Guardians Farm Report: Benson Extends Hitting Streak to 10 Games In Columbus Win

Here is a recap of what happened with the Guardians minor league teams last night

Todd Paquette | Jul 29, 2022

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Cleveland Guardians

All seven of the Cleveland Guardians minor league teams were in action on Thursday.

Triple-A Columbus Clippers

Columbus 6 Louisville 0 (5 Innings)

Columbus shutout Louisville Thursday earning the win improving to 54-41 on the season in the rain shortened game.

Clippers starting pitcher Tanner Tully would earn his sixth win of the year throwing five scoreless innings allowing just three hits while striking out two.

Will Benson would extend his hitting streak to 10 straight games in the fourth inning with an RBI triple. Benson also walked and scored two runs in the contest. He has his AVG up to .279 on the season and leads the International League in with a .424 OBP and a .955 OPS.

#Guardians 24yr old OF prospect Will Benson extends his hitting streak to 10 straight games with a RBI triple in the 4th inning tonight for Columbus. Benson has now tripled in back-to-back games. @_thekidbilly_ @CLBClippers #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/6syZ7L77P4
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) July 29, 2022

Clippers left fielder Richie Palacios extended his on-base streak to 21 straight games in the first inning after being hit by a pitch. Palacios would finish the game 1-for-2 with an RBI. He would also score two runs and collect two steals in the contest.

#Guardians OF Richie Palacios extended his on-base streak to 21 straight games earlier on the evening with a HBP now drives in a run on an RBI single in the 3rd inning for Columbus. @richiemille @CLBClippers #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/JChY04SmDt
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) July 28, 2022

Tyler Freeman got the start at third base making his first start of the season at the hot corner. For Freeman he would extend an on-base streak of his own to 11 straight games going 2-for-3 at the dish.

#Guardians 23yr old INF prospect Tyler Freeman extends his On-Base streak to 11 straight games with a base hit in the 3rd inning tonight for Columbus.

@tyler_freeman34 @CLBClippers #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/cKY9z3o4y4
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) July 28, 2022

Top Performers:

Will Benson 1-2 2R 3B RBI BB
Tyler Freeman 2-3 R RBI SB
Richie Palacios 1-2 2R RBI 2SB
Bo Naylor 1-3 2RBI SB
Will Brennan 1-3 RBI
Tanner Tully 5.0(P) 3H 0R 0ER 0BB 2SO (W)

Double-A Akron RubberDucks

Harrisburg 6 Akron 4

The game was tied at 3-to-3 entering the bottom half of the third inning when RubberDucks first baseman Jhonkensy Noel would step up and crush a solo home run to right center field giving the Ducks their first lead of the game.

For Noel it was his ninth long ball with Akron in just 21 games at the Double-A level. He now has 28 home runs on the season overall which is currently second most in all minor league baseball.

#Guardians 20yr INF/OF prospect Jhonkensy Noel with an absolute crush job to right center! The solo HR was Noel's 9th of the season with Akron in 21 games & 28th overall on year in 83 games.@jhonkensy15 @AkronRubberDuck #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/OZET5UX7N7
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) July 28, 2022

Unfortunately for Akron they would be outscored 3-to-0 over the final six innings dropping their second straight game to Harrisburg. With the loss the teams falls to 48-43 on the season.

Akron third baseman Daniel Schneeman did extend his hitting streak to 8 straight games finishing the night 1-for-4 at the plate.

Top Performers:

Jhonkensy Noel 1-4 R HR RBI
Brayan Rocchio 1-3 2B RBI BB
Jose Tena 1-3 RBI
Eric Rodriguez 1-4 R RBI
Brett Daniels 2.1(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 1BB 4SO

High-A Lake County Captains

Lake County 4 South Bend 2 (10 Innings)

Captains right fielder Johnathan Rodriguez remained red hot at the plate giving the team a 2-to-1 lead with a solo home run in the 6th inning. For Rodriguez he has now homered in back-to-back games giving him 13 long balls on the season.

#Guardians 22yr old OF prospect Johnathan Rodriguez gives the Captains a 2-1 lead in the 6th inning with his 13th HR of the season. Rodriguez has now homered in back-to-back games. He has 30 XBH in just 64 games on the year.@jjrodz55 @LCCaptains #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/ZUsoZByGng
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) July 29, 2022

The Cubs would tie the game up at two runs a piece in the eighth inning. With both teams failing to score in the ninth the game would head to extra innings.

With the runner placed on second to start the 10th Lake County designated hitter Alexfri Planez would like a base hit back up the box giving the team a 3-to-2 lead. The team would add one more run in the inning giving them a two run cushion heading into the bottom half of the inning.

#Guardians 20yr old OF prospect Alexfri Planez came up clutch tonight lining an RBI base hit back up the box that broke a 2-to-2 tie in the 10th inning for Lake County in their win over South Bend. @ajplanez33 @LCCaptains #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/4yPVZu1rav
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) July 29, 2022

Left-handed reliever Raymond Burgos who had come on earlier in the game would stay on to pitch the 10th and hold South Bend scoreless picking up the win. The win improved the Captains record to 50-41 on the year.

Petey Halpin did extend his on-base streak to 21 straight games with a double in the 10th inning.

Top Performers:

Johnathan Rodriguez 3-5 R HR 2RBI SB
Alexfri Planez 1-4 R RBI BB
Joe Naranjo 2-5 RBI
Milan Tolentino 1-4 R 2B BB
Petey Halpin 1-5 2B
Rodney Boone 4.2(IP) 4H 1R 1ER 3BB 1SO
Raymond Burgos 2.2(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 1BB 4SO (W)

Low-A Lynchburg Hillcats

Delmarva 8 Lynchburg 5

Ugly loss for Lynchburg as they would commit five errors in the contest and trailed 7-to-0 after five innings of play.

The Hillcats would get on the board in the sixth inning when switch hitting catcher Victor Planchart would hit a 2-run home run to left field making it a 7-to-2 game. For Planchart it was his first long ball of the season. He would finish with three hits on the night.

#Guardians 21yr old switch hitting (C) prospect Victor Planchart with a 2-run HR to left field in the 6th inning gets Lynchburg on the board. The HR for Planchart was his 1st on the season. @LynHillcats #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/YLtY0szeN0
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) July 29, 2022

Lynchburg tried to make a comeback trailing 8-to-2 now in the ninth inning as they would put up three runs including a solo home run by designated hitter Richard Paz.

#Guardians 21yr old (C) prospect Richard Paz with a solo HR tonight in the 9th inning for Lynchburg. The HR was Paz's 2nd of the season.@richard52paz @LynHillcats #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/j1lcnxZ8NP
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) July 29, 2022

The loss drops the Hillcats back under .500 at 46-47 on the season.

Top Performers:

Victor Planchart 3-5 R HR 2RBI
Cesar Idrogo 2-3 R 3B RBI BB
Richard Paz 1-3 R HR RBI BB
Jake Fox 1-4 BB SB
Yordys Valdes 1-5 RBI
Miguel Vinicio 2.1(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 2BB 3SO

Arizona Complex League Guardians

ACL Athletics 5 ACL Guardians 1

A's pitchers dominated a strong ACL Guardians offense on Thursday night holding them to just one run on three hits in the game. The loss drops the ACL Guardians to 22-13 on the year.

19-year-old third baseman Maick Collado was able to extend his hitting streak to 12 straight games with a base hit in the ninth inning. The hit also extended his on-base streak to 20 straight games.

Top Performers:

Robert Lopez 1-2
Maick Collado 1-4
Manuel Mejias 1-4
Juan Benjamin 0-3 R BB
Alonzo Richardson 4.1(IP) 6H 4R 2ER 1BB 5SO
Darlin Noboa 2.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 1SO

Dominican Summer League Guardians (Blue)

DSL Royals (Glass) 12 DSL Guardians (Blue) 1 (7 Innings)

The DSL Guardians (Blue) squad fall to 19-19 on the season scoring just one run on three hits while allowing 12 runs in just seven innings of play Thursday.

19-year-old left fielder Erickson Sarita went 2-for-2 in the contest. Sarita has now reached base in nine straight games.

Top Performers:

Erickson Sarita 2-2
Oscar Cedeno 1-3 R
Jeffrey Mercedes 0-1 RBI
Jose Ramirez 2.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 1SO

Dominican Summer League Guardians (Red)

DSL Astros (Blue) 7 DSL Guardians (Red) 4

The DSL Guardians (Red) team continued their downward spiral falling to 10-29 on the season with their loss to the Astros (Blue) squad.

17-year-old infield prospect Pedro Hernandez extended his on-base streak to 22 straight games reaching base twice going 1-for-3 with a walk while scoring and driving in a run. The 22-game streak is currently the longest active on-base streak in the Guardians system.