Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Jason Kipnis leads Akron Aeros to victory over Reading: Minor league report

The Class A Kinston Indians sweep a doubleheader, and the Class A Lake County Captains win at Fort Wayne, Ind.

giovanni-soto.jpgGiovanni Soto pitching for the Class A West Michigan Whitecaps of the Detroit organization on April 11.

Updated at 12:22 a.m.

AAA Columbus Clippers

Chiefs 4, Clippers 3 (13) RHP Jensen Lewis (2-1, 2.63 ERA) gave up a walk-off homer to Seth Bynum in the 13th inning as Columbus lost an International League game Thursday in Syracuse, N.Y.

Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, 2B Cord Phelps (.331) was batting .375 (45-for-120) in his last 32 games....1B Wes Hodges (.272) was 5-for-8 in his last two games....RH reliever Vinnie Pestano (1-2, 10 saves, 1.93) had struck out 49 and walked 12 in 37 1/3 innings....RH reliever Josh Judy (2-0, two saves, 3.16) had fanned 42 and walked 11 in 37 innings....OF Nick Weglarz, one of the Indians' top left-handed hitting power prospects, had been on the disabled list and missed the last nine games with a sprained right thumb. Weglarz, 22, was hitting .286 with 17 doubles, one triple and six home runs in 175 at bats for the Clippers, after hitting .285 with 10 doubles and seven homers in 137 at bats for Akron.

AA Akron Aeros

Aeros 3, Phillies 2 Second baseman Jason Kipnis (.332) tripled, singled twice, drove in a run and then scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth for host Akron in an Eastern League game against Reading, Pa. The Aeros tied it in the ninth when Lonnie Chisenhall (.264) singled in Jordan Henry (.277). Kipnis then scored on a grounder to first by Beau Mills (.228). LHP Scott Barnes (4.66) gave up one run and two hits in six innings for the Aeros.

Notes: LHP Matt Packer is 0-0 with an 0.64 ERA, pitching 14 innings in two games with the Aeros since being promoted from Lake County. Packer was 8-5 at Lake County and leading the Midwest League with a 1.60 ERA, striking out 92 and walking 13 in 95 2/3 innings, while allowing just 77 hits, just four of them home runs....Going into Thursday night's game, catcher Juan Apodaca was 5-for-10 with a home run and five walks since being acquired in a trade with the Boston Red Sox organization. Apodaca hit a combined .239 with nine doubles, three homers and 26 walks in 176 at bats this season for Boston's Class AA (Portland, Maine) and AAA (Patucket, R.I.)....RH reliever Chen-Chang Lee (5-3, 3.77) had not allowed an earned run in his last 12 games, striking out 24 while allowing six hits and five walks in 17 1/3 innings. Lee had struck out 64 and walked 20 in 57 1/3 innings this season....The Aeros had lost six straight games and nine of their last 11....OF John Drennen (.295) was 7-for-17 (.412) with two doubles and a homer in his last four games....2B Jason Kipnis (.325) was 12-for-36 (.333) with two doubles, two triples, one homer and seven RBI in his last nine games.

Advanced A Kinston Indians

Indians 3-6, Red Sox 1-5 3B Kyle Bellows (.265) doubled twice and drove in three runs, and Kinston, N.C., won as a suspended Carolina League game was completed in Salem, Va. Bellows had three hits, and Alex Castillo doubled him in with the winning run in the eighth inning as the K-Tribe triumphed in the regularly scheduled game.

Notes: RHP Joseph Gardner (9-5, 2.91) is 1-0 with a 1.89 ERA in his last three starts, fanning 12, walking five and giving up 13 hits in 19 innings. In 18 starts with Kinston and six with Akron, Gardner is 10-5 with a 2.98 ERA. He has struck out 127 and walked 49 in 127 innings, holding opponents to a .198 batting average and six homers....Going into Thursday night's games, 3B Kyle Bellows (.257) was 7-for-18 (.389) with a double, three RBI and three runs in his last four games....LHP T.J. McFarland is back with the Indians after making one start at Akron, where he got a no-decision, giving up six runs (five earned) in four innings. McFarland (10-3, 2.81) was the only pitcher in the league with 10 wins entering Wednesday. Joseph Gardner was in a four-way tie for second with his nine victories. McFarland ranked third in the league in ERA; Gardner, fourth.

A Lake County Captains

Captains 4, TinCaps 1 SS Casey Frawley (.268) went 2-for-5 with a homer for Lake County in a Midwest League victory in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, SS Casey Frawley (.266) was 7-for-13 (.538) with one double, one triple, five RBI and four runs in his last three games....3B Adam Abraham (.256) was 35-for-90 (.389) with eight doubles, six home runs and 27 RBI in his last 23 games....RH reliever Preston Guilmet (3-1, nine saves, 2.15) had struck out 53 and walked six in 37 2/3 innings, giving up just 26 hits, including two homers....RH reliever Jose Flores (0-1, two saves, 2.20) had struck out 37 and walked five in 28 2/3 innings, giving up 23 hits, just one of them a home run....LH reliever Francisco Jimenez (6-1, one save, 4.11) had pitched five scoreless innings in his last two games, fanning six while giving up one hit and two walks....LHP Giovanni Soto is 2-0 with a 2.00 ERA in three starts, striking out 20, walking six and allowing six hits in 18 innings since being acquired from the Detroit Tigers organization in the Jhonny Peralta trade. Including his time this season with Class A West Michigan, Soto is 8-6 with a 2.50 ERA in 18 starts, including two complete game shutouts. In 100 2/3 innings, he has allowed just 81 hits -- including three homers -- while fanning 96 and walking 31. Soto, 19, from Puerto Rico, was drafted by Detroit in the 21st round in 2009. He went to Detroit's Gulf Coast League team, and was 4-0 with one save and a 1.18 ERA in 13 games (six starts), pitching 45 2/3 innings. 

A Mahoning Valley Scrappers

Yankees 4, Scrappers 1 Kelvin De Leon's 3-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning off Scrappers RHP Julio Ramirez (1-2, 10.24) ended the New York-Penn League game in Staten Island, N.Y. Scrappers left-handed starter Mike Rayl (3.10) gave up one run on one hit, striking out nine and walking three, in 5 2/3 innings. RH Gregorio Rosario pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of Rayl. Scrappers 2B Kevin Fontanez (.211) doubled and scored on DH Aaron Fields' (.240) sixth-inning single.

Notes: Rayl is 0-4 despite his 3.10 ERA. He has given up one homer in 52 1/3 innings....3B Giovanny Urshela (.293) was 0-for-4, after hitting .432 (19-for-44) with three homers, three doubles, 12 RBI and nine runs in his previous 11 games.

Independent Lake Erie Crushers

CornBelters 7, Crushers 0 Lee Huggins doubled twice, but Lake Erie only could manage two other hits -- both singles -- in a Frontier League loss in Normal, Ill.

Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, RH relief pitcher Jeff Cinadr (4-1, three saves, 1.37, .176 batting average-against) was 4-0 with three saves and an 0.43 ERA in his last 19 games, allowing two runs (both earned) on 20 hits in 42 innings. Cinadr was drafted in the 36th round last June by the Tampa Bay Rays. He split time between the Rays' Class A team in Hudson Valley and rookie team in Princeton. He was a combined 2-0 with a 4.94 ERA. Cinadr, 22, graduated in 2009 from the University of Toledo with a degree in bio-engineering....LH reliever Ronnie Morales (0-2, 3.40) was 0-0 with a 1.10 ERA in his last 12 games, striking out 16, walking 10 and giving up just five hits in 16 1/3 innings.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/08/minor_league_report_36.html

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