Joe Gardner not stating well, 4 runs in 2 innings and Aeros trail 4-0

Clay Cook and K-Tribe down 1-0 in the bottom of the 4th.

Kyle Blair keeps getting worse, 7 runs and 7 hits in 4 innings so far tonight, he also walked 3 and teamed with Lavisky to allow 6 steals!

Phelps has been getting a lot of time at short - I guess they have to play him somewhere...

Aeros finish out as 11-6 losers; 9 of the runs, six earned off Joe Gardner in 4 1/3. Eric Berger follows with2 2/3 scoreless and 4 K. Fedroff and Henry each with a 2-run double.

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20 yea old Clayton Cook with a 6 inning 3-hiter for Kinston but he walked 4. KTire a 4-3 winner.

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Notmuch happens after Kyle Blair exited allowing 4 in 4 innings. Captains lose 8-1, manage three hits. Reichenbach with a good 3 inings of releif.

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Clippers sweep Bulls
The Clippers completed a four-game series sweep of the Durham Bulls today with a 5-3 win in Huntington Park. Scott Barnes (3-1) struck out seven in five innings to earn the win. Nick Hagadone pitched the final 2 1/3 innings to pick up his first triple-A save.

The Bulls broke to a 2-0 lead in the first inning after Ray Olmedo reached on a single off Barnes' glove and Brandon Guyer followed with a home run.

Cord Phelps singled for the Clippers with one out in the first inning and went to second on a passed ball on Jose Lobaton. Durham starter Alexander Torres looked like he might escape any trouble when he picked off Phelps at second base.

Lonnie Chisenhall, however, doubled and scored on a Jerad Head double to cut the defitcit to 2-1.

Columbus took the lead in the second. Luis Valbuena drew a leadoff walk and moved to third on a Wes Hodges double. Luke Carlin's RBI groundout tied the score at 2-2. Jason Kipnis gave Barnes a 4-2 advantage with a two-out, two-run home run.

Barnes sandwiched two strikeouts around a double by Olmedo in the third. He walked Chris Carter and Russ Canzler to load the bases before getting Lobaton on a fly to Head in center.

The Clippers picked up a run in the fifth after Kipnis walked, stole second and moved to third on a groundout. Chisenhall then singled to push the lead to 5-2.

Durham shaved a run off the deficit in the seventh when Desmond Jennings led off with a home run against reliever Marty Popham.

Posted by Jim Massie on May 24, 2011 1:05 PM

Marty Popham is the Indians designated migratory pitcher this year, circulating among Kinston, Akron and Columbus, wherever he's needed for a few days. This is not generally a role assigned to a prospect.

2 homers and 4 rbi by Jared (going nowhere in his career) Goedart not quite enough to rally Aeros who fall 7-6 in game finished today after a brief start yesterday. Austin Adams fanned four for his four outs as Wednesday's starter but also tagged for a three hits, two walks and a couple runs.


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13-7 win for Kinston but more signficant than the 5 rbi by Casey Frawley and hits and homer by Bo Greenwell (since neither they nor anyone else in the lineup is much of a prospect) was the off night by Givoanny Soto, 12 hits and 5 runs in 5 2/3



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Zach McAllister going for a minor league-leading 8th win is deadlocked at 0 after 4 1/2. He's put only one man on base, a hit, and struck out 3. Would expect him to fill a spot in the Cleveland rotation sooner rather than later.

Aeros drop the nightcap 6-1. TJ McFarland goes the distance, 4 of the runs were earned. McBride and Mills each double. Jordan Henry slumping, 3K, hitting 276

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8 in the first for Kinston, holding a 8-1 advantage in the 5th behind Brach. Former slugger Abner Abreu with the big hit, a 3 run bomb, only his 3rd.


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Lake Countyalso playng 2, lost the first one 5-1, Captains tally 2 hits. Levon Washington, exciting 2nd round pick last year, is batting 182. Cole Cook lets in 4 in 4. Trey Haley continues to pitch much better in relief --- 5 2/3 1 run on 2 hits, only 1 walk!!! and 8 K.

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