Columbus Clippers 2, Pawtucket Red Sox 3

Box Score · Clippers fall to 61-57

Adam Plutko tossed a quality start, giving up three runs in 6.2 innings on seven hits while striking out five and walking two, but it wasn’t enough as the Columbus offense had a rare off night.

Ronny Rodriguez had the lone multi-hit game for the Clippers, going 2-4 with a triple while Tyler Naquin and Yandy Diaz both reached base safely twice with a hit and a walk, but Columbus couldn’t string their hits or walks together to put some support on the board.

Veteran catcher Adam Moore brought the game within one with a solo home run in the ninth but the rally would end there.

Akron RubberDucks 6, New Hampshire Fisher Cats 9

Box Score · RubberDucks fall to 58-57

Greg Allen and Yu-Cheng Chang both had multi-hit games, but Akron couldn’t keep pace with New Hampshire, who walloped RubberDucks starting pitcher Matt Esparza for seven runs in just 3.2 innings of work.

It was a rare off night for Esparza, who gave up eight hits while walking two and striking out four overall.

Luigi Rodriguez hit his 12th home in the loss while Mike Papi reached base safely three times thanks to a hit and two walks.

Lynchburg Hillcats 5, Carolina Mudacts 0

Box Score · Hillcats improve to 69-47

The Lynchburg Hillcats just keep winning, and they can thank yet another great starting pitching performance.

This time around, it was Brock Hartson, who had his second straight scoreless start, tossing six innings of three-hit ball while striking out five and walking three.

Ka’ai Tom blasted a three-run home run and had the lone multi-hit game to provide most of the offense while Sam Haggerty stole two more bases, moving himself to eighth in all of MiLB at 39 on the season.

Lake County Captains 7, Lansing Lugnuts 1

Box Score · Captains improve to 47-68

Brady Aiken’s strange season continues, this time he was nearly unhittable.

The former first overall draft pick took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before allowing a solo home run, which would be the only damage done against him all night.

All in all, Aiken would toss seven strong innings, giving up just the one hit and one run althought it wouldn’t be an Aiken start if he didn’t walk more batters than he struck out as he whiffed three and allowed four free passes.

The Lake County offense provided a ton of support with 13 hits and seven runs.

Conner Capel had a three-hit game while Gabriel Mejia, Mitch Longo and Li-Jen Chu all had multi-hit games themselves. Luke Wakamatsu also reached base safely three times in the victory.

Mahoning Valley Scrappers 5, Aberdeen IronBirds 1

Box Score · Scrappers improve to 29-20

Ernie Clement extended his hitting streak to 21 games, going 2-4 with a double and a walk from the leadoff position. The 2017 fourth round pick is now batting .321 on the season.

He was joined in the multi-hit parade by Nolan Jones, who had a monster game, going 2-5 with a double and his third home run of the season.

Oscar Gonzalez and Austen Wade also had multi-hit efforts in the victory.

But that’s not all, the Scrappers also received very strong pitching performances as the Sam Hentges tossed four shutout innings in his comeback from Tommy John surgery while Felix Tati piggy-backed the start with five innings of six-hit, one-run ball to earn the win.

AZL Indians 9, AZL Reds 10

Box Score · Indians fall to 10-27

The AZL Indians showed some fight, scoring three times in the bottom of the ninth to come within one, but their late rally fell short in their 27th loss of the season.

Tyler Freeman, Henry Pujols and Johnathan Rodriguez had multi-hit efforts for the Indians while top 2017 pick Quentin Holmes jacked his second home run of the season.

Four errors sunk the Indians as they gave up a whopping six unearned runs on the game.

DSL Indians 2, DSL Rays2 1 (Game 1)

DSL Indians 3, DSL Reds 4 (Game 2)

Game 1 Box Score · Game 1 Box Score · Indians move to 20-32

Marcos Gonzalez went 3-3 in game two while Jonathan Lopez smacked a home run as the DSL Indians offense was otherwise held in check by the DSL Rays2 in a double-header split.

Mike Garcia and Yeffersson Yannuzzi didn’t allow any earned runs in either of their starts for the DSL Indians in either game, both throwing four innings.

The Lake County Captains and DSL Indians had scheduled off-days.