinston swept the three game series and has won five straight.
Kinston managed to strike first in the fourth inning off of Salem starter Chris Hernandez with back to back doubles to start the inning. After Casey Frawley’s rbi double, Adam Abraham sacrificed himself to score Kinston’s short stop.
That proved to be all the scoring Kinston needed but Salem threatened offensively in its half of the fourth. With two outs and one on, Frawley could not handle a ground ball picking up an error that put runners at the corners. Starter Drew Pomeranz followed with back-to-Back walks to allow the Red Sox a run.
Pomeranz only worked four innings, allowing one unearned run on three hits. Kinston’s ace walked four and struck out four while lowering his league leading era to 1.81. The Kinston bullpen was again stellar with five scoreless innings. Francisco Jimenez picked up the win, striking out five over three innings of one hit ball. Jose Flores worked a perfect eighth and left the ninth to all-star closer Preston Guilmet. Guilmet set down the side in order for his league leading 18th save of the season.
With a series sweep in hand, the K-Tribe returns to historic Grainger stadium for three games against Potomac starting Sunday. Kinston sends the reigning Carolina League Pitcher of the Week to the mound in T.J. House. Sunday’s first pitch is set for 4:30.
Scrappers shutout Auburn
The Scrappers won for the sixth time in nine games in the early stages of their season, this time behind a strong effort from their pitching staff that led them to a 2-0 win.
Right-hander Robert Nixon was dynamite on the night going five scoreless innings and allowed three hits and no walks along with five strikeouts. Relievers Cody Allen, Ramon Cespedes, and Kyle Petter combined for four shutout innings and allowed one hit, one walk, and had six strikeouts. The win went to Nixon (1-1, and Petter earned his second save.
The Scrappers scored single runs in the fourth and seventh innings. In the fourth inning shortstop Tony Wolters led the inning off with a double and then eventually came around to score on a wild pitch. In the seventh inning right fielder baseman Jordan Smith doubled to lead off the inning and later scored on a single by first baseman Jerrud Sabourin.
Right-hander Mason Radeke takes the hill on Sunday for the Scrappers as they return home. He is making his pro debut.
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