Game 58

Dayton Dragons (Reds) 4 Great Lakes Loons (Dodgers) 3

Dayton (13-24) found away to win even as they committed two more errors, they have 47 errors this season in just 37 games. As a team they are only hitting .172 this month, but in this game they had eight, with two being doubles and one a home run. Catcher Pabel Manzanero (8)hit a solo blast and a double and two RBI. Jonathan Willems (.212) had a hit and a RBI. Carlos Rivero also had a RBI.

For the Loons, catcher Jair Camargo (2) hit a solo blast. Miguel Vargas and Leonel Valera each had a hit and a RBI.

 

Eddy Demurias 1-0 6.17 ERA

Zach Willeman (Kent State) 0-1 3.38 ERA

Jerry D'Andrea (SV 2) 3.78 ERA

Game 59

Akron Rubber Ducks (Cleveland) 5 Bowie Bay Sox 2 11 innings

After nine this one was locked up at zero, for Akron that meant twenty two scoreless innings. In the tenth both teams scored twice to force another inning, in that inning Akron got a three run walk off bomb by Daniel Johnson (8). That was the only hit the New Mexico State grad would have in this contest. Wilson Garcia would have the other RBI for the winners. He had just one it too. As a team the Ducks had just six hits. Ernie Clement (.171), Nellie Rodríguez (.294), Connor Marabell (.227) and Li-Jen Chu (.210) each had a hit.

For the Bay Sox, T.J. Nichting (1) had a two run bomb in the tenth and a single earlier in the game. Jesmuel Valentín (.183) had three hits, with Rylan Bannon (Xavier ) and Ryan McKenna (.215) each getting one it.

Kyle Nelson 1-0 0,00 ERA

Zach Muckenhirn (North Dakota) 0-2 5.95 ERA

Game 60

 

Columbus Clippers (Cleveland) 7 Pawtucket Red Sox (Boston 4

 

The Clippers (22-15) got four long balls last night, in all they had eleven hits in route to the win over the Red Sox (13-23). Going yard for Columbus Trayce Thompson (7), Bobby Bradley (8), Ryan Flaherty (4) and Brandon Barnes (5). Barnes had two RBI, while the other three had one apiece. Eric Stamets drove in two. Stamets, Ryan Flaherty, Thompson and Mark Mathias each had two hits.

For the Red Sox, Jantzen Witte, Juan Centeno and Nick Lovullo each had a RBI.

Shao-Ching Chiang 1-3 6.75 ERA

Jeremy Bleich 0-1 6.75 ERA

Game 61

 

Pawtucket Red Sox (Boston) 5 Columbus Clippers (Cleveland 3)

Columbus (22-16) lead 3-1 after seven innings and then the Red Sox (14-23)

found their hitting sticks and exploded for four runs in the bottom of the eighth.

Mike Miller singled in Brock Holt, making this a 3-2 game. Cole Sturgeon drop a fly ball in front to Trayce Thompson to tie things up at three. Later in the inning Sam Travis knocked in Bryce Brentz and Sturgeon to make 5-3.

The Clippers did have a home run from Thompson (8) to highlight a seven hit attack. Mike Papi (.208) led the Clippers with two hits.

 

Trevor Kelley 3-2 1.47 ERA

Chih-Wei Hu 1-3 5.71 ERA(Has been demoted to the bullpen after seven starts)

Travis Lakins (Ohio State) SV 1 4.30 ERA

Akron Rubber Ducks (Cleveland) 4 Richmond Flying Squirrels (Giants ) 2

Slowly this Akron (18-21) seems to be finding themselves. They have now won two in a row and have pulled to within three games of .500. In this game the Ducks scored three runs in the last four innings to get the win, another come from behind win, as they trailed 2-1 after five. Daniel Johnson blasted his ninth homer of the season. In all he had two hits and one RBI. For the season he is now hitting .262. Connor Marabell (.231), Tyler Krieger (,216) and Nellie Rodríguez (.273) each drove in a run.

For Richmond (12-24) Johneshwy Fargas (.232) drove in both runs. Gio Brusa (.286) had two hits to lead the club in that department.

 

Rob Kaminsky 1-1 5.11 ERA

Ryan Halstead (Indiana) 1-3 8.44 ERA

Nick Sandlin SV1 0.79 ERA

Game 63

Columbus Clippers (Cleveland) 14 Syracuse Mets (Mets 3)

The Clippers (23-16) shot out to a 5-0 lead after one and never looked back, as they beat the Mets ( 23-17) by eleven.

Eric Haase (10) had two hits, including a dinger and he knocked in two. Mark Mathias led the seventeen hit attack, with three hits and two RBI. Ryan Flaherty knocked in two and had two hits. Brandon Barnes and Mike Papi each had two hits and two RBI. Greg Allen also had three hits and he knocked in one. Also with a hit and a RBI was Trayce Thompson.

 

For the Mets, René Rivera went yard twice and drove in two. He had four hits on the day. Grégor Blanco had two hits and one RBI.

 

Zach Plesac 2-0 2.08 ERA. Both of his wins and starts have been against the first place Mets.

Zach Lee 2-1 5.87 ERA

Game 64

Carolina Mudcats (Milwaukee) 6 Fayetteville Woodpeckers (Houston) 4

The Mudcats (26-16) a former member of the Cleveland family blew a 4-0 lead, only to come back and score two in the top of the fifth and then shutout the Woodpeckers (19-23) to post the win. Catcher Payton Henry (6) blasted a three run bomb to lead the way. Mario Feliciano and Pat McInerney both drove in a run, though neither had a hit. Ryan Aguilar (Arizona) had three hits to lead the eight hit attack, for the winners.

The Woodpeckers Scott Manea, a catcher had a hit and drove in two. Colton Shaver (BYU) had a hit and drove in a run. Scott Schreiber (Nebraska) added one RBI.

Nelson Hernandez 5-1 5.21 ERA

Chad Donato 3-5 5.67 ERA

Rodrigo Benoit (SV 8) 0.57 ERA

Game 65

Columbus Clippers (Cleveland) 8 Syracuse Mets (Mets) 2

The Clippers used a three run second inning bomb by Trayce Thompson (9) and a RBI ground out from Greg Allen, to jump out to a 4-0 lead and from there this one was all but over.

The Mets did plate two in the bottom of the third, when David Thompson (2) and Tim Tebow (1) both went yard. Tebow is hitting just .157, but that is up .19 in the last week or so.

In the top of the fourth the Clippers got long balls from Eric Haase (11) and Greg Allen (2), to go back up by four. Haase is starting to heat up, after a very, very slow start. Allen seems to be putting the demotion behind him and has again started playing good ball.

The Clippers would score single runs in the sixth and the ninth to complete the 8-2 win and pay the Mets for taking two of three in Columbus earlier this month. The run in the sixth came on a double play ball and the last run of the game came on a Ryan Flaherty single. Flaherty now has twenty four RBI on the season.

Brooks Pounders 2-1 2.55 ERA got the win. The former Colorado Rockies pitcher, has been a blessing for the Clippers, this season. Taking the loss for the Mets was Casey Coleman 0-4 4.21 ERA.

Game 66

Amarillo Sod Poodles (San Diego) 10 Frisco Rough Riders (Texas Rangers) 5

 

The Sod Poodles (19-22) uses a three run first to put this one away. They never trailed in this one and after all was said and done, they had ten runs to go with fifteen hits.

Kyle Overstreet (1) blasted a three run bomb to lead the winning team in RBI. Webster Rivas (.257), Hudson Potts (.215) along with Owen Miller (Illinois State) drove in two, Edward Olivares (.272) drove in a run to go with two hits.

 

For Frisco (23-20) Number nine hitter Josh Altmann (.189) drove in three runs and he had two hits. Michael De Leon (.304) had two hits and drove in a run. Dude covers a lot of ground and seems to be getting much better with the glove. Tony Sanchez (Boston College) had one RBI.

 

Jesse Scholtens (Wright State) 2-1 6.00 ERA. He went six innings, giving up five hits and four earned runs.

Jonathan Hernández 2-3 6.19 ERA. He went five innings, gave up nine hits, four runs but only two were earned.

Kyle Lloyd (Evansville) SV 1 3.44 ERA. He went three innings.

Game 67

San Antonio Missions (Milwaukee) 4 Memphis Redbirds (St. Louis) 0

Tuffy Gosewisch (.125) is having a bad year, even for him, but in the bottom of the 2nd he was able to get a sac fly RBI (5) to make this a 1-0 game. The scored stayed that way until, Jake Hager singled in a run (13) in the seventh. Later in the inning Tyler Saladino (Oral Roberts) blasted a two run homer (9)making this a 4-0 game. Saladino now has 30 RBI this season.

Taylor Williams (Kent State) 1-0 1.69 ERA. He went two scoreless innings.

Ryan Meisinger (Radford) 0-4 3.29 ERA. He started and lasted just three innings. He gave up four hits, one run that was unearned.

Game 68

Quad Cities River Bandits (Houston) 4 Kane County Cougars (Arizona) 1

Cesar Salazar went 3-3 with 2 RBI to lead the winners ten hit attack, he had a double and two singles. Jonathan Lacroix had two hits a drove in a run.

Marty Costes (,264) had one RBI. Chipping in with two hits was former Toledo Rocket, Ross Adolph (.142). The River Bandits improve to 28-13.

Kane County (24-21) had just six hits, with Tra Holmes and Blaze Alexander having two each. Getting the only RBI was Eduardo Diaz. Diaz had one hit.

As a team the Cougars struck out nine times.

Brett Daniels W 1-3 ERA 2.31

Matt Tabor L 0-1 ERA 2.30

Austin Hansen SV 1 ERA 1.16

Game 69

Lake County Captains (Indians)8 Dayton Dragons (Reds) 1

 

This was the completion of a game that was suspended back on April 14th.

Lake County scored seven of their eight runs by the fourth inning and then cruised to the seven run win.

Ruben Cardenas went 3-4 with a homer and two RBI. Will Benson went yard and he too had two RBI. Tyler Freeman had two hits and drove in a run. Also with one RBI each were, Mitch Reeves, Hosea Nelson and Jesse Berardi.

For the Dragons, Mariel Bautista had a hit and a RBI. Juan Martinez (.314) had two more hits as he continues to keep his average over .300.

Zach Draper 1-0 0.84 ERA

Jared Solomon 0-2 4.82 ERA

Luis Araujo SV 1 0.00 ERA

Game 70

Indianapolis Indians (Pirates) 3 Columbus Clippers (Cleveland) 1

Neither team had any good thoughts as far as the ump behind the plate goes. Not only did he seem to miss several easy calls, his strike zone was all over the place.

Indianapolis (26-18) moved to a 1.2 game lead over the Clippers with the win.

The Indians took a 1-0 lead in the third on a double play, that allowed a run to score. The Clippers locked it up at one on a Bobby Bradley (11) solo line drive bomb.

The game stayed that way until the eighth inning, but only after Jeremy Riggs blew a easy called strike three on a Indian hitter. Kevin Kramer (14) plated two on a double. Kramer has 22 RBI on the season and is hitting .285.

Tyler Lyons 2-0 2.35 ERA. He went one inning in relief and struck out all three hitter he faced.

Josh D. Smith 5-1 1.82 ERA.

Richard Rodríguez SV 1 3.00 ERA.

Game 71

Lakewood Blue Claws (Philadelphia) 3 Kannapolis Intimidators (White Sox) 2 10 Innings.

Lakewood (16-32) jumped out in front in the first inning, when Luke Miller singled in Luis Garcia to make it a 1-0 game. The game stayed that way until the bottom of the seventh, when Jonathan Guzman singled to score Malvin Matos to give the Blue Claws a 2-0 lead.

In the top of the eighth Ian Dawkins (2) blasted a two run bomb to even things up, at two. Neither team could do anything with the sticks in the ninth, so the game moved to the tenth.

With a runner starting on 2nd base as is the rule in minor league ball, Kannapolis (20-28) would get the runner to third on a sac bunt, but could not bring him home. Lakewood would get a walk and on the fourth ball a wild pitch moved the lead runner to 3rd. So we had two on and zero outs, when a pass ball by catcher Gunnar Troutwine allowed the winning run to score.

 

Ismael Cabrera 1-0 0.00 ERA

Jason Bilous 2-2 2.96 ERA

Game 72

Columbus Clippers (Cleveland) 15 Indianapolis Indians (Pirates) 9

Columbus (27-19) found their offense in this one, one night after being held to just one run the night before. The Indians (26-19) score six runs more than they did the night before, but they still lost.

Adam Rosales (Western Michigan) has started to come out of his season long slump, that started in the Minnesota organization. He led the Clippers with 4 hits and 2 RBI. Eric Stamets (3) only had two hits, but one was a grand slam. He totaled 4 RBI and 2 Hits. Daniel Johnson, who was just called up from Akron had 2 hits and 3 RBI. I believe I had said he was going to be called up soon. Trayce Thompson (11) again and he had 2 RBI. Bobby Bradley (.281) had 2 hits and 2 RBI. With Cleveland stinking things up offensively Bradley has to be opening some more eyes up there. Ryan Flaherty got 1 RBI for the winners. Brandon Barnes, who has seemed to have lost his power stroke, still had 2 hits and 2 RBI.

 

For the Indians, José Osuna (2) blasted a bomb and a double to go with 6 RBI to lead the way. Kevin Kramer (5) went yard and drove in a run. Will Craig (13) went yard and he had a double to go with 1 RBI. Ke'Bryan Hayes had 2 hits and 1 RBI.

 

Asher Wojciechowski 4-1 3.64 ERA

Pedro Vasquez 0-1 21.60 ERA