Buck, who was with Cleveland earlier this season, began Saturday night hitting .357 with plenty of extra-base hit and run production for the Clippers.
Travis Buck with the Indians during spring training.AAA Columbus Clippers
Indians 4, Clippers 2: Jason Kipnis doubled home two runs in the top of the ninth, but Columbus lost an International League game at Indianapolis. Mitch Talbot (0-1) gave up six hits, including a solo homer and two runs, both earned, in five innings.
Notes: Going into Saturday night’s game, LF Travis Buck was hitting .357 (20-for-56) with 21 RBI, 12 runs, four doubles, one triple, three homers, 12 runs and 11 walks since the Indians optioned him to Columbus on April 19, essentially to make room for Grady Sizemore. Buck, a 27-year-old left-handed hitter, had just 29 at bats with the Indians, hitting .241 with three doubles. In 616 career big league at bats, Buck has a .250 batting average with 39 doubles, six triples and 18 home runs....RF Jerad Head was leading the International League with a .374 batting average (34-for-91). He had six doubles, four home runs, 19 runs and 15 RBI....RF Chad Huffman (.289) was hitting .344 (33-for-96) since starting the season hitless in his first 18 at bats. Huffman was third in the league with 26 runs, and had six doubles, five homers, 20 RBI and 21 walks....CF Ezequiel Carrera (.315) was first in the league in runs (29) and stolen bases (14, in 15 attempts)....SS Cord Phelps (.302) was first in the league with 27 walks. He had seven doubles, one triple, five homers, 20 RBI and 25 runs....RH reliever Zach Putnam (2-0, five saves, 2.29) had pitched 19 2/3 innings in 12 games. He had struck out 16, walked four and yielded 13 hits....RH starter Zach McAllister has made six starts and won them all, with a 3.00 ERA. He has fanned 29, walked six and allowed 36 hits (two homers) in 39 innings....RH Jeanmar Gomez, back with the Clippers after a stint with the Indians, is 3-0 in three starts, with a 2.45 ERA in 18 1/3 innings.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 4, Baysox 2: Chun-Hsiu Chen clubbed a two-run home run for Akron in the top of the 10th, and the Aeros won an Eastern League game at Bowie, Md. John Drennen preceded Chen’s blast with a two-run single. Matt Langwell (1-1) picked up the win in relief. Cory Burns pitched a scoreless 10th for his 11th save.
Notes: Going into Saturday night’s game, LF Tim Fedroff was seventh in the Eastern League with a .330 batting average, and was on a seven-game hitting streak, going 13-for-29 (.448) with three doubles and seven RBI....CF Jordan Henry (.300) was 16-for-45 (.356) in his last 11 games, with 15 runs, nine walks and eight stolen bases in nine tries. He was fourth in th eleague with 14 stolen bases (in 15 attempts) and tied for fifth with 23 runs....1B Matt McBride (.254) was 14-for-40 (.350) with five homers, two doubles, nine RBI and eight runs in his last 10 games....RH Paolo Espino had pitched 26 innings in eight relief appearances. He was 0-0 with one save and a 2.77 ERA, had struck out 28, walked five and allowed 22 hits....LH reliever Nick Hagadone was 2-1 with a 1.74 ERA, fanning 23 while allowing 14 hits (no homers) and six walks in 20 2/3 innings....RH Austin Adams is 4-2 with a 2.36 ERA in seven starts. He has fanned 35, walked 19 and given up 26 hits (one homer) in 34 1/3 innings.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Indians 5, Keys 0: Kinston pitchers Giovanni Soto (2-3) and Tyler Sturdevant combined to shut out Frederick, Md., in a Carolina League game in Kinston, N.C. Soto, a left-hander, struck out eight in seven innings. Sturdevant, a righty, struck out three in the final two innings.
Notes: Going into Saturday night’s game, RH reliever Adam Miller, a Cleveland first-round pick in the 2003 draft who, until April 30, had not pitched in an official game since 2008 because of finger ailments, had pitched four scoreless innings in his last three games, allowing two hits while fanning six 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 three outings....RH reliever Preston Guilmet (0-0, five saves, 0.00) had pitched 11 1/3 scoreless innings with 13 strikeouts, no walks and six hits allowed....RH reliever Tyler Sturdevant was 2-1 with a 1.00 ERA, fanning 16, walking five and allowing 14 hits in 18 innings....Shortstop Tyler Cannon was 1-for-2 with two walks in his Kinston debut Friday night, after hitting .366 (34-for-93) for Class A Lake County, with 10 doubles, two triples, three homers, 17 RBI, 18 runs and 17 walks....OF Tyler Holt (.297) was on a six-game hitting streak, going 9-for-20 (.450) with four walks. He was tied for third in the Carolina League with 20 walks and tied for sixth with nine stolen bases (in 13 tries)....The Indians were last in the league in runs (98; 2.97 per game), doubles (46) and homers (11) and were next-to-last in batting average (.232)....3B Adam Abraham (.226) was leading the Indians with three homers....LH Drew Pomeranz (1-1), the Indians’ first-round draft pick last season, was fifth in the Carolina League with a 1.93 ERA and second in strikeouts with 48. He has struck out 13.2 batters per every nine innings. Pomeranz has allowed 22 hits (one homer) in 32 2/3 innings, with 12 walks. Opponents wae hitting .188 against him....RH Brett Brach (3-2) was second in the league with a 1.63 ERA. He has fanned 19, walked 11 and held opponents to a .181 batting average (one homer) in 27 2/3 innings. Including his six scoreless, two-hit innings for a win for Akron, Brach is 4-2 with a 1.34 ERA. He has struck out 23, walked 12, allowed one homer and held opponents to a .170 batting average in 33 2/3 innings.
A Lake County Captains
Captains, Whitecaps rained out: The game between West Michigan and Lake County at Classic Park in Eastlake was suspended because of rain after 3½ innings, with the Captains ahead, 2-1. Alex Lavisky homered for Lake County in the second inning. The game will resume at 1 p.m. Sunday, and will be followed by the regularly scheduled game.
Notes: Going into Saturday night’s game, OF Anthony Gallas was second in the Midwest League with a .356 batting average. He trailed only former teammate Tyler Cannon, who was hitting .366 for the Captains before being promoted to Kinston this week. Gallas was leading the league in doubles (16) and was tied for fourth in runs (24). He had slugged four homers....RH reliever Nikolas Sarianides (2-1, one save, 2.50) had struck out 17 and walked two, allowing 13 hits, in 18 innings....RH reliever Clayton Ehlert (0-1, eight saves, 2.03) had fanned 13, walked one and given up 10 hits in 13 1/3 innings....RH reliever Dale Dickerson (0-0, 2.19) had pitched in 12 games, fanning nine while giving up seven hits and four walks in 12 1/3 innings....Besides his start on May 8, when he pitched 1 2/3 innings and took the loss, RH Michael Goodnight (3-3, 2.93) is 3-2 with a 2.11 ERA in 38 1/3 innings, holding opponents to a .147 batting average and striking out 35 against nine walks....LH Mike Rayl was 4-0 with a 2.29 ERA going into his start Saturday night. Rayl had pitched 35 1/3 innings in seven starts, striking out 39, walking nine and holding opponents to one homer and a .181 batting average.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/05/minor_league_report_52.html
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