Jackson Jobe’s no-hit streak interrupted by a leg injury

Columbus Clippers 14, Toledo Mud Hens 8 (box)

A rough Triple-A debut was too much for a pair of Akil Baddoo homers and a good day for the offense overall to overcome.

The Hens came right out and provided their young starting pitcher a nice lead to work with. Akil Baddoo crushed the second pitch of the game to straightaway center for his third round tripper of the season. But the Hens were just getting loosened up.

Justyn-Henry Malloy followed with a single and stole second as Jace Jung struck out. Keston Hiura singled Malloy to third and Buddy Kennedy drew a walk to load the bases. A catcher interference call allowed Bligh Madris to reach first, with Malloy scoring, and a wild pitch that scored Hiura followed. 3-0 Hens. Justice Bigbie drove in Kennedy with an infield single but was cut down trying to steal second. Dillon Dingler walked with two outs, and Andrew Navigato provided the big hit, doubling to center to score two more and knocking Clippers starter Adam Oller out of the game.

The Clippers jumped all over Madden in the bottom half, however. The first three batters reached, with Myles Straw leading off with a triple and two walks following. Johnathan Rodriguez got a 1-0 slider over the middle and hammered it to center for a grand slam. The Clippers went on to score seven against Madden with a run in the second and two in the third, ending his night.

Now down 7-6, the Hens fought back in the fourth. Navigato led off with a walk, and Baddoo launched his second homer of the game to make it 8-7.

Unfortunately, that was it for the offense. Ty Adcock was rocked for five runs, and Andrew Vasquez allowed two more as the Clippers pulled away for good.

Baddoo: 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 HR

Navigato: 1-3, R, 2 RBI, 2B, BB, K

Madden: 3.0 IP, 7 ER, 7 H, 3 BB, 4 K

Coming Up Next: A 6:15 p.m. ET start is set for Thursday night.

Bowie Baysox 6, Erie SeaWolves 4 (box)

Well, for three innings, the Jackson Jobe show rolled on. The right-hander spun three more no-hit innings with a walk and five strikeouts, running his streak of hitters faced without a hit allowed to 35. However, after his last pitch in the third, Jobe reached for the back of his left leg and then crouched and stretched, trying to work through whatever was bothering him. Manager Gabe Alvarez was taking no chances and Jobe’s outing was done.

It’s possible it was just a cramp, but it isn’t likely. Looks like a hamstring injury. On the plus side, he was walking around trying to work it out and didn’t appear to be in that much, so hopefully it isn’t too serious.

Certainly this is frustrating, but there are plenty of silver linings available as well. First of all, if your star pitching prospect gets hurt, a hamstring issue, if that’s what it is, is pretty far from a worst case outcome.

Second, managing Jobe’s workload this year was already going to be quite a trick. He’s probably slated to throw 130 innings at most. If he has to miss 4-6 weeks? Well this is a good time for it. The Tigers don’t need him now, and should it take that long to return, they can relax the workload restrictions once he’s rehabbed.

All together, this may make it easier for the Tigers to call him up, and either way, easier for Jobe to pitch his way through the second half of the season. It’s difficult to put a young pitcher on the shelf when he’s pitching well, and the Tigers were already going to have to give him a break somewhere along the way if they want to have him in September. The decision might get made for them here, but we’ll wait to hear a prognosis before speculating any further.

The SeaWolves had given Jobe a 2-0 lead to work with by the time he exited the game. Gage Workman remains red hot, having ditched switch hitting and his leg kick both, and working solely as a left-handed hitter. He got the SeaWolves started by leading off the game with a walk, stealing second, and taking third on an errant throw. A wild pitch scored him as Hao-Yu Lee drew a walk, but that was all they’d get in the first.

In the third, Workman launched his third home run of the year, a solo shot to right field to make it 2-0. The Baysox got two runs off of Carlos Pena in the fourth, but the SeaWolves fought back to recapture the lead in the fifth.

Stephen Scott was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning and Trei Cruz singled him to second. Workman lined out, but Lee ripped a double to left to score Scott. Cruz was cut down at the plate trying to score on a TJ Hopkins ground ball, but Jake Holton singled in Lee before the inning ended. 4-2 Erie.

Pena went on to a rough outing, allowing two runs in the sixth. Trevin Michael allowed two more in the eighth, while the SeaWolves offense was out of gas.

Workman: 1-4, 2 R, RBI, HR, BB, K, SB

Lee: 1-4, R, RBI, 2B, BB, 3 K

Jobe: 3.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, BB, 5 K

Coming Up Next: First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m. ET on Thursday as the SeaWolves look to avoid giving up a 3-0 lead in the series.

West Michigan Whitecaps 13, Dayton Dragons 11 (F/10)(box)

The Whitecaps needed a good game at the plate and they delivered, knocking out 17 hits to take down Dayton in extra innings.

Dylan Smith got the start for the Whitecaps, and continued to struggle. He allowed a run in the first and two more in the third inning. The Whitecaps picked him up starting in the fourth when Max Anderson drove a fly ball to right field that just got out for his second home run.

In the fifth, with two outs, Dom Johnson singled and Jose Sibrian walked. A wild pitch moved them up 90 feet and then Seth Stephenson lifted a three-run shot to left field for his first home run of the year. 4-3 Whitecaps.

An Anderson error led to a Dayton run in the sixth, but the offense for the Whitecaps was just getting warmed up. In the seventh, a one out single from Sibrian was followed by a Stephenson single, and Austin Murr then pulled a fly ball for a three-run shot to make it 7-4 Whitecaps.

Dayton fought right back, plating two runs off of Jack Anderson in the bottom of the seventh, and then three runs against Tanner Kohlhepp in the eighth. 9-8 Dayton.

The Whitecaps were down to their final two outs in the top of the ninth when Luke Gold pulled a triple down the left field line. Cole Turney returned to action in this one and didn’t miss a beat, doubling in Gold to tie the game 9-9.

Kohlhepp bounced back with a perfect inning in the bottom of the ninth to send this to extras, and the Whitecaps hit hard in the 10th.

Peyton Graham started the inning on second and immediately advanced to third on a balk. Dom Johnson then reached on an error by Dayton’s shortstop. Sibrian grounded a ball to third and Graham was cut down at home. Danny Serretti came on to run for Sibrian, and Stephenson singled to left to load the bases. A walk to Austin Murr plated a run and Max Anderson followed with a two-run single through the right side of the infield. Luke Gold lifted a fly ball to center field and Murr tagged and scored to make it 13-9. Turney followed with another single, but Izaac Pacheco struck out to end the half inning.

Cleiverth Perez got into trouble in the bottom half, but was able to shut the door after allowing a pair of runs.

Anderson: 5-6, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR

Turney: 3-6, RBI, 2 K

Stephenson: 4-6, 3 R, 3 RBI, HR

Smith: 5.0 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 4 K

Coming Up Next: It’s a 7:05 p.m. ET start scheduled for Thursday night in Dayton.

Lakeland Flying Tigers 6, Clearwater Threshers 1 (box)

Joe Adametz gave Lakeland a really good outing and the offense had plenty in the tank to win this one. The right-hander spun five innings of one run ball with six strikeouts.

Samuel Gil got the scoring started in the second as he singled and scored on a Jim Jarvis double. Cristian Santana followed with a double of his own to plate Jarvis, and the Flying Tigers never relinquished that lead. Perhaps Santana’s improving plate discipline and swing changes are starting to pay some dividends.

Adametz allowed a run in the fourth, but in the bottom of the fifth the Flying Tigers broke the game open.

Santana led off the inning with a solo shot to left for his third home run of the season. Kevin McGonigle followed with a walk and scored when Max Clark tripled deep to right center field. That made it 4-1, and Clayton Campbell doubled in Clark to make it 5-1. Brett Callahan followed with another double, but Campbell had to hold to see if the ball would drop. A wild pitch immediately scored him anyway to make it 6-1.

Brendan White spun a 1-2-3 sixth inning in his rehab outing. Garrett Hill spun 2 ¹⁄₃ scoreless innings, and Garrett Apker finished this one off, taking over for Hill for the final two outs.

Santana: 2-2, R, 2 RBI, 2B, HR, 2 BB

Clark: 1-3, R, RBI, 3B, BB, K

Campbell: 1-3, R, RBI, 2B, BB

Adametz (W, 1-0): 5.0 IP, ER, 6 H, BB, 6 K

Coming Up Next: It’s a 6:35 p.m. ET start on Thursday.