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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.

Re: Minor Matters

250 by civ ollilavad
With Gomez to Cleveland, a series of moves follow: Scott Barnes up to Columbus; both TJ McFarland and Brett Brach promoted to Akron; Toru Murata arrives in Kinston. Kinston remains short a pitcher, although maybe Brach will be back despite his good 6 inning debut in Akron last night.

Re: Minor Matters

252 by civ ollilavad
Aeros 3, Baysox 0: Bowie no match for Aeros' Diaz, Brennan, Brach

Published on Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011

Juan Diaz and John Drennen homered and Brett Brach pitched six scoreless innings to lead the Aeros over the Baysox in an Eastern League game on Tuesday in Bowie, Md.

The Aeros and Baysox were scoreless until Diaz hit a two-run homer in the top of the sixth inning to score Tim Fedroff and give the Aeros a 2-0 lead.

The Aeros made it 3-0 when Drennen hit a solo home run to lead off the seventh.

Brach, in his Double-A debut, allowed two hits and struck out four through six innings for his first win of the season. Bryan Price came on in relief and worked the seventh and eighth innings to set up Matthew Langwell for the save.

Langwell struck out one and issued a walk for his first save of the season.

Baysox starting pitcher Zach Clark (1-1) gave up three runs through 62/3 innings and struck out three.

The Aeros (7-6) go for the three-game sweep of the Baysox at 7:05 p.m. at Prince George's Stadium.

Austin Adams (1-0) gets the start for the Aeros and will face Wynn Pelzer (0-0).

The game will be broadcast on WARF (1350-AM).

Re: Minor Matters

255 by civ ollilavad
Kinston won this afternoon 4-1, Marty Popham with his first start throws 4 perfect innings, with 3 K. Tyler Sturdevant 3 innings one year. Big Jose Flores with a 2 inning save. He's the young pitcher taken in Rule 5 and returned. He's only 21; 6-3 250 it says. A couple awful outings to start the season but in his two he's fanned 6 in 3 1/3 scoreless innings. Popham likewise allowed 4 in his first 1 inning but has 9 1/3 scoreless since.

Ex-Wolverines lead the offense: Doug Pickens (where you A.G. to tell us he's a Birmingham Brother Rice grad?) with 3 hits and Abraham with a double.; Tyler Holt adds a single and walk.

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