Columbus, leading two wins to none, can clinch first International League championship since 1996 with a win over Durham on Thursday night. Lake County can take a 2-0 lead over Clinton in its best-of-five Midwest League title series.
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AAA Columbus Clippers
Tonight: Clippers at Durham, 7:05. Clippers lead best-of-five International League Governor's Cup championship series, 2-0. Clippers RHP Yohan Pino (10-9, 5.75 regular season; 1-0, 0.00 playoffs) vs. Bulls RHP Alex Cobb (7-5, 2.71 regular season; 0-1, 2.70 playoffs).
Notes: If necessary, Games 4 and 5 will be played at Durham on Friday and Saturday nights. If there is a fourth game, RHP Paolo Espino will start for the Clippers.... Going into Thursday night's game, the Clippers' playoff leaders in batting average were catcher Luke Carlin, .438 (7-of-16); OF Jerad Head, .429 (9-of-21); CF Ezequiel Carrera, .375 (9-of-24); IF Drew Sutton, .333 (6-of-18; now with the Indians); 1B Wes Hodges, .318 (7-of-22); OF Jose Constanza, .276 (8-of-29); 3B Jared Goedert, .269 (7-of-26); 2B Cord Phelps .261 (6-of-23). Carlin, Head, Hodges and Goedert each had two home runs; Carlin and 2B Josh Rodriguez each had three doubles. Leaders in RBI were Head (nine). Hodges (eight), Carlin (five) and Carrera, Rodriguez and Goedert (four). Leaders in runs were Head (seven), Carrera (six), Carlin and Hodges (five) and Constanza and Goedert (4). Rodriguez was hitting .190 (4-of-21) but had produced seven runs. Phelps led in walks with six. Carlin had five and Constanza four. Constanza had three stolen bases and Carrera two. DH-2B Jason Kipnis, who finished the regular season at Class AA Akron, was 3-of-8 (.375) in two games....Going into Thursday night's game, RH Yohan Pino (1-0, 0.00), RH Zach McAllister (1-0, 0.71), LH David Huff (1-0, 1.93) and RH Paolo Espino (1-0, 2.57) and had made the Clippers' six playoff starts (two each by Huff and McAllister) and were a combined 4-0 with a 1.33 ERA in 40 2/3 innings....Hodges was 17-of-56 (.304) with five home runs, two doubles, 15 RBI and nine runs in his last 14 games, including the regular season and playoffs....Carrera was 22-of-65 (.338) in his last 16 games, with three doubles, two triples, two homers, 11 runs, nine RBI and eight stolen bases in nine attempts. ... Constanza had reached base in his last 30 games, hitting .354 (45-of-127) during the stretch....Carrera had reached base in his last 24 games prior to Wednesday night, when he was 0-of-3 with a sacrifice....RH reliever Zach Putnam had allowed one run (unearned) while going 1-0 in his last 13 games, fanning 20, walking three and giving up six hits in 17 1/3 innings; RH reliever Josh Judy has allowed one run (unearned) in his last 10 games, fanning 14 while yielding five hits and two walks in 11 1/3 innings; RH closer Vinnie Pestano had six saves in his last 13 games, giving up one run on five hits and three walks, while striking out 19 in 13 innings.
A Lake County Captains
Tonight: Captains at Clinton (Iowa), 7:30. Captains lead best-of-five Midwest League championship series, 1-0. Captains RHP Trey Haley (5-11, 5.97 regular season; 0-0, 0.00 playoffs) vs. LumberKings RHP Erasmo Ramirez (10-4, 2.97 regular season; 1-0, 1.29 playoffs).
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, RH reliever Preston Guilmet had earned a save in all four of his playoff appearances, pitching eight scoreless innings. He had struck out 13, walked one and allowed two hits. Including the regular season and playoffs, Guilmet was 4-1 with a 1.95 ERA and 15 saves in 34 games (all relief), striking out 92 and walking 11 in 60 innings, while giving up just 37 hits -- including just three homers....The Captains' playoff leaders in batting average were SS Casey Frawley, .345 (10-of-29); 1B Jason Smith and LF Jonathan Burnette, .318 (7-of-22); 2B Argenis Martinez, .294 (5-of-17); OF-DH Tyler Holt, .269 (7-of-26)....Smit led in runs with nine and Burnette had five. Smit also led with five RBI. Burnette, Frawley, Holt, RF Greg Folgia and CF Delvi Cid all had four....Burnette and 3B Adam Abraham each had two home runs. Frawley had three doubles and Burnette two....Holt, Abraham and catcher Roberto Perez had each drawn four walks. Cid had five stolen bases and Holt had three....RHP Jason Knapp has struck out 41 in 24 1/3 innings for the Captains in six games, including two playoff starts. Prior to joining the Captains, Knapp, 20, had fanned 18 in 12 1/3 innings over five outings in the Arizona League -- where, beginning in July, he pitched in games for the first time since having off-season shoulder surgery. In 36 2/3 combined innings with the two teams, Knapp is 2-2 with a 2.70 ERA, has struck out 59, walked 13 and given up just 21 hits -- including no homers. Knapp, a 2008 second-round draft pick of the Phillies and considered an elite prospect, came to the Indians in the trade of Cliff Lee to Philadelphia last July.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/09/minor_league_report_44.html
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