Monday, July 11, 2011

Luis Valbuena's 2 homers, 7 RBI and David Huff's pitching gem lead Clippers: Minor league report

Valbuena's hitting .318. Huff struck out 10, allowing one run in seven innings. Kinston splits twin-bill. Akron and Lake County were idle. Crushers lose.

david-huff.jpgDavid Huff pitching for the Cleveland Indians last season.

MINOR LEAGUE REPORT

AAA Columbus Clippers

Clippers 8, Bisons 2 SS Luis Valbuena (.318) drove in seven runs with a grand slam home run, a two-run homer and a bases-loaded walk, and LH David Huff (5-2, 4.04) struck out 10 and allowed one run on four hits and no walks in seven innings as the Clippers won an International League game in Buffalo (N.Y.). Valbuena has seven homers this season. CF Ezequiel Carrera (.286) and 3B Josh Rodriguez (.229) both had two hits for Columbus.

Notes: Valbuena, who has 17 doubles to go with his seven homers, has hit safely in 21 of his last 22 games. In that stretch, he is batting .418 (33-for-79) with seven doubles, three homers, 20 RBI and 15 runs.

RH Jeanmar Gomez (6-1, 2.28) is 3-0 with a 1.50 ERA in 36 innings over his last five games, allowing 25 hits (one homer) while striking out 25 and walking 13....Huff has won his last two starts, allowing two runs on nine hits and two walks, with 13 strikeouts, in 14 innings....RF Chad Huffman (.274) is 11-for-24 (.458) with four doubles and two homers during his current seven-game hitting streak....IF Jason Kipnis (.293) is 9-for-18 (.500) in his last four games, with two homers and a triple.

AA Akron Aeros

The Aeros were off on Monday.

Notes: 1B Beau Mills (.292) is on a 10-game hitting streak, going 16-for-42 (.381) with two home runs, two doubles, eight RBI and eight runs....RH Paolo Espino (3-0, 2.91) has struck out 56 and walked 10 in 52 2/3 innings. He is 2-0 as a starter, with a 2.45 ERA in 11 innings. His other start was on May 21. As a reliever, Espino is 1-0 with one save and a 3.02 ERA in 41 1/3 innings....RH closer Cory Burns (0-3, 16 saves, 3.24) has struck out 36 and walked six in 25 innings....RH reliever Matt Langwell (2-1, three saves, 1.23 ERA) has not been scored upon in his last eight outings, pitching 11 1/3 innings with 11 strikeouts, no walks and allowing eight hits....OF-1B Matt McBride (.280) was 2-for-3 with an RBI as the DH. McBride is batting .324 (47-for-145) with 10 homers, 10 doubles, three triples and 36 RBI in his last 38 games....LF Tim Fedroff (.341) is 4-for-8 with a double in his last two games. He was 0-for-16 in his previous four games, after hitting safely in 28 of 29 games....The Aeros (31-33) take a three-game winning streak into Tuesday night’s game at Canal Park against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (37-25). It begins a six-game homestand.

Advanced A Kinston Indians

Indians 2-1, Red Sox 0-2 Indians LH T.J. House (4-6, 4.41) pitched a seven-inning, complete game one-hitter in the opener of the Carolina League doubleheader in Kinston (N.C.). Peter Hissey's bunt single leading off the sixth inning was the lone hit off House, who struck out six and walked four. The Indians scored both of their runs in the bottom of the sixth, one on a Salem error, and the other on a wild pitch. SS Casey Frawley (.218) had two of Kinston's three hits.

RH Clayton Cook (6-4, 3.12) took the loss for Kinston in the seven-inning second game, giving up a two-run homer to the Red Sox' David Mailman in the second inning. Cook struck out nine, walked one and gave up five hits in 6 2/3 innings. RF Anthony Gallas doubled home the Indians' lone run in the bottom of the first inning. It was his first at bat for Kinston after being promoted from Lake County.  

Notes: RH reliever Kyle Landis is 1-0 with one save in six games with Kinston, striking out 14, walking none and allowing one hit in 10 innings....House has won his last two starts, giving up one run on three hits in 13 2/3 innings....The Indians were coming off their 3-2, 23-inning win at home over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans on Sunday night. The innings are the most ever played in a Carolina League game. The league began play in 1945. The Kinston Free Press reported on Sunday night that 33,610 games had been played in Carolina League history.

A Lake County Captains

The Captains were off on Monday.

Notes: 1B Jesus Aguilar (.264), leading the team with nine homers and 37 RBI, is 16-for-38 (.421) with four doubles and two homers in his last 11 games....The Captains (27-36) take a five-game losing streak into their Tuesday night game against the Great Lakes Loons (34-29) at Eastlake’s Classic Park.

Independent Lake Erie Crushers

Beach Bums 7, Crushers 1 Traverse City (Mich.) handed the Crushers their fifth straight loss in the Frontier League game in Avon.

Notes: Going into Monday night’s game, the Crushers’ leading hitters were infielders Nick Mahin (.324) and Andrew Davis (.308), and outfielders Scott Houin (.300) and Patrick Norris (.300). Davis was leading the team with three homers and 20 RBI....The Crushers were getting superb relief pitching from RH Ruben Flores (2-0, three saves, 0.82), who had struck out 19 and allowed just four hits in 11 innings, and RH Kelyn Schellenberg (0-0, 0.61 in 14 2/3 innings).

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/06/luis_valbuenas_2_homers_7_rbi.html

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