Guardians Farm Report: Brennan Drives In Six Leading Akron to Third Straight Win

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

Todd Paquette | May 9, 2022

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Cleveland Guardians

All four Cleveland Guardians minor league affiliates were in action Sunday including a double header for Low-A Lynchburg.

Triple-A Columbus Clippers

Omaha 4 Columbus 3

Columbus scored three times in the second inning Sunday on three separate RBI base hits by Alex Call, Jose Fermin and Tyler Freeman. Unfortunately for the Clippers that would be the only runs they would score in the game.

#Guardians 22yr old (SS) prospect Tyler Freeman extended his hitting streak Sunday to 5 straight games with an RBI blooper base hit for Triple-A Columbus. Freeman went 1-3 RBI & HBP in the game.

@tyler_freeman34 @CLBClippers #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/cgy8qzEjPA
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) May 9, 2022

Omaha would tie the game in the third inning knocking out Clippers starter Eli Lingos out of the game after two and a third innings pitched. The game would remain tied at 3-to-3 until the Storm Chasers broke through in the bottom of the seventh inning scoring what would be the eventual winning run on a fielder's choice.

For Columbus it was their fourth straight loss dropping the teams record to 18-12 on the season.

Top Performers

Alex Call 2-4 R RBI
Tyler Freeman 1-3 RBI
Jose Fermin 1-4 R RBI SB
Will Benson 1-3 BB SB
Oscar Gonzalez 1-4 2B
Thomas Ponticelli 2.2(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 1BB 2SO

Double-A Akron RubberDucks

Akron 9 Richmond 1

Akron got their third straight win over Richmond in thanks to tremendous efforts by outfielder Will Brennan and starting pitcher Logan Allen. With the win the RubberDucks split the series 3-to-3 with Richmond and move to 14-13 on the season.

Brennan had a tremendous day at the plate driving home six runs in the contest on three hits falling a triple short of the cycle. Brennan's biggest hit came on a three-run home run in the second inning that broke the game wide open giving the RubberDucks a 6-to-0 lead at the time. The home run was his second of the season. Brennan now leads the Eastern League with 26 RBI's and his .337 batting average is second in the league.

Big day for #Guardians 24yr old OF prospect Will Brennan driving in 6 runs on three hits including his 2nd HR of the year for Akron! Brennan now leads the Eastern League with 26 RBI's & his .337 AVG is 2nd.

Line: 3-5 2R 2B HR 6RBI @Silly_Willy18 @AkronRubberDuck #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/SIqanK3f0y
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) May 8, 2022

RubberDucks starter Logan Allen just continues to dominate Double-A batters throwing six innings of one run ball allowing just three hits while striking out six Flying Squirrels on the day. Allen lowered his season ERA to 1.95 and now has a farm system leading 43 strikeouts on the year.

Rinse, wash, repeat... #Guardians 23yr old LHP prospect Logan Allen made his 6th consecutive start today allowing 2 runs or less while striking out at least 6 for Akron.

Line - 6.0(IP) 3H 1R 1ER 1BB 6SO

Season - 32.1(IP) 23H 7R 7ER 12BB 43SO 1.95 ERA@_Logan2Allen #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/DUeEXPzLlW
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) May 8, 2022

Top Performers:

Will Brennan 3-5 2R 2B HR 6RBI
Julian Escobedo 2-5 2R 2B RBI
George Valera 1-5 2R 2B RBI
Bo Naylor 1-3 RBI 2BB
Logan Allen 6.0(IP) 3H 1R 1ER 1BB 6SO (W)
Kevin Kelly 2.0(IP) 2H 0R 0ER 0BB 1SO

High-A Lake County Captains

Dayton 2 Lake County 0

Captains starter Tommy Mace did all he could to keep Lake County in the game on Sunday. Mace would throw four and two thirds scoreless innings while striking out a career high eight batters in the game before needing to leave early with a leg cramp in the fifth inning.

#Guardians 23yr old RHP Tommy Mace was dealing today for Lake County striking out a career high 8 over 4.2 scoreless innings. Unfortunately Mace left the game early w/ a leg injury.

Line - 4.2(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 1BB 8SO

Last two: 9.2(IP) 5H 1R 1ER 1BB 8SO 0.94 ERA#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/RPZuOS0J3y
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) May 8, 2022

Dayton would go on to score two runs in the seventh inning off the Captains bullpen. Unfortunately for Lake County the offense could only muster three hits in the game and would be shutout by the Dragons dropping the series finale. With the loss Lake County falls to 12-14 on the season.

Top Performers:

Tommy Mace 4.2(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 1BB 8SO
Ray Delgado 1-2 2B BB
Joe Naranjo 1-3 BB
Jhonkensy Noel 1-4

Low-A Lynchburg Hillcats

Fredericksburg 6 Lynchburg 1 (Game 1)

Lynchburg would drop game one of a double dip Sunday with their only run coming on an Isaiah Greene solo home run in the fifth inning. It was Greene's second home run of the 2022 season. It would be one of just two hits the Hillcats would get in the game of Nationals pitching.

#Guardians 20yr old OF prospect Isaiah Greene turns on one for his 2nd HR of the season for (Low-A) Lynchburg in Game 1 of today's double header.@Isaiah24greene @LynHillcats #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/1t5UHw9h5p
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) May 8, 2022

Fredericksburg would get to Hillcats starter Trenton Denholm for four runs over four and a third innings which would end up being plenty taking game one.

Top Performers:

Isaiah Greene 1-2 R HR RBI BB
Jorge Burgos 1-2 BB
Hugo Villalobos 1.2(IP) 2H 0R 0ER 0BB 2SO

Low-A Lynchburg Hillcats

Fredericksburg 6 Lynchburg 5 (Game 2)

In game two Lynchburg would trail 5-3 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning until catcher Joe Donovan would step up and hit his first home run of the season. The two-run shot would tie the game up at 5-to-5 giving the Hillcats new life heading into the final inning of regulation.

#Guardians 23yr old (C) prospect Joe Donovan with a 2-run shot for his 1st HR of the season at (Low-A) Lynchburg. The HR tied with game at 5-5 st the time in the second game of a double header vs Fredericksburg.@LynHillcats #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/dt2PDbd9Rz
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) May 8, 2022

Just as it seemed Lynchburg turned momentum in their favor Nationals second baseman Viandel Pena would hit a solo home run with two outs in the in the top of the seventh with two outs off Hillcats reliever Davis Sharpe.

The Hillcats now trailing 6-to-5 would go down in order in the bottom half of the inning. With the Nationals sweep of the double header it drops the Hillcats back to .500 at 13-13 on the season.