ACL Guardians blanked by SP Game Cancelled

Columbus Clippers 7, Toledo Mud Hens 4

Box Score · Clippers improve to 66-48

Peyton Battenfield struck out eight Mud Hens through six innings of scoreless baseball. Battenfield is 25 and a former 9th-round pick out of Oklahoma State. He arrived in exchange for Jordan Luplow and DJ Johnson. In 22 starts this season he now owns a 3.04 ERA. Neat!

Gabriel Arias suited up at 1B last night and earned a hit. Meanwhile, other top prospects Bo Naylor and George Valera both homered. Naylor — pulled late after Austin Hedges briefly defied gravity — may or may not appear on the Major League roster depending on Hedge’s recovery. Based on Manager Terry Francona’s remarks during last night’s wrap-up show it…