Outfielder Folgia's clout in Eastlake capped Captains three-run ninth inning. Adam Abraham also homered.
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AAA Columbus Clippers
Tonight: Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees (73-51) at Clippers (72-53), 7:05.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, OF Jose Constanza (.315) led the International League with 33 stolen bases (in 37 tries) and was batting .345 (39-for-113) since the All-Star break....OF Matt McBride (.379) was on a 13-game hitting streak, going 18-for-50 (.360) with two doubles and a home run....2B Cord Phelps (.330) was on an eight-game hitting streak, going 11-for-33 (.333) with two homers, two doubles and nine RBI....RHP Carlos Carrasco (10-5, 3.71) is 2-1 with a 1.64 ERA in his last six games, striking out 30 and allowing just 20 hits and six walks in 33 innings. Carrasco has given up one home run in his last eight starts, spanning 44 innings, after yielding 15 homers in his first 91 2/3 innings this season....RHP Paolo Espino is 1-1 with a 2.75 ERA in three starts spanning 19 innings with Columbus after going 9-4 with a 4.00 ERA in 21 games (15 starts) at Akron.
AA Akron Aeros
Tonight: Aeros (63-59) at Reading Phillies (59-62), 7:05.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, RH reliever Chen Lee (5-3, 3.58) was 1-0 with an 0.00 ERA in his last 10 games, striking out 12 and allowing just five hits and two walks in 13 innings. Lee had fanned 66 and walked 20 in 60 1/3 innings overall, giving up just four home runs....RH reliever Connor Graham (3-5, two saves, 3.20) was 1-0 with one save and an 0.93 ERA in his last 12 games, striking out 22 and walking four in 19 1/3 innings, while allowing 11 hits....OF Jerad Head (.314) was on a 16-game hitting streak with the Aeros -- 13 of the games before a stint with Columbus -- going 26-for-60 (.433) with seven home runs, five doubles, 17 RBI and 14 runs....CF Jordan Henry (.306) was 11-for-23 (.478) with a double and triple in his last five games. Henry was hitting .394 (37-for-94) with five doubles, two triples and 20 runs in his last 24 games.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Tonight: Potomac Nationals (60-61) at Indians (60-62), 7:00.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, catcher Chun Chen (.313) was 9-for-19 (.474) with two doubles, one homer and six walks in his last seven games....SS Juan Diaz (.258) was 16-for-41 (.390) in his last 11 games, with two doubles, one homer and six RBI....RHP Brian Grening (3-3, 3.60) has struck out 58 in 45 innings and is holding opponents to a .198 batting average in his 24 games -- all in relief....RHP Austin Adams is 4-0 with a 1.40 ERA in 10 games (nine starts) with Kinston, striking out 36, walking 11 and allowing 36 hits in 45 innings. Combined with his 13 games (eight starts) at Lake County, Adams is 6-4 with a 2.56 ERA, striking out 97 in 98 1/3 innings, while giving up 76 hits and 32 walks
A Lake County Captains
Captains 5, Hot Rods 4 RF Greg Folgia (.255) slugged a two-out, two-run walkoff homer in the bottom of the ninth inning in Eastlake to give the Captains a Midwest League win over Bowling Green (Ky.). Folgia's sixth homer of the season capped a three-run rally, following singles by SS Casey Frawley (.264) and DH Chris Kersten (.251) and catcher Roberto Perez's (.227) sacrifice fly. RHP Ramon Cespedes (1-0, 4.05) pitched a perfect ninth inning to get the win, after LH Aaron Laffey pitched one inning, yielding a solo homer, in a rehab appearance (tired arm). 3B Adam Abraham (.263) hit his 11th homer, a solo clout, and singled.
Notes: RHP Brett Brach (4-7, 2.87) got no decision ,but made another solid start, yielding two runs on two hits and a walk in six innings, with four strikeouts. Brach is 3-2 with a 1.67 ERA in his last six starts, striking out 31, walking three and allowing 32 hits....Adam Abraham is batting .379 (44-for-116) with eight doubles, seven home runs and 29 RBI in his last 29 games....Greg Folgia is 9-for-17 (.529) with a homer four RBI and four runs in his last four games....Jason Knapp, 20, a 6-5 right-hander, will start for the Captains on Friday night against the Hot Rods. Knapp was acquired from the Philadelphia Phillies organization last July 29 in the Cliff Lee trade, and is considered among baseball's top pitching prospects. He had arthroscopic surgery to remove bone chips from his right shoulder last September. Knapp joins the Captains after pitching five games for the Indians Arizona League rookie team. He was 0-2 with a 1.46 ERA in 12 1/3 innings, striking out 18, walking four and allowing five hits.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Tonight: Batavia Muckdogs (31-25) at Scrappers (25-33), 7:05.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, OF Jonathan Burnette (.291) was hitting .339 (21-for-62) with six doubles and four homers in 15 games this month....OF Carlos Moncrief (.246) was hitting .378 (14-for-37) with three doubles, one triple, one homer and eight walks in his last 10 games....OF Brian Heere (.238) was batting .375 (12-for-32) with three doubles and six walks in his last 10 games.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Tonight: Normal CornBelters (36-44) at Crushers (38-42), 7:05.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, OF Dom Duggan (.239) was 7-for-14 with two doubles and one home run in his last five games....LH reliever Ronnie Morales (1-2, 3.06) was 1-0 with an 0.83 ERA in his last 15 games, allowing two runs on just five hits in 21 2/3 innings, while striking out 19 and walking 12. In 41 games this season, Morales has given up just 30 hits in 53 innings.