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LCF,

Thank you for your running minor league thread. The minors, especially the low minors, still retain some of the "boys of summer" innocence that the majors lost long ago. Watching the Greenville Drive at wonderful Fluor Field is like stepping momentarily back to the 1950's for me.


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Clippers(9-13) exploded for five first inning runs and never looked back as they won the night cap, of the double header over the Knights(10-11).

In the first inning the Clippers got a single from Yandy Diaz with one out.
Richie Shaffer homers (5) to make it a 2-0 game.
Erik Gonzalez singled after the Shaffer blast.
Ronny Rodriguez singled to out runners on the corners.
Chris Colabello homered (3)to make it a 5-0 game.

Charlotte Top of the 4th
Adam Engel triples (1) and scored on a Jason Bourgeois sac fly.

Columbus Bottom of the 4th
Brady Zimmer homered(3) and it was a 6-1 game.

Columbus bottom of the fifth
Erik Gonzalez homered (4) and this became a 7-1 game.

Columbus Bottom of the 6th
Bradley Zimmer doubles (7) to start things off.
Tyler Naquin singled on a ground ball to center fielder Adam Engel. Bradley Zimmer score to make it 8-1.

Jeff Johnson (W, 1-0) 3.00 ERA
Chris Volstad (L, 0-1) 8.22 ERA


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Clearwater Threshers(Phillies) 16-7 at St. Lucie Mets(Mets) 9-14

The little Mets took this one 6-5.
Trailing 3-2 after six, the Little Mets scored 2 in the seventh and two in the eighth and then held on to post the one run win.

For the Mets
Brandon Nimmo hit his first bomb of the season as did Wilmer Flores. Nimmo had two hits and one RBI. Flores had three hits and two RBI.

Jhoan Urena and Anthony Dimino had three hits each.



Clearwater
Drew Stankiewicz blasted his first home run and totaled three hits.



Wilson Garcia also went deep for the first time this season and he too totaled three hits.



Johnny Magliozzi 3-1 picked up the win but blew his third save of the season.



Jeff Singer 1-1 took the loss.


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Columbus Clippers 10-14(Indians) At Louisville Bats 9-15 (Reds)

Clippers get RBI from
Yandy Diaz 3
Erik Gonzalez 1
Chris Colabello 1
Ronny Rodriguez 1

Mike Clevinger (W, 3-1)

Bats got a solo blast from Rob Brantly(1)

Lisalverto Bonilla (L, 2-2)

Clippers 6-1


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Dayton Dragons(Reds) 17-10 At Wisconsin Timber Rattlers(Brewers) 12-12

I was able to watch this one on Spectrum Sports Channel out of Wisconsin.

Dayton got three in the third, three in the sixth and one in the eighth to post the 7-0 win.

The Dragons pitchers gave up just four hits.
Wennington Romero (W, 3-0) went six and gave up three hits
Andy Cox (S, 1) went three to post the save, while giving up one hit.

John Sansone had 2 hits both doubles and drove in two.
Michael Beltre drove in two.
Tyler Stephenson and Luis Gonzalez each drove in one.

Nattino Diplan (L, 1-2) last only 4 2/3 of an inning and gave up seven hits and five earned runs.


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Indianapolis Indians(Pirates) 8-16 Columbus Clippers(Indians)11-15

6-1 Indians.

Indy scores 5 runs in the last three innings to take this one.

Indy
Max Moroff hit two homers and drove in three.
Anderson Feliz drove in two
Joey Terdoslavich had two hits and drove in one.
Angel Sanchez (W, 1-2)

Clippers
Erik Gonzalez and Chris Colabello had two hits apiece.
Colabello drove in the Clippers run.
Ryan Merritt (L, 2-3)


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Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers) 6 Louisville Bats (Reds) 5

The Bats went off for four runs in the fifth to take a 4-0 lead.
Beau Amaral singled to start things off.
Hernan Iribarren singles to put two on, with zero outs.
Zach Walters walks to load the bases, with just one out.
Jesse Winker walks with two outs and we had a 1-0 Bats lead.
Brandon Dixon doubles (6) to clear the bases and this was a 4-0 Bats lead.

Toledo made it 4-2 after six.
JaCoby Jones singled and then swipes 2nd.
James Loney walks. (Loney was released after this one by the Tigers)
Argenis Diaz singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Beau Amaral. JaCoby Jones scores. James Loney to 2nd, to make this a 4-1 game.
Jason Krizan singles on a ground ball to center fielder Beau Amaral. James Loney scored and we had a 4-2 game.

Toledo made it 5-4 after seven with three runs.
Alex Presley singled.
Efren Navarro walked to put two on with one out.
John Hicks homers (2) a three run shot to make this a 5-4 game.

The Bats tied it in the top of the ninth.
Hernan Iribarren doubles (2).
Rob Brantly gets a sac fly RBI and we were all tied.

Toledo wins it in the bottom of the tenth.
James Loney singled.
Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner David Lough replaces James Loney.
Argenis Diaz out on a sacrifice bunt.
Jason Krizan was intentionally walked.
Michael Almanzar doubles (3) to end the game.

Daniel Stumpf (W, 1-1)
Evan Mitchell (L, 1-3)


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Trenton Thunder(Yankees) 18-10 Akron RubberDucks(Indians) 11-16

Akron had a 2-0 lead after five.
Dorssys Paulino hit into a double play in the 2nd and the first run scored for the RubberDucks.
Joe Sever homers (1) a solo shot to give Akron a 2-0 game.

In the eighth Trenton scored three runs to take the lead at 3-2.
Zack Zehner triples (3) to drive in two and then Billy McKinney doubled (4) in the third run.

In the bottom of the eighth Akron got a two run bomb from,Bobby Bradley homers (6) to account for the games final runs and give Akron the 4-3 win.

Neil Holland (BS, 2)(W, 2-0)
Caleb Frare (BS, 1)(L, 0-1)


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Columbus Clippers (Indians) 13
Durham Bulls(Tampa Bay) 9 11 innings

What a game.
It was tied at three after ten innings of play, then the two teams combined for a sixteen run eleventh inning.

The Bulls led 2-0 after four.
Johnny Field homered (3) in the first to make it 1-0.
Johnny Field doubled (2) in the third to make it 2-0.

The Clippers got a three run bomb from Richie Shaffer homers (8) to give the Clippers a 3-2 lead after four and one half innings of play.

The Bulls tied it in the bottom of the sixth on a Shane Peterson RBI sing.

Neither team scored until the eleventh.
Columbus scoring.
Erik Gonzalez triples (3) in two.
Daniel Robertson singled in one.
Bradley Zimmer singled in one.
Ronny Rodriguez walked to drive in one.
Jordan Smith singled in one.
Giovanny Urshela hit a grand slam (2) to drive in four.

Durham Bottom of the 11th.
Mallex Smith drives in one.
Jake Bauers walked to drive in one.
Patrick Leonard hit a grand slam (4) to drive in the last four.

Josh Martin (W, 1-1)
Johnny Field (L, 0-1)


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Columbus Clippers(Indians) 5 Gwinnett Braves(Atlanta) 2

Columbus was able to take this one on the road,with some soundly hitting a good pitching.

The Braves opened up the scoring in the very first inning.
Ozzie Albies single to get things moving.
Albies steals (10) 2nd base.
Mel Rojas got the RBI on a sac fly.

The Clippers locked it up in the top of the 2nd, on a Erik Kratz homer (5).

Columbus scored two in their half of the fifth.
Bradley Zimmer homers (5)a two run shot, to make this a 3-1 Columbus lead.

The Braves made it 3-2 with the run scoring on a,Anthony Recker homer (2)in the bottom of the fifth.

The final two runs in this contest came from Columbus, in the sixth inning.
Erik Kratz triples (1) the first run in. The veteran catcher had a nice game with the stick. Kratz scored on a wild pitch, to complete the scoring.

Adam Plutko (W, 1-5)
Andrew Albers (L, 2-1)
Josh Martin (S, 1)


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Florence Freedom (1-0-0) At Gateway Grizzlies (0-1-0)

Florence took a 1-0 lead in the first on a single by Andre Mercurio(San Jose St University)

Gateway tied it in the third on a sac fly by, Cody Livesay(Anna-Jonesboro High School) He was originally drafted by the Braves out of Anna-Jonesboro High School in the 42nd round of the 2011 MLB Draft.

Florence retook the lead in the fifth on a single by Mercurio,

Florence tacked on another run in the sixth, to up the lead to 3-1. The run scored on a home run by Jordan Brower( Azusa Pacific University)

Final score
Florence 3
Gateway 1

WP Tony Vocca 1-0 (Yavapai College, the University of Utah, and Minnesota State University-Mankato)
LP William Anderson 0-1 (Gulf Coast League Cardinals)
SV Matt Pobereyko (1) (Kentucky Wesleyan College/South Suburban College (South Holland, Ill.)


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Lake Erie Crushers 1-1 at Joliet Slammers 1-1

The Crushers get on the scoreboard first on a two run bomb by Sean Hurley (Central Arizona College) in the bottom of the 2nd.Parker Norris(Ouachita Baptist University) makes it 3-0 with a two out RBI single.

Sean Hurley made it 6-0 with a three run bomb in the bottom of the third. This was his 2nd bomb of the game and his 2nd bomb of the young season.

With 2 on and one out Alexander Rodriguez(: Methodist University)doubles to left scoring one on the play, to make this a 6-1 game in the seventh.

With two on and one out in the eighth Edwin Gomez(Detroit Tiger Draft pick in 2009) gets a base hit and scores one to make it 6-2. Then Melvin Rodriguez(Jackson State University) makes it a 6-3 game with a RBI single.

6-3 Lake Erie with the win.

WP Adam Quintana 1-0 ( Peru State College (Peru, NE)
LP Shane Bryant 0-1(Purdue)
SV Manny Arciniega (1) ( Peru State College (Peru, NE)


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El Paso Chihuahuas (San Diego) 10 Colorado Springs Sky Sox(Brewers) 5
El Paso fell behind 2-0 after 1 1/2 innings of play, then exploded to score the next ten run. They would give up three more runs before winning 10-5.

El Paso Chihuahuas hot bombs from Jabari Blash, Carlos A. Asuaje and Christian Villanueva.The trio combined for seven RBI.

Diego Goris had 2 RBI. The final RBI came from Rocky Gale.

Colorado Springs
Kyle Wren and Yadiel Rivera had homers.
The pair combined for 4 RBI.
The final RBI came from Ryan Cordell.

Walker Lockett (W, 4-1)
Hiram Burgos (L 2-3)


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Indianapolis Indians(Pittsburgh) 5 Columbus Clippers(Indians) 1

The Indians used a four run third to put the Clippers away in game one of their double header.

Chris Bostick hit a long ball for the winners.
Max Moroff had two RBI.

For Columbus it was more of the same no hitting and poor pitching.

Giovanny Urshela (3) hit a bomb for the Clippers.

Steven Brault (W, 2-3)
Ryan Merritt (L, 3-4)


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Indianapolis Indians(Pittsburgh) 9 Columbus Clippers(Indians) 0

Game two of the double header was much like the first.
The Indians(18-18) scored 9 runs, had 11 hits in the 7 inning game.
Jason Rogers had 3 RBI.
Phil Gosselin had 2 RBI

Columbus(17-21) once again had no pitching and less hitting.

Cody Dickson (W, 3-2)
Jeff Johnson (L, 1-1)


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Hartford Yard Goats(Colorado) 8 Akron RubberDucks(Cleveland) 7

In the first for Akron
Tyler Krieger singles
Mike Papi homers (5) 2-0
Yu-Cheng Chang homers (8) 3-0
Eric Haase homers (4)

Hartford bottom of two
Josh Fuentes singles with two outs and nobody on.
Dom Nunez doubles (2) on a line drive to right fielder Mike Papi. Josh Fuentes scores. 4-1.
Luis Jean singles on a sharp ground ball to third baseman Mark Mathias. Dom Nunez to 3rd.
Anthony Phillips homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Dom Nunez scores. Luis Jean scores. 4-4.

Akron Top of the 3rd
Dorssys Paulino homers (4)5-4 Akron.

Hartford Bottom of the 4th
Luis Jean doubles (2) on a fly ball to center fielder Luigi Rodriguez. Dom Nunez scores. 5-5.

Akron Top of the 5th

Yu-Cheng Chang homers (9) on a fly ball to left center field. 6-5 Akron.

Akron Top of the 7th
Joe Sever gets an RBI on a sac fly. 7-5 Akron.

Hartford Bottom of the 7th
Ashley Graeter homers (2)7-6 Akron.

Hartford Bottom of the 8th
Dillon Thomas singles on a line drive to left fielder Dorssys Paulino.
Josh Fuentes homers (1) 9-8 Hartford.

Huascar Brazoban (W, 1-0)
Dylan Baker (BS, 1)(L, 0-1)
James Farris (S, 6)


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Hartford Yard Goats(Colorado) 6 Akron RubberDucks(Cleveland)5

Akron once again blew the lead and lost another game.

Akron Top of the 2nd
Dorssys Paulino doubles (3) on a ground ball to left fielder Drew Weeks. Bobby Bradley scores. 1-0 Akron.

Hartford Bottom of the 3rd
Josh Fuentes homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field.Tied 1-1

Akron Top of the 6th
Francisco Mejia homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. 2-1 Akron

Hartford Bottom of the 6th
Luis Jean singles on a bunt ground ball to pitcher Thomas Pannone. Luis Jean advances to 2nd, on a throwing error by pitcher Thomas Pannone.

Ashley Graeter doubles (8) on a line drive to left fielder Dorssys Paulino. Luis Jean scores. Tied 2-2

Drew Weeks reaches on a force attempt, fielding error by shortstop Yu-Cheng Chang. Ashley Graeter scores. Ryan McMahon to 3rd. Drew Weeks to 2nd. 3-2 Hartford

Dillon Thomas homers (4) on a fly ball to left field. Ryan McMahon scores. Drew Weeks scores.6-2 Hartford

Akron Top of the 8th
Tyler Krieger doubles (12) on a fly ball to left fielder Drew Weeks.

Francisco Mejia doubles (9) on a fly ball to center fielder Omar Carrizales. Tyler Krieger scores.6-3 Hartford

Bobby Bradley homers (7) on a fly ball to right center field. Francisco Mejia scores.6-5 Hartford


Hartford wins 6-5
Parker French (W, 3-3)
Thomas Pannone(L 0-1)
Shane Broyles (S, 2)


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Louisville Bats 1 (Reds) Columbus Clippers 0 (7 Inning game)
The Bats get the winning run on a RBI by,Brandon Dixon in the bottom of the seventh.
Dixon went 1-3 and is hitting .233 on the season.

Jackson Stephens(3-3) got the win by going the distance.
He allowed seven hits, walked zero. He struck out three.

Ryan Merritt (3-5) took the lost. He to went the distance.


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Louisville Bats 4 (Reds) Columbus Clippers3 (7 Inning game)

The Bats scored four time in the fourth and then held on for the win.
Columbus scored singles runs in the 4th, 5th and 6th, to make this a close game.

Louisville RBI
Herrera (22); Amaral 3 (10).
Clippers RBI
Urshela (20); Smith, J (6); Marabell (1).

Columbus 18-25
Louisville 15-28

Evan Mitchell (W, 2-3)
Travis Banwart (L, 1-3)
Kyle McMyne (S, 1)


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Oklahoma City Dodgers(L.A.Dodgers) 5
El Paso Chihuahuas(San Diego) 4 10 Innings

This one was tight through out the contest and need one extra inning before things were settled.

The Dodgers scored the winning run on a Jack Murphy single in the top half of the tenth. That would be the only RBI for Murphy in this one.

Dodgers had a home run from Willie Calhoun, a solo shot.
Other dodgers with RBI
O'Koyea Dickson (1)
Trace Thompson (1)
Dave Maggi (1)

El Paso got RBI from
Dusty Coleman (2) He also blasted a home run.
Hector Sanchez(1)
Matt Magill (1)

Justin Marks (W, 1-0)
Logan Bowcom (L 0-2)
Grant Dayton (SV 1)


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