Toledo Mud Hens 10, Memphis Redbirds 4 (b0x)
Sawyer Gipson-Long returned off the injury list for this one, and was pretty meh, but he did a lot better than lefty Pete Hansen did against the Hens.
Gipson-Long gave up two runs in the top of the first, and then another run before departing in the fourth.
It mattered little as the Hens scored seven in the second inning. Max Anderson led off with a double to left and Jace Jung singled to right. A sacrifice fly from Corey Julks scored Anderson, and Tyler Gentry walked. A soft serve single from Tomas
Nido loaded the bases, and a Ben Malgeri grounder scored Jung but forced Gentry at third. Max Clark striped a line drive single to right to score Nido, and Paul De Jong walked. A Gage Workman triple cleared the bases, and Workman then scored on a wild pitch after the Redbirds had gone to the bullpen to replace Hansen. 7-2 Hens.
Workman doubled with one out in the fifth and took third on a wild pitch. Anderson walked, and Jung singled in Workman. A grounder to second from Julks went for an error, and Anderson scored to make it 9-3. Workman would then double in DeJong in the sixth to make it 10-3.
Woo-Suk Go fired three scoreless innings in the sixth, seventh, and eighth in his return to Toledo.
Workman: 3-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 2B, 3B, 2 K
Jung: 2-3, R, RBI, BB
Gipson-Long: 3.1 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, BB, K
Coming Up Next: The series is even heading into a 5:05 p.m. ET start on Saturday.
Erie SeaWolves 9, Harrisburg Senators 1 (box)
The SeaWolves got a decent outing from Joe Miller and played well behind him in this one as they pounded out 14 hits to win easily once again. Currently the SeaWolves are in the opposite gear of the Whitecaps, winning their ninth straight on Friday.
Andrew Jenkins singled and scored on an Izaac Pacheco single in the second inning to start the scoring. In the third, Aaron Antonini walked and rode home on Brett Callahan’s sixth home runs of the season. Chirs Meyers would single in Jenkins later in the inning to make it 4-0 SeaWolves.
In the fourth, Callahan reached on a fielder’s choice and then stole second, scoring on a John Peck single. In the fifth, Jenkins and Meyers both singled, and with one out, Pacheco singled in Jenkins and Joe Campagna tripled in Meyers and Pacheco to make it 8-0.
A Pacheco error led to the Senators scoring a run on Milleri in the fifth. Yosber Sanchez cleaned this up and tossed a perfect sixth as well. Luke Taggart handled the seventh. Trevin Michael tossed the eighth.
Thayron Liranzo has been scuffling since his return from the injured list two weeks ago, but he led off the ninth with a solo shot hitting right-handed. Tyler Owens closed this one out and seems bound for Toledo again fairly soon. Woo-Suk Go was promoted to Toledo on Friday as well after a strong start to the year.
Jenkins: 3-5, 3 R
Callahan: 1-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR, K, SB
Pacheco: 2-5, R, 2 RBI, 3 K
Miller: 4.2 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 3 BB, 3 K
Coming Up Next: It’s a 6:00 p.m. ET start in Harrisburg on Saturday.
Dayton Dragons 8, West Michigan Whitecaps 0 (box)
The misery of the Whitecaps continued as their losing streak stretched to 12 games on Friday night.
There isn’t too much to report. Rayner Castillo’s struggles continued as he allowed a pair of home runs and four runs, three earned total. He struck out three and walked three over 4 1/3 innings, and there’s still no sign of the easy 95-96 mph sinker he was slinging in 2024 and early 2025.
Carlos Lequerica was knocked around for four runs in relief. Garrett Pennington had the only two hits for the ‘Caps. Bryce Rainer had the night off.
Pennington: 2-4, 2B
Castillo (L, 0-4): 4.1 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
Coming Up Next: It’s a 2:00 p.m. ET start on Saturday.
Lakeland Flying Tigers 11, St. Lucie Mets 4 (box)
Troy Melton fired three perfect innings in his rehab outing, and the Flying Tigers mauled a pretty good pitching prospect in the Mets’ Cam Tilly.
Melton struck out five and needed just 27 pitches to collect those nine straight outs. His velocity wasn’t quite peak, but he was 95-96 mph the whole outing, racking up a ton of whiffs on fastballs and sliders.
Jude Warwick gave him an early lead to work with when the second baseman cracked a solo shot in the bottom of the first inning. That was his first of the year. It would be Warwick sparking an eight-run inning off Tilly in the third. He led off with a double, and Jordan Yost singled. Zach MacDonald lined a single to center that got away from the Mets center fielder and Warwick scored. Beau Ankeney cranked a three-run shot to make it 5-0, and Carson Rucker followed that up with a triple. Edian Espinal and Javier Osorio followed with singles, and by the time the Mets went to the bullpen, Warwick was up again and smoked a three-run shot to right field to make it 9-0 Lakeland.
Conner Seabold rehabbed with a solid inning in the fourth. Jan Carabello took over and had some trouble, giving up four runs in the fifth and sixth innings. Jose Guzman gentled the Mets down with two scoreless innings.
In the eighth, Carson Rucker doubled in MacDonald, and Espinal tripled in Rucker to make it 11-4 where it ended.
Warwick: 3-5, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2B, 2 HR, K
Rucker: 3-5, 2 R, RBI, 2B, 3B, K
Yost: 2-4, R, BB
Espinal: 2-4, R, 2 RBI, 3B, BB, K
Melton: 3.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 5 K
Coming Up Next: The Flying Tigers are up 3-1 in the series with first pitch on Saturday set for 6:00 p.m. ET.
