Guardians Farm Report: Benton Continues To Excel Earning Third Save For Hillcats

Only two games last night down on the farm as both Columbus and Akron were postponed due to rain.

Triple-A Columbus Clippers

St. Paul at Columbus (Postponed Rain)

Tonight's game has officially been postponed. We will play a doubleheader tomorrow, more information coming soon when details are set.. https://t.co/UFoTPYJwgh
— Columbus Clippers (@CLBClippers) May 14, 2022

Double-A Akron RubberDucks

Erie at Akron (Postponed Rain)

Sorry, QuAkron!

We’ll play ✌️ tomorrow starting at 1:05PM!

Our 25th Anniversary Celebration has been moved to Friday, May 27th! pic.twitter.com/kkaHmewvR3
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) May 15, 2022

High-A Lake County Captains

Great Lakes 8 Lake County 2

Great Lakes put on a power display last night against Lake County pitching. The Loons would hit five home runs in the game two coming off starter Doug Nikhazy who would last only two innings allowing three runs.

The lone pitcher out of the four who appeared in the game for Lake County that made it through going unscathed was left-handed reliever Raymond Burgos. Burgos pitched quite well not allowing a run over hit over the final two and a third innings of the game while striking out a pair of Loons.

#Guardians 20-year-old switch hitting (SS) prospect Angel Martinez had two more hits tonight for Lake County including his 5th double of the season. Martinez has hit in four straight games now for the Captains.

During streak: 6-17 R 2(2B) 2RBI .353 AVG#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/OhkBAM39S9
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) May 15, 2022

Of the Captains two runs only one would be earned on a Petey Halpin single in the third inning to score Angel Martinez. Martinez would record two hits in the game including his fifth double of the season. He is now riding a modest four game hitting streak in which he is 6-for-17 batting .353 during.

Lake County falls to 14-17 on the season with the loss.

Top Performers

Angel Martinez 2-4 R 2B
Petey Halpin 1-4 RBI
Johnathan Rodriguez 1-2 2BB
Joe Naranjo 1-3 BB
Connor Kokx 1-3 BB
Raymond Burgos 2.1(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 1BB 2SO

Low-A Lynchburg Hillcats

Lynchburg 4 Down East 2

Lynchburg got a strong outing from starter Trenton Denholm who would just give up one hit over five innings of work allowing just one run. Denholm did walk four men but struck out a career high nine batters in the game earning his first career win.

Hillcats reliever Trey Benton would pitch a scoreless ninth inning to pick up his third save of the season. Benton on the year has appeared in eight games and has yet to allow a run over 10.0 innings of work while striking out 17. He's been almost unhittable to date giving up just one hit allowing an opponent's batting average of .033 against him.

#Guardians 23-year-old RHP prospect Trey Benton earned his 3rd save of the season today for (Low-A) Lynchburg. Benton has been almost unhittable so far in 2022!

- 3(SV) 10.0(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 4BB 17SO 0.00 ERA

Batters are hitting .033 against him to start the year.#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/Ij8H5C1uAd
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) May 15, 2022

The Hillcats scored all four runs in the fourth inning against the Wood Ducks on a two-run double by Wilfri Peralta, followed by an RBI single by Dayan Frias and a sacrifice fly by Jake Fox. With the win Lynchburg moves to 17-14 on the season.