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manuel Carmona, reliever, has 31 K in 19 IP in Arizona.
Felix Sterling 31K in 26 1/3
Elvis Araujo 28 in 28

Carmona 6th in WHIP, Elvis 10th

Luigi Rodriguez 4th in AVG, 400; in top 10 in steals, OBA, OPS is 1006 only 4 walks to 11K
3B Robel Garcia is 6th in slugging, tied for top in triples, OPS 964, only 4 walks to 19K

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Best bullpen arm, lefty, at AAA, is Hagadone, but not sure he's big league bullpen ready. I've you'll accept a righty Chen Lee may be surging ahead of Judy and Putnam. I can't think of another bullpen lefty above Class A unless some of the starters like delaCruz or Packer became relievers and both have been quite inconsistant this year. Scott Barnes could convert to the pen, but he's on the DL with a leg injury.

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BA Q/A:

J-Carter (Cleveland): Jim, Another bomb from Kipnis last night, any reason why the Indians continue to leave him in the minors when he could be helping the big club? What kind of offensive potential, power/average/speed, does he have?

Jim Callis: I can only guess they want him to continue to refine his defense because he has been playing second base for less than two years. But in that just-completed column I referenced earlier, I led off by talking about how the Indians have to promote him. Orlando Cabrera and Co. have been terrible, and it's not like they're Gold Glovers. Kipnis would get the job done defensively and provide a lot more offense. A lot more.

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Aaron (Frankfort): Drew Pomeranz. Are you concerned anout a third-pitch development? Fastball and knuckle-curve are solid but is the third pitch offering gonna end forcing him to the pen? Some starters get by fine with two plus pitches, can he do the same?

Jim Callis: As a lefty who can rack up strikeouts with his fastball and curve, the changeup isn't as important. I still see him as a frontline starter, even if the changeup is just adequate.

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The rest of Wednesday's games. All losses.

Pitching:

Kluber AAA 6 7 5 4 2 7 6.09
Cole Cook A 4 7 5 5 0 2
Jake Sisco R 4 1 1 1 0 4 hasn't had a bad game
Putnam AAA 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.80

Some hitting:

Kipnis 0-5; Donald double and single
Monsalve 2 hits, Casas 2 hits, Aguillar 2b, Heere 3 hits, Moncrief HR#10
Wolters 2 doubles, Lavisky HR#3(11 for the season), Smith single, 2 walks,
Jose Martinez 2hits, walk, 2CS; LRod single,walk,steal,caught stealing;

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Does the ball carry well in the heat in Eastlake? Or are the pitchers just feeling so miserable that they are ineffective? Captains in a day game this afternoon, are behind 14-11 after 4 1/2 innings. Kyle Wetmore's ERA rises to 8.50 after staggering through 3 1/3 innings, 6 hits, 6walks, 9 runs, merely 8 of them earned.

In the first 4 innings of hitting opportunites, the Captains have 14 hits, including:

Aguillar, 2 singles, a homer, 4 rbi
Moncrief 2 homer, walk, single, 4 rbi
Urshela, single and double
Monsalve 2 singles.

Watch the runs pile up, click on this link periodically during the day:

2 more Captains runs in the 5th narrow the gap to 14-13. They scored those 2 on two singles, 2 walks, and 3 wild pitches.

Than neither team scores any runs at all in the entire 6th inning. We go to the 7th,

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