Guardians Farm Report: Noel And Planez Help Power Lake County to Win

All seven Cleveland Guardians minor league teams were in action on Saturday in a packed day of action down on the farm.

Triple-A Columbus Clippers

Columbus 4 St. Paul 3

Tied at 3-to-3 with one out in the ninth inning Clippers Jose Fermin would reach base after getting hit by a pitch. After a Will Brennan strikeout Tyler Freeman would single with two outs for his third hit of the game advancing Fermin to third base.

Franmil Reyes 0-for-4 on the day playing in is fourth rehab game would deliver with a walk-off base hit scoring Fermina and giving Columbus a 4-to-3 win.

Walk-off winner for Franmil!#Guardians DH/OF Franmil Reyes was 0-4 today coming into his final AB when he singled with two outs in the 9th giving the Clippers a 4-to-3 win! Reyes is now 6-16 w/ a 2B HR and 4RBI through 4 rehab games with Columbus. @La_Mole_13 #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/KkT4QTIQnp
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) June 18, 2022

The walk-off victory for Columbus pushes their record to 38-27 on the season.

Top Performers:

Nolan Jones 2-3 2R 2B BB
Bobby Bradley 1-3 2RBI
Tyler Freeman 3-5
Mitchell Tolman 1-3 R BB SB
Will Brennan 1-5 RBI Reyes 1-5 RBI
James Karinchak 1.1(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 3SO

Double-A Akron RubberDucks

Hartford 4 Akron 3

Akron had a 3-to-2 lead over Hartford on a solo home run in the third by Eric Rodriguez and a two-run shot by the recently promoted Ray Delgado in the fourth inning.

#Guardians 22yr old INF prospect Ray Delgado gets into this one for a 2-run blast for Akron! For Delgado it is his 1st Double-A HR and 3rd overall on the season.@RayDelgado15 @AkronRubberDuck #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/CytshapAMc
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) June 18, 2022

The game would remain 3-to-2 until Hartford would push two-runs across in the bottom of the seventh inning on a solo home run and a wild pitch by the Ducks Luis Oviedo.

The Yard Goats would shut down the RubberDucks over their final at bats and go onto win by the final of 4-to-3.

The loss for Akron drops them to 35-27 on the year.

Top Performers:

Eric Rodriguez 2-3 R HR RBI
Ray Delgado 1-4 R HR 2RBI
Bo Naylor 1-4 2B
George Valera 0-3 R BB
Kyle Marman 1.1(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 2SO

High-A Lake County Captains

Lake County 5 Beloit 3

The Captains power combo of Jhonkensy Noel and Alexfri Planez would continue their home run barrage of late each hitting a solo shots in the game.

For Noel is was his Midwest and Guardians farm leading 18th big fly on the season. He has now homered seven times over his last 14 games.

Planez who missed significant time earlier in the season with a wrist injury would hit numer six on the year. He has now gone deep five times in his last 10 games.

#Guardians 20yr old OF/INF prospect Jhonkensy Noel just launched his 18th HR of the season for Lake County in the bottom of the 6th inning. For Noel it was his 18th big fly of the season seven more than Valera (11) for tops in the farm system.#ForTheLand
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) June 19, 2022

With the game tied at 3-to-3 in the eighth inning Lake County would score the eventual winning runs on a throwing error by Beloit and an RBI single by Petey Halpin and take a 5-to-3 lead.

Captains reliever Davis Sharpe was phenomenal holding the Sky Carp scoreless pitching the final three innings of the game allowing just two hits and striking out five to pick up the win.

Lake County improves to 32-29 on the season with the win.

Top Performers:

Jhonkensy Noel 1-4 R HR RBI SB
Alexfri Planez 1-4 R HR RBI
Petey Halpin 2-4 R
Johnathan Rodriguez 2-4 2B
Angel Martinez 1-2 BB
Joe Naranjo 1-4 R
Doug Nikhazy 5.0(IP) 3H 2R 2ER 4BB 5SO
Davis Sharpe 3.0(IP) 2H 0R 0ER 0BB 5SO (W)

Low-A Lynchburg Hillcats

Lynchburg 4 Down East 2

Lynchburg trailing 2-to-1 would load the bases with nobody out in the bottom of the sixth inning. Will Bartlett would then ground into a fielder's choice plating one run but a throwing error by Down East would allow a second run to score. Next man up Richard Paz would plate the third run of the inning making on a sacrifice fly making it a 4-to-2 game.

#Guardians 20yr old OF prospect Isaiah Greene with the RBI double for Lynchburg scoring Will Bartlett from 2nd base. Greene would be thrown out at 3rd base trying to stretch it to a triple.@Isaiah24greene @LynHillcats #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/rMwWg1XsJE
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) June 18, 2022

The Hillcats would shut down the Wood Ducks over the final three innings winning by the final of 4-to-2 and improving 32-30 on the year.

Lynchburg starter Trenton Denholm pitched well picking up the win going seven innings allowing just two runs while striking out four in the game.

Top Performers:

Will Bartlett 2-4 R 2B RBI
Dayan Frias 2-3 R BB
Luis Durango 2-4 R
Isaiah Greene 1-4 2B RBI
Richard Paz 1-3 RBI
Jorge Burgos 1-3 R BB
Trenton Denholm 7.0(IP) 8H 2R 2ER 0BB 4SO (W)
Elvis Jerez 1.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 2SO (SV)

Arizona Complex League Guardians

ACL Reds 8 ACL Guardians 4

Guardians 18-year-old switch hitting shortstop prospect Angel Genao would hit his first home run of the season Saturday night. The two-run shot extended both his current hitting streak to seven straight games and his on-base streak to 44 straight games dating back to last season.

#Guardians 18yr old switch hitting (SS) prospect Angel Genao just hit his 1st HR of the season in the Arizona Complex League. The 2-run HR extends his current On-Base streak to 44 straight games dating back to last year.#ForTheLand
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) June 19, 2022

Guardians 22-year-old shortstop prospect Gabriel Arias played in his second rehab game with the team finishing 1-for-3 with a double. Arias is now a combined 1-for 5 over the two contests.

The loss drops the ACL Guardians to 6-4 on the season.

Top Performers:

Angel Genao 1-3 R HR 2RBI BB
Esteban Gonzalez 2-4 2R RBI
Gabriel Arias 1-3 2B (Rehab)
Lexer Saduy 1-4 R
Wuilfredo Antunez 0-2 3BB
Steven Perez 2.1(IP) 2H 0R 0ER 2BB 4SO
Jack DeGroat 1.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 2SO

Dominican Summer League Guardians (Blue)

DSL Guardians (Blue) 10 DSL Astros (Blue) 6

Guardians catching prospect Jose Cedeno would hit his first career home run in the 10-to-6 victory over the Astros (Blue) squad. For Cedeno he now has 12 RBI's over his first seven games of his young career.

#Guardians 17-year-old (C) prospect Jose Cedeno w/ his 1st career HR today in the Dominican Summer League in the 8th inning vs the Astros (Blue) squad. Cedeno is off to an outstanding start to his pro-career. He's now 11-25 .440 AVG w/ 12 RBI over his first 7 games.#ForTheLand
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) June 18, 2022

Outfielder Jose Gomez extended his current hitting streak to nine straight games with his fourth triple of the season already. Gomez has a hit in ever game he's played to start the season and of his career.

The win improves the DSL Guardians (Blue) record to 6-4 on the year.

Top Performers:

Jeffrey Mercedes 3-4 3R 2B RBI BB
Jose Cedeno 1-6 2R HR 2RBI
Reyden Hidalgo 2-4 R RBI BB SB
Jose Gomez 1-4 2R 3B 2BB
Erickson Sarita 1-3 R 2B RBI BB
Miguel Cordones 3.0(IP) 2H 0R 0ER 0BB 5SO

Dominican Summer League Guardians (Red)

DSL Astros (Orange) 15 DSL Guardians (Red) 13

The DSL Guardians (Red) team continues to absolutely rake at the plate to start the season. Unfortunately for them the pitching staff has not been able to match their success. The loss drops the team to 4-6 on the year.

#Guardians 17-year-old switch hitting (SS) prospect Yanki Jean-Baptiste just hit a 2 run HR in the 6th inning in the Dominican Summer League. Jean-Baptiste now has 3 HR's over his first 8 career games! He also has doubled 3x on the season as well.#ForTheLand
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) June 18, 2022

17-year-old switch hitting shortstop prospect Yanki Jean-Baptiste would homer for the third time in his first eight games to start his career. Jean-Baptiste who signed on 1-15-2022 out of the Dominican Republic was the was given the third highest signing bonus just behind outfielder Jaison Chourio and catcher Victor Izturis in this last 2021 international signing class.