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In the final home series of the season for the K-Tribe, Kinston continued to wow fans with late drama in a 1-0 Wednesday night victory over the Frederick Keys.
In yet another pitcher’s duel, the deciding run did not come against either starter. Kinston’s Mike Rayl outlasted Keys starter Ryan Berry. Rayl turned in his best outing in the Carolina League so far, with seven shutout innings. The K-Tribe lefty departed with no score after scattering five hits and striking out four over seven innings. Rayl walked just one. He did benefit from stellar defense behind him.
In the third inning, Frederick had runners at the corners with no outs. Keys designated hitter Michael Rooney popped a ball to left center field. Tyler Holt ranged to his right, made the catch and fired home to get Brian Ward at home, trying to tag and score from third.
Holt also robbed Jonathan Schoop to start the fourth inning. Scope lined a ball to shallow center field where Tyler Holt charged in and dove to rob Schoop on the sinking liner.
The Indians lone run came in the eighth. Bo Greenwell, who had been hitless since coming off the disabled list Tuesday, played hero this time. Greenwell laced a two out double to right field which scored Jordan Casas from first.
Preston Guilmet entered in the ninth and worked a 1-2-3 inning for his 34th save in 35 tries. Guilmet struck out two and leads all active Carolina League closers by 16 saves.
With a series split already in hand, the K-Tribe will try to lock down a series victory Thursday night. Thursday’s tilt with the Keys will be the penultimate game at home for the Indians. A retro style “throwback” jersey will be given away to the first 1000 fans through the gates. First pitch is set for 6:30 pm.
Clippers handle Louisville 12-4
Paolo Espino was pitching on short rest, but the Clippers offense gave plenty of run support and beat the Louisville Bats, 12-4.
Down 1-0 heading into the third, the Clippers sent eight men to the plate, scoring five runs and they never relinquished the lead.
Overall, the Columbus offense produced 16 hits and tagged Bats' starter Chad Reineke with seven runs in his five innings of work.
Beau Mills, Jared Goedert and Travis Buck all homered for the Clippers. Mills was a triple shy of the cycle, going 4-5 with one RBI and two runs scored. Argenis Reyes went 3-5 with two runs scored and one RBI.
Espino went four innings on short rest and struck out six in four innings pitched. Zach Putnam got the win, however, improving to 6-3 on the season after his two scoreless innings of work tonight.
After taking three of four from Louisville, the Clippers will host the Toledo Mud Hens for two games beginning Friday. Thursday will mark the first off-day for the club since August 3rd.
Aeros win in extras on walk off walk
Michel Hernandez walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 13th inning to force home the winning run as the Akron Aeros beat the Reading Phillies 6-5 in game three of a four-game series Wednesday at Canal Park
Left-handed pitcher Jacob Diekman issued the walk and suffered the loss for Reading.
Right-handed pitcher Rob Bryson recorded the win for Akron pitching a scoreless inning of relief and striking out one.
Grady Sizemore made a rehab start for the Aeros going 0-for-3 with a strike out.
Chun Chen hit a solo home run in the bottom of the second inning to break a scoreless tie and give the Aeros a 1-0 lead.
It remained 1-0 until the top of the fourth inning when Matt Rizzotti hit a two-run home run to give the R-Phils a 2-1 lead. Derrick Mitchell immediately followed with a solo shot of his own to increase the lead to 3-1. Reading (69-68) scored another run in the frame on a wild pitch to make it 4-1.
The R-Phils tacked on a run in the top of the sixth inning to go ahead 5-1.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Karexon Sanchez hit a two-run home run to bring the Aeros within two runs at 5-3.
An inning later, the Aeros (70-67) tied the game 5-5 on back-to-back RBI doubles from John Drennen and Kyle Bellows.
The game went to extra innings and, in the bottom of the 13th, Cristo Arnal scored the winning run when Hernandez drew a walk with the bases full.
The Aeros will go for the series win over the R-Phils on Thursday. Akron will give the ball to left-handed pitcher T.J. McFarland, who is 9-8 with a 3.87 ERA in 2011. He will face right-handed pitcher Tyler Cloyd, who is 5-3 with a 2.88 ERA this season. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m.
WhiteCaps Drop Captains 7-3
James Robbins had a monster performance on Wednesday night hitting two homeruns and driving in five runs leading West Michigan to a 7-3 over Lake County. Robbins hit a solo homerun in the fourth inning and a 3-run bomb in the sixth inning.
Robbins put the WhiteCaps up 1-0 in the second inning with an RBI single to right scoring Clay Jones.
Too little, too late for the Captains in the ninth, but showed some fight scoring three runs in the inning. Kevin Fontanez drove in a run with the bases loaded on a ground ball fielder’s choice. Chase Burnette scored Brian Heere with a ground out to first. Nick Bartolone ripped a double to left center scoring Fontanez making it 7-3.
Brian Flynn (7-2) earned the win with six scoreless innings, allowing five hits, no walks, striking out four. Danny Salazar (0-2) suffered the loss in limited action, tossing three innings, allowing a run on four hits, no walks and two strike outs.
Lake County and West Michigan continue the home stand on Thursday night at Classic Park with first pitch set at 7:00PM. The Captains will start LHP Kirk Wetmore (3-3) against RHP Josue Carreno (6-10) for the WhiteCaps.
Scrappers lose third straight to Crosscutters
The Scrappers came back from an early 1-0 deficit but fell behind and lost to the Williamsport Crosscutters, 6-2. The loss eliminated the Scrappers from playoff contention.
Williamsport took the lead with a run in the top of the first inning, but Cody Elliott tied the game with a single in the bottom of the third. The Crosscutters scored two in the fourth before Todd Hankins led off the bottom of the inning with a solo home run. That made the score 3-2.
But the Crosscutters tacked on two in the sixth and one in the eighth to pull away. The Scrappers were held to two hits over the final five innings.
Williamsport starter Ethan Stewart picked up the win. He improved to 1-0. Will Roberts picked up the loss in relief. He fell to 1-3.
The Scrappers and Crosscutters will conclude their regular season series on Thursday night at 7:05 pm.
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