UPDATED: Eric Berger gives up just one hit in six innings in the Akron Aeros' 8-1 win on Wednesday night. Lake County wins, and the Kinston Indians sweep a doubleheader.
Updated at 11:48 p.m.
AAA Columbus Clippers
Mud Hens 5, Clippers 4 (12) Righty Carlton Smith (1-6, 7.12) allowed a run in the bottom of the 12th inning and Columbus lost the International League game Wednesday in Toledo. RH Johan Pino (5.61) started for the Clippers and gave up four earned runs on six hits and one walk. He struck out 10.
Notes: Going into Wednesday night's game, RH reliever Josh Judy had a 1.84 ERA over his last 26 games, with 40 strikeouts in 34 1/3 innings....1B Wes Hodges (.275) was 5-for-8 with two doubles and a home run in his last two games....RH reliever Bryce Stowell (1-1, 5.49) struggled with his control early in his stint with the Clippers, and had walked 17 going into Wednesday night, but had struck out 28 and held hitters to a .167 batting average in 19 2/3 innings. Including his time with Kinston and Akron, Stowell was 3-1 with seven saves and a 2.14 ERA, striking out 102 and walking 36 in 67 1/3 innings, and holding batters to a .183 average....OF Jose Constanza (.314) was on a nine-game hitting streak, going 17-for-35 (.486) with two doubles, one triple, nine runs and four RBI. Constanza was third in the International League in batting, and his 33 stolen bases (in 38 attempts) were one behind league-leading Desmond Jennings of Durham. The left-handed hitter was batting .363 (29-for-80) against left-handed pitching this season....IF Argenis Reyes was 13-for-38 (.342) with two doubles since joining the Clippers....RH reliever Zach Putnam (0-1, 4.67) hadn't allowed a run in his last five games, allowing two hits and one walk in 7 1/3 innings, with eight strikeouts.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 8, Baysox 1 Lefty Eric Berger (5-5, 4.68) threw six innings of one-hit ball, second baseman Jason Kipnis (.325) had three hits, and Akron beat host Bowie, Md., in Eastern League play.
Notes: Going into Wednesday night's game, 3B Lonnie Chisenhall (.276) was 15-for-35 (.429) with five doubles, two home runs, 15 RBI and seven runs in his last 10 games. Chisenhall, 21, an Indians' first-round pick in the 2008 draft, was tied for seventh in the Eastern League with 75 RBI, despite missing 25 games earlier this season with a sore shoulder. The left-handed hitter went into Wednesday night with 20 doubles, two triples and 16 homers....OF Jerad Head (.309) was batting .408 (31-for-76) with nine homers, five doubles, 21 RBI and 19 runs in his last 21 games with the Aeros....RHP Chen Lee (5-4, 3.43) was 1-1 with an 0.49 ERA in his last 13 games, striking out 19 and allowing just eight hits and three walks in 18 1/3 innings. Lee had fanned 73 and walked 21 in 65 2/3 innings overall, giving up just four home runs....RH reliever Omar Aguilar (2-5, six saves, 3.41) had not given up a home run in 58 innings this season, while striking out 68 and holding batters to a .221 average....OF Tim Fedroff (.277) was 12-for-33 (.364) with two doubles, two triples, one homer and five walks in his last 10 games.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Indians 4-1, Keys 3-0 Center fielder Bo Greenwell (.293) hit a walk-off bases-loaded sacrifice fly and the K-Tribe beat Frederick, Md., in the first game of a Carolina League doubleheader in Kinston, N.C. In the second game, right fielder Abner Abreu (.251) brought in the winning run after getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth inning of the normally seven-inning game.
Notes: Wednesday night's game first game is the makeup of Tuesday night's rained-out contest....Going into Wednesday night's games, LH reliever Chris Jones (2-3, two saves, 1.62) had struck out 56, walked 22 and allowed just one homer and a .205 batting average in 61 innings....Catcher Chun Chen (.313) was 13-for-32 (.406) with three doubles, two homers, 10 walks, eight runs and six RBI in his last 11 games....OF Abner Abreu (.253) was 15-for-39 (.385) with four doubles, one triple, nine RBI and six runs in his last 11 games....SS Juan Diaz (.272) was on an eight-game hitting streak, going 12-for-27 (.444) with three doubles, one homer, six RBI and six runs.
A Lake County Captains
Captains 3, Hot Rods 1 Right-handed starter Jason Knapp (1-0, 0.00) threw five scoreless innings, allowing just one hit while striking out six, and Lake County won the Midwest League game in Bowling Green, Ky.
Notes: Going into Wednesday night's games, 1B Adam Abraham (.256) was hitting .367 (51-for-139) with nine homers, 10 doubles and 37 RBI in his last 33 games....SS Casey Frawley (.268) was hitting .321 (26-for-81) in August, with four doubles, three triples, two homers, 14 RBI and 14 runs in 21 games....OF Greg Folgia (.250) was 12-for-35 (.343) with one homer, one double, five runs and four RBI in his last nine games....CF Delvi Cid (.258) was 14-for-40 (.350) with nine runs and six stolen bases in his last 10 games. Cid was leading the Midwest League with 64 stolen bases (in 79 attempts)....OF Tyler Holt (.265) was 6-for-15 (.400) with three doubles, four runs, two RBI and two stolen bases in his last four games....RH reliever Preston Guilmet (3-1, nine saves, 2.45) had struck out 61, walked eight and held batters to a .186 average in 44 innings....RH reliever Jose Flores (0-1, five saves, 2.55) had struck out 43, walked six and allowed 30 hits -- just one homer -- in 35 1/3 innings.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Spikes 3, Scrappers 1 Left fielder Brian Heere (.263) had two of Mahoning Valley's five hits in the New York-Penn League loss to State College, Pa., in Niles, Ohio.
Notes: Going into Wednesday night's game, RHP James Ehlert (0-2, eight saves, 3.54) had saves in each of his last six games, pitching seven scoreless innings and striking out seven, while allowing three hits and two walks. Ehlert had fanned 36, walked 10 and allowed just one home run in 28 innings....OF Brian Heere (.254) was hitting .448 (13-for-29) with two doubles, one triple, seven walks, five runs and three RBI in his last 10 games. His 38 walks ranked second in the New York-Penn League....SS Nicholas Bartolone (.271) was 7-for-21 (.333) with three doubles, three RBI and four stolen bases in his last six games....RH reliever John Goryl (1-3, 3.94) had pitched six scoreless innings in his last four games, fanning four while allowing three hits and a walk. In 32 innings, Goryl had given up just one homer....RH reliever Gregorio Rosario (1-1, 5.23) had pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings and earned a win in his last four games....RHP Casey Gaynor (5-2, 3.38) was 3-1 with a 1.13 ERA in his last five games (three starts), striking out 18, walking seven and allowing 16 hits in 24 innings....LHP James Reichenbach (1-2, three saves, 3.52) had three saves in his last six games, giving up one run on four hits in nine innings, with eight strikeouts and five walks....RH reliever Kyle C. Smith (0-0, 5.53), from Kent State, had not given up an earned run over his last five appearances, striking out 12 in seven innings. Smith had 43 strikeouts in 27 2/3 innings and was holding batters to a .206 average.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Crushers 4, Wild Things 1 Travis Risser (7-4) pitched eight stellar innings to lead Lake County past host Washington, Pa., for the Frontier League game. Risser allowed one unearned run on six hits and one walk. He fanned three. Crushers third baseman Lee Huggins (.244) hit his sixth homer of the season.
Notes: RH Alberto Rolon (2-4, seven saves, 2.87) has made eight starts since being moved from the bullpen. Despite having a 2.60 ERA in those starts and holding opponents to a .157 batting average, he is 0-4.
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