Game 30

 

Toledo Mud Hens(Tigers) 10-12 At Gwinnett Braves(Atlanta) 13-12

 

Toledo struck first and led 1-0 after two.

Toledo led,2-0 after 3 1/2 innings only to see the G-Braves tie it up in the bottom of the inning.

 

Toledo put this one away with three in the sixth and then tacked on a final run in the eighth, making the final,6-2.

 

Big game for Steven Moya and Chad Huffman, each drove in two runs . Moya with three hits, while Huffman had two.

 

Rio Ruiz, had two hits for the G-Braves.

 

WP Josh Turley 2-2

LP Ian Krol 0-2

Game 31

 

Columbus Clippers(Indians) At Charlotte Knights(White Sox)

 

Clippers get some revenge with this win, as they were defeated the night before by the Knights.

 

Giovanny Urshela,was 2-4 with a RBI.

Collin Cowgill had a bomb(1) and three RBI

Ronny Rodriguez had a hit and two RBI

All for the winners.

 

WP Ryan Merritt 2-2(He is getting hot)

LP Chris Volstad 1-2

Game 32

Binghamton Mets(Mets) at Portland Sea Dogs

 

Mets win this rain shortened game,6-3.

 

Portland takes a,2-0 lead after four.

 

Mets tie it at two in the top half of the fifth, only to see Portland the lead back,3-2 in the bottom of the inning.

 

The Mets score 2 in the sixth and two in the seventh before the rain ends things.

 

Final

Mets,6-3.

 

WP Tyler Pill 2-2

LP Nik Turley 0-2

Game 33

 

Trenton Thunder(Yankees) 14-10 at Akron Rubber Ducks (Cleveland)17-8

 

Pitching Match up

Trenton Dietrich Enns 3-0 0.00 ERA

Akron Shawn Morimando 4- 0 2.00 ERA

 

Bottom of one.

Yandy Diaz singles.

Nellie Rodriguez walks. Yandy Diaz to 2nd.

Bryson Myles walks. Yandy Diaz to 3rd. Nellie Rodriguez to 2nd.

Jordan Smith singles on a line drive to left fielder Jake Cave. Yandy Diaz scores. Nellie Rodriguez scores.

2-0 Ducks after one.

 

Top of the sixth

Sebastian Valle walks,to kick the inning of for Trenton.

Jose Rosario singles on a ground ball to left fielder Bryson Myles. Sebastian Valle to 2nd.

After a Sac bunt by,Tyler Wade, to put two on with one out.

Lane Adams grounds out but a run scores to make it a,2-1 game.

Game 34

 

San Jose Giants(San Francisco)13-11 At Stockton Ports(Oakland)11-15

 

Pitching Match up

San Jose Sam Coonrod 0-1 Stockton Brett Graves 2-3

 

Late night game last night and it turned out to be a pitcher dual.

 

The Giants gets two in the first on a, C. J Hinojosa single followed by a Chris Shaw(6) long ball.

 

The Ports tallied one in the seventh on a,Jose Brizuela homer (2) and that would be all of the scoring in this one.

 

2-1 GIANTS WIN.

 

WP Sam Coonrod 1-1

LP Brett Graves 2-4

SV Rodolfo Martinez (8)

Game 35

Columbus Clippers(Indians)17-9 at Toledo Mud Hens(Tigers)11-13

 

Pitching Match up Cleveland Mike Clevinger 3-0 Toledo Daniel Norris 0-2

 

Columbus Top of the 2nd

Joey Butler walks.

Anthony Recker walks.

Ronny Rodriguez singles to load the bases.

Todd Hankins singles and this game becomes a,1-0 Columbus lead.

Collin Cowgill grounds out and another run scores to give the Clippers a,2-0 lead.

 

Toledo bottom of two.

Steven Moya triples (1) to start the inning.

Wynton Bernard singles to make it a,2-1 game after two.

 

Columbus Top of the 3rd.

Robbie Grossman doubles (5)

Joey Butler walks. to pit two on with zero outs.

Ronny Rodriguez doubles (5)to make it a,4-1 game.

Todd Hankins singles to make this a,5-1 game.

Collin Cowgill triples (1)and it is,6-1.

Pitching Change: Ruben Alaniz replaces Daniel Norris for Toledo.

Erik Gonzalez doubles (5)and the Clippers have a,7-1 game.

 

Toledo would score their last run in the bottom of the fifth,to make it a,7-2 game. The run came on a Dixon Machado single.

 

The Clippers score two in the ninth to make the final score,9-2. Columbus got their first run in the inning on a ,Todd Hankins triples (1). Hankins was just called up from double A Akron.This was his first Clipper game of the season.

Collin Cowgill had a sac fly for the last run of the contest.

 

WP Mike Clevinger 4-0

LP Daniel Norris 0-3

SV Toru Murata (3)

Game 36

Columbus Clippers (Indians)18-9 At Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers)11-14

 

Pitching match up Columbus Ross Detwiler 0-0 0.00 ERA Toledo Thad Weber 3-1 0.75 ERA.

 

My players to watch

Columbus Joey Butler(.276 2HR 11 RBI) Butler, who I believe the Tribe will try and trade is off to a decent start. He is 5-12.

 

Toledo Thad Weber-The 31 year old has to know this is a big year. If he continues to impress, the Tigers I guess will give him a call up.

 

Casey McGehee puts Toledo up,1-0 with a base hit in the bottom half of the first.

 

Jarrett Grube(0-0 4.02 ERA) is on for the Clippers,to start the third.

This is his sixth appearance on the season. Three starts and three out of the pen.

 

Steven Moya hits his 8th bomb of the year and then Chad Hoffman hits his 4th bomb of the year, to give Toledo a,3-0 lead. Toledo still hitting in the third.

 

Giovanny Urshela singles to drive in a Columbus run and this is a,3-1 game in the fourth.

 

Robbie Grossman homers (4) to start the seventh off for Columbus and this is a,3-2 game.

 

Logan Kensing 0-0 2.35 ERA is on for Toledo with two outs in the seventh.

 

Bobby Parnell( Charleston Southern) 0-0 1,00 ERA is on to toss the eighth for Toledo.

 

Tom Gorzelanny is on with one out in the eighth for the Clippers.

 

Jeff Johnson(2-0 5.06 ERA) is on with two out in the eighth for the Clippers.This is the ninth appearance of the season, for the Clippers reliever.

 

Bruce Rondon comes in and closes this one out for Toledo.

 

Final,3-2 Toledo

 

WP Bruce Rondon 4-1

LP Ross Detwiler 0-1

SV Bruce Rondon(2)

Game 37

Las Vegas 51s(Mets)13-14 At Sacramento River Cats(San Fran)13-16

 

Pitching Match up 51'S Gabriel Ynoa 2-0 2.05 ERA River Cats Austin Fleet 0-0 7.94 ERA 1 SAVE

 

My players to watch

51'S Ty Kelly The 13th round 2009 pick of Baltimore is off to a dream like season(.381 average 10 RBI)

 

River Cats Miguel Olivo The veteran (.357 3 HR 14 RBI) is trying to make it back to the show and with his play to start the season, he has to be opening some eyes.

 

With two outs in the 2nd Grant Green(4) goes yard, to make this a,1-0 game.

 

Las Vegas gets two in the top of the third. The first run came in on a,Dilson Herrera single. The 2nd run came in on a T. J. Rivera sac flt.

 

2-1 after 2 1/2.

 

Jose Casilla(0-0 1.32 ERA) Is on to toss the fifth for the Cats.

 

Braulio Lara(0-1 3.86) is on in the 8th for the Cats.

 

Josh Smoker (0-1 3.48 ERA) Is on for the 51'S, with one on and zero outs.

Still a,2-1 51'S lead.

 

Josh Edgin(0-0 1.42 ERA)Is on to try and close it out for Las Vegas.

 

2-1 final, Las Vegas wins

 

Gabriel Ynoa (W, 3-0)

Austin Fleet (L, 0-1)

Josh Edgin (S, 1)

 

Game 38

West Michigan Whitecaps(Tigers) 15-13 Lake County Captains(Indians) 19-12

 

Pitching Match up

White Caps Sandy Baez 0-3 4.08 ERA

Lake County Thomas Pannone 2-2 2.86 ERA

 

My players to watch

White Caps Will Maddox ,383 BA 8 RBI- The start has been as good as he could have dreamed of, I am guessing. He is still looking for his first home run as a pro

 

Lake County Francisco Mejia, The catcher is 6-17 in the last in his last four games.

He has thrown out 10-16 this season.

 

West Michigan Top of the 4th

Brett Pirtle singles on a line drive to right fielder Connor Marabell.

Will Allen doubles (9) on a line drive to right fielder Connor Marabell. Brett Pirtle scores.

1-0, after 3 1/2 White Caps

 

Lake County Bottom of the 6th

Yonathan Mendoza singles on a line drive to right fielder Cam Gibson.

Ka'ai Tom walks. Yonathan Mendoza to 2nd.

Willi Castro singles on a ground ball to right fielder Cam Gibson. Yonathan Mendoza scores, to lock things up at one.

Tyler Krieger singles and Lake County is up,2-1

White Caps pitching change

Josh Laxer 0-1 6.75 ERA

Francisco Mejia singles to pit Lake County up,3-1

Connor Marabell makes it,4-1 with a sac fly.

 

Pitching change for Lake County

Dominic DeMasi(4-0 3.07 ERA) in to throw the 7th

 

A run scores for the White Caps on a double play turned by Lake County.

4-2 After 6 1/2

 

Matt Whitehouse(0-0 0.56 ERA) Is on for Lake County with two on and two out in the top of the eighth.

 

Gerson Moreno(0-1 2.08 ERA) is on for the White Caps to throw the bottom of the eighth.

 

Final

Lake County wins,4-2

 

Thomas Pannone (W, 3-2)

Sandy Baez (L, 0-4)

Matt Whitehouse (S, 2)

Game 39

My late night game, last night.

 

Albuquerque Isotopes(Rockies)18-14 At Salt Lake Bees(Angels)18-13

 

Salt Lake takes this one by a count of,5-3.

The Bees jumped out to a,1-0 lead after three.

Todd Cunningham doubled (4)in the the run.

 

Albuquerque scored three in the sixth

Rafael Ynoa had a RBI, while Chris Nelson had two.

 

The Bees got one back in their half of the sixth.

Jefry Marte homered (2)for the run.

 

Salt Lake got two more in the seventh.

Jefry Marte doubled in both of the runs.

 

The Bees got their final run in the eighth.

Quintin Berry got the RBI on a sac fly.

 

Cody Satterwhite (W, 2-1)

Yohan Flande (L, 1-1)

Game 40

 

Louisville Bats(Reds)19-14 At Columbus Clippers(Indians)21-12

 

Pitching Match up

Bats Josh Smith 3-2 2.38 ERA

Clippers T.J. House 2-2 6.39 ERA

 

Michael Martinez homers (2)To give the Clippers a,1- lead after one.

 

Adam Moore singles to start the 2nd.

Ronny Rodriguez doubles (7)to pit on two, with zero outs.

Yandy Diaz makes it, 2-0 with a sac fly.

Joey Butler singles and it is, 3-0 Columbus after two.

 

Chris Berset singles to open the fifth for the Bats

Juan Perez singles and the Bats have two on with nobody out.

Jermaine Curtis walks to load the bases.

Jesse Winker walks and this is a,2-1 game.

Steve Selsky grounds into a double play, and a run scores to make this a,2-2 game.

 

Pitching Change: Felipe Paulino replaces TJ House, with one on and no outs for the bats.

 

Bottom of the 7th

 

Pitching Change: Dayan Diaz replaces Josh Smith, for the Bats.

 

Pitching Change: Jeff Johnson on to toss the seventh, for the Clippers.

 

Jumbo Diaz is on for the Bats to kickoff the eighth.

 

Austin Adams is on to try and close this one out , for the Clippers in the ninth.

Final,3-2 Clippers win.

 

TJ House (W, 3-2)

Josh Smith (L, 3-3)

Austin Adams (S, 3)

GAME 41

Cedar Rapids Kernels(Twins)19-15 At Wisconsin Timber Rattlers(Brewers)16-19

 

Pitching Match up

Kernels- 0-4 4.97 ERA

Wisconsin- Jake Drossner 1-4 5.13 ERA

 

My players to watch

 

Cedar Rapids Alex Perez batting lead off for the first time in his professional career. The Round 23 (2015, MIN)draft pick played for the Elizabethton Twins in 2015. He hit .239 with 12 RBI.

 

Cedar Rapids Top of the 1st

 

Alex Perez singles to open things up.

He goes to 2nd in a pass ball.

LaMonte Wade hit by pitch to load the bases.

Perez scores on a sac fly by,A. J. Murray making this a,1-0 contest.

J. Fernandez strikes out swinging. Passed ball by catcher Mitch Ghelfi. Daniel Kihle scores,to make this a,2-0 game.

Nelson Molina walks. LaMonte Wade scores. And now we have a,3-0 game.

Sean Miller singles to make it a,4-0 game.

Alex Perez singles, his 2nd hit of the game and this drives in a run.5-0 Cedar Rapids.

Daniel Kihle singles to make it a,7-0 game.

PITCHING CHANGE FOR WISCONSIN

David Lucroy (1-2 5.40ERA) is on with two outs in the first.

 

Bottom of the fourth

David Denson walks with the bases loaded to make it a,7-1 game.

Monte Harrison singles to drive in two and make it a,7-3 game.

Alan Sharkey doubles (1)to drive in two and make it a,7-5 game.

 

 

 

 

Wisconsin Alan Sharkey has struggled to open the season(.123 1RBI)

He hit .247 3 HR 37 RBI

 

Top of the fifth and Quintin Torres-Costa (1-1 5.28) Is on to toss the inning for Wisconsin.

 

Top of the sixth and this is a,8-5 game.A. J. Murray doubles (9) in a run.

Brian Olson singles to make it a,9-5 game.

Nelson Molina singles and it is a,10-5 game.

Sean Miller triples (1)to drive in two and this is a,12-5 game.

 

Bottom of the sixth

David Denson homers (1) to make it a,1206 game.

 

Top of the seventh

Alex Farina(1-1 4.5) ERA is on for Wisconsin.

 

Bottom of the seventh

Michael Theofanopoulos (1-0 2.35ERA) on on for the Kernels.

 

Top of the 8th

Brian Olson doubles (2) putting one on, with one out.

Jermaine Palacios singles and there are runners on the corners, with just one out.

Sean Miller brings in another Kernels run with a sac fly.

13-6 after eight.

 

Top of the ninth

Nate Griep is on to toss for Wisconsin.

Daniel Kihle doubles (2) and comes home to score when,A. J. Murray doubles (10) and it is a,14-6 game.

 

Final,14-6 Kernels with the win.

 

Dereck Rodriguez (W, 1-4)

Jake Drossner (L, 1-5)

Michael Theofanopoulos (S, 1)

 

 

Game 42

Akron Rubber Ducks(Cleveland)25-10 At Harrisburg Senators(Washington)15-19

 

Pitching Match up

 

Akron Shawn Morimando 6-0 1.96 ERA

Harrisburg Austen Williams 0-4 8.49 ERA

 

Players to watch for me

Akron Shawn Morimando, He is having a dream like season, so far in 2016. He is only 41-40 in his career with a 3.32 ERA.

 

Harrisburg Neftali Soto, The former third round pick way back in 2007 of the Reds is way past the time period, where a player is consider a prospect. He is

27 and carries a .273 career average in the minors, with 112 HR 484 RBI.

He is at .273 3HR 21 RBI.

 

Bottom of the first

Joe Sever has a throwing error, that allows Chris Bostick to score.

1-0 Harrisburg after one.

 

Top of the third

After a hit batter, a base hit and a error,Jeremy Lucas works a walk and this one is tied up.

1-1 after 2 1/2.

 

Top of the sixth

An error on Wilmer Difo allows Joe Sever to score and it gives Akron a,2-1 lead. Sever has three hits so far.

Todd Hankins gets a two run, two out single to put Akron up,4-1.

 

Top of seven

Gilberto Mendez(0-2 8.54 ERA) Is on for Harrisburg.

Clint Frazier(5) with a solo blast and it makes this a,5-1 game.

 

 

Grant Sides(0-0 1.76) is on with nobody on and two outs in the bottom of the seventh, for the Ducks.

 

Final,5-1 Ducks

 

Shawn Morimando (W, 7-0)

Austen Williams (L, 0-5)

 

 

 

 

 

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Game 43

Lake County Captains (Cleveland)22-14 Bowling Green Hot Rods(Tampa Bay)21-15

 

Pitching Match Up

Lake County Shao-Ching Chiang 1-3 4.26 ERA

Bowling Green Jose Mujica 2-1 4.71 ERA

 

My players to watch

Lake County Has hit in 4 of his last five games. Average down to .299

Bowling Green Joe McCarthy the 5th round 2015 draft pick of Tampa Bay is off to a nice start. .314 average 12 RBI 8-9 stolen bases.

 

Top of the first and Lake County is off to a sweet start.

Ka'ai Tom and Willi Castro both single to kick the game off.

Tyler Krieger gets a RBI on a ground out, to make it,1-0.

Francisco Mejia doubles (10) and it is,2-0.

Connor Marabell doubles (9)and it is,3-0.

 

 

Top of two and Lake County is off to another good start.

Willi Castro, with two outs blast his 3rd bomb of the year.

4-0 now, with two outs in the inning.

 

Top of the third and Lake County is at it again.

Connor Marabell doubles (10) and then swipes(4) third.

He comes around and scores on an error by the shortstop.

5-0 Lake County.

 

Fifth inning

Armando Bastardo (0-0 1.46 ERA)Is on to toss the fifth for the Hot Rods.

 

Bottom of the fifth and Bowling Green is on the board.

Joe McCarthy(1) blast his first bomb to make this a,5-1 game.

 

Top of the sixth and Lake County is at it again.

Anthony Miller(3) blast a long home run and the Captains are up,6-1.

 

Bottom of the sixth

Jared Robinson (1-1 3.89 ER) is on to throw for Lake County.

 

Bottom of the seventh

Bowling Green is getting busy.

Manny Sanchez singles and then Joe McCarthy walks.

Zacrey Law doubles (8)both of them in and it is a,6-3 game.

 

Top of the eighth

Diego Castillo(1-2 2.30 ERA) is on for the Hot Rods

 

Yoiber Marquina(0-1 4.50 ERA) is on to throw for Lake County with one out in the eighth.

 

Final, 6-3 Lake County

 

Shao-Ching Chiang (W, 2-3)

Jose Mujica (L, 2-2)

Yoiber Marquina (S, 4)

GAME 44

Columbus Clippers (Indians)2-13 At Indianapolis Indians(Pirates) 17-19

 

Pitching Match up

Columbus Jarrett Grube 0-1 4.13 ERA

Indians Chad Kuhl 2-0 1.10 ERA

 

Players to watch

Columbus Guillermo Quiroz- The 34 year old had three bombs this weekend. The Clippers need him to stay hot, especially with all of the recent roster changes.

Indians Chad Kuhl - He is the pirates 22 rated prospect but with his play this year, at this level he has to be opening some eyes in Pittsburgh.

 

Felipe Paulino is on in the sixth for the Clippers, with the game locked at zero.

 

Jason Rogers singles to give Indy a,1-0 lead.

Bases loaded and zero outs.

Indy gets another run on a double play.

2-0 Indy after six.

 

Jeff Johnson comes in to start he seventh for Columbus.

 

Jorge Rondon comes in to start the eighth for Indy, who has a.2-0 lead.

 

Rob Scahill is on to close it out for Indy.

 

Chad Kuhl (W, 3-0)

Felipe Paulino (L, 1-1)

Rob Scahill (S, 2)

 

 

 

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