Monday, June 20, 2011

Left-hander Scott Barnes pitches seven shutout innings in Clippers win: Minor league report

Barnes, 23, has 33 strikeouts in his last 22 2/3 innings. Aeros lose big, Captains lose close. Kinston rained out.

scott-barnes.jpgScott Barnes, now with the Columbus Clippers, pitching for the Akron Aeros last season.

AAA Columbus Clippers

Clippers 7, Red Wings 1 LH starter Scott Barnes (4-1, 4.21) pitched seven shutout innings, holding Rochester (N.Y.) to three hits and two walks while striking out eight in an International League game in Columbus. 1B Jared Goedert (.233, two home runs) slugged a two-run home run and 2B Jason Kipnis (.284, six homers) followed with a solo clout in the fourth inning for a 4-0 Clippers lead. SS Luis Valbuena (.319) extended his hitting streak to 19 games with a double and single. Kipnis also singled twice and Goedert lined a run-scoring single.

Notes: Barnes, 23, is 2-0 with a 1.99 ERA in his last four starts, striking out 33 while allowing 18 hits and 10 walks in 22 2/3 innings. The Cleveland Indians traded 1B Ryan Garko to the San Francisco Giants for Barnes on July 27, 2009. Barnes was then pitching in Class A and considered one of the Giants' best pitching prospects. San Francisco picked him in the eighth round of the 2008 draft....Valbuena is 30-for-69 (.435) during his hitting streak, with six doubles, one homer, 13 RBI and 11 runs....RF Chad Huffman (.267) is 7-for-14 with two homers and a double in his last four games....3B Lonnie Chisenhall (.256) is in a 9-for-56 (.161) slump over his last 14 games, with two doubles, one triple, 10 walks and 12 strikeouts....CF Ezequiel cArrera (.275) is 7-for-40 (.175) with no extra-base hits in his last 10 games.

AA Akron Aeros

Rock Cats 14, Aeros 3 Akron RH starter Joe Gardner (3-5, 4.47) gave up eight runs (four earned) in 2 2/3 innings, and LH reliever Eric Berger was tagged for six runs in 2/3 an inning as the Aeros fell behind, 14-1, in the first four innings of the 10:35 a.m. Eastern League game at New Britain (Conn.). Akron CF Jordan Henry (.267) had three hits, and getting two hits apiece were 2B Matt Lawson (.276), 3B-SS Karexon Sanchez (.238) and C Juan Apodaca (.164). Aeros RH reliever Bryan Price pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings.

Notes: LF Tim Fedroff (.341) is 0-for-12 in his last three games, after hitting safely in 28 of his previous 29 games, when he went 48-for-116 (.414) with 23 RBI and 21 runs....OF-1B Matt McBride (.277) is 43-for-133 (.323) with 10 doubles, three triples, eight homers, 30 RBI and 23 runs in his last 35 games....1B Beau Mills (.293) is on a seven-game hitting streak, going 12-for-28 (.429) with two homers and two doubles....C Chun Hsiu-Chen (.292) is 10-for-27 (.370) with three doubles, two homers and seven RBI in his last seven games....Bryan Price has a 1.20 ERA in his last eight games, fanning 12 and walking five.

Advanced A Kinston Indians

The Indians' game at Wilmington (Del.) against the Blue Rocks was postponed because of rain.

Notes: Going into Thursday night’s game, C Roberto Perez (.254) was 14-for-26 (.538) in his last eight games, with three doubles, one triple, six RBI and four runs....SS Tyler Cannon (.239) was on a seven-game hitting streak, going 11-for-26 (.423) with two homers, two doubles, six RBI and six runs....1B-3B Jeremie Tice (.315) was 9-for-19 (.474) with two homers, one double, five RBI and five runs in his last four games....OF Tyler Holt (.260) was tied for the Carolina League-lead with 35 walks. Perez was sixth with 30 walks and 1B-3B Adam Abraham (.254) was seventh with 29....Abraham was hitting .315 (17-for-54) with eight doubles, three homers, 11 RBI and 10 runs in his last 14 games....OF-1B Chase Burnette (.235) was 8-for-17 (.471) with one triple, six RBI and four runs in his last four games....RH reliever Tyler Sturdevant (3-2, one save, 1.91) was holding opponents to a .198 batting average, with 36 strikeouts and seven walks in 33 innings.

A Lake County Captains

Timber Rattlers 5, Captains 4 RH starter Kyle Blair (3-4, 5.66) took the loss for the Captains in the Midwest League game at (Grand Chute) Wisconsin, allowing four runs in 3 2/3 innings. Lake County LH reliever J.D. Reichenbach kept the game close, holding Wisconsin to one unearned run in 4 1/3 innings, striking out four while allowing two hits and a walk. The Captains got two RBIs from 2B Argenis Martinez (.221) on a single and a groundout; an RBI double from DH Brian Heere (.205); an RBI single from SS Ronny Rodriguez (.218). 

Notes: RH starter Mike Goodnight (5-3, 2.14) is 3-0 with an 0.91 ERA in his last five starts, allowing 16 hits in 29 2/3 innings while striking out 30 and walking 11. Goodnight is holding opponents to a .171 batting average this season....Going into Thursday night’s game, 1B Jesus Aguilar (.249) was 10-for-27 (.370) with three doubles, two homers and five RBI in his last seven games....SS Nick Bartolone (.211) was 11-for-32 (.344) with one double and one triple in his last 10 games....SS Ronny Rodriguez was 8-for-27 (.296) with two homers and a triple in his last seven games....RH reliever Rob Bryson, since being assigned to the Captains out of extended spring training, he pitched twice, striking out four while allowing no hits and no walks in two innings.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/06/minor_league_report_59.html

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