UPDATED: The Class AA Akron Aeros and Class A Kinston Indians both win Thursday night, but the Class A Lake County Captains fall in 12 innings.
Updated at 12:21 a.m. Friday
AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 11, Bisons 8 Columbus clubbed four home runs to win a slugfest over visiting Buffalo in an International League game Thursday at Columbus. Two former Cleveland Indians hit home runs: Michael Brantley hit his fourth, and Lou Marson his third. Former Indian David Huff (6-0) was the winning pitcher, but he gave up five earned runs and nine hits in five innings.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, 1B-OF Jordan Brown was second in the International League with a .311 batting average. Brown led the IL last season, hitting .336. He was15-for-42 (.357) in his last 10 games, with four doubles, two home runs and 15 RBI....IF Cord Phelps (.365) was hitting .388 (31-for-80) with five doubles, two triples and three homers in 22 July games....RHP Jeanmar Gomez (8-8, 5.20) is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA in his last two starts, striking out 11 and walking one in 15 innings. Prior to those two games, Gomez made one start for the Cleveland Indians, pitching seven innings and allowing two runs (none earned) on five hits and a walk, striking out four and getting credit for a 7-2 win over the Detroit Tigers....OF Matt McBride has been promoted to the Clippers from Akron. McBride hit .285 with 25 doubles, one triple, 17 homers and 64 RBI in 358 at bats for the Aeros, with 30 walks and 62 strikeouts. He hit .364 (36-for-99) with 13 homes, 11 doubles, 32 RBI and an .869 slugging percentage in his last 26 games with Akron.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 6, Phillies 5 Former Cleveland Indians closer Kerry Wood, on a rehab assignment, pitched a scoreless first inning for Akron in an Eastern League game at Canal Park against Reading (Pa.). He retired the side in order, with no strikeouts.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, 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....OF Matt McBride has been promoted to Columbus. OF Lucas Montero has been promoted to the Aeros from Kinston. Montero hit .265 in 321 at bats for Kinston, with 12 doubles, five triples, three homers and 24 stolen bases in 29 attempts. He hit .308 (28-for-91) with two doubles, three triples and a homer in July.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Indians 2, Blue Rocks 0 Three Kinston pitchers combined to shut out host Wilmington (Del.) in a Carolina League game. T.J. House (4-8) pitched six innings for the K-Tribe to pick up the win. Cory Burns pitched the ninth for his 18th save.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, 1B-3B Jeremie Tice was 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. At Kinston, Tice was leading the Midwest League with 51 RBI....3B Kyle Bellows was 5-for-9 with one double, one triple, one homer and six RBI in his last two games. ... DH-C Chun Chen was 7-for-20 (.350) with three doubles, one homer and seven RBI in his last six games....OF Lucas Montero has been promoted to Akron.
A Lake County Captains
Whitecaps 3, Captains 1 West Michigan scored two runs in the top of the 12th at Classic Park in Eastlake to defeat Lake County in a Midwest League game.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, IF Adam Abraham (.236) was batting .425 (17-for-40) in his last 10 games, with four doubles, five homers and 15 RBI....IF Argenis Martinez (.201) was hitting .342 (13-for-38) in his last 10 games....OF Greg Folgia (.224) was hitting .316 (12-for-38) with three doubles, two homers and 11 RBI in his last 10 games....LHP Matt Packer (8-5, 1.62) led the Midwest League in ERA.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Scrappers 4-0, Jammers 2-3 Mahoning Valley split a doubleheader in Jamestown, N.Y. Mahoning Valley won the opener, which was a completion of a game suspended the night before because of rain. Kevin Fontanez homered as the Scrappers scored three runs in the seventh, enough to hold off a two-run rally by Jamestown in the bottom of the ninth.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's games, 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 was 2-0 with a 3.21 ERA in eight outings spanning 14 innings as a relief pitcher, after starting and losing his first game, when he yielded seven runs in two innings.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
(The Crushers are not aligned with any major league organization)
Wild Things 3, Crushers 0 Washington (Pa.) starter Jeff Sonnenberg, with the aid of two double plays and an out at the plate, faced the minimum 27 batters, including 21 straight at one point, in a shutout over visiting lake Erie. Sonnenberg allowed two hits, no walks and struck out two.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, ....IF Andrew Saylor (.224) was 9-for-26 (.346) with a double and homer in his last seven games....RH reliever Ronnie Morales (0-2, 3.79) had a 2.55 ERA in his last 14 games, striking out 17 while allowing just 11 hits in 17 2/3 innings.