Thursday, December 22, 2011

Valbuena's walk-off HR is latest late-inning magic for Clippers: Minor-league report

Bellows drives in a pair in Aeros win, Popham struggles for Kinston, Montero's homer not enough for Captains, Scrappers falter late to Yankees, Lake Erie wins at Florence.

AAA Columbus Clippers

Clippers 5, Tides 4: SS Luis Valbuena (.309) slugged a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth as the Clippers completed a four-game sweep of Norfolk (Va.), with the last three on walk-off hits. Valbuena was 4-for-4 with a walk in the International League game at Columbus. The homer was his 13th.

AA Akron Aeros

Aeros 3, Thunder 2: Akron third baseman Kyle Bellows had two hits and two RBI to lead Akron to an Eastern League victory at Trenton, N.J. Bellows, who has 34 RBI on the year, also stole his fourth base of the season.

Advanced A Kinston Indians

Pelicans 5, Indians 3: Marty Popham (4-2) gave up six hits and five earned runs in six innings, and Kinston, N.C., lost a home game to Myrtle Beach, S.C., in the Carolina League.

A Lake County Captains

Loons 4, Captains 3: Great Lakes scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth and defeated Lake County in a Midwest League game. C Moises Montero hit his second homer for the Captains, a solo shot in the sixth.

A Mahoning Valley Scrappers

Yankees 7, Scrappers 4: Mahoning Valley gave up three runs in the eighth inning and lost a New York-Penn league game to Staten Island, N.Y., in Niles.

Independent Lake Erie Crushers

Crushers 4, Freedom 3: Florence, Ky., stranded a runner at third three times over the final four innings, and visiting Lake Erie won the Frontier League game.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/08/valbuenas_walk-off_hr_is_lates.html

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