Minor League Recap: Tugboat and Bodendorf are unhittable
Columbus Clippers Travis Bazzana (12) throws the ball to first base during home opener at Huntington Park on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Columbus, Ohio. | Samantha Madar/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Akron RubberDucks 2, Bowie Baysox 3 (F/12) RubberDucks fall to 12-8 I have to admit, I did not see this coming. After his struggled last season, I assumed minor league baseball had figured Matthew Wilkinson out.
Not so fast. Now at Double-A, Wilkinson is pitching better than ever. For the second consecutive start, he was unhittable on Saturday.
Tugboat tossed 5. 1 hitless innings, allowing one run on a pair of walks with seven strikeouts. For the second straight start, Matt Wilkinson has thrown 5 no-hit innings.
That's 10. 1 consecutive no-hit innings over his last 2 starts 1 ER 2BB 13K pic. twitter.
com/oxOzuXRX46 — Justin L. (jlbaseball on bluesky) (@JL_Baseball) April 25, 2026 Akron’s offense, however, failed to help Wilkinson out, managing just one run through regulation before losing in the 12th inning. Jake Fox had the best game offensively, going 2-for-4 with a walk, raising his season batting average to a whopping .