Toledo Mud Hens 7, Louisville Bats 4 boxThe Hens made it three straight over the Bats, and five straight overall, with a stellar start from Sawyer GipsonLong and just enough power from the offense on three short rehab appearances in Aball, GipsonLong, who really needs a nickname to shorten that moniker, made his second TripleA start on the path back to the Detroit Tigers. Perhaps the Saw could work if he pitches well. Now over a year and a half since his UCL reconstruction, things appear to be coming together for him at just the right time. The Tigers could use the starting depth at the moment, and GipsonLong doesnt look like he needs much more rehab work to be ready to righthanders huge extension and solid velocity all appear intact, and his command was downright surgical in this one as he tore through the Bats bats. He allowed a solo shot in the top of the first inning, and then blanked them without a single baserunner the rest of his start. He needed just 53 pitches to toss 5 1 frasl;3 innings and he punched out five along the that first inning homer, the Hens answered back in the bottom half when Jace Jung walked with two outs and Jahmai Jones tripled him in. Workman then launched a solo shot to right field in the third to give them a 21 tripled again to lead off the fourth, and a sacrifice fly from Akil Baddoo scored him. Matt Manning took over from GipsonLong in the sixth and allowed a run, and so it was a 32 game headed into the top of the Seelinger allowed the Bats to seize the lead, allowing two runs in the top of the ninth. However, the Hens were having none of this nonsense. Baddoo walked with one out and Hicklen was hit by a pitch. Ryan Kreidler walked as well, loading the bases and setting the stage for Bligh Madris to slice a walkoff grand slam just fair down the left field dont see many walk off grand slams, but Izaac Pacheco did the trick for the Whitecaps just last Sunday. Fun times at Fifth Third Field and across the Tigers system right : 24, R, RBI, HR, KJones: 24, R, RBI, 2 3BMadris: 14, R, 4 RBI, HR, KHaoYu Lee: 14, 2B, KGipsonLong: 5. 1 IP, ER, 1 H, 0 BB, 5 K 53 pitches, 38 strikesComing Up Next: Its a 7:05 p. m. ET start on Friday as the Hens look to secure the series victory and keep their sixgame winning streak SeaWolves 7, Reading Fightin Phils 2 Gm1F7boxThe SeaWolves got a solid start from Joseph Montalvo and plenty of power from their lineup to take the first of two on Mendoza got them started early as the infielder launched his second home of the season for Erie in the top of the second inning. Jim Jarvis led off the third with an infield single and then rode home on Trei Cruzs sixth home run of the season. The blast from the centerfielder made it 30, but Montalvo allowed a solo shot and then another run in the bottom of the third before settling back in for two more scoreless led off the fourth with a single, and this time it was Justice Bigbie going yard. Bigbies fourth of the season with the SeaWolves made it a 52 game and Erie never looked back. Jordan Marks and Andrew Magno handled the final two innings with no the top of the seventh, walks to Max Anderson and Jake Holton with one out led to two more : 33, R, 3 RBI, HRCruz: 24, R, 2 RBI, HRMendoza: 24, 2 R, RBI, HRMontalvo W, 42: 5 <a href="https://www.detroitapparelshop.com/Andre_Lipcius_Jersey">Andre Lipcius Jersey</a>. 0 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, BB, 5 KErie SeaWolves 5, Reading Fightin Phils 4 Gm2F7boxThe SeaWolves made it a doubeheader sweep and a two games to one lead in the series behind a good start from Troy offense gave him run support early in this one. Carlos Mendoza and Max Anderson doubled backtoback in the top of the first for a quick 10 lead. In the second, Ben Malgeri doubled and scored on a Danny Serretti single. 20 meanwhile was cruising along without much difficult until the Phils started the bottom of the fourth with three straight singles to load the bases. Melton got a ground ball for the first out, but a run scored. With the infield in, a grounder to Jim Jarvis at shortstop was hit too firmly to score on, and he recorded the out at first. Melton then froze Cade Fergus for strike three to escape without any further it was a tight 21 game at that point, but the SeaWolves opened their lead in the fifth. Anderson singled and Chris Meyers and Jim Jarvis both walked with two outs. A hanger up in the zone was blasted off the right field wall by Roberto Campos, and his double cleared the bases and gave Erie a 51 the fifth, Melton gave up a single and then threw the ball away on a pickoff, allowing the runner to advance to third. A sacrifice fly scored him to make it 52 Naughton allowed a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh, but survived to earn his second Thayron Liranzo did not play in either game of the doubleheader after initially being scheduled to : 44, R, RBI, 2BCampos: 22, 3 RBI, 2BJarvis: 23, R, 2B, BB, KMelton W, 21: 6. 0 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, H, BB, 5 KComing Up Next: Its a 6:45 p. m. ET start scheduled for Friday Michigan Whitecaps 14, Dayton Dragons 1 boxUnlike several recent opponents, the Dragons decided to pitch to Josue Brice ntilde;o in this one and they regretted it badly as the 20yearold slugging catcher crushed three home runs on the night. Peyton Graham and Patrick Lee also went deep as the Whitecaps bludgeoned Dayton even with Kevin McGonigle getting a day Alba made a short four inning start and was effective, blanking the Dragons for four innings. Kenny Serwa handled the last five innings, allowing one run and striking out six without a walk. The low walk rate continues to fascinate as inexperienced knuckleballers dont tend to have that kind of , the real fascination is with Josue Brice ntilde;o, who I continue to argue is not getting nearly enough attention nationally. He launched solo shots in the first and the fourth to build an early lead for West Michigan, hitting one to left and one to right the fifth inning, the Whitecaps blew the doors off with a sixrun inning. Izaac Pacheco led off with a single and Peyton Graham, finally perking up just a little bit after two rough seasons in a row at this level, crushed a 420 footer to left center field to make it Lee immediately followed by cranking a solo shot to left. The Dragons got an out, but Max Clark singled and Seth Stephenson tripled him in. The Dragons went back to their pen for a reliever to deal with Brice ntilde;o again, and Brody Jessee succeeded in keeping him in the park. However, he still hammered a double to the wall in center field for an RBI double. John Peck reached on an error that got Brice ntilde;o to third, and then they pulled off the delayed double steal, with Peck taking second and Brice ntilde;o stealing home <a href="https://www.detroitapparelshop.com/Alex_Lange_Jersey">Alex Lange Jersey</a>. Three homers, an RBI double, and a steal of home plate for Brice ntilde; allowed his run in the sixth, and so it was 81 heading into the was hit by a pitch to start the inning, and Brice ntilde;o went yard yet again, this one to right center field. Peck singled, and after Austin Murr struck out, Pacheco walked and Graham doubled in both baserunners to make it Gold would pinchhit for Brice ntilde;o in the eighth, as theyre still working him back into playing a full scheduled after getting beat up behind the plate a bit over the past two weeks. Look out when hes 100 percent again!Brice ntilde;o has improved a ton behind the plate over the past year, and he now has home runs on the year with 33 RBI in just 34 from Pacheco and Graham led off the ninth, and Patrick Lee smoked a double to left to score them both and reach the final score of ntilde;o: 44, 4 R, 5 RBI, 2B, 3 HR, SBGraham: 35, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2B, HRPatrick Lee: 25, R, 2 RBI, 2B, HRPacheco: 24, 3 R, BB, KSerwa W, 31: 5. 0 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 BB, 3 KComing Up Next: Its a 7:05 p. m. ET start on Friday as the Whitecaps look to make it four straight over Tarpons 2, Lakeland Flying Tigers 0 Gm1F7boxTyler Mattison made his first rehab appearance of the season in a well pitched game on Thursday, but the Flying Tigers offense was sat in the low 90s and allowed a hit and a walk in a scoreless first inning. He has a long way to go, but this was the big first step that could carry him back to his position as the Tigers best relief prospect by the end of Sales took over from there and was cruising along until allowing a single and tworun shot in the fifth. Chris Williams Jr. took it the rest of the way out of the offense had just three singles on the day, with two from Garrett Pennington and one from Bryce : 23, KSales L, 32: 3. 2 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, BB, 5 KLakeland Flying Tigers 3, Tampa Tarpons 1 Garrett Penningtons tworun shot in the fourth inning was the difference in this one.