Cord Phelps' effort can't prevent loss for Columbus Clippers: Minor League Report

The Class AA Akron Aeros and Class A Lake County Captains also lose, but the Class A Kinston Indians get a victory over the Potomac Nationals.

AAA Columbus Clippers

Red Sox 5, Clippers 2 SS Cord Phelps (.301) doubled twice, singled and knocked in a run, but Columbus lost an International League game in Pawtucket, R.I. Clippers RH Jeanmar Gomez (10-6, 2.46 ERA) allowed five runs -- two earned -- in seven innings. CF Tim Fedroff (.268), DH Nick Johnson (.211) and 2B Argenis Reyes (.300) each had two hits for Columbus. Johnson knocked in the other run.

Notes: Going into Wednesday night’s game at Pawtucket, 3B Jared Goedert (.257) was 22-for-55 (.400) with four home runs in his last 18 games....OF Chad Huffman (.247) was looking to start another streak, after having his 25-game on-base streak snapped on Tuesday and his 13-game hitting streak ended on Monday. Huffman was 23-of-43 (.535) with nine doubles, one triple, two home runs and 12 RBI during the hitting streak....OF Jeread Head (.285) was 19-for-60 (.317) with seven homers and 17 RBI in his last 14 games....LH reliever Nick Hagadone (4-2, four saves, 3.32) was 2-1 with two saves and a 1.69 ERA in his last 14 games, striking out 26 and walking four in 21 1/3 innings....RH reliever Chen Lee (3-0, 1.08) had struck out 36, walked seven and allowed 17 hits in 25 innings with the Clippers. Lee was a combined 5-1 with a 1.95 ERA for Columbus and Akron this season, fanning 92 and walking 18 in 64 2/3 innings, while holding hitters to a .197 batting average, including just two home runs....RH Corey Kluber (7-8, 5.61) is third in the International League with 126 strikeouts (in 134 2/3 innings) after his gem on Tuesday night, when he pitched 6 2/3 hitless, scoreless innings and struck out 11, with five walks, to get the win as the Clippers defeated Pawtucket, 5-2.

AA Akron Aeros

Senators 5, Aeros 3 SS Juan Diaz (.253), 1B Raul Padron (.243) and RF Ben Copeland (.276) homered, but host Akron lost to Harrisburg, Pa. LH T.J. McFarland (9-7, 3.87) gave up four runs in six innings.

Notes: Going into his start in Wednesday night’s game against Harrisburg, LH T.J. McFarland was 9-6 with a 3.75 ERA overall, but in his last 10 starts, had been 7-1 with a 2.31 ERA. During that stretch, McFarland had not allowed a home run in 62 1/3 innings, holding batters to a .233 average while striking out 50 and walking 19....LH reliever Eric Berger (2-0, 2.53) had pitched 17 1/3 scoreless innings n his last nine games, fanning 20, walking four and giving up nine hits....RH reliever Adam Miller (1-3, one save, 5.85), a former first-round Indians’ draft pick attempting a comeback after missing nearly three seasons with finger surgeries, had pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings in his last three games, striking out two while giving up three hits and two walks....RH Austin Adams (9-9, 4.00) is 4-1 with a 3.35 ERA in his last seven starts....Going into Wednesday night’s game, 3B Kyle Bellows (.234) was 9-for-27 (.333) with one homer and one double in his last eight games....OF Ben Copeland (.269) was 10-for-34 (.294) with two homers and two doubles in his last nine games.

Advanced A Kinston Indians

Indians 2, Nationals 1 LH Francisco Jimenez (3.51) allowed one run in 4 innings, and RH Nickolas Sarianides (3.18) got the win with three innings of scoreless relief as host Kinston topped Potomac, Va., in Carolina League play. RH Preston Guilmet (1.73) retired the four batters he faced for his 32nd save.

Notes: OF Anthony Gallas, from Strongsville High School and Kent State, was placed on the Kinston disabled list on Monday. The right-handed hitter has not played since being hit on the hand by a pitch on July 31. Gallas started the season at Lake County, where he hit .314 in 207 at bats. At the time of his promotion to Kinston, Gallas was leading the Midwest League with 24 doubles. He also hit six home runs and had 21 RBI for the Captains. With Kinston, Gallas is hitting .203 in 128 at bats, with 10 doubles, two homers and 21 RBI. Before going 0-for-5 in his last two games, Gallas was 10-for-29 (.345) with six doubles and eight RBI in his previous eight games....Going into Wednesday night’s game against Potomac, OF Tyler Holt (.259) was 6-for-13 (.462) with two doubles, five runs, four walks and four stolen bases in his last four games. He was second in the Carolina League with 69 walks and third with 30 stolen bases (in 35 attempts)....OF Jordan Casas (.288) was on a nine-game hitting streak, going 11-for-39 (.282) with one triple, four RBI and four runs....3B Adam Abraham (.249) was 12-for-39 (.308) with three doubles, seven RBI, six runs and seven walks in his last 10 games....RH reliever Toru Murata (1-2, two saves, 2.27) has not allowed a run in his last 17 2/3 innings. Overall, in 35 2/3 innings, he has struck out 47, walked nine and held batters to a .179 average and one home run....RH reliever Preston Guilmet (1-1, 1.78) was second in the league with 31 saves. In 50 2/3 innings, he had struck out 52, walked nine and held hitters to a .205 batting average....RH Clayton Cook (8-8, 3.86) is 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA in his last three starts, fanning 16 in 18 innings....LH Francisco Jimenez (3-2, 3.66) has allowed one run — unearned — on seven hits in his last 10 2/3 innings, with 16 strikeouts and seven walks. Jimenez has made starts in his last two games, after pitching in relief in 19 of his previous 20 games.

A Lake County Captains

Silver Hawks 6, Captains 5 Raywilly Gomez singled home Niko Gallego with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead South Bend, Ind., over Lake County. It was the ninth walk-off loss for the Captains this year. SS Ronny Rodriguez (.249) doubled, singled and drove in a run for Lake County.

Notes: Going into Wednesday night’s game at South Bend (Ind.), the Captains had lost 12 of their last 15 games. They had scored 1.87 runs per game....RH reliever Cody Allen had two of the wins. He was 2-0 in three appearances with the Captains, pitching eight scoreless innings, while striking out 12 and giving up three walks and seven hits. Allen was promoted from Mahoning Valley, where he was 3-1 with a 2.14 ERA in 14 games, fanning 42 and walking nine in 33 2/3 innings, while holding batters to a .183 average and one home run....Going into Wenesday night’s game, IF Ronny Rodriguez (.247) was 7-for-22 (.318) with four doubles, one triple and three stolen bases in his last six games....IF Nick Bartolone (.220) was 7-for-23 (.304) with one double in his last seven games....3B Giovanny Urshela (.242) was 9-for-31 (.290) with two doubles in his last nine games.

A Mahoning Valley Scrappers

Scrappers 5, Lake Monsters 1 RF Bryson Myles (.290) had a two-run single, and SS Tony Wolters (.302) and CF Cody Elliott (.244) each drove in a run as Mahoning Valley topped host Vermont.

Notes: Going into Wednesday night’s game at Vermont, catcher Alex Lavisky — a 2010 Lakewood St. Edward High School graduate who was drafted in the eighth round by the Indians that June — was 5-for-18 (.278) with three doubles and four RBI in his last five games. Lavisky is hitting .204 in 196 at bats for the Scrappers, with 13 doubles, four home runs and 17 RBI. He began the season with the Lake County Captains, hitting .207 in 184 at bats with 10 doubles, eight homers and 24 RBI....2B Todd Hankins (.271) was 10-for-34 (.294) with four doubles, one triple, nine RBI and eight runs in his last 10 games....SS Tony Wolters (.305) was 9-for-29 (.310) with one double and three stolen bases in his last seven games....Catcher Jake Lowery (.254) was 7-for-26 (.269) with four doubles, eight walks, five RBI and five runs in his last eight games, and was second in the New York-Penn League with 37 walks....RH reliever Enosil Tejeda (2-2, nine saves, 3.67) had struck out 47 and walked 14 in 27 innings, holding batters to a .190 average and no home runs....RH Joseph Colon (4-2, 3.32) was 4-0 with a 2.41 ERA in his last eight games (seven starts), fanning 30, walking 12 and allowing 31 hits in 41 innings.

Independent Lake Erie Crushers

Beach Bums 5, Crushers 4 (11) Travis Risser (2-5) took the loss as Lake Erie lost in 11 innings in Traverse City, Mich.

Notes: Going into Wednesday night’s game at Traverse City (Mich.), IF Andrew Davis (.338) was hitting .433 (67-for-157) in his last 39 games, with 16 doubles, three triples, five homers and 38 RBI. He was also on a 10-game hitting streak, going 20-for-39 (.513) with four doubles, two homers and 13 RBI....IF Jason Taylor (.290) was 17-for-36 (.472) with six doubles, one triple, three homers, 11 RBI, 10 runs and five stolen bases in five attempts in his last 11 games....RH reliever Chris Allen (1-2, two saves, 1.57) had pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings in his last six games, with seven strikeouts.

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