UPDATED: The Aeros, Captains and Crushers lose on Friday, but the Kinston Indians defeat Winston-Salem, N.C., in a Adavnced Class A game.
Updated at 11:51 p.m.
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AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 11, IronPigs 7 Columbus scored 11 runs on 14 hits to outlast Lehigh Valley (Pa.) in Columbus on Friday. Jordan Brown of Columbus was 2-for-4 and had five RBI. Brian Buscher clubbed his fourth home run of the season for Columbus. Carlos Carrasco (3-2) was the starter and winner. The right-hander gave up seven runs (six earned) and 11 hits in seven innings.
AA Akron Aeros
Mets 2, Aeros 1 John Drennen singled in Jared Goedert in the top of the ninth inning, but Akron's late rally fell short at Binghamton, N.Y. Alex White (1-1) started for Akron, and gave up both Mets runs, one of them earned, in six innings.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Indians 8, Dash 5 Kinston scored two runs in both the bottom of the seventh and eighth innings, and defeated Winston-Salem, N.C. Jason Kipnis stroked a run-scoring double and Kyle Bellows brought home a run with a triple in the seventh. In the eighth, the K-Tribe's Lucas Montero knocked in a run with a triple, and Jordan Henry completed the late-inning flurry with a run-scoring single to center. Rob Bryson (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings in relief for the victory. Cory Burns pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save.
A Lake County Captains
Loons 2, Captains 1 Lake County pitchers Matt Packer and Francisco Jimenez held the Great Lakes Loons to two runs on four hits in the Midwest League loss. Packer (2-3) pitched five innings, and was the starting and losing pitcher. Lake County scored its only run in the eighth inning, when Jason Smith singled in Casey Frawley.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Kings 6, Crushers 5 Matt Maloney matched a Frontier League record by hitting three homers as the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Kings knocked off visiting Lake Erie in 10 innings.