Lefty gives up one earned run on three hits in 7 1/3 innings for the win, making him 5-1 with 1.69 ERA in last eight starts. Aeros, Captains lose. Kinston, Scrappers win.
Scott Barnes pitching for the Akron Aeros late in the 2009 season.MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT
AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 6, Mud Hens 2 LH Scott Barnes (7-2, 3.40) held Toledo to two runs (one earned) on three hits and a walk, with five strikeouts, in 7 1/3 innings to lead the Clippers to an International League road win. Columbus RF Jerad Head (.303) slugged his 11th home run, a solo clout, and 2B Jason Kipnis (.301) keyed a four-run seventh inning with a two-run double. LH Nick Hagadone retired the final five Toledo batters, with two strikeouts.
Notes: Barnes is 5-1 with a 1.69 ERA in his last eight starts, striking out 55 in 48 innings. The Indians acquired Barnes from the San Francisco organization on July 27, 2009, when they sent 1B Ryan Garko to the Giants. Barnes, 23, was an eighth-round pick by the Giants in the 2008 draft....SS Luis Valbuena (.319) was 2-for-4 with a run, and is 14-for-33 (.424) with four homers, two doubles, nine RBI and eight runs in his last nine games....Jason Kipnis is 13-for-35 (.371) with three homers, one double, one triple, 12 runs and eight RBI in his last nine games.
AA Akron Aeros
SeaWolves 7, Aeros 3 LH starter Kelvin De La Cruz (4-6, 4.62) took the loss for Akron in the Eastern League game at Erie (Pa.), yielding five runs on eight hits while striking out eight and walking none. Aeros DH Jordan Henry (.281) was 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run, and LF Nick Weglarz (.218) was 2-for-4 with a double and run.
Notes: De La Cruz has 83 strikeouts in 74 innings. He had walked 51 going into the game. De La Cruz gave up just his second home run of the season, a two-run clout by Erie catcher Bryan Holaday....Jordan Henry is 17-for-37 (.459) with four stolen bases in four tries in his last nine games. He has 23 stolen bases in 28 attempts for the season....RH reliever Adam Miller (1-1, one save, 2.77), a former elite prospect trying to make a comeback after being sidelined for about three years with finger injuries, has pitched nine scoreless innings in his last seven games, striking out nine while allowing five hits and five walks.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Indians 1, Pelicans 0 RH Brett Brach (5-5, 2.80) held host Myrtle Beach (S.C.) to five hits — all singles — in eight innings to earn the Carolina League win for the Indians. Brach struck out three and walked none. Kinston scored in the top of the ninth inning when 3B Adam Abraham (.248) led off with a double, and pinch-runner Delvi Cid eventually scored on a single by DH Chase Burnette (.234). Kinston RH Jose Flores pitched the ninth inning for his second save.
Notes: LH Drew Pomeranz (2-2), the Cleveland Indians’ first pick and the fifth overall selection in the 2010 draft, leads the league with a 1.81 ERA. Pomeranz has struck out 81 and walked 27, holding opponents to a .201 batting average and one homer in 64 2/3 innings.
A Lake County Captains
Silver Hawks 4, Captains 2 Lake County LH starter Mike Rayl pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings, holding South Bend (Ind.) to two hits and no walks while fanning seven, but got a no-decision in the Midwest League game at Eastlake. 1B Jesus Aguilar (.284) slugged a two-run homer for the Captains in the sixth inning, but RH reliever Joey Mahalic (0-1, 7.27) took the loss by yielding all four Silver Hawks’ runs in the top of the eighth.
Notes: Rayl, who has a 5-2 record, lowered his ERA to a league-leading 1.53. He has struck out 70 and walked 10 in 64 2/3 innings, holding opponents to a .175 batting average and one home run....OF Jordan Casas (.345) was 0-for-4. He was 16-for-36 (.444) in his previous seven games, with one double, one triple, nine runs and five RBI.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Scrappers 7, Spikes 3 3B Jordan Smith (.324) drove in three runs with a two-run single and a groundout, 2B Todd Hankins (.262) singled home two runs and CF Cody Elliott (.245) was 3-for-4 with a run and RBI as the Scrappers earned a New York-Penn League win at State College (Pa.). RH Rob Nixon allowed three Spikes runs on six hits in six innings, before RH Will Krasne (1-0, 0.00) got the win by pitching a scoreless seventh inning.
Notes: OF Bryson Myles (.327) is 14-for-37 (.378) with three doubles, two triples, one homer and five stolen bases in his last nine games. That includes 10-for-22 (.455) with two doubles, one triple, one homer and five steals in his last five games.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/06/scott_barnes_pitches_another_g.html
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