Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Thursday, May 8, 2025
Columbus Clippers 4, Indianapolis Indians 3
Box Score · Clippers improve to 15-17
Micah Pries was the story of the game, going 2-4 with 2 Home Runs and 4 RBIs. Petey Halpin went 3-5 with two doubles and a single, one of them hit with an exit velocity of 108.5 MPH. Halpin has been very impressive this season, he is proving the Guardians right for putting him on the 40 man roster last offseason. CJ Kayfus went 1-5 with a single hit at 110.4 MPH.
Ryan Webb had a solid start, he allowed just one run with 4 strikeouts and 2 walks in 5 innings pitched. His ERA is down to 3.16 on the season. Franco Aleman and Nic Enright combined for 2 scoreless innings in relief with 3 strikeouts and no walks. We could potentially see both of them in Cleveland later this year.
Akron RubberDucks 3, Somerset Patriots 0
Box Score · RubberDucks improve to 19-10
It wasn’t a huge day for Akron offensively, but they did enough to get it done. Travis Bazzana went 1-4 with a double, Kahlil Watson went 1-4 with an RBI triple. Cooper Ingle went 1-2 with 2 BBs and an RBI single.
Rorik Maltrud was the story of this game, he pitched an absolute gem. He went 5.1 innings, allowing zero runs and striking out 9 batters to just 2 walks. His ERA on the season is down to 3.38. Zane Morehouse, Zach Jacobs, and Davis Sharpe combined for 3.2 scoreless relief innings.
Lake County Captains 1, Quad Cities River Bandits 3
Box Score · Captains fall to 15-14
It was a rough game for the Captains offensively, as they had just 3 hits total. Christian Knapczyk continues to be on fire as he went 2-4 to raise his AVG to .314 and his OPS to .915 on the season.
Caden Favors had a solid outing, striking out 6 batters and giving up just one run in 4.2 innings.
Lynchburg Hillcats 1, Fredericksburg Nationals 4
Box Score · Hillcats fall to 16-13
It was another tough performance for the Hillcats offensively, as they had just 2 total hits, both coming from Tommy Hawke, who went 2-3 with a BB.
Jervis Alfaro struck out 9 batters and walked zero in 6 innings and allowed 3 runs on 8 hits. His ERA is at 1.86 on the season.
ACL Guardians 1, ACL Rockies 11
Box Score · Guardians fall to 1-3
Yeiferth Castillo went 1-3, as did Juneiker Caceres and Dauri Fernandez, all of them have gotten off to hot starts. Former top internation signee Yerlin Luis went 1-2 with a triple.
It was a rough game for the ACL pitching staff, notably Tyler Naquin who made his pitching debut. He gave up 3 runs on 2 hits, 2 walks, and 2 balks in 0.2 innings pitched.