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| Luis Valbuena (Photo: Lianna Holub) |
Luis Valbuena's walk-off homer gave the Clippers a 5-4 victory over the Norfolk Tides and completed a four-game sweep.
With Tim Fedroff on and two out, Luis Valbuena took a Mark Worrell pitch over the right field wall, giving the Clippers their third straight walk-off victory.
Two early Clippers runs scored via Jerad Head blast to the left field bleachers. He has homered in four straight games.
After Head's homer, the Clippers still trailed by a run. In the seventh, after loading the bases with two outs, they tied the game on a Head single, which was sharply lined off the glove of Tides third baseman Brendan Harris. Cord Phelps attempted to score but was cut down at the plate by shortstop Carlos Rojas.
Josh Judy came on in the ninth to preserve a tie, but gave up a two-out single to Kyle Hudson and John Hester came around to score the go-ahead run.
Judy (5-2) gets credit for the win, however. The loss goes to Mark Worrell, who drops to 0-5 on the year.
Zach McAllister surrendered three runs and struck out five in his six-inning start.
Zach Putnam threw two scoreless innings in relief of McAllister and struck out three.
After an off day, the Clippers welcome the Syracuse Chiefs to Huntington Park, Thursday for a four-game set. Right-hander Joe Martinez (6-5, 4.17) will pitch for Columbus.
Burns ties Aeros single-season saves record
Right-handed pitcher Cory Burns tied the Akron Aeros single-season saves record recording his 29th save of 2011 in the teams 3-2 win over the Trenton Thunder Tuesday at Waterfront Park.
Burns joined Randy Newsom, who had 29 saves for the Aeros in 2008.
Right-handed pitcher Austin Adams was part of the bridge to Burns’ record-setting save as he earned the win tossing five innings, allowing one earned run on three hits and striking out seven while walking three.
Right-hander Dellin Betances suffered the loss for the Thunder lasting four innings, giving up three earned runs on six hits, walking four and striking out five.
The Aeros (56-54) got on the board in the top of the second inning. Raul Padron opened the frame with a walk and advanced to third on a Michel Hernandez double. Kyle Bellows followed with a two-RBI single scoring Padron and Hernandez and giving the Aeros a 2-0 lead.
The Thunder (57-52) cut the lead in half at 2-1 in the bottom of the third inning on an Austin Romine RBI single.
Ben Copeland quickly got the run back with an RBI single in the top of the fourth inning to give the Aeros a 3-1 lead.
Trenton rallied for a run in the bottom of the seventh inning, but that was as close as they would get as Akron went on to the win.
The Aeros and Thunder will play game two of this three-game series Wednesday. Akron will give the ball to left-handed pitcher Matt Packer, who is 4-10 with a 4.53 ERA in 2011. He will face right-handed pitcher Graham Stoneburner, who is 1-1 with a 1.64 ERA this season. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m.
Kinston falls 5-3
Myrtle Beach handed Kinston a 5-3 loss Tuesday night at Historic Grainger Stadium. The loss was Kinston's (18-18, 55-49) eighth straight.
Vinny Difazio provided the offensive pop early, hitting a three-run home run in the top of the second inning. Difazio got the best of Kinston starting pitcher Marty Popham again in the fifth inning, this time with a solo home run. DiFazio's sixth homer of the season gave the Pelicans a 4-0 lead. Later in the fifth inning, Leury Garcia hit a triple off of the center field wall. He would score on a wild pitch by Popham, giving Myrtle Beach a 5-0 lead. Popham (4-2) took the loss, giving up six hits and five earned runs in six innings. He struck out six and walked one batter.
Pelicans starting pitcher Wilfredo Boscan handled Kinston early, throwing a perfect game through four innings. Jeremie Tice broke up the perfecto with a lead-off single in the bottom of the fifth inning. Boscan gave up just two hits in 5 1/3 innings of work. He did not give up a run while striking out six. Boscan left the game after getting hit with a line drive on the wrist. The injury proved costly for Myrtle Beach. Later in the inning, Tice struck with a three-run home run to pull Kinston within two runs. The shot was the eighth of the season for Tice. Tice had two of Kinston's four hits as the Indians managed just one single the rest of the way.
Trey Haley, Francisco Jimenez and Chris Jones each threw scoreless innings from the Kinston pen. Boscan (4-8) got the win for Myrtle Beach, Joseph Ortiz with the save.
The K-Tribe gets right back at it with an 11 am contest on Wednesday morning. T.J. House gets the start for Kinston.
Loons’ Domecus Bests Captains 4-3
Steve Domecus lifted Great Lakes by Lake County on Tuesday night driving a pair of runs with a single in sixth inning for a 3-2 lead. The Loons went on to win 4-3, as Domecus also scored the other two runs.
The Captains jumped in front 1-0 in the second inning on a Brian Heere RBI single to centerfield scoring Ronny Rodriguez.
Moises Montero hit his second homerun of the season in the sixth with the game tied at one, giving Lake County a 2-1 lead.
The Captains trailing 4-2 in the eighth inning got a pair of runners on to start the inning. Montero scored from third on a wild pitch making it 4-3, but that is as close they would come.
Garrett Gould (11-5) picked up the win tossing six innings, allowing two runs on seven hits, walking one and striking out three. Scott McGough picked up his 3rd save of the season pitching 1.2 innings. Jordan Cooper took the loss allowing three runs on seven hits in 5.2 innings, no walks and one strike out.
Lake County and Great Lakes continue their four game set on Wednesday night at 7:05PM at Dow Diamond. RHP Mike Goodnight (5-9) gets the start for the Captains against RHP Angel Sanchez (5-3) for the Loons.
Scrappers fall in series opener
The Scrappers erased an early 2-0 deficit but allowed three runs in the eighth inning and lost, 7-4, to the Staten Island Yankees. The Yankees led off the eighth with back-to-back hits and had runners on the corners. Ben Gamel broke the 4-4 tie with a sacrifice fly. Two batters later, Angelo Gumbs tripled to make it 6-4 and later came around to score on a wild pitch.
Mahoning Valley trailed 2-0 before the team ever came to the plate. Staten Island’s Mason Williams led off the game with a home run and Cito Culver tripled and scored on a wild pitch. The Scrappers took a 3-2 lead in the third on a two-run single by Cody Elliott, but the Yankees scored a run in the fourth and a run in the fifth to take a 4-3 lead. The Scrappers tied the game in the bottom of the fifth before the Yankees went ahead for good in the eighth inning.
Staten Island reliever Fred Lewis picked up the win to improve to 4-0. Nate Striz picked up the loss to fall to 2-3. Philip Wetherell earned his second save of the season. The Scrappers and Yankees will continue their three-game series on Wednesday night at 7:05 pm.
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