Kluber gets his first win. Kinston loses, 11-0, but pitcher Adam Miller continues his encouraging comeback with two brilliant innings. Akron and Lake County were idle.
The Clippers' Corey Kluber, who struck out more than one batter per inning in 2010, had struggled this season before Monday night's fine outing.MINOR LEAGUE REPORT
AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 5, Indians 2 RH starter and winner Corey Kluber (1-3, 6.94) stopped a four-game losing streak for Columbus (26-12), allowing two runs on four hits in seven innings of the International League game in Indianapolis. CF Ezequiel Carrera (.316) slugged a two-run home run to put the Clippers ahead, 3-1, in the fifth inning. 2B Cord Phelps (.298) had two RBI singles and SS Luis Valbuena (.268) scored three runs, doubled in one, singled and walked. RH relievers Carlton Smith and Josh Judy each pitched a scoreless inning, with Judy earning his sixth save.
Notes: Kluber, 25, was acquired from the San Diego Padres organization in a three-way trade last July 31, with the Indians sending veteran starting pitcher Jake Westbrook to the St. Louis Cardinals. Kluber, a fourth-round pick by San Diego in the 2007 draft, was a combined 9-9 last season with a 3.49 ERA and 165 strikeouts in 160 innings, pitching 22 games at AA San Antonio, five at AA Akron and two at Columbus....Carrera’s 31 runs led the International League going into Monday night’s other IL games, and his 15 stolen bases (in 17 tries) were tied for the league lead....OF Jerad Head was 0-for-3, dropping his batting average to .354, one point behind Gwinnett Braves’ 1B Mauro Gomez for the league lead....Valbuena’s 2-for-3 game snapped a 3-for-25 slump.
AA Akron Aeros
The Aeros were idle Monday
Notes: Akron hosts the Altoona (Pa.) Curve at Canal Park on Tuesday at 7:05 in the first of a three-game series....LH starter Kelvin De La Cruz is 2-3, but going into Monday night’s Eastern League games, he was fifth in the league with a 2.32 ERA and third with 42 strikeouts. De La Cruz has held opponents to a .171 batting average, but he has walked 23 in 31 innings....RH starter Austin Adams (4-2) has a 2.36 ERA, sixth in the league going into Monday night’s games, and 35 strikeouts, which was eighth....LF Tim Fedroff (.333) has hit in nine straight games, going 16-for-37 (.432) with three doubles and eight RBI. Fedroff was sixth in the league in batting average going into Monday night....OF Jordan Henry (.300) is 18-for-50 (.360) with 16 runs, nine walks and 8-of-9 in stolen base tries in his last 12 games....1B Matt McBride (.254) is 15-for-43 (.349) with five homers, three doubles, nine RBI and nine runs in his last 11 games.
AA Kinston Indians
Hillcats 11, Indians 0 Lynchburg (Va.) RH Zeke Spruill (2-4, 2.88) pitched a complete game three-hitter, with five strikeouts and no walks, in the Carolina League game at Kinston, N.C. Indians’ RH starter Brett Brach (3-3, 3.62) took the loss, allowing eight runs in 4 2/3 innings. Kinston RH Adam Miller, a 2003 Cleveland first-round draft pick who, until April 30, hadn’t pitched for nearly three years because of career-threatening finger injuries, continued his sterling relief pitching with two perfect innings — besides a teammate’s error — and three strikeouts.
Notes: Miller has pitched six scoreless innings in his last four games, allowing two hits while fanning nine and walking two. Miller, considered one of baseball’s premier pitching prospects before his finger injuries, allowed four runs (three earned) in one inning in his April 30 game, his lone appearance prior to his last four outings. He struck out the side in his second inning Monday night....Brach’s ERA was 1.63 going into the game, and 1.34 if including a scoreless six-inning, winning start for Lake County to begin his season....Kinston has lost seven of its last eight games, totaling six runs in the losses.
A Lake County Captains
The Captains were idle Monday
Notes: Lake County hosts the Fort Wayne (Ind.) TinCats at Classic Park in Eastlake on Tuesday at 7:00 in the first of a three-game series....LH Mike Rayl is 4-0 with a 2.29 ERA in seven starts, holding opponents to a .181 batting average and striking out 39 while walking nine in 35 1/3 innings....[mpe: don’t use any of the following, which were all in Monday paper: ]OF Anthony Gallas is second in the Midwest League with a .356 batting average. He trails only former teammate Tyler Cannon, who was hitting .366 for the Captains before being promoted to Kinston last week. Gallas is tied for the league lead with 16 doubles. He has four homers....RH reliever Nikolas Sarianides (2-1, one save, 2.50) has struck out 17 and walked two, allowing 13 hits, in 18 innings....RH reliever Clayton Ehlert (0-1, eight saves, 2.03) has fanned 13, walked one and given up 10 hits in 13 1/3 innings.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/05/corey_kluber_minor_league_repo.html
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