Clippers hope to win the league's Governor's Cup for the first time since 1997. The Indians' Class AAA team will start left-handed pitcher David Huff in the series opener in Columbus.
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AAA Columbus Clippers
Tonight: The Clippers are idle. They will begin their best-of-five, Governor's Cup International League championship series Tuesday night, 6:35, in Columbus against the Durham (N.C.) Bulls.
Notes: Game 2 will be Wednesday night at Columbus. The third game and, if necessary, the fourth and fifth games, will be played at Durham on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights....The Clippers' scheduled starting pitchers in the first three games, in order, are LH David Huff; RH Zach McAllister; RH Yohan Pino....Catcher Luke Carlin was 5-of-10 with three doubles, one home run and three RBI in three playoff games against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. Carlin slugged a two-run, walkoff homer in the 10th inning to give the Clippers a 6-4 Game 1 win. The Clippers won the playoff series, three games to one....CF Ezequiel Carrera was 7-of-15 (.467) with one home run, one double, six runs, three RBI, four walks and two stolen bases against the Yankees....OF Jerad Head was 5-of-13 (.385) with a double, four runs and two RBI....1B-OF Drew Sutton was 6-of-18 (.333) with a double, three RBI and two runs....1B-DH Wes Hodges was 4-of-16 (.250) with one homer, one doubles, five RBI and three runs....RH reliever Zach Putnam faced six batters in the series and got them all out, four on strikeouts....RH reliever Josh Judy retired all seven batters he faced, striking out two.... Counting their playoff appearances, Putnam has allowed one run (unearned) while going 1-0 in his last 12 games, fanning 19, walking three and giving up five hits in 16 1/3 innings; Judy has allowed one run (unearned) in his last 10 games, fanning 14 while yielding five hits and two walks in 11 1/3 innings....The Clippers will play for in the Governor's Cup Final for the first time since 1997. They last won the title in 1996....3B Dan Johnson and RHP Jeremy Hellickson were promoted from Durham to the Tampa Bay Rays several weeks ago. Still, Johnson won International League MVP honors and Baseball American named Hellickson minor league baseball's Player of the Year. Johnson led the IL in home runs (30), and was second in RBI (95) and eighth in batting average (.303). Hellickson (12-3) led the IL with a 2.45 ERA.
A Lake County Captains
Tonight: Captains at Great Lakes, 7:05, Game 2 of the Midwest League Eastern Division finals, a best-of-three series. Captains RHP Brett Brach (5-8, 3.46, regular season; 0-0, 3.60, playoffs) vs. Loons RHP Allen Webster (12-9, 2.88, regular season; 0-1, 1.80, playoffs).
Notes: A Captains' win in Game 2 would force a decisive Game 3 at Great Lakes, in Midland, Mich., on Tuesday night. LH Vidal Nuno would be the Captains' starting pitcher....Going into Monday night's game, Great Lakes had won 14 of 20 games against the Captains this season, including their Game 1, 10-8 win over the Captains on Sunday in Eastlake....OF Delvi Cid was 4-of-4 in stolen base attempts during the playoffs, after leading all of Minor League Baseball during the regular season with 71 stolen bases (in 87 attempts; 82 percent success rate)....OF Jonathan Burnette was 4-of-11 (.364) with two home runs, one double and four RBI during the playoffs....The Captains' starter on Monday night, RH Brett Brach, was 5-8 with a 3.46 ERA in 22 games, all starts, during the regular season. He struck out 90, walked 28 and allowed a .266 batting average, including nine home runs, in 119 2/3 innings. Brach started the Captains' 4-2, Game 1 win over West Michigan in the first-round playoff series. He did not get a decision, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk in five innings, with three strikeouts....RHP Preston Guilmet had saves in both of his first-round appearances against West Michigan. He pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings, striking out four while allowing two hits and no walks. Including the regular season and playoffs, Guilmet went into Monday night's game with a 4-1 record, 13 saves and a 2.10 ERA. He had struck out 83, walked 10 and allowed 37 hits -- just three homers -- in 55 2/3 innings....RH reliever Jeremy Johnson was 0-0 with a 1.20 ERA in 15 innings over his last eight games, including the playoffs. He had struck out 11, walked four and given up 10 hits during the stretch....RHP Jason Knapp has struck out 35 in 21 innings for the Captains in five games, including his five scoreless innings for the victory in a decisive Game 3 win over West Michigan in the first playoff round. Prior to joining the Captains, Knapp had fanned 18 in 12 1/3 innings over five outings in the Arizona League -- where, beginning in July, he pitched in games for the first time since having off-season shoulder surgery. In the 33 1/3 combined innings, Knapp, 20, is 2-2 with a 2.43 ERA and has given up just 19 hits -- including no homers. He has walked 13. Knapp, a 2008 second-round draft pick of the Phillies and considered an elite prospect, came to the Indians in the trade of Cliff Lee to Philadelphia last July....The Captains' starting and losing pitcher on Sunday, LH, Giovanni Soto was 3-2 record with a 3.77 ERA in six regular season starts with the Captains. The Indians acquired him from West Michigan, a Detroit Tigers farm team, in exchange for Jhonny Peralta on July 28. In a combined 22 regular season games -- all starts -- for the Captains and Whitecaps, Soto was 9-8 with a 2.93 ERA and two shutouts. He struck out 107, walked 36 and held batters to a .237 average and seven homers in 113 2/3 innings.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/09/minor_league_report_43.html
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