Columbus Clippers 5, Buffalo Bisons 2
Clippers improve to 12-10
Petey Halpin and Stuart Fairchild carried the Clippers offense on Tuesday, both garnering a pair of hits including a double.
Travis Bazzana stayed hot as well, going 1-for-2 with three walks and a stolen base to reach base safely four times. Kahlil Watson walked twice and stole a base and Cooper Ingle also went 1-for-3 with two walks and a stolen base to keep his OPS sizzling at 1.357.
The pitching was the real story here. Logan Allen had his best start of the season, allowing one run (zero earned)
on two hits with seven strikeouts and two walks in 4.2 innings of work.
Steven Perez struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings. Andrew Walters gave up one run in his inning and Cody Heuer and Franco Aleman locked things down with a scoreless inning apiece. Aleman struck out the side to earn his first save and maintain a 0.00 ERA on the young season.
Akron RubberDucks 0, Bowie Baysox 7
RubberDucks fall to 10-6
Fresh off the heels of throwing a combined no-hitter, Akron almost got no hit on Tuesday. The RubberDucks managed just one hit while being shutout.
Jose Devers had the lone hit for Akron. No one reached base safely twice.
A solid start from Khal Stephen was wasted. Stephen gave up two runs on three hits with two walks in 5.0 innings while striking out five.
Hunter Stanley had a scoreless 1.2 innings and Reid Johnson put the game out of reach by allowing five runs (four earned) in just one inning of relief.
Lake County Captains 4, West Michigan Whitecaps 2
Captains improve to 8-8
Justin Campbell continues to shine brilliantly. The towering right-hander tossed 3.0 shutout, no-hit innings on Tuesday while striking out four and walking one. I can’t imagine he stays in Lake County much longer unless they’re keeping him there to help stretch him out to 5-6 innings.
Melki Hernandez followed Campbell with two runs allowed on four hits in 4.0 innings to earn the win. He impressively struck out eight batters and walked two.
Luis Flores and Izaak Martinez closed out the win with a scoreless inning apiece.
Offensively, the usual suspects led the way for the Captain. Aaron Walton continues to impress, going 2-for-5 with his second home run of the season, an absolute moonshot in the fifth inning.
Bennett Thompson also blasted off, going 1-for-2 with a home run and two walks.
Luke Hill went 2-for-4 while Jaison Chourio walked three times and stole a base and Jace LaViolette walked twice and was caught stealing.
Hill City Howlers 7, Hickory Crawdads 6
Howlers improve to 10-6
Hill City jumped all over Hickory with four runs in the first inning, then held on to a win Tuesday.
Anthony Martinez led the way, going perfect at the plate, 3-for-3 with a home run, a triple and a walk. He just missed the cycle by a double.
Robert Arias went 2-for-4 with a double, Juneiker Caceres went 2-for-4 with two doubles, Jonathan Martinez went 2-for-4 with a double and Luis De La Cruz went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases.
Starting pitcher Cam Major allowed three runs on four hits in 3.2 innings of work. He struck out two and walked three.
Will McCausland faced his first adversity in long relief, allowing two runs on four hits in 2.2 innings. Luke Fernandez added a scoreless 1.1 frames and Angel Perez picked up a heart attack save by allowing one run in the ninth inning.
