UPDATED: The Captains see a big early lead disappear and turn into an eight-run deficit, then nearly rally at home.
Matt McBride is one of the premier run-producers in the Cleveland farm system.Updated at 1:13 a.m. with Lake County Captains result.
AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 6, Bisons 4: Cord Phelps slugged his fourth home run, and Jeanmar Gomez (8-8) pitched seven solid innings as Columbus defeated visiting Buffalo in an International League game. Gomez gave up three runs, two earned, and seven hits. He struck out four and walked one. Former Cleveland Indian Jensen Lewis pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save. Phelps was 3-3 and is hitting .365 in 137 at-bats.
Notes: Going into Wednesday night's game, OF Jordan Brown (.313) was 11-for-19 (.579) with two doubles, two home runs and eight RBI in his last five games. He was fifth in the International League in RBI (61), despite having missed 39 games because of arthroscopic knee surgery in March and then lower back soreness. ... OF Jose Constanza (.310) was 11-for-26 (.423) with six runs in his last six games. He was leading the IL in with 27 stolen bases (in 29 tries) and had been safe on 15 straight attempts. ... OF Ezequiel Carrera was batting .318 (14-for-44) since joining the Clippers. He was 7-for-15 (.467) with a double, triple and five runs in his last four games.
AA Akron Aeros
Rain washed out Wednesday night’s game between Bowie, Md., and Akron at Canal Park. It will be made up next month in Bowie.
Notes: OF Matt McBride (.285) was batting .364 (36-for-99) with 13 homers, 11 doubles, 32 RBI and an .869 slugging percentage in his last 26 games. The right-handed hitting McBride, 25, was the 75th overall pick of the 2006 draft, coming out of Lehigh University. Last season, McBride hit a combined .297 with 44 doubles, 18 homers and 99 RBI for Kinston and then Akron. ... OF Jerad Head (.302) was batting .474 (18-for-38) with five doubles, four homers and 11 RBI in his last 12 games. ... 2B Jason Kipnis (.325) was batting .458 (22-for-48) in his last 12 games. ... OF Tim Fedroff (.273) was on a six-game hitting streak, going 9-for-23 (.391) with three doubles, one triple and one home run. ... OF Jordan Henry (.265) was batting .371 (13-for-35) in his last 10 games. ... RHP Connor Graham (3-5, 3.63) was 2-3 with one save and a 2.37 ERA in 24 relief appearances, giving up just one homer in 38 innings. ... RH reliever Bryan Price (4-2, one save, 3.33) was 3-0 with a 1.33 ERA in his last nine games, pitching 20 1/3 innings while striking out 23, walking five and allowing 18 hits -- none of them homers. ... RHP Alex White (6-4, 1.48) was named last week's Aeros Player of the Week. He won both of his starts, allowing two runs in 14 innings while fanning 14 and walking none.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Dash 8, Indians 5: 3B Kyle Bellows (.257, eight homers) slugged a two-run homer and RBI double, but it was enough to offset Winston-Salem's six-run outburst in the bottom of the seventh inning. Kinston DH Chun Chen (.278) doubled twice, drove in two runs, scored two runs and walked twice.
Notes: 1B-3B Jeremie Tice is 17-for-45 (.378) in his last 11 games, immediately following his 2-for-19 (.105) start in his first five games after being promoted from Lake County. He has eight doubles and a homer in 64 at bats for the Indians. ... 3B Kyle Bellows is 5-for-9 with one double, one triple, one homer and six RBI in his last two games. ... DH-C Chun Chen is 7-for-20 (.350) with three doubles, one homer and seven RBI in his last six games. ... RH starter Joseph Mahalic (3-6, 4.52) took the loss, giving up five runs on four hits and three walks in six innings while striking out four.
A Lake County Captains
Whitecaps 16, Captains 14 Adam Abraham and Casey Frawley each drove in five runs as Lake County built a lead of 8-2, but West Michigan scored 14 unanswered runs and then held on to win at Eastlake. Frawley had two home runs and Abraham was a triple short of the cycle.
Notes: Going into Wednesday night's game, RH reliever Preston Guilmet (1-1, eight saves, 2.63) had struck out 42 and walked three in 27 1/3 innings. ... OF Greg Folgia (.215) was 9-for-24 (.375) with two homers, one double and eight RBI in his last seven games. ... 2B Argenis Martinez (.196) was 13-for-38 (.342) in his last 10 games, with eight runs, six walks and just three strikeouts. ... RH reliever Jose Flores (0-0, one save, 2.01) had struck out 28 and walked four in 22 1/3 innings. ... RHP Brett Brach (2-5, 3.22) was named last week's Midwest Player of the Week. He pitched the first nine-inning, complete game shutout in franchise history, beating Peoria, 3-0, on Saturday. Brach gave up seven hits, struck out five and walked one.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Mahoning Valley led at Jamestown, N.Y., 1-0, after three innings, when the game was suspended because of rain. The nine-inning game will pick up where it left off at 6:05 p.m. Thursday. The regularly scheduled game will begin 30 minutes after the first game. That game will be only seven innings.
Notes: Left-handed hitting OF Jonathan Burnette (.294) was batting .330 (30-for-91) against right-handed pitching, with five doubles, two triples and each of his four homers. ... OF Brian Heere was batting just .210 (21-for-100) but was tied for third in the New York-Penn League with 24 walks. ... RHP Casey Gaynor started and lost his first game, yielding seven runs in two innings, and was moved to the bullpen, where he was 2-0 with a 3.21 ERA in eight outings spanning 14 innings. ... The Scrappers were last in the 14-team league in batting (.228), tied for last in home runs (12) and 13th in runs (144/3.8 per game).
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Wild Things 6, Crushers 2: Dom Duggan clubbed his second homer of the year, but Lake Erie lost at Washington, Pa.
Notes: Going into Wednesday night's game, 3B Andrew Davis (.329) was 2-for-17 (.118) with no RBI in his last five games, but was still fifth in the Frontier League in batting average and tied for 10th in RBI (40). ... IF Andrew Saylor (.219) was 7-for-22 (.318) with a double and homer in his last six games.