All seven Cleveland Guardians minor league teams were in action on Saturday. The Arizona Complex League Guardians however would have their game against the Reds suspended in the bottom of the second inning by inclement weather. The game will be made up at a later date.Trailing 2-to-1 to the Storm Chasers in the top of the eighth inning Mitchell Tolman would lead off the inning for the Clippers with a base hit. Alex Call would follow Tolman with a clutch 2-run home run to give Columbus a 3-to-2 lead.Columbus reliever Anthony Castro who came in to get the final out of the 8th inning against Omaha would earn the save pitching a scorele s ninth. The Clippers improve to 41-30 on the season with the comeback win.One Rod Langway Jersey side note in the game was the return of shortstop Gabriel Arias from the injured list. Arias went 1-for-2 at the plate but would leave after being hit by a pitch on his left elbow in the fifth inning. No injury updates are available yet.Top Performers:Alex Call 1-3 R HR 2RBIDavid Fry 2-4 2B 3B RBIMitchell Tolman 1-1 RGabriel Arias 1-2Will Brennan 1-4 BBNic Enright 2.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 1BB 4SOAlex Young 1.1(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 2SOAkron was looking to clinch the Eastern League North first half title with a win on Saturday.RubberDucks starting pitcher Tanner Burns would toe the mound and deliver his best and longest start since returning from a shoulder injury that sidelined him for over a month.Burns would to s four scorele s innings without allowing a hit while striking out five Harrisburg batters. He lowered his ERA to 2.20 on the season.RubberDucks Luis Oviedo would follow Burns pitching four scorele s innings of his own allowing just one hit while striking out four. Combined both pitchers would shutout Lars Eller Jersey the Senators on just one hit over the first eight innings of the contest.Guardians 20-year-old prospect Jhonkensy Noel would make his Double-A debut on Saturday just promoted from Lake County. Noel would lead off the second inning a promptly double in his first at bat.With two runners on now and two outs catcher Eric Rodriguez would drive home both runs on a double to give the Ducks an early 2-to-0 lead.Akron would add another run in the third inning on a Chris Roller solo home run to extend their lead to 3-to-0 over the Senators. For Roller he extended his current hitting streak to seven straight games with the big fly.Just three outs away from clinching the first half title relievers Cade Smith and Kyle Marman would allow seven runs including a grand slam in the top of the ninth inning. Stunned by what had happened the RubberDucks would fail to score in the bottom half of Kody Clark Jersey the inning losing by the final of 7-to-3 falling to 40-28 on the season.Top Performers:Eric Rodriguez 1-3 2B 2RBI BBChris Roller 1-4 R HR RBI BBJhonkensy Noel 1-2 R 2B BBGeorge Valera 1-4 2BTanner Burns 4.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 2BB 5SOLuis Oviedo 4.0(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 1BB 4SOThe Captains offense exploded for 17 runs on 14 hits and 12 walks against the Dragons on Saturday in a blowout win.Lake County would hit five home runs in the game including two by first baseman Joe Naranjo. Naranjo would have a huge game as one of his home runs would come in the form of a grand slam in the ninth inning. He would reach base five times in the game driving home five runs on three hits and two walks.Captains Alexfri Planez would hit his ninth home run of the season in the game. The home run was significant for Planez as he has now hit eight now over his last 16 games!Both Gabriel Rodriguez and Korey Holland would go deep as well for the Captains. For Rodriguez his solo home run would be his fourth on the year and for Holland his two-run shot was his third this season.Lake County starter Doug Nikhazy would pick up the win allowing two runs on just three hits while striking out six in the game.With the win Lake County improved to 36-32 on the year.Top Performers:Joe Naranjo 3-4 4R 2HR 5RBI 2BBAlexfri Planez 3-6 R HR 3RBIGabriel Rodriguez 2-4 2R HR RBI 2BBKorey Holland 1-4 2R HR 2RBI BBConnor Kokx 1-3 3R 2B 2RBI 3BB SBMilan Tolentino 1-3 3R RBI 3BBDoug Nikhazy 5.1(IP) 3H 2ER 4BB 6SO (W)Scroll to ContinueHillcats catcher Joe Donovan would homer in the game for his third long Evgeny Kuznetsov Jersey ball on the season. The solo home run would cut the Shorebirds lead to 4-to-2 at the time. Lynchburg would score once more in the top of the eighth inning on a throwing error that allowed Will Bartlett to score. But that would be as close as the Hillcats would get falling by the final of 4-to-3 dropping their record to 36-32 on the season.Hillcats Brauny Munoz would pitch well in relief striking out three in two scorele s innings allowing just one hit.Top Performers:Joe Donovan 1-2 2R HR RBI BBYordys Valdes 1-4 RBI BBJake Fox 1-2 3BBJorge Burgos 1-4 BB SBBrauny Munoz 2.0(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 0BB 3SOThe DSL Guardians (Blue) squad ran their record to 10-6 on the year getting the win over the Astros (Orange) team.Starter Kenny Pinto pitched well earning the victory striking out six over five innings of work. He did allow three runs on just three hits but they were all unearned.17-year-old right fielder Jose Gomez would triple for the seventh time on the season driving in one run in the game on two hits. Incredibly Gomez with the seven triples leads the Guardians farm system now and he's done it over just 13 games in his first profe sional season.Top Performers: Michal Kempny Jersey Jose Gomez 2-4 3B RBIJeffrey Mercedes 2-4 2R 2RBI BBJose Cedeno 1-3 2R 2B 2BBNomar Velasquez 1-4 R 3B RBIMoises Molero 2-5 RKenny Pinto 5.0(IP) 3H 3R 0ER 1BB 6SO (W)The DSL Guardians (Red) teams struggles continued falling to the DSL A's on Saturday dropping their record to 6-11 on the season.First baseman Kevin Rivas would have a nice game collecting three hits in the contest including a double and a triple while driving in a run.Top Performers:Kevin Rivas 3-4 R 2B 3B RBIJaison Chourio 1-2 2BBRonald Pena 2-4 RPedro Hernandez 1-5 RBIDahan Batista 2.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 1BB 0SO-----You May Also Like:-----Be sure to stay locked into Cleveland Baseball Insider all the time!Follow Cleveland Baseball Insider on Twitter:
