Omaha Storm Chasers 11, Toledo Mud Hens 3 (box)
Eduardo Valencia continues to swing a hot bat, but a bullpen day for the Hens did not go well.
Things did start well, as Ben Malgeri led off the game with a double, and Max Clark smoked a drive to right for an RBI double, but was stranded. 1-0 Hens.
Carl Edwards Jr. made his first appearance in the Tigers’ organization. His outing started with a Malgeri error
in right field. A single and a strikeout followed, and then Edwards threw wide on a pickoff attempt, and then allowed a three run homer to Brett Squires. Walks followed, and the Hens turned to Yoniel Curet, who promptly allowed a three-run Luke Maile home run. 6-1 Omaha.
The Hens rallied in the third when Clark walked, and Valencia blasted a two-run shot to left center field off an Aaron Sanchez curveball. That cut the lead to 6-3 Omaha, but the Hens wouldn’t get any closer. Drew Sommers allowed a run in the third, and in the fourth Scott Effross gave up four more runs.
Veteran reliever Nick Sandlin made his first Tigers’ appearance in the fifth, spinning a perfect frame with two strikeouts.
Clark: 2-3, R, RBI, 2B, BB
Julks: 2-3, BB, K
Valencia: 1-4, R, 2 RBI, HR, K
Edwards Jr. (L, 1-3): 0.2 IP, 5 ER, 2 H 2 BB, K
Sandlin: 1.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K
Coming Up Next:
Erie SeaWolves vs. Richmond Flying Squirrels (postponed)
The series remains tied 2-2 after the SeaWolves and Squirrels were rained out on Saturday. They’ll play two on Sunday starting at 12:05 p.m. ET.
Great Lakes Loons 7, West Michigan Whitecaps 5 (box)
Rayner Castillo gave the Whitecaps a decent start, but the pain continued as the bullpen blew this one late.
Castillo allowed a run in the bottom of the fourth inning. Otherwise, despite some lack of control at points, he was solid for four innings, and Carlos Lequerica took over for a scoreless fifth and sixth inning.
Meanwhile the offense had built a sizable lead. Andrew Sojka led off the third inning with a single and Ricardo Hurtado was hit by a pitch. They pulled off a double steal, and Sojka scored on a Bryce Rainer ground out for a 1-0 lead.
Jackson Strong launched a solo shot in the fourth for his second long ball of the series.
Rainer doubled to lead off the fifth, stole third, and scored on a passed ball. So through five innings it was 3-1 Whitecaps. Garrett Pennington was back in the lineup in this one, and in the sxith, he doubled in Juan Hernandez and Sojka to make it 5-1.
Unfortunately, Luke Stofel allowed a run in the seventh, and with the bullpen depleted they didn’t have many options to replace him. Instead Stofel allowed five more runs in the eighth as the Loons once again stormed back to win.
Pennington: 2-5, 2 RBI, 2B, K
Rainer: 1-5, R, RBI, 2B, SB
Sojka: 1-3, 2 R, 2 BB, SB
Castillo: 4.0 IP, ER, 2 H, 4 BB, 4 K
Coming Up Next: It’s a 1:05 p.m. ET start on Sunday.
Clearwater Threshers 4, Lakeland Flying Tigers 3 (F/10)(box)
Lefty Caleb Leys put together a solid start, but they couldn’t find that last run and ultimately got walked off in the 10th inning.
Leys allowed a solo shot in the third, and another on an inside the parker in the fifth. Otherwise he was solid, going 4 2/3 innings with three punchouts and no walks.
The Flying Tigers had some baserunners but never really put together a great threat until the sixth. Jordan Yost led off the sixth with a triple to center field, and then scored on a passed ball. Zach MacDonald followed that up with a solo blast to center field for his 10th home run.
Donye Evans cleaned up the fifth and spun a scoreless sixth. Eliseo Mota took over in the seventh. Jose Guzman pitched a scoreless eighth.
In the top of the ninth, Javier Osorio walked with one out, and Anibal Salas singled, but a ground out and a strikeout followed.
In the tenth, Newremberg Rondon started the inning at second and Clearwater reliever Richie Cortese wild pitched him to third and then home to make it 3-2 Lakeland. Jesus Pinto singled to right field, but they weren’t able to cash that run.
Jatnk Diaz took over trying to hold the lead, but he gave up an RBI single, and the runner stole second and took third on an errant throw from catcher Hunter Dobbins. A single to right ended it.
Pinto: 2-5, K
Yost: 1-4, R, 3B, BB, K
Goodman: 1-3, 2B, BB
Coming Up Next: The Flying Tigers lead the series 3-2 heading into a noon start to wrap up the series on Sunday.
FCL Philles 7, FCL Tigers 6 (box)
Angel de los Santos: 2-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR, BB
Owen Hall: 3.0 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 4 K
