Alexfri Planez just misses the cycle in Akron win, Alex Mooney stays hot for Lake County

Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Thursday, April 25, 2024

Columbus Clippers 0, Syracuse Mets 4

Box Score · Clippers fall to 8-14

Wednesday was a brutal one for the Columbus Clippers offense, which managed just one hit and a pair of walks in a shutout loss.

Johnathan Rodriguez had the team’s lone hit, going 1-for-3.

The lone highlight was the bullpen. Starting pitcher Will Dion struggled, allowing four runs on seven its in three innings with two strikeouts and a walk. He also had a wild pitch and two pitch timer violations.

Wes Parsons was sensational, striking out six in three perfect innings of long relief.

Anthony Banda and Franco Aleman closed out the game with a scoreless inning each.

Akron RubberDucks 8, Altoona Curve 7

Box Score · RubberDucks improve to 9-8

Akron received several standout offensive performances on Wednesday, none bigger than Alexfri Planez, who just missed out on hitting for the cycle, reaching base safely four times.

Planez went 3-for-4 with a three-run home run, a double and a walk.

Dayan Frias also had a three-hit game, doubling twice and also getting hit by a pitch.

Milan Tolentino and Christian Cairo both went 2-for-5, with Cairo also stealing a base.

Khalil Watson also homered for the RubberDucks, but struck out four times and committed two errors as well.

Starting pitcher Tommy Mace gave up four runs (two earned) on six hits with a strikeout and two walks in 5 ¹⁄₃ innings. Bryan Leftwich struggled out of the bullpen, giving up three runs on three hits with three strikeouts in 1 ²⁄₃ innings.

Andrew Walters impressed out of the bullpen, striking out three in one inning of relief and Trey Benton pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning to earn the save.

Lake County Captains 4, West Michigan Whitecaps 2

Box Score · Captains improve to 7-9

Lake County bounced back on Wednesday, getting big hits from Alex Mooney and Justin Boyd.

Mooney went 1-for-4 with a hit by pitch, but his lone hit was a big one, a two-run blast in the third inning, his fourth of the season, which raised his OPS to .957.

Boyd had the other extra base hit on the day, also going 1-for-4 with a two-run double.

Maick Collado stayed scorching hot, going 1-for-3 with a walk, while Jose Devers went 2-for-3 with a walk.

Starting pitcher Austin Peterson was rock solid, striking out seven and walking one in six innings while giving up two runs on five hits to earn the win.

The bullpen of Alaska Abney, Zane Morehouse and Magnus Ellerts combined for three innings of scoreless relief to pick up a pair of holds and the save.

Lynchburg Hillcats 2, Myrtle Beach Pelicans 15

Box Score · Hillcats fall to 8-9

Lets just forget this game ever happened...

Believe it or not, this game was scoreless until the third inning. Top pitching prospect Alex Clemmey was on cruise control, having struck out the side in order in the first and then followed with a 1-2-3 second inning, facing the minimum until the third.

Facing the bottom of Myrtle Beach’s order in the third, Clemmey gave up a single, a double, another double, then after recording two outs, a triple and another single.

Clemmey came back out for the fourth inning, but was pulled after giving up a home run and a walk. His final line after getting the first six outs in order was 3 ²⁄₃ innings pitched, six runs allowed on six hits with five strikeouts and one walk.

Reliever Abel Brito had an even worse time on the mound, giving up seven runs (five earned) on three hits and four walks in 1 ¹⁄₃ innings.

The lone highlight in the pitching department was Wardquellin Vasquez, who struck out the side in his lone inning of work.

Offensively, Rafael Ramirez Jr went 2-for-4, Wuifredo Antunez went 2-for-4 and Angel Genao went 1-for-3 with a walk. Jaison Chourio also reached base twice with a pair of walks.