Carolina Mudcats sweep doubleheader in Class A Carolina League: Minor League Report

Also, the Columbus Clippers get a victory over Lehigh Valley.

AAA Columbus Clippers

Clippers 3, IronPigs 2 Columbus coaxed in a run in the bottom of the ninth to defeat visiting Lehigh Valley (Pa.) in an International League game Saturday. Luke Carlin walked, took second on a wild pitch, then scored on a fielding error by the second baseman.

AA Akron Aeros

Curve 13, Aeros 5 Altoona (Pa.) lit up Akron right-handed starter Brett Brach (2-3, 3.86) and crushed the visiting Aeros in Eastern League action.

Brach allowed eight runs (four earned) on seven hits and five walks in 3 innings.

Jeremie Tice (.429) homered for Akron in his second game since being promoted from Class A Carolina, where he hit 12 homers and batted .282 in 52 games.

Advanced A Carolina Mudcats

Mudcats 9-6, Blue Rocks 8-5 Carolina swept a doubleheader from visiting Wilmington (Del.) in Carolina League play. In the opener, Carolina scored three in the bottom of the seventh on a bases-loaded walk and a two-run error. Minor-league teams play only seven innings in doubleheaders.'

A Lake County Captains

TinCaps 4, Captains 0 Fort Wayne (Ind.) scored all its runs in the first inning to defeat visiting Lake County in a Midwest League game.

A Mahoning Valley Scrappers

Spikes 8, Scrappers 2 State College (Pa.) scored five in the bottom of the eighth inning to win a New York-Penn League game over visiting Mahoning Valley. Scrappers starter Geoffrey Davenport (0-1) surrendered three runs, all earned, on six hits in four innings.

Independent Lake Erie Crushers

Wild Things 3, Crushers 2 Lake Erie lost a Frontier League game at Washington (Pa.). Russell Moldenhauer hit his second homer of the year for the Crushers.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/06/carolina_mudcats_sweep_doubleh.html

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