UPDATED: The independent Lake Erie Crushers get the first triple play in team history but still fall to the Oakland County, Mich., Cruisers.
Updated at 12:30 a.m.
AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 3, IronPigs 2 Nick Weglarz (.105) singled in Brian Bixler (.282) in the bottom of the 11th to beat visiting Lehigh Valley (Pa.).
Josh Tomlin (2.23) started for Columbus and pitched six innings. He allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out three.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 5, Curve 2 A season-high crowd of 8,774 at Akron's Canal Park saw Aeros CF John Drennen (.325) line into a triple play, but also go 3-for-4 with two doubles, a run scored and an RBI. Drennen extended his hitting streak to 10 games and teammate and 3B Jared Goedert (.336) singled to build his streak to 16 games. Aeros right-handed starter Paolo Espino (5-2, 3.78) limited the Curve to two runs (one earned) on three hits in 5 innings, striking out five.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
The Indians were off Thursday.
Notes: RF Abner Abreu is 14-for-37 (.378) with two doubles, one triple, one homer and 11 RBI in his past 10 games, boosting his average from .206 to .252.
A Lake County Captains
Captains 7, Dragons 6 SS Kyle Smith's (.294) suicide squeeze bunt in the bottom of the 10th inning scored Casey Frawley (.278) and capped the Captains' rally from a 6-4 ninth-inning deficit. Lake County 3B Jeremie Tice (.275) slugged his fourth and fifth homers, both solo blasts, then singled in a ninth-inning run before scoring on Jason Smits' single that tied the game, 6-6.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Cruisers 1, Crushers 0 Lake Erie turned in the first triple play in team history in the loss to visiting Oakland County (Mich.)