The Indians brought the bats to Durham and pounded out 18 hits and 13 runs. Matt Hague and Nick Evans led the charge with four hits a piece. They joined Jake Fox with three RBI on the night, and Evans and Fox had home runs. Starling Marte had two doubles and scored three runs while driving in one. Jordy Mercer, Anderson Hernandez, and Brandon Boggs all had two hits a piece. It was a wild night on offense for the Indians who hadn't previously been doing a very good job of scoring runs. The pitching was good as well as Jo-Jo Reyes went six innings and gave up just five hits and two runs. Bryan Morris got the rare blow-out save by pitching the final three innings of the game and allowing no runs on just one hit.
AA Altoona | Akron 2 Altoona 1
The opposite of the AAA game, Altoona lost a low scoring game to the Aeros of Akron. Robbie Grossman and Adalberto Santos had two hits a piece and Santos drove in Grossman for the Curve's lone run. Ramon Cabrera and Brock Holt added the Indians final two hits of the night. Matt McSwain made the start and gave up just one run in five innings while walking five and striking out two. He did a nice job at keeping numbers off the board despite his wildness. Kris Harvey gave up what would end up being the game winning run in his two innings of work and Victor Black pitched a scoreless, hitless 8th inning while striking out two.
A West Virginia | Savannah 6 West Virginia 2
The day that we all learned that Josh Bell would miss some time after surgery to repair a torn meniscus, the Power went out and only scratched out two runs against the Savannah Sand Gnats. Gregory Polanco took Bell's spot as the number three hitter and had a pair of hits, both singles. He also scored both runs. Chris Lashmet drove him in both times. Nick Kingham made the start and went five innings giving up three runs while striking out four.
A Bradenton | Bradenton 9 Charlotte 2
Bradenton copied Indianapolis tonight and brought some offense to the ballpark with them. The Marauders scored nine times on six hits. Gift Ngoepe and Evan Chambers had two hits a piece and scored four runs combined. Ngoepe had a rare big power day, hitting his first two home runs of the year. You aren't going to see that from him very often. Drew Maggi tripled and scored a run. Tyler Waldron took advantage of the offense and pitched six innings giving up just two runs on five hits while striking out three and walking none. Eliecer Navarro and Quinton Miller pitched three shutout innings of relief and the Marauders cruised to a victory.