2019 Minor League Baseball Season.

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Game 51
Syracuse Mets (Mets) 7 Columbus Clippers (Indians)4
The Mets (20-14) used a four run third to post the win over the Clippers (19-14) last night. The Mets roughed up Clippers pitching for twelve hits, seven of them were for extra bases including four dingers. Rajai Davis (2) had a dinger and drove in two. Jed Lowrie had three hits, including his first long ball of the season. He also had one RBI. Carlos Gómez totaled two hits, including his fifth bomb of the season and he drove in three. René Rivera had three hits, including his first dinger of the season and he had the one RBI.
Oscar Mercado (3) and (3) both went yard for Columbus. Mercado had one RBI, while Barnes had two. Bobby Bradley had the other RBI for the Clippers. Mercado had three hits, with Barnes getting two. Also with two hits was Adam Rosales (Western Michigan). Bradley, Ryan Flaherty and Mark Mathias each had one base hit.
Zach Lee (2-0 4.86 ERA) started and went five innings, giving up six hits and two earned runs.
Taking the loss for Columbus was, Chih-Wei Hu (1-2 5.29 ERA) he was horrible, giving up six hits, six earned runs, 2 base on balls and he had a wild pitch.
Picking picking up the save was, Ryan O'Rourke (2) 3.78 ERA.

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Game 52
Palm Beach Cardinals (St Louis) Bradenton Marauders (Pittsburgh) 3 7 Innings
I tried to watch these two on Saturday butt the games was suspended after one due to rain. In the game today, the first game of a seven inning double header the Cardinals (20-14) scored single runs in four of the seven innings to post the win. Zach Kirtley (.267) had two hits and one RBI to lead the offense. Luken Baker had two doubles to give him nine on the season. Michael Perri (San Francisco) had a hit and drove in a run. Dennis Ortega (.167) had a hit and he too also drove in a run. Bryce Denton had one RBI. As a team Palm Beach had eight hits, with three going for extra bases.
For the Marauders (21-13) Cal Mitchell (.315) led the way with two hits an a RBI. Lucas Tancas (Long Beach State) drove in a run and he had one hit on the day. Daniel Amaral (.325) had a hit and one RBI.

C.J. Saylor 2-1. 1.93 Came out of the pen to throw 1 1/3 of an inning to get the win. Max Kranick 1-4 4.75 Era took the loss. He started and went 4 2/3 of an inning, giving up eight hits and four earned runs.
Bryan Dobzanski earned the save. (2) He lowered his ERA to 0.84.

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Springfield Cardinals (St. Louis) 5 Northwest Arkansas Naturals (Royals) 2
Springfield (15-21) used a three run sixth to put this one away. Jose Godoy double in a run. Then it was another double, this one from Evan Mendoza to drive in the second run of the inning. The final run came on a sac fly from Jose Martinez. Martinez had homered in the fifth to make it a 2-1 game.
Northwest Arkansas (13-22) open the dance in the second inning on a solo blast off of the bat of Travis Jones (2) to make it a 1-0 game. Dylan Carlson doubled in a run to lock it up at one in the third. The last run of the game came in the top of the eighth on a wild pitch from Jacob Patterson that allowed the Naturals Angelo Castellano to score and make it a 5-2 game.

Williams Pérez 4-1 4.30 ERA
Ofreidy Gomez 1-3 4.58 ERA
Kodi Whitley (SV 1) 0.87 ERA

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Birmingham Barons (White Sox) 6 Tennessee Smokies 1 7 Innings

The Barons (14-22) used a seven it attack including four extra base hits to get the win. Two of the extra base hits were long balls. Hitting his first homer run was Luis Robert. Ti'Quan Forbes hit his 2nd blase of the season. Forbes had four RBI, while Robert had one. Luis Alexander Basabe had two hits and knocked in one. Kyle Kubat (Nebraska) 2-0 0.43 ERA threw a complete game, giving up just six hits. He struck out five and had zero base on balls.
For Tennessee (17-19) Charcer Burks (.221) had two hits and knocked in his teams only run. Also getting two hits was Jared Young (.251)
Taking the loss was Justin Steele (0-3 9.20 ERA. He went four innings, allowing four hits and two earned runs.

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Birmingham Barons (White Sox) 4 Tennessee Smokies 1 7 Innings

This was the 2nd game of today's double header. The The Barons (15-22) managed just six hits in this one but that was enough combined with good pitching to get the sweep. Blake Battenfield 1-0 1.80 ERA threw five strong innings, he gave up just four hits, struck out six, gave up one earned run and had just one base on balls. Luis Martinez (1) earned his first save and lowered his ERA to 4.30. Blake Rutherford (3) went yard and drove in two. Gavin Sheets (.240) had one hit and he also drove in two.
For Tennessee it was a long day, with the night cap bringing just four hits. Jared Young (Old Dominion) had a hit and the teams only RBI. Taking the loss was Brad Markey (1-1 5.14 ERA) He threw four innings, gave up four hits and four earned runs.

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Game 56
Akron Rubber Ducks (Cleveland) 7 Bowie Bay Sox (Baltimore) 3
The Ducks (16-20) used a three run bomb from Daniel Johnson (New Mexico State) to take down Bowie (11-25). For Johnson, it was his seventh bomb of the season. He now has twenty five RBI on the season. Ka'ai Tom (Kentucky) blasted his fourth bomb of the season. He drove in two, giving him thirteen on the season. Catcher Li-Jen Chu had a RBI and a hit.
For Bowie, Ryan McKenna went 2-5 including his third bomb of the season. He is hitting just .214 with nine RBI.
Catcher Carlos Pèrez had a RBI and two hits on the day.

Tanner Tully (Ohio State) improved to 3-3 on the season. He went 5 1/3 of an inning allowing seven hits and two earned runs. He walked two and struck out two.

Hunter Harvey (1-3 6.23 ERA) took the loss. He lasted four innings. He allowed nine hits, seven earned runs , struck out five and walked just one.

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Game 57

Fresno Grizzlies (Washington) 10 Albuquerque Isotopes (Colorado) 3
The Grizzlies (21-18) used 14 hits, 2 walks and 2 Isotopes errors to score 10 runs. Four of the hits went out of the park, while two others went for extra bases. Matt Reynolds (4) had two hits including a home run and he drove in two. Bengie González had three hits and a RBI. José Marmolejos had two hits and one RBI. Collin Cowgill (9) blasted a home run and had one run driven in. Brandon Snyder went 1-1 with a RBI. Jacob Wilson (13) went yard, a solo shot, giving him one RBI. Raudy Read (5) blasted a solo home run, giving him the one RBI. Alec Keller (Princeton) drove in a run and had two hits.

For Albuquerque (20-20) Roberto Ramos (8) blasted a solo home run. Brian Mundell and Brendan Rodgers both had two hits and one RBI.

Paolo Espino 3-1 5.36 ERA, a former Cleveland draft pick went 6 2/3 of an inning. He gave up six hits, three earned run and had eight strike outs.
Pat Dean (0-2 5.59 ERA.

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Game 58
Dayton Dragons (Reds) 4 Great Lakes Loons (Dodgers) 3
Dayton (13-24) found away to win even as they committed two more errors, they have 47 errors this season in just 37 games. As a team they are only hitting .172 this month, but in this game they had eight, with two being doubles and one a home run. Catcher Pabel Manzanero (8)hit a solo blast and a double and two RBI. Jonathan Willems (.212) had a hit and a RBI. Carlos Rivero also had a RBI.
For the Loons, catcher Jair Camargo (2) hit a solo blast. Miguel Vargas and Leonel Valera each had a hit and a RBI.

Eddy Demurias 1-0 6.17 ERA
Zach Willeman (Kent State) 0-1 3.38 ERA
Jerry D'Andrea (SV 2) 3.78 ERA

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Game 59
Akron Rubber Ducks (Cleveland) 5 Bowie Bay Sox 2 11 innings
After nine this one was locked up at zero, for Akron that meant twenty two scoreless innings. In the tenth both teams scored twice to force another inning, in that inning Akron got a three run walk off bomb by Daniel Johnson (8). That was the only hit the New Mexico State grad would have in this contest. Wilson Garcia would have the other RBI for the winners. He had just one it too. As a team the Ducks had just six hits. Ernie Clement (.171), Nellie Rodríguez (.294), Connor Marabell (.227) and Li-Jen Chu (.210) each had a hit.
For the Bay Sox, T.J. Nichting (1) had a two run bomb in the tenth and a single earlier in the game. Jesmuel Valentín (.183) had three hits, with Rylan Bannon (Xavier ) and Ryan McKenna (.215) each getting one it.
Kyle Nelson 1-0 0,00 ERA
Zach Muckenhirn (North Dakota) 0-2 5.95 ERA

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Game 60

Columbus Clippers (Cleveland) 7 Pawtucket Red Sox (Boston 4

The Clippers (22-15) got four long balls last night, in all they had eleven hits in route to the win over the Red Sox (13-23). Going yard for Columbus Trayce Thompson (7), Bobby Bradley (8), Ryan Flaherty (4) and Brandon Barnes (5). Barnes had two RBI, while the other three had one apiece. Eric Stamets drove in two. Stamets, Ryan Flaherty, Thompson and Mark Mathias each had two hits.
For the Red Sox, Jantzen Witte, Juan Centeno and Nick Lovullo each had a RBI.
Shao-Ching Chiang 1-3 6.75 ERA
Jeremy Bleich 0-1 6.75 ERA

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Game 61

Pawtucket Red Sox (Boston) 5 Columbus Clippers (Cleveland 3)
Columbus (22-16) lead 3-1 after seven innings and then the Red Sox (14-23)
found their hitting sticks and exploded for four runs in the bottom of the eighth.
Mike Miller singled in Brock Holt, making this a 3-2 game. Cole Sturgeon drop a fly ball in front to Trayce Thompson to tie things up at three. Later in the inning Sam Travis knocked in Bryce Brentz and Sturgeon to make 5-3.
The Clippers did have a home run from Thompson (8) to highlight a seven hit attack. Mike Papi (.208) led the Clippers with two hits.

Trevor Kelley 3-2 1.47 ERA
Chih-Wei Hu 1-3 5.71 ERA(Has been demoted to the bullpen after seven starts)
Travis Lakins (Ohio State) SV 1 4.30 ERA

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Akron Rubber Ducks (Cleveland) 4 Richmond Flying Squirrels (Giants ) 2
Slowly this Akron (18-21) seems to be finding themselves. They have now won two in a row and have pulled to within three games of .500. In this game the Ducks scored three runs in the last four innings to get the win, another come from behind win, as they trailed 2-1 after five. Daniel Johnson blasted his ninth homer of the season. In all he had two hits and one RBI. For the season he is now hitting .262. Connor Marabell (.231), Tyler Krieger (,216) and Nellie Rodríguez (.273) each drove in a run.
For Richmond (12-24) Johneshwy Fargas (.232) drove in both runs. Gio Brusa (.286) had two hits to lead the club in that department.

Rob Kaminsky 1-1 5.11 ERA
Ryan Halstead (Indiana) 1-3 8.44 ERA
Nick Sandlin SV1 0.79 ERA

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Game 63
Columbus Clippers (Cleveland) 14 Syracuse Mets (Mets 3)
The Clippers (23-16) shot out to a 5-0 lead after one and never looked back, as they beat the Mets ( 23-17) by eleven.
Eric Haase (10) had two hits, including a dinger and he knocked in two. Mark Mathias led the seventeen hit attack, with three hits and two RBI. Ryan Flaherty knocked in two and had two hits. Brandon Barnes and Mike Papi each had two hits and two RBI. Greg Allen also had three hits and he knocked in one. Also with a hit and a RBI was Trayce Thompson.

For the Mets, René Rivera went yard twice and drove in two. He had four hits on the day. Grégor Blanco had two hits and one RBI.

Zach Plesac 2-0 2.08 ERA. Both of his wins and starts have been against the first place Mets.
Zach Lee 2-1 5.87 ERA

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Game 64
Carolina Mudcats (Milwaukee) 6 Fayetteville Woodpeckers (Houston) 4
The Mudcats (26-16) a former member of the Cleveland family blew a 4-0 lead, only to come back and score two in the top of the fifth and then shutout the Woodpeckers (19-23) to post the win. Catcher Payton Henry (6) blasted a three run bomb to lead the way. Mario Feliciano and Pat McInerney both drove in a run, though neither had a hit. Ryan Aguilar (Arizona) had three hits to lead the eight hit attack, for the winners.
The Woodpeckers Scott Manea, a catcher had a hit and drove in two. Colton Shaver (BYU) had a hit and drove in a run. Scott Schreiber (Nebraska) added one RBI.
Nelson Hernandez 5-1 5.21 ERA
Chad Donato 3-5 5.67 ERA
Rodrigo Benoit (SV 8) 0.57 ERA

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Game 65
Columbus Clippers (Cleveland) 8 Syracuse Mets (Mets) 2
The Clippers used a three run second inning bomb by Trayce Thompson (9) and a RBI ground out from Greg Allen, to jump out to a 4-0 lead and from there this one was all but over.
The Mets did plate two in the bottom of the third, when David Thompson (2) and Tim Tebow (1) both went yard. Tebow is hitting just .157, but that is up .19 in the last week or so.
In the top of the fourth the Clippers got long balls from Eric Haase (11) and Greg Allen (2), to go back up by four. Haase is starting to heat up, after a very, very slow start. Allen seems to be putting the demotion behind him and has again started playing good ball.
The Clippers would score single runs in the sixth and the ninth to complete the 8-2 win and pay the Mets for taking two of three in Columbus earlier this month. The run in the sixth came on a double play ball and the last run of the game came on a Ryan Flaherty single. Flaherty now has twenty four RBI on the season.
Brooks Pounders 2-1 2.55 ERA got the win. The former Colorado Rockies pitcher, has been a blessing for the Clippers, this season. Taking the loss for the Mets was Casey Coleman 0-4 4.21 ERA.

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Game 66
Amarillo Sod Poodles (San Diego) 10 Frisco Rough Riders (Texas Rangers) 5

The Sod Poodles (19-22) uses a three run first to put this one away. They never trailed in this one and after all was said and done, they had ten runs to go with fifteen hits.
Kyle Overstreet (1) blasted a three run bomb to lead the winning team in RBI. Webster Rivas (.257), Hudson Potts (.215) along with Owen Miller (Illinois State) drove in two, Edward Olivares (.272) drove in a run to go with two hits.

For Frisco (23-20) Number nine hitter Josh Altmann (.189) drove in three runs and he had two hits. Michael De Leon (.304) had two hits and drove in a run. Dude covers a lot of ground and seems to be getting much better with the glove. Tony Sanchez (Boston College) had one RBI.

Jesse Scholtens (Wright State) 2-1 6.00 ERA. He went six innings, giving up five hits and four earned runs.
Jonathan Hernández 2-3 6.19 ERA. He went five innings, gave up nine hits, four runs but only two were earned.
Kyle Lloyd (Evansville) SV 1 3.44 ERA. He went three innings.

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Game 67
San Antonio Missions (Milwaukee) 4 Memphis Redbirds (St. Louis) 0
Tuffy Gosewisch (.125) is having a bad year, even for him, but in the bottom of the 2nd he was able to get a sac fly RBI (5) to make this a 1-0 game. The scored stayed that way until, Jake Hager singled in a run (13) in the seventh. Later in the inning Tyler Saladino (Oral Roberts) blasted a two run homer (9)making this a 4-0 game. Saladino now has 30 RBI this season.
Taylor Williams (Kent State) 1-0 1.69 ERA. He went two scoreless innings.
Ryan Meisinger (Radford) 0-4 3.29 ERA. He started and lasted just three innings. He gave up four hits, one run that was unearned.

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Game 68
Quad Cities River Bandits (Houston) 4 Kane County Cougars (Arizona) 1
Cesar Salazar went 3-3 with 2 RBI to lead the winners ten hit attack, he had a double and two singles. Jonathan Lacroix had two hits a drove in a run.
Marty Costes (,264) had one RBI. Chipping in with two hits was former Toledo Rocket, Ross Adolph (.142). The River Bandits improve to 28-13.
Kane County (24-21) had just six hits, with Tra Holmes and Blaze Alexander having two each. Getting the only RBI was Eduardo Diaz. Diaz had one hit.
As a team the Cougars struck out nine times.
Brett Daniels W 1-3 ERA 2.31
Matt Tabor L 0-1 ERA 2.30
Austin Hansen SV 1 ERA 1.16

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Game 69
Lake County Captains (Indians)8 Dayton Dragons (Reds) 1

This was the completion of a game that was suspended back on April 14th.
Lake County scored seven of their eight runs by the fourth inning and then cruised to the seven run win.
Ruben Cardenas went 3-4 with a homer and two RBI. Will Benson went yard and he too had two RBI. Tyler Freeman had two hits and drove in a run. Also with one RBI each were, Mitch Reeves, Hosea Nelson and Jesse Berardi.
For the Dragons, Mariel Bautista had a hit and a RBI. Juan Martinez (.314) had two more hits as he continues to keep his average over .300.
Zach Draper 1-0 0.84 ERA
Jared Solomon 0-2 4.82 ERA
Luis Araujo SV 1 0.00 ERA

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Game 70
Indianapolis Indians (Pirates) 3 Columbus Clippers (Cleveland) 1
Neither team had any good thoughts as far as the ump behind the plate goes. Not only did he seem to miss several easy calls, his strike zone was all over the place.
Indianapolis (26-18) moved to a 1.2 game lead over the Clippers with the win.
The Indians took a 1-0 lead in the third on a double play, that allowed a run to score. The Clippers locked it up at one on a Bobby Bradley (11) solo line drive bomb.
The game stayed that way until the eighth inning, but only after Jeremy Riggs blew a easy called strike three on a Indian hitter. Kevin Kramer (14) plated two on a double. Kramer has 22 RBI on the season and is hitting .285.
Tyler Lyons 2-0 2.35 ERA. He went one inning in relief and struck out all three hitter he faced.
Josh D. Smith 5-1 1.82 ERA.
Richard Rodríguez SV 1 3.00 ERA.