Columbus Clippers 8, Toledo Mud Hens 6Clippers improve to 15-13It was a big day for the Clippers offense as five different players had multi-hit games, led by Kody Huff and Maick Collado, who both had three hits, with Collado collecting two doubles and a walk.
Kahlil Watson also went 2-for-3 with two walks and a stolen base while Dom Nunez went 2-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base. Milan Tolentino stayed hot, going 2-for-4 with a double and a walk.
Austin Peterson made his 2026 debut, tossing 3.0 scoreless innings with four strikeouts and a walk on two hits. It’s great to see him back.
Jack Leftwich had 2.0 scoreless innings of relief, but Will Dion got absolutely blasted for six runs in just 1.1 innings. Thankfully, Tanner Burns and Cody Heuer followed with 1.2 innings of scoreless relief and the offense responded with four runs to retake the lead. Burns also did allow both of his inherited runners to score.
Akron had a rough day on offense. Ralphy Velasquez was the lone player who reached base safely twice, going 1-for-3 with a walk. Jake Fox stole a base.
The lack of offense ruined a decent start from Josh Hartle, who allowed two runs on five hits in 5.1 innings. He struck out four and walked one.
Lake County’s rally fell just one run short in the ninth inning as Beloit took advantage of 15 walks from Lake County pitchers to score more runs than it had hits on the day.
Offensively, Bennett Thompson continues to stay hot, going 2-for-4 with a double, a stolen base and a walk, raising his OPS to 1.228.
Aaron Walton went 1-for-4 with a home run and a walk while Nolan Schubart continues to heat up, going 1-for-3 with a home run, a stolen base and two walks, also scoring three runs.
Esteban Gonzalez went 3-for-5 with a stolen base while Dean Curley went 1-for-3 with two walks and a stolen base.
Fresh off his best start of the season, Jackson Humphries allowed a pair of runs on two hits in 3.0 innings with a whopping six walks and four strikeouts.
Cam Walty walked three more, then Connor Zsak walked four more in the next 1.2 innings combined. The walk parade finally ended with a strong showing from Kendeglys Virguez, who struck out six batters in 2.0 innings of work.
Hill City’s offense went ballistic on Tuesday as the team reached base safely a whopping 29 times.
Robert Arias went 3-for-7 with a double, Juneiker Caceres went 2-for-6 with a hit by pitch, Riley Nelson went 1-for-2 with four walks, Anthony Martinez went 1-for-3 with three walks, Luis De La Cruz went 2-for-5 with a walk and a stolen base, Jonathan Martinez went 2-for-5 with a triple and aa walk, Ty Howard went 2-for-4 with two walks and Yelferth Castillo went 1-for-3 with a walk. Dauri Fernandez also went 1-for-6 with a double and a walk.
Aidan Major was outstanding in his start, tossing 5.0 shutout innings of three-hit ball with seven strikeouts and a walk.
Zane Petty added 3.0 scoreless frames, but the shutout was blown in the ninth by Wes Burton, who walked four batters. Keegan Zinn got the final out.