{"id":670329,"date":"2026-04-08T13:47:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/670329\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:47:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:47:42","slug":"milb-recap-for-the-cleveland-guardians-for-tuesday-april-7-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/670329\/","title":{"rendered":"MiLB recap for the Cleveland Guardians for Tuesday, April 7, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/indians-vs-clippers\/2026\/04\/04\/816821\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Columbus Clippers 14, Worcester Red Sox 10<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Between 16 hits, 12 walks and two hit by pitches, Columbus scored a whopping 14 runs with 30 baserunners on Tuesday \u2014 and somehow they still needed a late rally to pull out the victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">George Valera led the way, going 4-for-5 with two sacrifice flies and six runs batted in. (He\u2019s ready folks).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Stuart Fairchild went 2-for-4 with a triple, a walk and a hit by pitch. Cooper Ingle reached base all six times, going 1-for-1 with four walks, a hit by pitch and three runs scored. Kody Huff reached base five times, going 2-for-3 with a triple, three walks and four runs scored.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Other standouts included Dayan Frias, who went 1-for-4 with two walks and a stolen base, Travis Bazzana who went 2-for-6 with a walk and a stolen base Petey Halpin, who went 2-for-7 with a double. Milan Tolentino had a multi-hit game, going 2-for-6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Starting pitcher Trenton Denholm pitched reasonably well, allowing four runs (two earned) on nine hits in 5.0 innings. He struck out six and didn\u2019t walk anyone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Andrew Walters made his first rehab appearance of the season, allowing two runs on one walk and one hit in an inning. Colin Holderman was tattooed for four runs on three hits and a walk in his lone inning of work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Also rehabbing was Hunter Gaddis, who pitched a scoreless inning with two strikeouts. Franco Aleman closed out the victory with a scoreless ninth inning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/rubberducks-vs-senators\/2026\/04\/07\/818694\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Akron RubberDucks 12, Harrisburg Senators 13 (F\/10)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Scoring 12 runs wasn\u2019t enough for the Akron offense on Tuesday. Angel Genao led the way, smacking his second home run of the season, going 2-for-4 with two walks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Also homering were Jacob Cozart, who went 2-for-5 and Alex Mooney, who went 1-for-5 with a grand slam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ralphy Velazquez and Alfonsin Rosario both went 2-for-6 with a pair of runs scored. Wuilfredo Antunez went 1-for-3 with two walks while Nick Mitchell went 2-for-5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Starting pitcher Dylan DeLucia had an atrocious outing, allowing 10 runs (eight earned) on 11 hits in just 3.0 innings. He struck out three and walked two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jay Driver chipped in 2.0 scoreless innings of relief while Zane Morehouse and Reid Johnston both gave up one run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Alaska Abney pitched a scoreless inning and Jack Jasiak allowed the ghost runner to score with two outs in the bottom of the 10th to take the tough-luck loss.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/captains-vs-dragons\/2026\/04\/07\/820103\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lake County Captains 6, Dayton Dragons 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Lake County didn\u2019t get a ton of offense, but it was timely. Ryan Cesarini led the way, going 2-for-2 with a walk and a stolen base to lead the way offensively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bennett Thompson also had a multi-hit game, going 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored. Jaison Chourio walked twice and stole a base while Nolan Schubart walked twice and had a sacrifice fly and Anthony Silva went 1-for-3 with a double and a walk and Aaron Walton went 1-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Top draft pick Jace LaViolette\u2019s early season struggled continued, going 0-for-4 with a strikeout, although he reached base for the first time of his career with a walk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Starting pitcher Franklin Gomez looked sensational in his Guardians system debut. He pitched 4.0 shutout innings of four-hit ball, striking out seven and walking just two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Michael Kennedy added solid long relief with 3.0 scoreless innings, giving up two hits with three strikeouts, although he walked four.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Logan McGuire was touched up for two runs in 1.2 innings and Sean Matson picked up a one-out save<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/howlers-vs-cannon-ballers\/2026\/04\/04\/827090\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hill City Howlers 4, Fredericksburg Nationals 9<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Hill City players got on base, but no one had a particularly great game Tuesday. Dauri Fernandez, Robert Arias and Anthony Martinez all went 1-for-3 with a walk, with Arias also stealing a base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Yelferth Castillo had the biggest hit of the game, a home run while Yaikel Mijares walked twice and stole a base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Starting pitcher Aiden Major made his organizational debut, allowing two runs on four hits with three strikeouts and two walks in 2.2 innings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Will McCausland also gave up two runs, but impressively struck out eight batters in 3.2 frames of long relief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The big blow came from reliever Zane Petty, who was tagged for five runs in his lone inning of work, preventing any thoughts of a comeback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Columbus Clippers 14, Worcester Red Sox 10 Between 16 hits, 12 walks and two hit by pitches, Columbus&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2380],"tags":[5,135,51,4927,4926,2565,538,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-670329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-guardians","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-guardians","11":"tag-cleveland-guardians-minor-league-recaps","12":"tag-cleveland-guardians-prospects","13":"tag-clevelandguardians","14":"tag-guardians","15":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116369401053263237","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}