Low-A: at Clinton 5, Beloit 8Loss: Tatusko (1-5, 5.48)
Up 5-1 after six, Clinton gave up five runs in the 7th and a 9th-inning insurance run. The Lumberkings dropped to 4-18 in June and have a league-high eight losses when leading after six innings.
Blake Beavan (2.97 ERA) completed six innings and held the Snappers to one unearned run. He allowed four hits, walked two and struck out three. After walking just one batter in his first six starts, he’s walked six in his last five. Six walks in five starts! He must be throwing with his eyes shut.
Mitch Moreland drove in four with a single and two triples. Cristian Santana singled and hit his 7th homer.
Catcher Carlos Dominguez endured an absolute nightmare of a game: four errors, two passed balls, 0-4 throwing out potential base stealers.
Clinton placed pitcher Julio Santana on the DL and acquired LHP Joseph Ortiz from Arizona. The 5’7”, 175-pounder from Caracas pitched 27 innings and struck out 38 against 8 walks in the Dominican Summer League last year. He tossed a scoreless inning in his US debut on Sunday. Now he’s in Clinton. We’re looking at mid-July for his Major League debut at this rate. Ortiz is 17, nearly 15 months younger than Engel Beltre.
Beavan also had an 11-3 Ground Ball to Fly Ball Ratio... six baserunners in six innings. That's pretty nice, too. 
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