Re: Minor Matters
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:37 am
Mike Peticca, The Plain Dealer The Plain Dealer
MINOR LEAGUE REPORT
Class A
LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS
Lugnuts 7, Captains 5 Lansing (Mich.; 6-3) rallied from a 5-3 deficit to overtake the host Captains (6-6) in a Midwest League game at Eastlake.
Captains starter Mike Rayl (2-0, 1.15) didn't get a decision, giving up his first runs of the season after pitching 11 scoreless innings in his first two starts. Rayl yielded three runs -- two earned -- on six hits in 4 2/3 innings, with three strikeouts and one walk.
LH reliever J.D. Reichenbach (1-1, 3.18) gave up three runs in three innings to take the loss.
Captains catcher Alex Lavisky (.234), DH Alex Monsalve (.311) and 1B Jesus Aguilar (.279) were each 2-for-5 with a run scored, and one of Lavisky's singles drove in two runs. RF Anthony Gallas (.341) singled to boost his hitting streak to eight games, and scored two runs.
Notes: Going into his Monday night start, LH Mike Rayl was 2-0 with an 0.00 ERA in 11 innings over two starts, allowing no runs on two hits and three walks, with 11 strikeouts....OF Anthony Gallas, of Strongsville High School and Kent State, was 13-for-37 (.351) with eight doubles and three stolen bases in three tries. He was on a seven-game hitting streak, going 11-for-25 (.440) with seven doubles. The right-handed hitting Gallas, 23, was signed by the Cleveland Indians as an undrafted free agent last June, after he had slugged 49 home runs in four years at Kent State....Catcher Alex Lavisky was 5-for-14 (.357) with two homers and a double in the last three games. Lavisky, 20, is a right-handed hitter who was the Indians' eighth-round draft pick last June, just after he had graduated from Lakewood St. Edward High School. Lavisky had boosted his batting average to .214 after starting the season 4-for-28 (.143)....OF Jason Smit was 20-for-44 (.455) with five doubles, one triple, two homers, nine RBI and nine runs. Smit, a 21-year-old right-hander, is from Perth, Australia, and was signed by the Cleveland Indians as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He spent some of the early 2010 season on the disabled list and started slowly, then finished with a .262 batting average, 20 doubles, one triple, eight home runs and 41 RBI in 313 at bats over 86 games -- all with the Captains. He stole eight bases in nine tries....3B Giovanny Urshela was 16-for-42 (.381) with five doubles, eight runs and four RBI....SS Tyler Cannon was 11-for-30 (.367) with one triple, two homers, seven RBI and nine runs....RH reliever Clayton Ehlert (0-0, 1.80) had three saves. He had struck out five, and allowed three hits and one walk in five innings....LH reliever Francisco Jimenez (1-0, 1.64) had pitched 11 innings in three relief outings, fanning nine while yielding four hits and three walks....LH reliever J.D. Reichenbach (1-0, 1.08) had pitched 8 1/3 innings in three games, fanning six while yielding five hits and three walks....RH reliever Dale Dickerson (0-0, 3.38) had inherited five base-runners when coming on to pitch, and had allowed none of them to score....RH Michael Goodnight is 1-1 with a 1.80 ERA in 15 innings over three starts, allowing eight hits and four walks while fanning 11.
Class AAA
COLUMBUS CLIPPERS
Mud Hens 13, Clippers 5 RH starter Corey Kluber (0-2, 7.45) took the loss for the host Clippers (8-4) in the International League game, giving up six runs on six hits in the first 4 2/3 innings. LF Andy Dirks slugged a two-run home run, a solo homer and a single for Toledo (4-8), and C-CF Clete Thomas drove in six runs with a homer, single and sacrifice fly. 1B Wes Hodges (.143) and RF Chad Huffman (.162) both hit two-run doubles for the Clippers.
Notes: OF Jerad Head (.370) is 10-for-27 with two doubles, three homers, seven RBI and nine runs....CF Ezequiel Carrera (.351) is 13-for-37 with two doubles, one home run, seven walks, 11 runs and five stolen bases in six tries....C Luke Carlin (.333) is 8-for-24 with a homer and seven walks....2B Cord Phelps (.302) is hitless in 11 at bats over the last three games. He was 0-for-5 with four strikeouts in the 13-5 loss to Toledo. Phelps has one double, one triple, two homers, nine RBI, seven runs and eight walks....RH Alex White (0-0, 1.64), the Indians’ first-round draft pick in 2009, has struck out 13 in 11 innings in his two starts, giving up nine hits and three walks....LH David Huff (1-0, 2.12) has pitched 17 innings in three starts, fanning eight while yielding 10 hits and 10 walks....RH Carlton Smith (1-0, 0.00) has pitched five scoreless relief innings, striking out four and allowing no walks and four hits....RH reliever Zach Putnam (1-0, 1.23) has two saves, pitching 7 1/3 innings. He’s fanned four and given up four hits and one walk....RH reliever Josh Judy (1-1, 3.38) has 11 strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings, allowing four hits and four walks....RH Paolo Espino was sent from Columbus to AA Akron. Espino made one relief appearance for the Clippers, allowing one run on one hit and no walks in four innings, with four strikeouts.
Class AA
AKRON AEROS
Aeros 4, Baysox 3 DH Matt McBride (.279) slugged a two-run home run following an RBI double by catcher Chun-Hsiu Chen (.250) in the first inning and the Aeros (6-6) led the rest of the way to get the Eastern League win in Bowie, Md. (5-6).
LH Kelvin De La Cruz (1-2, 1.80) went the first five innings to get the win, striking out nine while allowing two runs on six hits and a walk. LH Nick Hagadone (0.00) followed with 2 2/3 scoreless relief innings, giving up three hits while fanning four and walking none. RH Cory Burns (0-0, 1.69) then got his fifth save in as many tries, yielding one hit -- a solo home run -- while striking out two and walking none.
McBride singled and scored on RF John Drennen's sixth-inning single. Drennen (.333) also tripled. Aeros SS Juan Diaz (.196) singled twice and scored a run.
Notes: Going into Monday night’s game, LH starters Scott Barnes (1-0, 1.64) and Kelvin De La Cruz (0-2, 0.90) and RH starters Joe Gardner (2-0, 3.27) and Austin Adams (1-0, 3.27) had a combined 2.30 ERA with 44 strikeouts in 43 innings. They had given up just 25 hits, including no home runs....Cory Burns (0-0, 0.00) had earned saves in all four of his appearances, with 11 strikeouts in four innings. He had allowed four hits, no walks and one unearned run....LH Nick Hagadone (0-0, 0.00) had made three relief appearances, pitching six scoreless innings on two hits, with six strikeouts and no walks....CF Jordan Henry was 12-for-36 (.333) with two doubles, six runs, four RBI and 4-for-4 in stolen bases....OF John Drennen was 9-for-29 (.310) with two doubles, two homers, six RBI and six walks....OF Tim Fedroff was 9-for-30 (.300) with one double, one homer, four RBI and four runs....The Indians traded RH Yohan Pino to the Toronto Blue Jays for cash considerations. He had pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings in two relief appearances for the Aeros....RH Paolo Espino was sent to Akron from AAA Columbus, where he had made one relief appearance, allowing one run on one hit and no walks in four innings, with four strikeouts.
Class A (Advanced)
KINSTON INDIANS
Blue Rocks 5, Indians 3 1B Chase Burnette (.275) drilled a pair of RBI doubles and catcher Roberto Perez (.179) doubled home a run, but it wasn't enough as the Indians (2-8) dropped the Carolina Leauge game to the Blue Rocks (8-2) in Wilmington, Del.
LH T.J. House (0-1, 8.10) gave up four runs on six hits and two walks in the first four innings to get the loss. He struck out two. RH reliever Jose Flores pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings, fanning three and yielding one hit.
Notes: Going into Monday night’s game, 3B-1B Adam Abraham was 8-for-26 (.308) with three homers, one double, six RBI and eight walks....LF Bo Greenwell was 10-for-30 (.333) with one double, one homer and two stolen bases....2B Justin Toole was 6-for-18 (.333) with a double and two stolen bases....LH Drew Pomeranz, the Indians’ first pick and the fifth selection overall in the 2010 draft, is 0-0 in two starts, but has given up just one run — unearned — and has struck out 17 in 11 innings, allowing three hits and two walks....LH T.J. McFarland (0-1, 2.25) has made two starts, striking out 12 in 12 innings, while allowing nine hits and a walk.
MINOR LEAGUE REPORT
Class A
LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS
Lugnuts 7, Captains 5 Lansing (Mich.; 6-3) rallied from a 5-3 deficit to overtake the host Captains (6-6) in a Midwest League game at Eastlake.
Captains starter Mike Rayl (2-0, 1.15) didn't get a decision, giving up his first runs of the season after pitching 11 scoreless innings in his first two starts. Rayl yielded three runs -- two earned -- on six hits in 4 2/3 innings, with three strikeouts and one walk.
LH reliever J.D. Reichenbach (1-1, 3.18) gave up three runs in three innings to take the loss.
Captains catcher Alex Lavisky (.234), DH Alex Monsalve (.311) and 1B Jesus Aguilar (.279) were each 2-for-5 with a run scored, and one of Lavisky's singles drove in two runs. RF Anthony Gallas (.341) singled to boost his hitting streak to eight games, and scored two runs.
Notes: Going into his Monday night start, LH Mike Rayl was 2-0 with an 0.00 ERA in 11 innings over two starts, allowing no runs on two hits and three walks, with 11 strikeouts....OF Anthony Gallas, of Strongsville High School and Kent State, was 13-for-37 (.351) with eight doubles and three stolen bases in three tries. He was on a seven-game hitting streak, going 11-for-25 (.440) with seven doubles. The right-handed hitting Gallas, 23, was signed by the Cleveland Indians as an undrafted free agent last June, after he had slugged 49 home runs in four years at Kent State....Catcher Alex Lavisky was 5-for-14 (.357) with two homers and a double in the last three games. Lavisky, 20, is a right-handed hitter who was the Indians' eighth-round draft pick last June, just after he had graduated from Lakewood St. Edward High School. Lavisky had boosted his batting average to .214 after starting the season 4-for-28 (.143)....OF Jason Smit was 20-for-44 (.455) with five doubles, one triple, two homers, nine RBI and nine runs. Smit, a 21-year-old right-hander, is from Perth, Australia, and was signed by the Cleveland Indians as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He spent some of the early 2010 season on the disabled list and started slowly, then finished with a .262 batting average, 20 doubles, one triple, eight home runs and 41 RBI in 313 at bats over 86 games -- all with the Captains. He stole eight bases in nine tries....3B Giovanny Urshela was 16-for-42 (.381) with five doubles, eight runs and four RBI....SS Tyler Cannon was 11-for-30 (.367) with one triple, two homers, seven RBI and nine runs....RH reliever Clayton Ehlert (0-0, 1.80) had three saves. He had struck out five, and allowed three hits and one walk in five innings....LH reliever Francisco Jimenez (1-0, 1.64) had pitched 11 innings in three relief outings, fanning nine while yielding four hits and three walks....LH reliever J.D. Reichenbach (1-0, 1.08) had pitched 8 1/3 innings in three games, fanning six while yielding five hits and three walks....RH reliever Dale Dickerson (0-0, 3.38) had inherited five base-runners when coming on to pitch, and had allowed none of them to score....RH Michael Goodnight is 1-1 with a 1.80 ERA in 15 innings over three starts, allowing eight hits and four walks while fanning 11.
Class AAA
COLUMBUS CLIPPERS
Mud Hens 13, Clippers 5 RH starter Corey Kluber (0-2, 7.45) took the loss for the host Clippers (8-4) in the International League game, giving up six runs on six hits in the first 4 2/3 innings. LF Andy Dirks slugged a two-run home run, a solo homer and a single for Toledo (4-8), and C-CF Clete Thomas drove in six runs with a homer, single and sacrifice fly. 1B Wes Hodges (.143) and RF Chad Huffman (.162) both hit two-run doubles for the Clippers.
Notes: OF Jerad Head (.370) is 10-for-27 with two doubles, three homers, seven RBI and nine runs....CF Ezequiel Carrera (.351) is 13-for-37 with two doubles, one home run, seven walks, 11 runs and five stolen bases in six tries....C Luke Carlin (.333) is 8-for-24 with a homer and seven walks....2B Cord Phelps (.302) is hitless in 11 at bats over the last three games. He was 0-for-5 with four strikeouts in the 13-5 loss to Toledo. Phelps has one double, one triple, two homers, nine RBI, seven runs and eight walks....RH Alex White (0-0, 1.64), the Indians’ first-round draft pick in 2009, has struck out 13 in 11 innings in his two starts, giving up nine hits and three walks....LH David Huff (1-0, 2.12) has pitched 17 innings in three starts, fanning eight while yielding 10 hits and 10 walks....RH Carlton Smith (1-0, 0.00) has pitched five scoreless relief innings, striking out four and allowing no walks and four hits....RH reliever Zach Putnam (1-0, 1.23) has two saves, pitching 7 1/3 innings. He’s fanned four and given up four hits and one walk....RH reliever Josh Judy (1-1, 3.38) has 11 strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings, allowing four hits and four walks....RH Paolo Espino was sent from Columbus to AA Akron. Espino made one relief appearance for the Clippers, allowing one run on one hit and no walks in four innings, with four strikeouts.
Class AA
AKRON AEROS
Aeros 4, Baysox 3 DH Matt McBride (.279) slugged a two-run home run following an RBI double by catcher Chun-Hsiu Chen (.250) in the first inning and the Aeros (6-6) led the rest of the way to get the Eastern League win in Bowie, Md. (5-6).
LH Kelvin De La Cruz (1-2, 1.80) went the first five innings to get the win, striking out nine while allowing two runs on six hits and a walk. LH Nick Hagadone (0.00) followed with 2 2/3 scoreless relief innings, giving up three hits while fanning four and walking none. RH Cory Burns (0-0, 1.69) then got his fifth save in as many tries, yielding one hit -- a solo home run -- while striking out two and walking none.
McBride singled and scored on RF John Drennen's sixth-inning single. Drennen (.333) also tripled. Aeros SS Juan Diaz (.196) singled twice and scored a run.
Notes: Going into Monday night’s game, LH starters Scott Barnes (1-0, 1.64) and Kelvin De La Cruz (0-2, 0.90) and RH starters Joe Gardner (2-0, 3.27) and Austin Adams (1-0, 3.27) had a combined 2.30 ERA with 44 strikeouts in 43 innings. They had given up just 25 hits, including no home runs....Cory Burns (0-0, 0.00) had earned saves in all four of his appearances, with 11 strikeouts in four innings. He had allowed four hits, no walks and one unearned run....LH Nick Hagadone (0-0, 0.00) had made three relief appearances, pitching six scoreless innings on two hits, with six strikeouts and no walks....CF Jordan Henry was 12-for-36 (.333) with two doubles, six runs, four RBI and 4-for-4 in stolen bases....OF John Drennen was 9-for-29 (.310) with two doubles, two homers, six RBI and six walks....OF Tim Fedroff was 9-for-30 (.300) with one double, one homer, four RBI and four runs....The Indians traded RH Yohan Pino to the Toronto Blue Jays for cash considerations. He had pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings in two relief appearances for the Aeros....RH Paolo Espino was sent to Akron from AAA Columbus, where he had made one relief appearance, allowing one run on one hit and no walks in four innings, with four strikeouts.
Class A (Advanced)
KINSTON INDIANS
Blue Rocks 5, Indians 3 1B Chase Burnette (.275) drilled a pair of RBI doubles and catcher Roberto Perez (.179) doubled home a run, but it wasn't enough as the Indians (2-8) dropped the Carolina Leauge game to the Blue Rocks (8-2) in Wilmington, Del.
LH T.J. House (0-1, 8.10) gave up four runs on six hits and two walks in the first four innings to get the loss. He struck out two. RH reliever Jose Flores pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings, fanning three and yielding one hit.
Notes: Going into Monday night’s game, 3B-1B Adam Abraham was 8-for-26 (.308) with three homers, one double, six RBI and eight walks....LF Bo Greenwell was 10-for-30 (.333) with one double, one homer and two stolen bases....2B Justin Toole was 6-for-18 (.333) with a double and two stolen bases....LH Drew Pomeranz, the Indians’ first pick and the fifth selection overall in the 2010 draft, is 0-0 in two starts, but has given up just one run — unearned — and has struck out 17 in 11 innings, allowing three hits and two walks....LH T.J. McFarland (0-1, 2.25) has made two starts, striking out 12 in 12 innings, while allowing nine hits and a walk.