Thursday, November 24, 2011

John Drennen's 5 RBI lead Akron Aeros to rout of Portland: Minor League Report

Chad Huffman and Cord Phelps on hitting streaks for AAA Clippers. Relief pitchers doing well throughout farm system.

AAA Columbus Clippers

Indians 9, Clippers 1 1B Jared Goedert (.232) hit his eighth home run to account for the Clippers' run in the loss to visiting Indianapolis.

Columbus RH starter Jeanmar Gomez (10-5, 2.45) went six innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits and four walks. He struck out three.

Indianapolis scored four times off RH Josh Judy (3.65) in the ninth.

Notes: The Clippers lost to Indianapolis, 9-1, on Thursday in Columbus....OF Chad Huffman (.244) is on a 10-game hitting streak, going 18-for-33 (.545) with seven doubles, two home runs and eight RBI....IF Cord Phelps (.304) is on a 13-game hitting streak, going 21-for-56 (.375) with four doubles, one triple, three homers and nine RBI....3B Jared Goedert (.232) is 18-for-47 (.383) with three doubles and four homers in his last 15 games....1B Beau Mills (.269) is 10-for-21 (.476) with one double, two homers, five RBI and five runs in his last six games....IF Luis Valbuena (.308) is 16-for-42 (.381) with three home runs and eight RBI in his last 10 games....LH reliever Nick Hagadone (4-1, three saves, 3.26) is 2-0 with two saves and a 1.32 ERA in his last 13 games, striking out 25 and walking three in 20 2/3 innings....RH reliever Chen Lee (3-0, 1.25) has struck out 31, walked five and allowed 15 hits in 21 2/3 innings with the Clippers. Lee is a combined 5-1 with a 2.05 ERA for Columbus and Akron this season, fanning 87 and walking 16 in 61 1/3 innings, while holding hitters to a .198 batting average, including just two home runs.

AA Akron Aeros

Aeros 13, Sea Dogs 5 Akron LF John Drennen (.248) homered and drove in five runs to lead the Aeros past host Portland (Maine).

Drennen's fifth homer of the season was a three-run shot. RF Donnie Webb (.216) hit his second homer of the season, also a three-run blast.

Aeros LH starter T.J. McFarland (9-6, 3.75) gave up 11 hits and four runs (one earned) in 5 1/3 innings.

Notes: The Clippers won, 13-5, on Thursday at Portland (Maine)....RH Paolo Espino is 6-0 with one save and a 2.44 ERA in 22 games (five starts) with the Aeros this season. He has struck out 78, walked 18 and held hitters to a .224 batting average....LH reliever Eric Berger (2-0, 2.65) has no decisions in his last 10 games, but has allowed just one run in 17 innings (0.53) on 11 hits and five walks, while striking out 17....RH Austin Adams (9-8, 3.81) is 4-0 with a 2.68 ERA in his last six starts....RH reliever Cory Burns (2-4, 31 saves, 2.44) has four saves in his last six games, pitching six scoreless innings with four strikeouts while giving up three hits and a walk....OF John Drennen (.248) is 7-for-13 (.538) with three doubles, one triple, two homers, eight RBI, five runs and three walks in his last four games.

Advanced A Kinston Indians

Indians 11, Red Sox 1 RH Clayton Cook (8-8, 3.98) pitched 6 stellar innings and 1B Jesus Aguilar (.245) had three hits and two RBI as the K-Tribe crushed host Salem (Va.)

Cook gave up one earned run on nine hits while walking one and whiffing six.

Notes: Going into tonight’s game at Salem (Va.) , RH reliever Toru Murata (1-2, two saves, 2.61) had given up no runs on three hits in 16 1/3 innings over his last 10 games, striking out 21 and walking four....RH reliever Kyle Landis was 7-0 with one save and a 1.06 ERA for Kinston. He had pitched 34 innings in 24 games, striking out 36, walking six and holding hitters to a .171 batting average....RH Marty Popham (4-2, 4.25) was 0-2 with a 9.64 ERA in his last four starts. He had given up 30 hits, including five homers, in 18 2/3 innings, while fanning 16 and walking seven....LH T.J. House (6-10, 4.92) was 0-3 with an 8.28 ERA in his last five starts. He had struck out 11, walked 15 and given up 35 hits in 25 innings....3B Adam Abraham (.249) was 8-for-18 (.444) with four RBI, four runs and four walks in his last five games....DH-3B Jeremie Tice (.263) was 1-for-18 (.063) in his last six games.

A Lake County Captains

Loons 4, Captains 3 Captains LF LeVon Washington (.228) hit his third home run of the season but Great Lakes scored two unearned runs and beat host Lake County.

Notes: Going into tonight’s home game against Great Lakes, OF LeVon Washington (.226) was 7-for-15 (.467) in his last four games, with two doubles, three walks, four runs and two RBI....OF Brian Heere (.265) was 12-for-35 (.343) with two doubles, five RBI and five walks in his last 10 games....RH reliever Nickolas Sarianides (5-4, two saves, 3.86) was 1-0 with one save and an 0.75 ERA in his last six games, striking out nine, walking four and allowing 10 hits in 12 innings....RH reliever Clayton Ehlert (1-2, 14 saves, 1.62) had four saves in his last eight games with an 0.00 ERA, pitching 10 innings with four strikeouts while giving up one walk and five hits....LH reliever Kyle Petter (2-2, one save, 3.15) was 1-0 with one save and a 2.63 ERA in his last 10 games, fanning 22, walking eight and giving up nine hits in 13 2/3 innings.

A Mahoning Valley Scrappers

Scrappers 6, ValleyCats 5 Mahoning Valley DH Jake Lowery (.257) had two doubles and two RBI, SS Tony Wolters (.308) had two hits and scored three runs, and 3B Jordan Smith (.337) had three hits to lead the Scrappers to victory in Troy, N.Y.

Notes: Going into tonight’s game at Tri-City (N.Y.), 2B Todd Hankins (.267) was 13-for-37 (.351) with three doubles, one triple, one home run, eight RBI and nine runs in his last 10 games....OF Bryson Myles (.302) was 6-for-15 (.400) with one double, three runs, two stolen bases and two walks in his last four games....C Alex Lavisky (.205), a 2010 Lakewood St. Edward graduate and an Indians’ eighth-round draft pick that June, was 3-for7 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs in his last two games after going 0-for-11 in his three previous games....OF Jordan Smith (.328) was in a 1-for-14 (.071) mini-slump in his last four games....RH reliever Enosil Tejeda (2-2, eight saves, 3.81) had struck out 46 batters in 26 innings with the Scrappers, walking 13 and holding hitters to a .188 batting average, including no home runs. Tejeda had five saves in his last eight games, with 17 strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings....RH reliever Nathan Striz (3-3, one save, 2.25) was 1-1 with a 1.32 ERA in his last six games, fanning 15, walking four and allowing eight hits in 13 2/3 innings....RH reliever Drew Rucinski (1-0, 4.11) was 1-0 with a 1.74 ERA in his last seven games, striking out 15 and waling two in 10 1/3 innings.

Independent Lake Erie Crushers

Crushers 6, Freedom 1 SS Andrew Davis (.333) and 1B Chris Luick (.200) homered, Eric Gonzalez-Diaz (1-0, 1.80) threw five sharp innings in his Crushers debut, and Lake Erie beat Florence (Ky.) to set a franchise record with its ninth-straight win.

Notes: Going into tonight’s game at Evansville (Ind.), 3B Andrew Davis (.330) was hitting .423 (58-for-137) in his last 34 games, with 15 doubles, three triples, three home runs and 31 RBI....Catcher Brian Erie was hitting .421 (16-for-38) in 10 gaems with the Crushers, with three doubles and 11 RBI....RH starter Josh Roberts (8-4, 3.82) was 7-2 with a 3.04 ERA in his last 13 games, fanning 56 and walking 18 in 83 innings. In the 12 games not counting his July 27 loss (eight runs in four innings), Roberts was 7-1 with a 2.28 ERA.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/08/minor_league_notes_trends_for.html

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