Drew Pomeranz pitches another gem for his first professional win: Minor League Report

Pomeranz, the Indians' first-round pick last season, pitches five sparkling innings in Kinston's 3-0 win. He has a 1.27 ERA in six starts.

Chuck Crow l The Plain DealerDrew Pomeranz with the Indians in spring training.

Advanced A Kinston Indians

Indians 3-5, Nationals 0-0 Kinston (N.C.) pitchers fired 14 shutout innings to sweep a doubleheader with Potomac. In the opener, Indians prospect Drew Pomeranz (1-0) struck out eight over five innings for his first professional victory. LF Bo Greenwell and 1B Chase Burnette both slugged solo home runs for the host Indians.

In the nightcap, Clayton Cook, Francisco Jimenez and Travis Turek combined to blank the Nationals. Cook (2-2) yielded four hits in five innings. He struck out six and did not walk a batter. Turek struck out two. The K-Tribe pitchers didn't walk a Potomac batter in the second game.

Greenwell was 2-or-3 in game two. He went 2-for-2 in game one and ended up hitting for the cycle in the doubleheader.

Notes: Pomeranz has struck out 42 and allowed just 16 hits (one homer) and 10 walks in 28 1/3 innings. Opponents are hitting .162 against him....His 42 strikeouts ranked first in the Carolina League going into the league’s other Saturday night games, and his 1.27 ERA was third....RH Brett Brach was second with a 1.25 ERA. Brach has made starts in his last three outings, after beginning the season with a start at AA Akron and two relief outings with Kinston. Including his six scoreless, two-hit innings for a win for Akron, Brach is 4-1 with an 0.98 ERA. He has struck out 20, walked 10, allowed no homers and held opponents to a .187 batting average in 27 2/3 innings....LH Giovanni Soto, who will turn 20 on May 18, is 1-3 with a 3.00 ERA in five starts. In 21 innings, he’s fanned 21, walked eight and held opponents to a .203 batting average.

AAA Columbus Clippers

Clippers rained out The International League game between host Columbus and Lehigh Valley was postponed because of rain. The Clippers and IronPigs will play a doubleheader starting at 1:05 p.m. Sunday.

Notes: Outfielder Chad Huffman (.299) is 29-for-79 (.367) with six doubles, five home runs and 20 RBI since beginning the season 0-for-18....OF Jerad Head (.378) was third in the International League in batting average prior to Saturday’s IL games. He has four doubles, three homers, 13 RBI and 15 runs....3B Lonnie Chisenhall (.294) is 17-for-41 (.415) in his last 10 games, with two doubles, one triple, one homer, eight RBI and 11 runs....CF Ezequiel Carrera is batting .316 (31-for-98) with four doubles, one triple, 22 runs, 14 RBI and 12 stolen bases in 13 tries....RH starter Zach McAllister is 5-0 with a 3.09 ERA in five starts, striking out 21, walking five and allowing just one homer....RH reliever Carlton Smith is 1-0 in 10 games, pitching 13 2/3 scoreless innings. He’s struck out 17, walked three and allowed 10 hits....The Clippers are 22-6 and have won 14 of their last 15 games.

AA Akron Aeros

Thunder 4, Aeros 3 Trenton, trailing 3-1, scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning of the Eastern League game at Akron. Aeros LH reliever and loser Nick Hagadone (2-1, 1.45) gave up a seventh-inning infield single and walk to the first two Thunder batters, after which Akron pitching coach Tony Arnold and manager Chris Tremie were tossed out for arguing by home plate umpire Travis Hatch. After another single loaded the bases, Aeros RH Matthew Langwell came on and Trenton got its runs on a groundout and single. Langwell retired six of the seven batters he faced, fanning three. Akron 2B Tim Fedroff (.320), 3B Kyle Bellows (.188) and 1B Matt McBride (.255) were all 2-for-4.

Notes: Aeros RH starter Joe Gardner (2-1, 3.00) allowed one run on two hits and four walks, with four strikeouts, in 4 1/3 innings....Nick Hagadone (2-1, 1.45) has pitched 18 2/3 innings in nine relief outings, striking out 22 while giving up 13 hits and four walks....2B Tim Fedroff is 8-for-17 (.471) in his last four games, with two doubles and five RBI....CF Jordan Henry (.301) has stolen 11 bases in 11 attempts....RH reliever Chen-Chang Lee (1-1, 3.18) has struck out 24 and walked five in 17 innings....LH starter Kelvin De La Cruz (1-3, 2.77) has struck out 35 and allowed just 16 hits (no homers) in 26 innings, but has walked 19.

A Lake County Captains

Lugnuts 7, Captains 6 Lansing (Mich.) scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to wipe out a four-run Captains lead, and held on to defeat Lake County in a Midwest League game. Owen Dew (1-4) absorbed the loss in relief. He gave up five hits and five runs in the seventh.

Notes: Going into Saturday night’s game, SS Tyler Cannon (.369) was third in the Midwest League in batting average, and OF Jason Smit (.344) was seventh. OF Anthony Gallas (.319) was tied for first with 12 doubles....Cannon had eight doubles, two triples, three homers, 15 RBI, 15 runs and 15 walks....Smit had five doubles, one triple, two homers, 11 RBI, 17 runs and 15 walks....Gallas had three homers, 10 RBI and 17 runs....LH Mike Rayl is 3-0 with a 2.08 ERA in six starts. In 30 1/3 innings, he’s struck out 31, walked nine and held opponents to a .160 batting average....RH Michael Goodnight is 2-2 with a 2.27 ERA. He has pitched 31 2/3 innings in six starts, striking out 29, walking nine and holding opponents to a .150 batting average.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/05/minor_league_report_drew_pomer.html

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