Columbus Clippers 10, Indianapolis Indians 1

Box Score · Clippers improve to 59-51

The Clippers offense could not be denied yesterday, jumping out to a 2-0 lead before removing all doubt with an eight run seventh inning.

Daniel Robertson led the way, going 4-5 with two doubles to raise his batting average at Columbus to .364. The Rodriguezes had monster games as well as Ronny Rodriguez went 3-4 with a home run and Nellie Rodriguez went 3-4 with a three-run bomb.

Yandy Diaz, Richie Shaffer and Abe Almonte also had multi-hit games in the blowout victory.

Lost in the offensive explosion was a great start from veteran journeyman Jarrett Grube, who threw seven shutout innings on just two hits while striking out three and walking none.

Akron RubberDucks 5, Hartford Yard Goats 4

Box Score · RubberDucks improve to 53-55

After giving up three runs in the first inning, Nick Pasquale settled down to throw five innings without giving up another run the rest of the way, striking out seven and walking just one.

Akron bounced back with a four-run third inning thanks to RBI singles from Eric Haase and Mike Papi.

The bullpen would give up the lead, allowing Hartford to tie the game with one run in the top of the ninth off Leandro Linares, but Akron would walk it off with a bases loaded infield single from Joe Sever, his third walk-off hit of the season.

Lynchburg Hillcats 1, Down East Wood Ducks 0

Box Score · Hillcats improve to 64-46

One run would be all Lynchburg would need as Brock Hartson was brilliant in his return from the disabled list. Hartson pitched seven shutout innings, allowing just three hits while striking out four and walking three.

The lone run of the game came from a solo blast from Claudio Bautista, who was also returning from the DL.

Conner Marabell had a multi-hit game for the Hillcats while Sam Haggerty walked three times and stole his 37th base.

Lake County Captains 2, South Bend Cubs 10

Box Score · Captains fall to 45-63

This game got out of hand thanks to some poor bullpen pitching and some ugly defense which allowed four unearned runs to score.

Mitch Longo was the lone highlight for the Captains, going 3-3 at the dish with a double and a walk to raise his season batting average to .346.

Mahoning Valley Scrappers 15, Auburn Doubledays 7 (F/10)

Box Score · Scrappers improve to 26-17

It’s not often an extra innings affair turns into a blowout, but not many teams in the New York Penn League have the offensive talent that the Mahoning Valley Scrappers possess.

An eight-run 10th inning from the Scrappers removed all doubt.

The Scrappers offense collected 24 hits in total, with every starter earning at least one and more than half earning at least three.

Simeon Lucas and Will Benson both had four hits, with Benson also slugging his third home run of the season. Nolan Jones, Oscar Gonzalez and Hosea Nelson all had three hits while Ernie Clement increased his hitting streak to 16 games with two hits of his own.

Kirk McCarty had a rough start, failing to get out of the first inning but thankfully the offense bailed him out. Ping-Hsueh Chen earned the victory with 2.1 innings of scoreless relief.

AZL Indians 1, AZL Mariners 0

Box Score · Indians improve to 9-21

The combination of rehabbing pitchers Dylan Baker and Dace Kime as well as youngsters Tahnaj Thomas and Maiker Manzanillo tossed a no-hitter for the AZL Indians yesterday. The quartet struck out 13 batters while walking just one with the other blemish being an error on Henry Pujols.

The no-hitter almost wasn’t enough as the game remained scoreless heading into the bottom of the ninth but thankfully catcher Angel Lopez walked it off with an RBI single that scored Mitch Reeves for the win.

Tyler Freeman and Jose Fermin both had multi-hit games and stole a base in the victory.

DSL Indians 4, DSL Rangers1 12

Box Score · Indians fall to 18-31

This game was downright embarrassing as the DSL Indians watched the Yankees first inning yesterday and thought “I can do worse!”

All in all, the DSL Indians committed a whopping eight errors, which led to seven unearned runs in a blowout loss.

The lone bright spot was once again top prospect Marcos Gonzalez, who was the only Indian to reach base safely twice, going 1-3 with a walk.

The DSL Indians had the second game of their double-header suspended due to rain.