Aeros, Captains win: Minor League Report

2B Cord Phelps (.282) went 2-for-4 and scored three runs to lead the Columbus Clippers’ 13-hit parade in a 9-8 loss to Louisville.

AAA Columbus Clippers

Bats 9, Clippers 8

Columbus rallied for four runs in the top of the top of the eighth inning but fell short in an International League defeat Sunday in Louisville, Ky.

2B Cord Phelps (.282) went 2-for-4 and scored three runs to lead the Clippers’ 13-hit parade.

Starter Jeanmar Gomez (6-4, 3.80 ERA) pitched 4 2/3 innings and took the loss. He gave up eight runs on nine hits, walked five and struck out two.

AA Akron Aeros

Aeros 10, Phillies 4

Akron scored four runs in the bottom of the second and coasted to an Eastern League win against Reading, Pa.

1B Jesus Aguilar (.158) and RF Davis Stoneburner (.192) tallied two RBI each.

Reliever Trey Haley (3-0, 1.74) pitched two innings to earn the victory.

Advanced A Carolina Mudcats

Pelicans 5, Mudcats 2

Reliever Fabio Martinez (0-1, 8.10) imploded after entering the game with a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the seventh, walking two, hitting a batter and throwing three wild pitches to give up two runs in a Carolina League loss in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

A Lake County Captains

Captains 9, Lugnuts 2

Lake County pounded out 14 hits and scored seven runs in the first two innings to overwhelm Lansing, Mich., for a Midwest League win in Eastlake.

RF Jordan Smith (.312), 1B Jerrud Sabourin (.307) and DH Bryson Myles (.281) had two RBI each.

Francisco Valera (5-3, 5.27) picked up the win.

A Mahoning Valley Scrappers

Scrappers 2, Jammers 1 (14)

RF Juan Romero (.202) singled in the bottom of the 14th inning to score DH Joe Sever (.298), who had reached first base after being hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a bunt and arrived at third on a wild pitch during a New York-Penn League victory in Niles.

Independent Lake Erie Crushers

Crushers 2, Slammers 1

OF Adrian Ortiz launched a third-inning homer to help Lake Erie win a Frontier League contest in Joliet, Ill.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/08/aeros_captains_win_minor_leagu_2.html

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