Cannonballs coming: Everybody but Indianapolis blows a late-inning lead

— Indianapolis (23-19) pitching allowed a horde of baserunners, but managed to strand 13 of them in a 5-3 win over Louisville. Starter Clay Holmes lasted only three and two-thirds innings, walking five and throwing only 45 of 85 pitches for strikes. He did strike out seven, while allowing five hits and three runs, two earned. Dovydas Neverauskas (pictured) threw two scoreless innings, giving up two hits and fanning five. Since being optioned, he’s struck out 23 in 16 innings. Casey Sadler threw two and a third scoreless innings, despite giving up four hits, and also had a two-run single. Ryan Lavarnway was 2-3 with a double and a walk.

Kevin Newman: 1-3, BB
Max Moroff: 1-4, 3 K
Chris Bostick: 0-4
Jordan Luplow: 1-4, 2B
Kevin Kramer: 0-4
Johnny Hellweg: IP, 2 H, Sv

— Altoona (21-19) blew a late lead and lost to Bowie, 8-5. Taylor Hearn gave up just one run through the first five innings, but left with one out and the bases loaded in the 6th. Yeudy Garcia let two of Hearn’s runs score, then gave up five of his own in the next inning. Hearn finished with three runs allowed, two earned, over six and a third. He allowed three hits and two walks, and fanned six. Logan Hill provided much of the Altoona offense with his seventh home run, a three-run shot.

Cole Tucker: 0-5
Ke’Bryan Hayes: 1-4, 2B
Jason Martin: 0-3, BB
Will Craig: 1-4, 2B
Christian Kelley: 0-3
Stephen Alemais: 0-2, BB

— Bradenton (23-20) scored a run to tie their game with Fort Myers in the top of the ninth, but lost in the bottom half, 3-2. Oddy Nunez went seven innings, giving up two runs on seven hits. He walked one and struck out three. Albert Baur went 2-3 with a walk and his sixth home run.

Jared Oliva: 0-4
Adrian Valerio: 1-4
Bligh Madris: 1-4, 3B

— West Virginia (24-18) blew one-run leads in the 8th and 9th innings, and lost to Columbia, 5-4. Domingo Robles had a strong start, throwing six shutout innings before allowing two runs in the 7th. Robles gave up six hits and a walk, and struck out two, and left with a 3-2 lead. Blake Cederlind gave up a solo home run to tie the game in the bottom of the 8th. The Power took the lead back in the top of the 9th, but Ike Schlabach gave up hits to four of the five batters he faced in the bottom half, leading to two runs and the loss.

Lolo Sanchez: 1-5
Cal Mitchell: 2-4
Deon Stafford: 1-3, 3B, BB
Oneil Cruz: 1-4, 2B
Rodolfo Castro: 0-4
Mason Martin: 1-4