Hillbilly: you low-keyed the Yandy 1st homerun of the season news.

civ ollilavad wrote:Speaking of walks, has anyone heard anything about Brady Aiken?

No, but now that you’ve asked about him I fully anticipate news about him in next couple days!

Yandy’s HR was in 9th while down by a run too. Tied it up. Just another clutch day at the office.

Looking at todays lineup that TFIR posted I noticed no Zimmer, today. Odd. I hope it's because they are refining his stance and swing and not because of a boo boo.

BA lines for Friday's games:

CLE AA Bradley, Bobby 1B 4 1 2 2 .201 HR (10), BB (29)
CLE AA Castro, Willi SS 5 2 3 0 .255 SB (8)
CLE AA Krieger, Tyler CF 2 0 0 0 .203 3 BB (20)
CLE AA Mathias, Mark 2B 4 1 0 0 .239 BB (24)
CLE AAA Chang, Yu 3B 3 0 1 1 .277 2B (16), 2 BB (15) He's got the average up to a nice point.
CLE AAA Mejia, Francisco C 5 1 2 1 .216 2B (9) dug himself a deep hole, but he's climbing up
CLE LoA Benson, Will RF 4 1 1 0 .205
CLE LoA Clement, Ernie SS 3 1 1 0 .270 2B (13), 2 BB (16)
CLE LoA Gonzalez, Oscar LF 5 0 1 1 .269
CLE LoA Jones, Nolan 3B 3 0 1 1 .238 2 BB (33)
CLE MAJ Allen, Greg CF 3 0 0 0 .244
CLE AA Civale, Aaron 4.0 2 0 0 0 2 2.23
CLE HiA Morgan, Eli 4.0 5 4 3 1 6 2.82 L (2-1)

Oh, Clip Show playing a double header today. Zimmer in lineup batting 3rd for game 2.

First game was a 9-1 loss. Myles Jaye, recently picked up after release by Twins, charged with all the runs in 6 1/3 innings.
Only 3 hits for the Clippers.
Guyer left for a pinch runner in the 4th after being hit by a pitch.

Akron won 7-2 behind Sean Brady [ 6 2/3 inning, 1 run on 5 hits, 7 K]. 2 hits apiece by today's outfielders: Calica, Krieger and Tom. [4 by Joe Sever including a homer, but we can be sure the 27 year old is well past prospect status, if he ever was].
2 shutout innings for Henry Martinez, 2 K. He's been less sharp lately; ERA now 3.60. A run off Angulo in the 9th.

2 singles for Oscar; a single and as usual a walk for Will; a single by Nolan. Captains are tied at 4, Hillman with a good start by his standards: 4 runs in 5 innings. Score tied 4-4 in the 8th

Justin Garza with a fine 5 innings for Lynchburg; he fanned 7, walked none, only 1 of the 2 runs was earned.

Indians Prospective @indiansPro

Congrats to current Akron RubberDucks RHP Shao-Ching Chiang on his promotion to (AAA) Columbus which will be made official tomorrow!

Chiang this year for (AA) Akron - 71.1(IP) 65H 25R 23ER 13BB 54SO 2.90 ERA

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Well that will free up one of the spots in Akron for some of the returning wounded.

room to bring Plesac back?
yesterday they used Peoples and Paulsen in a piggyback arrangement, 4 innings each.

Chiang will reduce the average age of the Clipper rotation to perhaps below 30

This wasn't bad, as far as baseball fights go. Saw a few big punches being hurled.

https://www.12up.com/posts/6085853-vide ... ners/41317

Buffalo 9 Columbus 1 (game 1)

Naquin 1-3
Yandy 0-3 3K
Mejia 0-2
Chang 0-3

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Bison 2 Clippers 1 (game 2)

Yandy 0-3 (0-6 with 3 K on the day)
Zimmer 1-4 2 K
Chang 0-4

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Akron 7 Portland 2

Brady 6.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 7 K
Calica 2-4 (hitting .322 now)
Bradley 0-4 BB
Castro 0-4

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Potomac 7 Lynchburg 1

Garza 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
Krauth 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Longo 0-4
Persinger 1-3 BB (dude hit a homer yesterday. Is hitting .297 now. May have to give him a peek see once in a while see what's up. Not much else in Lynchburg lineup to look at)

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Captains 5 Loons 4

Hillman 5 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Nelson struck out all 3 batters he faced in 9th for 3rd save. 0.40 ERA now.
Friis 3-5, RBI, R ... Hitting .304 now.
Jones 1-5 2 R
Oscar Gonzalez 2-5
Benson 1-3 BB