Johnathan Rodriguez hits walk-off homer for Columbus, Austin Peterson has dominant Akron start
Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Thursday, September 12, 2024
Columbus Clippers 7, St. Paul 6
Box Score · Clippers improve to 73-65
Trailing 6-3, the Clippers roared back on Wednesday with three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to tie it, and then Johnathan Rodriguez played hero by blasting a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Johnathan Rodriguez was ready to go home
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) September 12, 2024
The @CleGuardians prospect smashes a walk-off dinger -- his 25th of the year at Triple-A -- to cap a three-hit night for the @CLBClippers! pic.twitter.com/uqUkvxEbbf
Rodriguez finished the night 3-for-5 with a home run and a double.
Estevan Florial and Micah Pries also homered. Florial’s was a two-run bomb in the fifth inning and Pries accounted for all three runs in the eighth inning with a three-run blast.
Myles Straw singled, walked and stole a base as well, while Raynel Delgado doubled and walked.
Starting pitcher Ryan Webb struggled, allowing five runs on seven hits in 4 1⁄3 innings. He walked three and struck out four.
A rehabbing James Karinchak allowed the other run while walking three in 2⁄3 of an inning. Tanner Burns earned the win with 2 1⁄3 scoreless innings of long relief.
Akron RubberDucks 5, Hartford Yard Goats 4
Box Score · RubberDucks improve to 79-55
Akron got a monster pitching performance from Austin Peterson on Tuesday. Peterson was dominant, tossing six scoreless innings of three-hit ball. He didn’t walk a batter while striking out six. He also outdueled Chase Dollander, one of the top pitching prospects from the 2023 MLB Draft.
Another strong start for Austin Peterson. Will likely end up staying with Akron through the playoffs, but has probably earned a bump to Triple-A with his strides this year.
— Justin L. (@JL_Baseball) September 12, 2024
Probably too many innings to send him to the AFL, but perhaps on the radar for 25pic.twitter.com/pvDJ5NvjDE
Reliever Davis Sharpe almost crashed the party, allowing four runs on five hits in 2⁄3 of an inning, but Jack Leftwich and Zane Morehouse slammed the door with 2 1⁄3 scoreless innings of relief to earn a hold and a save, respectively.
Offensively, Cooper Ingle led the way, going 2-for-3 with a walk Milan Tolentino went 2-for-3 with a walk and Tyresse Turner went 1-for-2 with a walk and a stolen base.
C.J. Kayfus doubled and Guy Lipscomb doubled and walked for Akron.