Clippers outfielder Constanza, an International League all-star, got the distinction in a Baseball America survey of scouts and managers.
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AAA Columbus Clippers
Chiefs 1-3, Clippers 0-6: Columbus starter Yohan Pino (8-7, 5.64) threw six strong innings but the Clippers managed just four hits in losing the first game of an International League doubleheader Tuesday in Syracuse, N.Y.
Clippers 3B Jared Goedert (.291) had two hits.
Goedert had two more hits in the nightcap, including his 18th homer of the season, to help Columbus to a split. LF Jerad Head (.304) also had two hits and a home run, his second.
Notes: Going into Tuesday night's games, Goedert (.281) was in a 4-for-28 slump. Goedert had slugged 17 homers and 18 doubles in 221 at bats with the Clippers, after batting .325 with 14 doubles and seven homers in 163 at bats at Akron. ... Nine of the 13 position players on the Indians' active roster, and catcher Carlos Santana -- on the Tribe's disabled list -- have been regulars at some point this season for the Clippers. The 10 combined for 1,628 at bats with the Clippers, including 56 home runs. ... Catcher Richard Martinez was 4-for-11 with three doubles and five RBI in his last three games, after going 0-for-3 with an RBI in his first game with the Clippers after being promoted from Advanced A Kinston. Martinez hit .130 (21-for-161) at Kinston. ... 2B Argenis Reyes was 6-for-11 with a double in his first three games as a Clipper. ... The Clippers were third in all of Minor League Baseball with an average home attendance of 8,736. ... In its annual "Best Tools" survey of managers and scouts, the minor league-focused publication, Baseball America, lists catcher Carlos Santana as the Class AAA-level "best batting prospect/power prospect." Santana began the season with the Clippers, was promoted to the Indians and is on the disabled list with a knee injury. Clippers OF Jose Constanza is considered the fastest base-runner. Catcher Lou Marson and OF Michael Brantley, both now with the Indians but having spent large portions of the season with Columbus, are also named: Marson, as the best defensive catcher; Brantley, having the best strike zone judgement. Clippers manager Mike Sarbaugh is considered a top big league manager prospect. ... Constanza, 26, bats and throws left-handed, and has never played in the major leagues. Signed by the Indians as an undrafted free agent in June, 2003, Constanza has limited power, but has 257 stolen bases in his minor league career. Going into Tuesday night's game, he was batting .303 and had swiped 28 bases (leading the International League) in 32 tries. He was named to the International League all-star team in July.
AA Akron Aeros
Phillies 11, Aeros 0: Righty Corey Kluber (0-2, 10.13) got lit up for six earned runs in four innings and the Aeros lost the Eastern League game in Akron.
Kluber, whom the Indians acquired as part of the Jake Westbrook deal, gave up 11 hits and one walk while striking out five.
Notes: Going into Tuesday night's game, RH reliever Omar Aguilar (2-4, five saves, 3.48) had struck out 62 and not given up a home run in 51 2/3 innings this season. ... 2B Jason Kipnis (.330) was 13-for-34 (.382) with two doubles, two triples, one homer and seven RBI in his last seven games. ... OF Tim Fedroff (.275) was 10-for-29 (.345) with three doubles and a home run in his last eight games. ... RHP Alex White (6-6, 2.45), the Indians' first-round pick in the 2009 draft, might be tiring in his first professional season. He has lost his last two starts, giving up 11 runs on 15 hits in 10 innings. In his previous seven starts, White was 4-1 with a 1.03 ERA in 43 2/3 innings. White is a combined 8-9 with a 2.58 ERA at Akron and Kinston, striking out 104, walking 41 and holding batters to a .221 average in 132 1/3 innings.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Red Sox 4, Indians 3 (10): Righty Joseph Gardner (2.91) started and pitched seven solid innings, but the K-Tribe lost the Carolina League game in Salem, Va.
Notes: LHP T.J. House (5-8, 3.62) is 3-0 with a 1.04 ERA over 30 innings in his last four games, allowing just 14 hits, no home runs and five walks. ... Going into Tuesday night's game, RHP Cory Burns was 0-1 with 21 saves and a 1.88 ERA in 29 games, pitching 28 2/3 innings. Combined with his time at Lake County, Burns was 0-1 with 33 saves and a 2.03 ERA, striking out 64 and walking 13 in 44 1/3 innings, and allowing 35 hits -- just one home run. ... RH Matthew Langwell (4-2, three saves, 2.33) led the Carolina League with 12 holds. He had fanned 47 and walked 12 in 46 1/3 innings. Other than a July 5 outing when he allowed five earned runs in 1/3 inning, Langwell had a 1.37 ERA. In his last nine games, he had pitched 10 scoreless innings.
A Lake County Captains
Captains 4, Silver Hawks 3: SS Casey Frawley (.264) tripled in Delvi Cid (.249) with the go-ahead run in the ninth inning, and Lake County won the Midwest League game in South Bend, Ind.
Lefty Giovanni Soto (2.50), whom the Cleveland Indians acquired from Detroit for Jhonny Peralta, started and pitched seven innings. He allowed two runs, both earned, on three hits. He walked one and fanned nine.
Notes: RHP Brett Brach (4-6, 2.88) is 4-3 with a 2.05 ERA in his last 10 games, fanning 42 while allowing 11 walks and 52 hits in 61 1/3 innings. ... Going into Tuesday night's game, 1B Adam Abraham (.254) was 33-for-84 (.393) with seven doubles, six homers and 25 RBI in his last 21 games. ... Catcher Roberto Perez (.234) was 12-for-28 (.429) with four doubles, one triple, two homers, nine runs, eight RBI and six walks in his last eight games. ... 2B Argenis Martinez (.215) was on a nine-game hitting streak, going 12-for-32 (.375) with one double, one triple, eight walks, six stolen bases, six runs and five RBI. ... CF Delvi Cid (.252) was 17-for-48 (.354) with two doubles, one homer, nine runs and eight RBI in his last 11 games.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Scrappers 7, Yankees 3: LF Jonathan Burnette (.284) hit his eighth homer of the season and drove in three runs to lead Mahoning Valley to the New York-Penn League win in Staten Island, N.Y.
Notes: Going into Tuesday night's game, 3B Giovanny Urshela (.301) was 18-for-40 (.450) with three home runs, three doubles, 10 RBI and nine runs in his last 10 games. ... 1B Jesus Aguilar was 11-for-31 (.355) with four doubles, one homer and six RBI in his first nine games with the Scrappers. ... RHP Casey Gaynor (4-2, 4.25) was 4-0 with a 1.96 ERA in 10 relief appearances, pitching 23 innings and not allowing a home run. ... OF Carlos Moncrief (.241) is 14-for-27 (.519) with one double and one homer in his last seven games. ... RHP Alex Kaminsky (4-3, 2.15), RHP Owen Dew (1-2, 2.64) and 2B Dan DeGeorge (.257) were named to play in the New York-Penn League All-Star Game on Aug. 17 in Staten Island.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Crushers 5, Cornbelters 4 (13): Lake Erie scored twice in the ninth inning to tie the game and scored in the 13th to take the victory at Normal, Ill. J.J. Pacella (2-2) got the win in relief for Lake Erie.
Notes: Going into Tuesday night's game, RH relief pitcher Jeff Cinadr (4-1, three saves, 1.41) had allowed just 35 hits in 57 1/3 innings. ... RH starter Josh Roberts (7-3, 2.47) was second in the Frontier League in ERA, and RH starter Alberto Rolon (2-3, 2.76) was sixth. ... SS Jodam Rivera (.289) was on a six-game hitting streak, during which he was 9-for-22 (.409).
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/08/jose_constanza_minor_league_re.html
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