Donald, an infielder who spent most of last season with the Indians, and Head, an outfielder who has never played in the big leagues, are both right-handed hitters. Notes on Colimbus, Akron, Kinston, Lake County, Mahoning Valley and Lake Erie.
Jason Donald with the Indians last season. He hit .253 with 26 extra-base hits in 296 at bats.MINOR LEAGUE NOTES
AAA Columbus Clippers
Notes: Going into Tuesday night’s game, IF Jason Donald (.320) was 14-for-27 (.519) with four doubles, two home runs, seven RBI, nine runs and six walks in his last eight games....OF Jerad Head (.298) was 13-for-38 (.342) with three home runs — including Monday night’s walk-off game-winner, 7-6, over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees — and three doubles in his last 10 games....Donald, 26, hit .253 with 19 doubles, three triples and four home runs in 296 at bats with the Indians as a major league rookie last season. Head, 28, has not played in the big leagues. Both are right-handed hitters....LF Tim Fedroff (.277) was 7-for-19 (.368) with five walks in his last five games....Among the Clippers in slumps were 2B Jason Kipnis (.287), who was 4-for-33 (.121) in nine games since fouling a ball off a knee on July 2; OF Chad Huffman (.224), 0-for-23 with five walks in his last seven games; IF Jared Goedert (.182), 5-for-39 (.128) with three doubles in his last 10 games....RH reliever Chen Lee was 2-0 and had pitched 12 1/3 scoreless innings in eight games with Columbus, striking out 19, walking three and giving up seven hits. Lee began the season with Akron, where he was 2-1 with a 2.50 ERA in 23 games. He struck out 56, walked 11 and allowed 27 hits (one home run) in 39 2/3 innings with the Aeros....RH reliever Josh Judy (4-2, 14 saves, 2.80) was 2-1 with seven saves and an 0.00 ERA in his last 13 games. He had given up five runs -- all unearned -- struck out 22, walked eight and allowed eight hits in 15 innings....LH reliever Nick Hagadone (3-1, two saves, 3.90) was 1-0 with one save and an 0.66 ERA in his last nine games, fanning 15, walking three and allowing 14 hits in 13 2/3 innings....RH reliever Tyler Sturdevant was promoted to the Clippers from Akron on Tuesday. In 21 games with Kinston and seven with Akron this season, Sturdevant is a combined 6-3 with one save and a 2.58 ERA in 52 1/3 innings. He has struck out 55, walked 11 and held hitters to a .235 batting average.
AA Akron Aeros
Notes: Going into Tuesday night’s game, 1B Beau Mills (.303) was on an eight-game hitting streak, going 14-for-27 (.519) with four home runs, four doubles, 11 RBI, nine runs and five walks....SS Juan Diaz (.258) — whose walk-off single won Monday night’s game, 4-3, over the Altoona Curve — was on a 12-game hitting streak, going 17-for-55 (.309) with five doubles, one home run, nine RBI and eight runs....Ben Copeland (.329) was on an eight-game hitting streak, going 15-for-33 (.455) with four doubles, one triple, four RBI and six runs....Catcher Chun Chen (.286) was 14-for-36 (.389) with three doubles, two triples, one homer, eight RBI, eight runs and six walks in his last 11 games....RH closer Cory Burns (2-3, 26 saves, 2.04) had not given up a run in his last 19 appearances. He had fanned 19, walked three and allowed nine hits in 20 2/3 innings during the span....RH reliever Adam Miller (1-1, one save, 3.10) was 0-0 with one save and a 2.03 ERA in his last 10 games, striking out 14, walking five and allowing nine hits in 13 1/3 innings....LH reliever Eric Berger (2-0, 3.63) was 1-0 with a 1.88 ERA in his last nine games, striking out 19, walking six and yielding 13 hits in 14 1/3 innings....LH T.J. McFarland (6-4, 4.26) is 4-0 with a 2.25 ERA in his last five starts. In 32 innings, he has fanned 22, walked eight and given up 21 hits....RH reliever Rob Bryson has been promoted to the Aeros from the Kinston Indians. Bryson was 0-0 with one save and an 0.64 ERA in 14 innings over 10 games at Kinston. He struck out 20, walked three and allowed six hits in 14 innings. Bryson, 23, was acquired by Cleveland with OF Michael Brantley and 1B Matt LaPorta (who was then an outfielder) in the 2008 midseason trade of C.C. Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers. In his fifth minor league season, Bryson has struck out 264, walked 65 and allowed 144 hits in 195 2/3 innings. He missed almost all of the 2009 season after having shoulder surgery.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Notes: Going into Tuesday night’s game, OF Anthony Gallas (.200), from Strongsville High School and Kent State, was 7-for-14 (.500) with a double and stolen base in his last four games....DH Jeremie Tice (.275) was 10-for-27 (.370) with three doubles and two home runs in his last eight games....OF Abner Abreu (.233) was 10-for-30 (.333) with four homers, two doubles, seven RBI, seven runs, six walks and two stolen bases in his last 10 games....3B Adam Abraham (.242) was 0-for-16 in his last five games....Like Columbus and Akron, Kinston had a walk-off, game-winning hit on Monday night: an RBI single by catcher Doug Pickens (.186) for a 5-4 win over the Winston-Salem Dash....RH Marty Popham (4-0, 2.56), in 14 games and 59 2/3 innings, has struck out 60, walked five and held opponents to a .219 batting average. Popham has made eight starts, including his last seven appearances. As a starter, he is 4-0 with a 1.99 ERA, holding opponents to a .194 batting average, striking out 44 and walking five in 45 1/3 innings....Going into Tuesday night’s game, RH reliever Kyle Landis (3-0, one save, 0.75) had struck out 27, walked five and given up 12 hits in 24 innings with Kinston, in 16 games....LH reliever Chris Jones (5-1, 3.59) had struck out 15 and walked three in his last 9 1/3 innings....RH Brett Brach (6-6, 2.82) is 3-3 with a 2.39 ERA in his last 10 games, striking out 35, walking 13 and holding opponents to a .217 batting average in 60 1/3 innings....
A Lake County Captains
Notes: The Captains didn’t play on Tuesday. Like Columbus, Akron and Kinston, Lake County won in its final at bat on Monday night, but did it on the road. OF Brian Heere (.243) capped his 5-of-7 game with an RBI single in the top of the 12th inning, giving the captains a 10-9 win over the Burlington Bees. Heere has reached base at least once in each of his last 17 games....3B Giovanny Urshela (.237) is 25-for-80 (.313) with five doubles, one triple and one homer in his last 22 games....SS Ronny Rodriguez (.247) is on a nine-game hitting streak, going 13-for-38 (.342) with three doubles, one triple, one homer and nine RBI....OF LeVon Washington (.226) is 7-for-15 (.467) with two doubles and four runs in his last four games....Catcher-3B Alex Monsalve (.284) is 7-for-14 (.500) with a double in his last four games....OF Carlos Moncrief (.235) is 14-for-42 (.333) with three doubles, one triple and one homer in his last nine games....RH reliever Dale Dickerson (1-1, two saves, 1.48) has not allowed a run in his last 14 games, fanning 12, walking three and allowing 12 hits in 15 2/3 innings....RH reliever Clayton Ehlert (1-2, 10 saves, 1.98) has given up one run on seven hits in his last 13 innings for an 0.69 ERA....RH reliever Bryce Stowell (0-1, 2.60) has struck out 26, walked 10 and allowed eight hits in 17 1/3 innings with the Captains....LH reliever Kyle Petter (1-2, 2.45) has struck out 21, walked three and allowed five hits in 11 innings over six games with the Captains.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Notes: Going into Tuesday night’s game, C Alex Lavisky (.189) — a Cleveland eighth-round draft pick from Lakewood St. Edward High School in 2010 — was on an eight-game hitting streak, going 10-for-30 (.346) with two home runs and two doubles....OF Jordan Smith (.350) was 15-for-41 (.366) with six doubles, seven RBI and six runs in his last 11 games....Catcher Jake Lowery (.275) was 9-for-28 (.321) with four doubles, one homer, six runs, four RBI and four walks in his last seven games....RH reliever Cody Allen (2-1, 2.96), in 10 games, had struck out 28, walked seven and held hitters to a .173 batting average in 24 1/3 innings.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Notes: Going into Tuesday night’s game, 3B Andrew Davis (.316) was on a 12-game hitting streak, going 27-for-48 (.563) with two homers, three doubles, one triple, 11 RBI and 10 runs....C Joel Collins (.311) was on a six-game hitting streak, going 8-for-21 (.381) with five RBI and four walks....OF Robby Kuzdale (.310) was 9-for-26 (.346) with two doubles and one triple in his last 10 games....RH reliever Ruben Flores (2-2, nine saves, 3.34) had struck out 46, walked 15 and allowed 21 hits in 32 1/3 innings.
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