Monday, June 20, 2011

Tyler Cannon may be another middle-infield prospect who can hit: Minor-league report

Captains shortstop Cannon, an Indians' 12th-round draft pick last June, began Monday night as the Midwest League's second-leading hitter.

tyler-cannon.jpgTyler Cannon playing shortstop for the Lake County Captains.

A Lake County Captains

Captains 9, Lugnuts 5�: DH Alex Monsalve (.292) homered, CF Carlos Moncrief (.286) had four hits and Lake County prevailed in a Midwest League game in Lansing, Mich.

Notes: Going into Monday night’s game, shortstop Tyler Cannon’s .364 batting average was second in the Midwest League. Cannon was 32-for-88 with eight doubles, two triples, three home runs, 15 RBI, 16 runs and 16 walks. Cannon, 23, is a right-handed hitter who was drafted by the Indians in the 12th round last June after a standout career at the University of Virginia....Left fielder Anthony Gallas led the league with 14 doubles, and his .343 batting average was sixth. He also had three homers. A 2006 Strongsville High School graduate, Gallas slugged 49 home runs in four seasons at Kent State before signing with the Indians as an undrafted free agent last year....OF Carlos Moncrief (.263) was 13-for-37 (.351) with four doubles, one homer, five runs, four RBI and five walks in his last nine games....2B Argenis Martinez (.263) was 12-for-32 (.375) with three doubles, eight RBI, five runs, seven walks and three stolen bases in his last 10 games....RH reliever Nikolas Sarianides (2-1, one save, 2.25) had struck out 15 and walked two, allowing 11 hits, in 16 innings....RH reliever Clayton Ehlert (0-1, seven saves, 2.38) had fanned 10, walked one and given up eight hits in 11 1/3 innings....The Captains’ starting pitcher on Monday night, LH Mike Rayl, went into the game with a 3-0 record and 2.08 ERA in six starts. He had struck out 31 and walked nine in 30 1/3 innings, and held opponents to a .160 batting average.

AAA Columbus Clippers

Clippers 5, Knights 2: RH Zach McAllister (3.00 ERA) struck out eight in seven innings to improve to 6-0 in Columbus’ International League win in Charlotte, N.C. McAllister allowed two runs on five hits and one walk. SS Jason Donald (.290) homered, and 1B Travis Buck (.326) drove in two runs for the Clippers. DH Cord Phelps (.306) had one RBI.

Notes: Going into Monday night’s game, OF Chad Huffman (.297) was batting .361 (30-for-83) after an 0-for-18 start, and had six doubles, five homers, 20 RBI and 24 runs....OF Jerad Head was second in the International League with a .385 batting average. In his last six games, Head was 13-for-27 (.481) with two doubles, one home run, five RBI and seven runs....CF Ezequiel Carrera (.311) was leading the IL with 14 stolen bases (in 15 attempts)....SS Cord Phelps (.313) was 6-for-10 with three doubles, a homer and five RBI in his last three games....2B Jason Kipnis (.283) was 12-for-33 (.364) in his last eight games, with three doubles, one triple, one homer, 11 runs and 10 RBI....3B Lonnie Chisenhall (.294) was 14-for-39 (.359) with two doubles, one triple, one homer, eight RBI, eight runs and six walks in his last 10 games....Veteran catchers Luke Carlin, 30, and Paul Phillips, 34, were providing solid offense. Carlin was hitting .345 (20-for-58) with three doubles, three homers, 15 RBI, 15 runs and 15 walks. Phillips was hitting .286 (12-for-42) with two doubles, one homer, five RBI and seven runs....Carlin has played in parts of three major league seasons, batting .175 in 52 games, with three homers in 126 at bats. That includes late last season with the Indians, when Carlin was 5-for-14 (.357) with two homers in six games. Phillips has played 91 games in parts of seven big league campaigns, hitting .262 with three homers in 221 at bats....The Clippers, who had won 15 of their last 17 games, were leading the IL in batting average (.298) and runs (192).... The Clippers’ starting pitcher on Monday night, RH Zach McAllister, went into the game with a 5-0 record and 3.09 ERA in five starts. He had struck out 21, walked five and allowed 31 hits in 32 innings.

AA Akron Aeros

SeaWolves 10, Aeros 3: LH T.J. McFarland (1-1, 7.16) allowed eight runs in 2.1 innings as Akron lost an Eastern League contest in Erie, Pa. McFarland gave up nine hits and three walks. 2B Karexon Sanchez homered, doubled and drove in the Aeros’ three runs.

Notes: Going into Monday night’s game, LF Tim Fedroff (.337) was 11-for-21 (.524) in his last five games, with two doubles and six RBI....Catcher Chun Chen (.274) was 12-for-37 (.324) with four homers, four doubles, 11 RBI and eight runs in his last 10 games....1B Matt McBride (.248) was 8-for-19 (.421) with three homers and six RBI in his last five games....CF Jordan Henry (.299) had stolen 11 bases in 11 attempts....RH reliever Chen Lee (1-1, 2.84) had struck out 27, walked five and given up 13 hits in 19 innings....LH reliever Nick Hagadone (2-1, 1.45) had pitched 18 2/3 innings in nine games, striking out 22, walking four and allowing 13 hits (no homers)....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. He has made five starts and one relief appearance....RH Austin Adams (3-2, 2.76) has pitched 29 1/3 innings in six starts, fanning 29 while yielding 25 hits (one homer) and 14 walks....RH Joseph Gardner (2-1, 3.00) has pitched 18 innings in four starts. He’s struck out 11 and given up 16 hits, including no homers, but has walked 14.

Advanced A Kinston Indians

The Indians were idle Monday.

Notes: Indians’ relief pitchers have not allowed an earned run in their last 38 2/3 innings. They have given up three unearned runs during the span and allowed one inherited base-runner to score....RH reliever Tyler Sturdevant is 2-1 with a 1.00 ERA, fanning 16, walking five and allowing 14 hits in 18 innings....RH reliever Adam Miller, a Cleveland first-round pick in the 2003 draft who, until April 30, had not pitched in an official game since 2008 because of finger ailments, has had two scoreless, one-inning outings, fanning two while giving up one hit and two walks. Miller, considered one of baseball’s premier pitching prospects before his finger injuries, allowed four runs (three earned) in one inning in his first outing nine days ago....LH Drew Pomeranz (1-0), the Indians’ first-round draft pick last season, was the Carolina League leader going into Monday with 42 strikeouts, and was third with a 1.27 ERA. He has allowed just 16 hits (one homer) in 28 1/3 innings, with 10 walks. Opponents are hitting .162 against him....RH Brett Brach has a 1.25 ERA, but his 21 1/3 innings aren’t enough to qualify among the league leaders. 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....OF Jason Smit, a 21-year-old from Australia, is 2-for-8 since being promoted from Class A Lake County, where he hit .344 (31-for-90) with five doubles, one triple, two homers and 15 walks....LH Giovanni Soto, who will turn 20 on May 18, is 1-3 with a 2.67 ERA in six starts. In 27 innings, he’s fanned 26, walked nine and held opponents to a .202 batting average....Kinston (13-16) begins a three-game series at Myrtle Beach (S.C.) against the Pelicans (18-12) on Tuesday night.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/05/minor_league_report_51.html

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