Corey Kluber struggles in Clippers loss; Akron loses pitchers' duel to Richmond; Delvi Cid, Jesus Aguilar homer in Kinston win; Lake Erie rally falls short vs. Windy City.
A Lake County Captains
Captains 4, TinCaps 3: Moises Montero cranked a two-run home run and Lake County defeated Fort Wayne (Ind.) in a Class A Midwest League game at Classic Park in Eastlake. It was Montero's third homer of the year. Starter J.D. Reichenbach (7-1) pitched six innings for Lake County and gave up one run. The win snapped a four-game Captains skid.
AAA Columbus Clippers
Bisons 10, Clippers 2: Buffalo scored 10 runs on 10 hits, and won an International League game in Columbus. Four Clippers errors led to two runs. Corey Kluber (7-9) went five innings, giving up six earned runs on five hits. Jared Goedert hit a solo home run for Columbus, his 10th of the season.
AA Akron Aeros
Flying Squirrels 2, Aeros 0: Right-hander Steve Wright (1-3) allowed two earned runs that broke a scoreless tie in the eighth inning, and Akron lost an Eastern League game at Richmond, Va. Wright, who failed to retire a batter in the eighth, struck out seven in seven innings. The Aeros managed only two hits in the rubber game of the series.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Indians 8, Pelicans 7: Delvi Cid hit his second homer of the year and Jesus Aguilar his fourth, as Kinston (N.C.) outslugged host Myrtle Beach (S.C.) in a Carolina League game. It was not a good day for Kinston pitchers, but closer Preston Guilmet recorded his 33rd save with 11/3 scoreless innings.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Scrappers-Muckdogs, ppd.: Mahoning Valley's game at Batavia (N.Y.) was rained out. The New York-Penn league teams will play a doubleheader in Batavia starting at 5:05 p.m. Monday.
Notes: Outfielder Jordan Smith, without a home run, leads the Scrappers in RBI with 38. Smith also has a team-leading .332 batting average, in 196 at-bats. With 27 walks, Smith has a team-best on-base percentage of .427.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Thunderbolts 8, Crushers 4: Windy City scored five runs in the first three innings, and won a Frontier League game in Avon.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/08/moises_monteros_homer_powers_l.html
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