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Cannonballs coming: Harold Ramirez stays hot

-- Indianapolis (22-22) found themselves without a starter for their game against Rochester, due to the promotion of Kyle Lobstein. The Indians went with Kelvin Marte, who got pounded for three HRs and seven runs in three innings in a 9-8 loss. The Indians trailed 9-3 going into the ninth and rallied for five runs, but Gift Ngoepe grounded out with the tying run on third. Josh Bell was 3-4 with two doubles, Jason Rogers 3-5 with a double, and Max Moroff 3-4. Others:

Adam Frazier: 1-4
Alen Hanson: 0-5 (batting 189/197/270 with one walk and 15 Ks in May)
Willy Garcia: 0-5, 9 LOB
Gift Ngoepe: 2-4, 2B, BB
Trey Haley: IP, H, K

-- Altoona (24-20) got blasted by the Eastern League's best team, Akron, 13-6.