Starling Marte had two hits including a double, Matt Hague had three singles, and Jeff Clement added two singles of his own to get the Indians a low scoring win over the Red Sox AAA club. Justin Wilson went five shutout innings, walking three and striking out a handful. Daniel McCutchen pitched three innings and gave up the only run of the game and Doug Slaten finished up the game with a scoreless inning to get his season ERA to 0.28 on the season. It's really, really hard to have an ERA that low, even in a video game. Indians keep winning, too bad we can't trade those wins in for something that matters.
AA Altoona | Altoona 6 Reading 2
Robbie Grossman went 2/3 with a run scored in his last game in the Pirates organization (he was traded for Wandy Rodriguez after the game) and Ramon Cabrera added two hits of his own. Quincy Latimore tripled and drove in a run and Adalberto Santos had a two RBI pinch hit. Kris Johnson had a short outing going 3.2 innings but allowing just two hits and one run. Mike Colla pitched 2.1 innings, giving up one run and getting the win while Jeff Inman pitched the final three innings and getting the save, not allowing a single run.
A West Virginia | West Virginia 9 Greensboro 6
Alen Hanson would give us all a big time scare by being pulled out of the game before rumors of the Wandy Rodriguez trade surfaced, but it turned out he just didn't run out a ground ball. He was 0/1, but his team still managed a win. Jose Osuna had three hits including a home run, and Dan Gamache had two hits sand two RBI. Ashley Ponce had three RBI from the 9 spot in the order. Nick Kingham pitched six scoreless innings and struck out five. Joan Montero had a rough go of it giving up all six of the Power's runs in 1.2 innings.
A Bradenton | St. Lucie 7 Bradenton 5
Gift Ngoepe, Elevys Gonzalez, and Benji Gonzalez all had two hits. Gonzalez homered but it wasn't enough for a win as the Marauders fell 7-5. Matt Benedict got the loss as he gave up five runs in four innings on six hits.
A State College | State College 4 Batavia 3
Luis Heredia kept his stellar season rolling with five strong innings. He gave up one run on two hits and didn't walk a batter while fanning a pair. The run he gave up was on a solo home run. He has a 1.85 ERA on the year and looks mature beyond his years. He got enough run support to get his second win of the year, much of which came from Tyler Gaffney and Jared Lakind. Lakind had two RBI and Gaffney doubled twice. Jacob Stallings had two hits and drove in a couple as well. Barrett Barnes didn't score but drove in a run of his own with a two single day.