The Indians' first-round draft pick in 2009 allows seven runs in four innings of Akron's 11-3 loss to New Britain.
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AAA Columbus Clippers
Bisons 6, Clippers 3: Buffalo's Mike Cervenak and Russ Adams homered off Clippers right-handed starter Paolo Espino (0-1, 4.26) in the International League game in Buffalo, N.Y. Espino yielded four runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings. RF Jerad Head (.283) doubled twice and singled for the Clippers. CF Jose Constanza (.303) and 3B Argenis Reyes -- now 6-of-11 with Columbus -- both had two hits. The Clippers (67-49) have lost eight of their last nine games.
Notes: Espino's start was his second with the Clippers after going 9-4 with a 4.00 ERA in 21 games (15 starts) at Class AA Akron....3B Jared Goedert (.281), in a 4-for-28 slump, got the day off. Goedert has slugged 17 homers and 18 doubles in 221 at bats with the Clippers, after batting .325 with 14 doubles and seven homers in 163 at bats at Akron....Nine of the 13 position players on the Indians' active roster, and catcher Carlos Santana -- on the Tribe's disabled list -- have been regulars at some point this season for the Clippers. The 10 combined for 1,628 at bats with the Clippers, including 56 home runs.
AA Akron Aeros
Rock Cats 11, Aeros 3: Right-handed starter Alex White (6-6, 2.45) took the loss for the Aeros in the Eastern League game in New Britain, Conn. White gave up seven runs on eight hits, including two homers, in five innings. He fanned four and walked two. Aeros RF John Drennen (.293) socked his fifth homer, a solo clout, and singled. Akron DH Tim Fedroff (.275), catcher Miguel Perez (.277) and LF Lucas Montero (.136) had two hits each, including doubles for Fedroff and Perez.
Notes: White, the Indians' first-round pick in the 2009 draft, might be tiring in this, his first professional season. He has lost his last two starts, giving up 11 runs on 15 hits in 10 innings. In his previous seven starts, White was 4-1 with a 1.03 ERA in 43 2/3 innings. White is a combined 8-9 with a 2.58 ERA at Akron and Kinston, striking out 104, walking 41 and holding batters to a .221 average in 132 1/3 innings....RH reliever Omar Aguilar (2-4, five saves, 3.48) has struck out 62 and not given up a home run in 51 2/3 innings this season....2B Jason Kipnis (.330) is 13-for-34 (.382) with two doubles, two triples, one homer and seven RBI in his last seven games.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Hillcats 8, Indians 3: Kinston right-hander Joseph Mahalic (4-7, 4.43) walked three of the first four Lynchburg (Va.) batters in the top of the first inning, then gave up a grand slam home run to Kyle Day. Mahalic didn't allow any more runs, but was relieved after walking eight in 3 2/3 innings. The Indians had seven hits, with no player getting more than one.
Notes: LF Bo Greenwell (.336) is 14-for-37 (.378) with three doubles and three stolen bases in his last 10 games....3B Jeremie Tice (.301) is 12-for-38 (.316) with four doubles and a homer in his last 10 games....RH reliever Brian Grening has 50 strikeouts in 40 innings, and has held hitters to a .207 batting average.
A Lake County Captains
Silver Hawks 5, Captains 2: South Bend (Ind.) right-hander Scottie Allen, 19, blanked the visiting Captains on two hits and no walks in seven innings in a Midwest League game. Captains left-hander Vidal Nuno (5-5, 5.01) struck out eight, walked none and allowed just four hits in six innings, but gave up three runs (two earned), two of them on solo homers.
Notes: Nuno has struck out 72 and walked just 10 in 70 innings....LHP Giovanni Soto, 19, acquired from the Detroit organization in exchange for Jhonny Peralta, has won his two Captains' starts, allowing two runs on three hits and five walks in 11 innings, with 11 strikeouts. Pitching for Western Michigan, a Tigers Class A team, Soto was 6-6 with a 2.61 ERA. In a combined 93 2/3 innings with the two teams, Soto has struck out 87, walked 30 and allowed 78 hits -- just two of them home runs....RHP Brett Brach (3-6, 2.91) is 3-3 with a 1.99 ERA in his last nine starts, pitching 54 1/3 innings....Catcher Roberto Perez doubled for one of the Captains' four hits. He's batting .228, but is tied for fifth in the Midwest League with 69 walks.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Ironbirds 8, Scrappers 7: Mahoning Valley had a six-run second inning, but couldn't hold the advantage as Aberdeen put together a five-run ninth inning to pull out the comeback victory. Austin Knight's bases-loaded double capped the rally for Aberdeen, which was led by David Anderson's homer and 3 RBI. Mahoning Valley's Diego Seastrunk drove in three runs and Carlos Moncrief had three hits.
Notes: Going into Sunday's game, 3B Giovanny Urshela (.292) was 14-for-32 (.438) with three home runs, one double, eight RBI and no strikeouts in his last eight games. Urshela, 18 and born in Columbia, as a right-handed hitter who was signed by the Indians as an undrafted free agent. ... OF Carlos Moncrief (.223) was 11-for-29 (.379) with two homers in his last eight games. ... LH reliever Nick Kirk (0-0, six saves, 2.53) had struck out 32, walked six and not given up a home run in 21 1/3 innings. ... RH starter Alex Kaminsky (4-3) was eighth in the New York-Penn League with a 2.15 ERA.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Cruisers 6, Crushers 5 RF Arden McWilliams (.202) and CF Dom Duggan (.230) both clouted two-run homers for the Crushers, who lost at their Avon home in a Frontier League game. The homers were McWilliams' eighth and Duggan's third. Crushers reliever Jeff Cinadr (1.41) pitched three hitless innings with three strikeouts.
Notes: Cinadr is 4-1 with three saves and a 1.41 ERA, allowing just 35 hits in 57 1/3 innings....RH starter Josh Roberts (7-3, 2.47) is second in the Frontier League in ERA....SS Jodam Rivera (.289) extended his hitting streak to six games, during which he is 9-for-22 (.409).
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/08/minor_league_report_34.html
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