Alex Lavisky's home run helps Lake County Captains top Bowling Green: Minor League Report

The Columbus Clippers and Carolina Mudcats also get victories on Wednesday.

View full sizePD fileLake County Captains catcher Alex Lavisky.

AAA Columbus Clippers

Clippers 4, Bats 2 CF Aaron Cunningham (.182) went 3-for-3 with two runs and two RBI to lead visiting Columbus over Louisville (Ky.) in an International League game. C Matt Pagnozzi (.224) also had three hits and scored twice.

Clippers starter Cole Cook (0.00 ERA) pitched four scoreless innings, striking out three. Matt Langwell (3-0, 3.08) gave up one run in two innings for the victory, while Dan Wheeler (2.43) pitched a perfect ninth inning for his fourth save.

AA Akron Aeros

Curve 2, Aeros 1 Host Altoona scored single runs in the eighth and ninth innings to rally past Akron in an Eastern League game. Aeros starter Paolo Espino (3.09) gave up one run in 7 1/3 innings, striking out six. Trey Haley (3-1, 2.04) took the loss, walking three in one inning of work.

RF Jordan Henry (.277), 2B Matt Lawson (.335) and C Michel Hernandez (.199) each had three hits for Akron.

Advanced A Carolina Mudcats

Mudcats 6, Nationals 2 Will Roberts (5-9, 5.69) struck out four and scattered eight hits over 7 1/3 innings to lead host Carolina over Potomac in a Carolina League game. Rob Nixon (5.79) pitched a scoreless 1 innings to earn his first save. The Mudcats got home runs from SS Tony Wolters (.261), his seventh, and 3B Giovanny Urshela (.281, his 13th).

A Lake County Captains

Captains 7, Hot Rods 2 C Alex Lavisky (.242) capped a three-run eighth inning with his 12th homer of the season to help host Lake County defeat Bowling Green in a Midwest League game. Lavisky, a St. Edward graduate from Lakewood, had two hits.

Reliever Nicholas Pasquale (3-0, 2.17) earned the victory, striking out four in five innings.

A Mahoning Valley Scrappers

Muckdogs 5, Scrappers 2 Starter Jacob Lee (4-2, 3.12) gave up three runs in the first inning and two in the third as host Mahoning Valley lost to Batavia in a New York-Penn League game.

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