It's a bad day for the Cleveland Indians ... the big club loses in Seattle, and all of its minor league clubs lose as well.
View full sizeIndians prospect Wes Hodges, currently playing in Class AAA Columbus. AAA Columbus Clippers
Mud Hens 5, Clippers 3 Wes Hodges clubbed his 14th home run for Columbus, but the Clippers lost an International League game at home to Toledo. Zach McAllister (9-12) pitched six innings, giving up five runs -- all earned -- on nine hits and three walks.
Notes: Coupled with Louisville's victory over Indianapolis, the Clippers lead over the Bats in the International League West Division fell to a half game. The Clippers have at least clinched the wild-card spot.
AA Akron Aeros
SeaWolves 10, Aeros 5 Erie, Pa., scored seven runs in the bottom of the seventh and doubled the score on Akron in an Eastern League game.
Notes: The loss eliminated Akron from the playoffs. The defending Eastern League champs will miss the postseason for the first time since 2004.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Keys 10, Indians 5 Kinston, N.C., starter T.J. House (6-10) gave up five runs (three earned) in six innings as host Frederick, Md., rolled to a victory.
A Lake County Captains
Loons 5, Captains 3 Lake County's Owen Dew (1-2) gave up two runs, both earned, in three innings of middle relief, and the Captains lost a Midwest League game to Great Lakes in Midland, Mich.
Notes: Starting Captains pitcher Brett Brach picked a runner off base in the first inning.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Jammers 6, Scrappers 3 Jamestown, N.Y., scored three in the first and never trailed in a New York-Penn League victory over Mahoning Valley in Niles, Ohio. Cole Cook (0-3) gave up four runs in 41/3 innings.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Crushers 1, Kings 0 Lake Erie recorded its third walk-off victory in four nights, with a win over visiting Kalamazoo, Mich., in the Frontier League. Joel Collins knocked in the run with a bases-loaded infield hit.