Clippers' Jared Goedert continues his strong August hitting. Updates on local players Anthony Gallas with Kinston and Alex Lavisky with Mahoning Valley.
MINOR LEAGUE NOTES
AAA Columbus Clippers
Notes: Going into Tuesday night’s game against Buffalo, 3B Jared Goedert (.262) was 7-for-19 (.368) with three home runs and a double in his last five games. In his last 24 games, Goedert was 29-for-78 (.372) with seven homers in his last 24 games. Goedert began the season on the disabled list with a right abdominal strain. After slugging three home runs and two doubles in 29 at bats to get his season going at Akron, Goedert started slowly with the Clippers, but now has 14 doubles and 11 homers for them in 233 at bats. Goedert, 26 and a right-handed hitter, was a ninth-round pick by the Indians out of Kansas State in the 2006 draft. Last season at Akron, he hit .325 with 14 doubles and seven homers in 163 at bats, before being promoted to Columbus, where he hit .261 with 23 doubles, one triple and 20 homers in 318 at bats....OF Tim Fedroff (.265) was 13-for-35 (.371) with four doubles, six RBI, six runs and five walks in his last nine games....2B Cord Phelps (.295) was 9-for-33 (.273) with four doubles, one triple and one home run in his last eight games....IF Argenis Reyes (.308) was 11-for-31 (.355) with two doubles and four RBI in his last nine games....LH reliever Nick Hagadone (4-2, four saves, 3.30) was 2-1 with two saves and a 1.85 ERA in his last 16 games. In 24 1/3 innings, he had struck out 31 and walked five....RH Paolo Espino (1-1, 5.31) was 1-0 with a 1.53 ERA in his last seven games — including two starts — striking out 16 while allowing four walks and 13 hits in 17 2/3 innings.
AA Akron Aeros
Notes: Going into Tuesday night’s game at Bowie, the Aeros were 5-for-59 (.085) with one run scored in their last two games, both losses....SS Juan Diaz (.255) was 9-for-28 (.321) with a home run in his last seven games....LH starter Matt Packer (7-11, 4.18) was leading the Eastern League with 148 2/3 innings pitched. Packer is 5-3 with a 2.00 ERA in his last nine games, striking out 60, walking 10 and allowing 55 hits in 67 1/3 innings. He pitched at least seven innings in eight of the nine starts. Packer has been named the Indians Minor League Player of the Week for last week, as he won both of his starts, allowing one run (earned, 0.56 ERA) on eight hits and two walks in 16 innings, with 16 strikeouts. Packer pitched eight innings in each start....RH closer Cory Burns’ (2-4, 2.29) team-record 31 saves were 11 more than any other pitcher in the Eastern League. He had pitched nine scoreless innings in his last eight games, earning four saves. Overall, Burns had struck out 57, walked 11 and held batters to a .217 average with three homers in 51 innings....RH reliever Tyler Sturdevant (3-1, two saves, 3.00) was 1-0 with two saves and a 1.72 ERA in 15 2/3 innings over his last nine games, fanning 20 while giving up 10 hits and four walks....RH reliever Bryan Price (2-3, 3.07) had pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and one walk with three strikeouts, in his last five games....RH reliever Bryce Stowell (0-1, 2.61) has struck out 16, walked six and given up seven hits in 10 1/3 innings (eight games) with the Aeros.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Notes: Going into Tuesday night’s game at Fredrick, RH reliever Toru Murata (2-2, two saves, 1.99) had pitched 22 2/3 straight scoreless innings. Overall, Murata had struck out 50, walked 10 and held batters to a .190 average, including one home run, in 40 2/3 innings....RH closer Preston Guilmet (1-1, 1.66) was leading the Carolina League with 33 saves. In 54 1/3 innings, he had struck out 56, walked nine and held batters to a .198 average. In his last nine games, Guilmet had pitched 11 scoreless innings and earned seven saves....RH reliever Kyle Landis (8-1, two saves, 1.91) was 0-1 in his last two games, striking out 10 but giving up five runs in four innings. Prior to those two games, Landis was 8-0 with two saves and an 0.94 ERA in 38 1/3 innings, fanning 40 while holding opponents to 21 hits, including one homer, and seven walks....LH Francisco Jimenez (3-3, 3.43) was 0-1 with a 1.25 ERA in his last six games — including starts in his last four games — with 27 strikeouts in 21 2/3 innings....1B Jesus Aguilar (.233) was 5-for-13 (.385) with three home runs and seven RBI in his last three games....3B Adam Abraham (.252) was 6-for-15 (.400) with four doubles and two stolen bases in his last three games....OF Jordan Casas (.291) was 12-for-34 (.353) with two doubles, one triple, six RBI and five runs in his last nine games.... OF Anthony Gallas, from Strongsville High School and Kent State, returned to action on Sunday, going 1-for-3. The right-handed hitter had not played since being hit on the hand by a pitch on July 31. Gallas started the season at Lake County, where he hit .314 in 207 at bats. At the time of his promotion to Kinston, Gallas was leading the Midwest League with 24 doubles. He also hit six home runs and had 21 RBI for the Captains. With Kinston, Gallas is hitting .206 in 131 at bats, with 10 doubles, two homers and 21 RBI. Before going 0-for-5 in the two games prior to his injury, Gallas was 10-for-29 (.345) with six doubles and eight RBI in his previous eight games.
A Lake County Captains
Notes: Going into Tuesday night’s game against Fort Wayne, SS Ronny Rodriguez (.254) was 13-for-36 (.361) with five doubles, one triple, two home runs, six RBI, four walks and three stolen bases in his last 10 games....OF Luigi Rodriguez (.281) was 13-for-41 (.317) with two doubles in his last 10 games....OF Brian Heere (.260) was 7-for-22 (.318) with two doubles, one homer and five walks in his last seven games....SS Nick Bartolone (.225) was 9-for-30 (.300) with three doubles and a triple in his last nine games....RH reliever Cody Allen was 2-0 and had pitched 13 scoreless innings in five appearances with the Captains, striking out 20 and giving up four walks and nine hits. Allen was promoted from Mahoning Valley, where he was 3-1 with a 2.14 ERA in 14 games, fanning 42 and walking nine in 33 2/3 innings, while holding batters to a .183 average and one home run....RH closer Clayton Ehlert (1-2, 14 saves, 1.62) had pitched 10 scoreless innings and earned four saves in his last eight games, giving up five hits and a walk while fanning four....LH J.D. Reichenbach (7-1, 3.23) was 3-0 with a 2.12 ERA in his last seven games — the last four of those as a starter. He had struck out 19, walked five and allowed 31 hits in 29 2/3 innings....RH Dale Dickerson (2-2, three saves, 2.24) was 0-1 with one save and a 1.88 ERA in his last eight games, fanning 13 while allowing 10 hits and eight walks in 14 1/3 innings.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Notes: Going into Tuesday night’s game against Auburn, catcher Alex Lavisky — a 2010 Lakewood St. Edward High School graduate who was drafted in the eighth round by the Indians that June — was hitting .205 in 215 at bats for the Scrappers, with 14 doubles, four home runs and 20 RBI. He began the season with the Lake County Captains, hitting .207 in 184 at bats with 10 doubles, eight homers and 24 RBI....OF Bryson Myles (.300) was on a six-game hitting streak, going 8-for-21 (.381) with three doubles, five RBI, four runs, five walks and two stolen bases. He had 17 stolen bases in 20 attempts overall....OF Jordan Smith (.335) was 10-for-26 (.385) with one double, seven runs, four RBI and eight walks in his last nine games....SS Tony Wolters (.303) was 14-for-47 (.298) with two doubles and three stolen bases in his last 12 games....RH reliever Enosil Tejeda (2-2, nine saves, 3.54) had struck out 49 and walked 14 in 28 innings, holding batters to a .184 average and no home runs....LH Danny Jimenez (3-3, 2.52) is 2-2 with a 1.72 ERA in his last six starts, fanning 21, walking nine and allowing 28 hits in 31 1/3 innings....RH Joseph Colon (4-3, 3.38) is 4-1 with a 2.58 ERA in his last nine games (eight starts), fanning 33, walking 16 and allowing 34 hits in 45 1/3 innings.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Notes: Going into Tuesday night’s game at Joliet, IF Andrew Davis (.336) was hitting .415 (73-for-176) in his last 44 games, with 19 doubles, three triples, six homers and 45 RBI....IF Jason Taylor (.290) was 23-for-57 (.404) with eight doubles, one triple, three homers, 15 RBI, 11 runs and six stolen bases in seven attempts in his last 16 games....Catcher Brian Erie was hitting .379 (25-for-66) with three doubles and 13 RBI in 17 games with the Crushers....Catcher Kyle Shaffer (.219) was 7-for-23 (.304) with one homer, one double, four RBI and four runs in his last seven games....The Crushers are getting excellent relief pitching from five right-handers: Ruben Flores (2-3, 17 saves, 2.57, 66 strikeouts in 49 innings, allowing 27 hits); Chris Allen (2-2, two saves, 1.69); Kelyn Schellenberg (3-2, three saves, 1.85); Paul Daniels (5-1, 2.32); Travis Risser (2-5, six saves, 3.33)....RH Thomas Campbell is 3-0 with a 2.72 ERA in eight games (seven starts) with the Crushers, allowing just 21 hits in 39 2/3 innings.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/08/minor_league_notes_on_players.html
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