Jeanmar Gomez pitches another strong game to win for Columbus.
MINOR LEAGUE REPORT
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Indians 3, Pelicans 2 Casey Frawley’s 2-out single in the bottom of the 23rd inning gave Kinston the win over Myrtle Beach (S.C.) in the marathon Carolina League game in North Carolina. 2B Frawley (.212) was 1-for-10 with six strikeouts before he drove in C Roberto Perez (.259), who lined a leadoff single, with the game-winner. Seven Pelicans’ pitchers combined to strike out 32 Indians. Perez scored all three Kinston runs, going 4-for-9 with a solo homer and a double. LH reliever Chris Jones (2-0, 3.96) pitched three scoreless innings for the win. Indians LH reliever Francisco Jimenez pitched five scoreless, two-hit innings (12th through 16th), with eight strikeouts and two walks.
Notes: RH reliever Kyle Landis pitched two scoreless innings. With Kinston, Landis is 1-0 with one save in six games, striking out 14, walking none and allowing one hit in 10 innings....RH relievers Jose Flores and Tyler Sturdevant pitched two scoreless innings each, and RH reliever Joey Mahalic pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings....RH starter Brett Brach gave up one run on three hits and two walks in six innings, with three strikeouts....RH closer Preston Guilmet, who is 0-0 with 14 saves and a 1.48 ERA, got his first blown save of the season, allowing the Pelicans a ninth-inning run that tied the game, 2-2, and forced extra innings....3B Justin Toole (.294) was 3-for-8, and his sacrifice bunt in the 23rd moved Perez to second base. Perez then went to third on a groundout by 1B Chase Burnette (.225), bringing Frawley to the plate with two outs....Kinston had 14 hits, Myrtle Beach 12....The Indians follow the 23-inning game with a doubleheader at Kinston on Monday at 4:30 p.m. against the Salem Red Sox.
AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 10, Bisons 4 RH starter Jeanmar Gomez (6-1, 2.28) allowed one run on five hits in six innings for the win, and LF Shelley Duncan (.167) and 1B Jared Goedert (.250) slugged three-run home runs as the Clippers extended their winning streak to six games in the International League contest at Buffalo, N.Y. Columbus catcher Luke Carlin (.248) drove a solo homer and 2B Jason Kipnis (.295) tripled home one run and singled in another.
Notes: Gomez, who struck out five and walked three, is 3-0 with a 1.50 ERA in 36 innings over his last five games, allowing 25 hits (one homer) while striking out 25 and walking 13....Kipnis is 8-for-13 (.615) with two homers, a triple, five RBI and five runs in his last three games....RF Chad Huffman (.273) is 10-for-21 (.476) with three doubles and two homers during his current six-game hitting streak.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 5, Senators 4 RH Paolo Espino (3-0, 2.91), normally used in long relief and making his second start of the season, allowed two runs on six hits in six innings to get the Eastern League win for Akron in Harrisburg, Pa. Espino fanned four and walked one. RH Cory Burns pitched a perfect ninth inning, with two strikeouts, for his 16th save. RF Nick Weglarz (.190) and catcher Chun-Hsiu Chen (.284) both had RBI doubles as eight Aeros combined for 10 hits.
Notes: Espino has struck out 56 and walked 10 in 52 2/3 innings. He is 2-0 as a starter, with a 2.45 ERA in 11 innings. His other start was on May 21. As a reliever, Espino is 1-0 with one save and a 3.02 ERA in 41 1/3 innings....Burns has struck out 36 and walked six in 25 innings....RH reliever Matt Langwell, who is 2-1 with three saves and a 1.23 ERA, pitched a scoreless inning. He has not been scored upon in his last eight outings, pitching 11 1/3 innings with 11 strikeouts, no walks and allowing eight hits....[mpe: We used McBride’s hitting as a note in today’s paper: ]OF-1B Matt McBride (.280) was 2-for-3 with an RBI as the DH. McBride is batting .324 (47-for-145) with 10 homers, 10 doubles, three triples and 36 RBI in his last 38 games.
A Lake County Captains
Snappers 7, Captains 2 RH Michael Goodnight (5-4, 2.45) allowed three runs on two hits and four walks in the first three innings to take the Midwest League loss for the Captains at Beloit (Wisc.). SS Ronny Rodriguez (.213) slugged a two-run, ninth-inning homer for the Captains.
Notes: Goodnight was 3-0 with an 0.91 ERA in his five previous games, fanning 30, walking 11 and giving up 16 hits in 29 2/3 innings.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/06/kinston_batters_strike_out_32.html
Chelsea United States Alexander McCall Smith Kazakhmys Office for National Statistics Lancashire
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