Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Box Score · Clippers improve to 45-50
This was the Johnathan Rodriguez show. The slugging right fielder went 4-for-4 at the dish with two runs batted in and three runs scored.
#Guardians 24yr old OF prospect Johnathan Rodriguez with a 4-hit day today (4-4 3R 2RBI) for Columbus driving in a pair of runs in his teams 8-to-6 win over Memphis.
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) July 24, 2024
Rodriguez is currently hitting .309 with a .934 OPS with the Clippers.
Last three games:
8-11 5R 5RBI .727 AVG… pic.twitter.com/RVjr9FOyal
Jose Tena also had a huge game, going 3-for-5 with a double, a triple and two stolen bases.
#Guardians 23yr old INF prospect Jose Tena fell a HR short of a cycle tonight for Columbus collecting three hits (3-5 2R 2B 3B 2SB) and stealing a pair of bases in his team's win over Memphis!
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) July 24, 2024
Tena's double had a 109.3 exit velocity.
He now has 35 XBH and 14 SB over 85 games… pic.twitter.com/RcbGqRKnxX
Other standouts included George Valera, who went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, four runs batted in and a sacrifice fly; Gabrial Arias, who went 2-for-4, and Bryan Lavastida, who went 2-for-4 with a solo home run.
Starting pitcher Logan Allan allowed four runs on five hits with five strikeouts and three walks in 5 1⁄3 innings. The bullpen was decent, but Andrew Walters locked things down with a perfect ninth inning that included a pair of strikeouts to earn his fifth save at Triple-A. After some initial struggles upon being promoted to Columbus, Walters has gone 11 straight appearances without giving up a run. He could be ready to join the Guardians’ bullpen any moment now.
Box Score · RubberDucks fall to 52-39
A late bullpen implosion cost Akron a chance at victory on Tuesday.
Starting pitcher Aaron Davenport allowed two runs on four hits in 4 2⁄3 innings. He struck out six and walked two. Magnus Ellerts followed with an impressive 1 1⁄3 innings, striking out three in his Double-A debut.
Davis Sharpe, however, allowed three runs in 1 1⁄3 innings of work to take the loss.
No one had a multi-hit game or reached base safely twice for Akron, but four different players hit home runs, including Milan Tolentino, Petey Halpin, Alexfri Planez and Yordys Valdes.
Box Score · Captains fall to 54-36
Lake County had a lead heading into the ninth inning, but pitcher Zane Morehouse couldn’t hold it. Morehouse allowed two runs on a hit, a walk and a fielding error by Jose Devers to blow the save and take the loss.
Before that, Trenton Denholm impressed with two runs allowed on five hits in 4 1⁄3 innings with seven strikeouts and two walks. Zach Jacobs, Jay Driver and Steven Perez combined for 3 2⁄3 scoreless innings of relief, with Jacobs striking out three.
Offensively, Cooper Ingle and Maick Collado both went 2-for-4. Guy Lipscomb went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and a hit by pitch. Devers walked twice while Isaiah Greene doubled.
Box Score · Hillcats fall to 48-43
Believe it or not, Lynchburg actually led this game for the first three innings after Jaison Chourio homered in the first frame.
"You make a mistake like that against a Top 100 prospect, and they'll make you pay."@CleGuardians No. 3 prospect Jaison Chourio connects on his fourth homer of the season for the Single-A @LynHillcats. pic.twitter.com/p1ErBFvWEI
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) July 23, 2024
That was it for the offense, however, as the only player to reach base safely twice was Christian Knapczyk, who went 1-for-3 with a double and a walk.
Starting pitcher Yorman Gomez held his own, allowing three runs on three hits in 4 2⁄3 innings wile striking out four and walking three.
The bullpen had a rough day at the office, however as Kendeglys Virguez, Robert Wegielnik and Abel Brito were tattooed for three, three and four runs, respectively in just 2 2⁄3 total innings of work to put the game completely out of reach.
Box Score · Guardians improve to 25-33
A rehabbing Chase DeLauter helped put the ACL Guardians on top with a home run in the first inning.
Other offensive standouts included Yaikel Mijares, who went 2-for-5 with a home run and Jose Cedeno, who went 2-for-4 with a home run. Luis Merejo went 1-fo-3 with a double and a walk while Jonathan Martinez went 2-for-5 with a double and Barrett Riebock went 1-for-3 with a pair of walks.
Starting pitcher Austin Aldeano allowed one run (zero earned) on four hits with three strikeout sand a walk in four innings.
Tommy Vengimiglia, Julio Zapata and Jose Ramirez (19-year-old from Venezuela) combined for four shutout innings to close out the victory.
