Columbus Clippers 4, Toledo Mud Hens 6

Box Score · Clippers fall to 68-67

The Clippers offense played well, but not quite well enough and the pitching couldn’t keep Toledo’s bats in check as the team fell to just one game over .500.

Tyler Naquin had a multi-hit game while Richie Shaffer blasted his 29th home run of the season and Nellie Rodriguez went deep for the 16th time.

Erik Kratz also reached base safely three times with a single and two walks.

On the pitching side of the equation, Julian Merryweather had a ho-hum outing, giving up four runs on eight hits in six innings. He didn’t have his typical command, walking three and striking out three to take the loss.

Akron RubberDucks 1, Harrisburg Senators 2 (F/12)

Box Score · RubberDucks fall to 64-69

Akron scored one run in the first inning, then the offense went silent for the next 11 frames as Harrisburg tied the game in bottom of the seventh and then walked off in the 12th.

Francisco Mejia went 2-5 with a solo home run to account for all of the RubberDucks’ offense while Tyler Krieger was the only other Duck to reach safely twice with a single and a walk.

Luis Lugo didn’t give up any runs, but he wasn’t very efficient, lasting just 4.2 innings in his start while throwing 93 pitches. Lugo gave up four hits, walked one and struck out three.

Mitch Brown was the tough-luck loser, giving up one run in 1.2 innings of work.

Lake County Captains 3, South Bend Cubs 6

Box Score · Captains fall to 52-81

Alexis Pantoja had a strong three-hit game, but Lake County was put in a 6-0 hole that they simply couldn’t dig themselves out of.

Micah Miniard couldn’t get out of the fifth inning, giving up four runs in the frame before being pulled. Miniard gave up all six runs on eight hits while striking out four and walking one.

Miguel Eladio also had a multi-hit game while reliever Cameron Mingo tossed 3.2 shutout innings in the loss.

Mahoning Valley 6, Batavia 3 (Game 1)(F/11)

Mahoning Valley 2, Batavia 0 (Game 2)

Game 1 Box Score · Game 2 Box Score · Scrappers improve to 39-26

The Mahoning Valley Scrappers offense erupted in game one with 15 hits, but went just 4-20 with runners in scoring position.

Nolan Jones had a monster four-hit game while Austen Wade had a three hit game. Oscar Gonzalez and Ulysses Cantu also had multi-hit efforts as the Scrappers scored three in the top of the 11th to win.

Jonathan Teaney and Kyle Nelson combined for five one-hit shutout innings with nine strikeouts in game one.

Game two was much different as Zach Draper was flat out dominant, tossing five shutout innings with six strikeouts and zero walks for the Scrappers.

Number nine hitter Clark Scolamiero went 2-2 with a crucial two-run single in the second inning which accounted for the only runs of the game as Mahoning Valley swept the double-header.

AZL Indians 6, AZL Padres 2

Box Score · Indians improve to 14-38

Johnathan Rodriguez and Henry Pujols had multi-hit games while Michael Cooper and Mitch Reeves had two runs batted in each to lead the AZL Indians to their second straight victory.

A rehabbing TIm Cooney gave up one run in the first inning, but the Indians pitchers gave up zero earned runs the rest of the way, most notably Juan Mota, who tossed six scoreless frames while striking out six, giving up just one hit and walking two.

The Lynchburg Hillcats had a scheduled off-day. The DSL Indians completed their season on Saturday.