Columbus Clippers 7, Scranton RailRiders 5
Clippers improve to 39-31
Cooper Ingle had the game of his life on Thursday, going 4-for-4 with three home runs and a double to power the Clippers to victory.
Ingle has been getting reps in the outfield lately, but he did his damage this time from the catcher position.
The other top two Guardians prospects also had great games as Angel Genao went 3-for-4 and Ralphy Velazquez went 2-for-4.
Pedro Avila pitched well, allowing two runs on seven hits in 5.0 innings while striking out two and walking three.
Jack Leftwich and Franco Aleman both pitched scoreless innings while Ryan Webb allowed two runs and Trevor Stephan allowed a run from the bullpen.
Akron RubberDucks 10, Altoona Curve 9Akron RubberDucks 1, Altoona Curve 4
RubberDucks move to 34-31
In game one, Wuilfredo Antunez had a big game, going 2-for-5 with a triple and a double. Jose Devers went 2-for-3 with two walks, Conner Barstad went 2-for-4 with a walk, Luke Hill doubled and walked and Alfonsin Rosario walked three times.
Rosario, Hill and Devers also stole a base.
A rehabbing Eric Sobrowski allowed two unearned runs without allowing a hit, striking out two and walking one in 0.2 innings.
Dylan DeLucia allowed two runs on five hits in 5.0 innings with four strikeouts and a pair of walks.
In game two, Akron managed just five hits. Jacob Cozart went 2-for-4 with a double and Conner Barstad wetn 1-for-2 with a walk.
Starting pitcher Rafe Schlesinger allowed four runs on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts in 4.1 innings in his Double-A debut.
The bullpen was tremendous the rest of the way as Sean Matson, Reid Johnson and Adam Tulloch combined for 4.2 scoreless innings, but the offense couldn’t muster much.
Lake County Captains 4, Great Lakes Loons 5Lake County Captains 3, Great Lakes Loons 2
Lake County scored four runs on three hits in game one with the big blow coming off the bat of recently-activated Welbyn Francisca, who blasted a three-run home run.
Bennett Thompson also went 1-for-2 with a walk.
Starting pitcher Braylon Doughty pitched decently, allowing four runs (three earned) on seven hits with seven strikeouts and no walks in 6.0 innings.
Cam Schuelke pitched 1.1 innings, allowing an unearned run in the bottom of the eighth inning to take the loss.
In game two, Lake County won despite just collecting two hits. Thankfully both hits were big ones. Jace LaViolette had a two-run double while Nolan Schubart blasted his 15th home run.
Starting pitcher Jervis Alfaro allowed one run on four hits with three strikeouts and a walk in 5.0 innings.
Hill City Howlers 3, Augusta GreenJackets 10
Hill City got taken out of this game early as Joey Oakie had a nightmare game, getting blistered for eight runs on three hits with seven walks and three strikeouts in just 1.2 innings.
Offensively, Dauri Fernandez tripled and scored a run.