Guardians Farm Report: Pries Knocks In Four Runs in Akron Victory

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

Todd Paquette | May 23, 2022

In this story:

Cleveland Guardians

All four Cleveland Guardians affiliates were in action on Sunday but only Columbus and Akron would come away with victories.

Triple-A Columbus Clippers

Columbus 5 Iowa 2

Columbus got on the board first Sunday against Iowa on a Tyler Freeman RBI single to score Richie Palacios from third base who had tripled in the prior at bat. Freeman would collect three hits on the day for the Clippers.

#Guardians 25yr old OF prospect Richie Palacios showing off his wheels legging out his 2nd triple of the season for Triple-A Columbus. Palacios would reach base 3x in the game scoring once.@richiemille @CLBClippers #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/h8TnpLauKT
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) May 23, 2022

With the game tied up at two runs apiece after the seventh inning Columbus would score once in the eighth inning and twice in the ninth without the aid of a base hit. First on a bases loaded walk, a sacrifice fly and finally on a wild pitch and go onto win by a final of 5-to-2. With the win the Clippers record now stands at 27-15 on the year.

Clippers starting pitcher Peyton Battenfield gave Columbus five scoreless innings allowing just three hits while striking out two on the day. Battenfield lowered his ERA to 2.37 on the season.

Top Performers:

Richie Palacios 1-3 R 3B 2BB
Tyler Freeman 3-5 R RBI
Alex Call 2-4 2R 2B
Mike Rivera 2-3 2RBI BB
Peyton Battenfield 5.0(IP) 3H 0R 0ER 3BB 2SO

Double-A Akron RubberDucks

Akron 9 Binghamton 6 (8 innings)

Akron was up just one run leading 6-to-5 heading into the eighth inning when the RubberDucks first baseman Micah Pries drive home two runs on his first triple of the season. Pries would then come into score on a passed ball by the Rumble Ponies catcher giving Akron a 9-to-5 lead. Pries would drive in four runs in the game in total as he had already hit a two-run home run earlier in the game in the second inning.

#Guardians 24yr old (1B) prospect Micah Pries had a big day at the plate driving in 4 runs on a triple and a HR today for Akron. For Pries his 2-run shot in the 2nd inning was his 3rd HR of the season. @micahpries @AkronRubberDuck #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/VUOtpj7FNy
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) May 22, 2022

Binghamton would score once in the bottom of the eighth inning making it a 9-to-6 game. The eighth inning would be the last inning of play as the game was called due to rain. With the win Akron moves to 23-16 on the season.

RubberDucks would get offensive contributions by Daniel Schneeman who would drive in two runs on a double and his third home run on the season. Bo Naylor would also homer hitting a solo shot in the fourth inning.

Top Performers:

Micah Pries 2-4 2R 3B HR 4RBI
Daniel Schneeman 2-3 3R 2B HR 2RBI BB
Bo Naylor 1-5 R HR RBI
Jose Tena 2-4 2R 2B
Will Brennan 1-4 2B RBI
George Valera 1-4 R SB
Jared Janczak 1.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 2SO

High-A Lake County Captains

Cedar Rapids 6 Lake County 1

Cedar Rapids would score all six runs in the first three innings of the game knocking out Lake County starter Lenny Torres after just two and two thirds' innings pitched.

The Captains offense was held scoreless the whole game by Kernels pitchers until Gabriel Rodiguez would drive home Korey Holland on a base hit in the top of the 9th inning ending the shutout. It would be the only run the Captains could muster falling by a final score of 6-to-1. With the loss Lake County falls to 18-20 on the year.

#Guardians 20yr old INF prospect Gabriel Rodriguez drove home the only run of the game Sunday for Lake County vs Cedar Rapids. For Rodriguez it was his 13th RBI on the season.@Eldetejero @LCCaptains #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/i0RVLnU601
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) May 23, 2022

The Captains bullpen was a bright spot throwing five and a third scoreless innings striking out nine batters allowing just two hits on the day.

Top Performers:

Gabriel Rodriguez 1-4 RBI
Jhonkensy Noel 1-3 BB
Korey Holland 1-1 R
Connor Kokx 1-3
Matt Turner 2.1(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 0BB 4SO
Raymond Burgos 2.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 4SO

Low-A Lynchburg Hillcats

Salem 9 Lynchburg 8

Lynchburg trailing Salem 8-to-6 would rally to score two runs in the top of the ninth inning tying the game up at 8-to-8 on a Wilfri Peralta RBI groundout and a Yordys Valdes RBI base hit.

The game would not stay tied for long as the Red Sox left fielder Tyler Miller would hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning giving Salem a 9-to-8 victory over Lynchburg. With the loss the Hillcats drop to 21-17 on the season.

#Guardians 20yr old (SS) prospect Milan Tolentino with an impressive opposite field HR today for Lynchburg. For Tolentino it was his first big fly of the season. He now has his average up to .383 on the year.@milantolentino @LynHillcats #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/O3ZzCEnnai
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) May 23, 2022

Lynchburg shortstop Milan Tolentino had two hits in the game including his first home run of the season. Tolentino is leading the Carolina League with a .379 average on the season.