It was a good day for the Clippers offense. Angel Genao went 2-4 with a walk, Kody Huff went 2-5 with a 430 foot HR. Ralphy Velazquez also had a 3 run HR hit at 109.1 mph off the bat. CJ Kayfus went 1-4 with a HR of his own.
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Yorman Gomez continues to rack up strikeouts despite giving up some runs. His ERA is 5.06 but he has 24 strikeouts in 16 innings pitched. I think that ERA is going to go down at some point.
This was a dominant win from the RubberDucks. Nick Mitchell had a huge game, going 3-4 with a triple and RBI double. The trio of Chourio, Rosario, and Thompson all had one hit each. Jonah Advincula went 1-3 with a walk and a two run HR. Jose Devers went 1-4 with a 2 RBI triple.
Josh Hartle had a solid outing. He allowed just two runs in 5 innings pitched with 5 strikeouts and 3 walks. His ERA is down to 4.58 on the season.
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The Captains scored 6 runs on 11 hits and 3 walks. Jace Laviolette led the way going 2-5 with a two run HR. Tommy Hawke, Esteban Gonzalez, and Tyler Howard all had multi hit games. Aaron Walton went 1-3 with an RBI single and a walk. Nolan Schubart extended his crazy on base streak to 39 games with a double in the bottom of the 7th inning.
It was an excellent outing for Will McCausland tonight. The 22 year old tossed 6 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts to just one walk. His ERA is down to 6.46 on the season.
The bad news in this game was that the Howlers only had 5 hits, the good news is that those 5 hits came from 3 of the top prospects on the team. Dauri Fernandez and Juneiker Caceres both went 2-4. Fernandez homered and Caceres hit a sharp line drive double to CF. Caceres is now hitting .321 with a .940 OPS as an 18 year old in Single-A. It is beyond time for them to promote him to High-A. He has shown that he is ready for it.
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After a hot start to the season, we’ve seen more than a few rought starts from Nelson Keljo, and this was another one of them. He was still able to strike out five batters in the 4 innings he pitched, but he also walked 3 and gave up 4 runs. His ERA is now up to 5.13 on the season.
