Sunday, May 1, 2011

Clippers win behind Kipnis' bat - Minor League Report

Kipnis hit his first home run of the season to go with his second triple of the year.

jason-kipnis.JPGView full sizeJason Kipnis had a good night for the Columbus Clippers on Tuesday night.

AAA Columbus Clippers

Clippers 7, Braves 5 Columbus scored three runs in both the first and third innings and held on for an International League victory over Gwinnett, in suburban Atlanta. Jason Kipnis hit his first home run for Columbus in the third, with a runner on. He also stroked his second triple of the season.

David Huff (2-0) pitched seven innings to pick up the win. He gave up nine hits and five runs (four earned). He had no strikeouts and no walks. Zach Putnam pitched two scoreless innings to pick up his third save.

AA Akron Aeros

Baysox 6-0, Aeros 4-1 Akron’s Juan Diaz singled home Juan Apodaca for the game’s only run in the fifth inning, and the Aeros gained a split with Bowie, Md., in an Eastern League doubleheader at Canal Park. Starting pitcher Eric Berger pitched four shutout innings for Akron, and Nick Hagadone (1-0) pitched the final three innings for the win.

In the first game, Akron right-handed starter Austin Adams (1-2) lasted just two-thirds of an inning, giving up three earned runs on three hits, walking three and striking out one.

Notes: LHP Nick Hagadone has been named the Indians’ Minor League Player of the Week for April 17-23. He tossed 5 1/3 scoreless innings of relief while allowing four hits, walking one and striking out eight.

Advanced A Kinston Indians

K-Tribe, Red Sox rained out The Carolina League game at Kinston, N.C., against Salem, Va., was rained out. The teams will play a doubleheader starting at 4:30 p.m. today.

A Lake County Captains

TinCaps 5, Captains 4 Lake County rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh inning, but fell one run short in a Midwest League loss at Fort Wayne, Ind. All the Captains’ runs came by the long ball.

Carlos Moncreif slammed a three-run homer, his third, and Giovanny Urshela hit a solo shot, his second.

Cole Cook was the starter and loser. He pitched only 3 1/3 innings, yielding four runs, all earned, on five hits. Notes: Captains right fielder Jason Smit went 2-for-3 and by game’s end was hitting .406. He has 26 hits in 64 at-bats. He also has eight walks, and an on-base percentage of .480.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/04/clippers_win_behind_kipnis_bat.html

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