The Class AAA Columbus Clippers began Monday night with a 9 1/2 game lead in the International League West Division, while Advanced A Kinston and short-season A Mahoning Valley were in tight races.
MINOR LEAGUE NOTES
AAA Columbus Clippers
Notes: Going into Monday night’s home game against the Norfolk (Va.) Tides, LH reliever Nick Hagadone (4-1, two saves, 3.71) was 2-0 with one save and a 1.59 ERA in his last 10 games, striking out 21 and walking three in 16 innings....3B Jared Goedert (.209) was 8-for-20 (.400) with two home runs and one double in his last six games....RH reliever Chen Lee (2-0, 0.52) had struck out 26, walked four and allowed 12 hits in 17 1/3 innings with the Clippers. Going into Monday, Lee was a combined 4-1 with a 1.89 ERA for Columbus and Akron this season, fanning 82 and walking 15 in 57 innings, while holding hitters to a .198 batting average, including just one home run....IF Luis Valbuena (.298) was in a 4-for-27 (.148) mini-slump over his last seven games.
AA Akron Aeros
Notes: The Aeros, off on Monday, begin a three-game series at Trenton (N.J.) against the Thunder on Tuesday night....CF Jordan Henry (.258) is 3-for-19 (.158) in his last six games, but has drawn six walks, boosting his team-high total to 59. He leads the Aeros with 28 stolen bases (in 37 attempts)....Catcher Chun Chen (.272) was 6-for-36 (.167) in his last 10 games, but had two homers and two doubles....RH reliever Matt Langwell (4-1, three saves, 2.66) was 2-0 in his last six games, allowing one run and striking out 11 in 9 1/3 innings....RH reliever Bryce Stowell had pitched in three games since joining the Aeros, giving up one run on two hits and two walks while fanning seven in five innings. In a combined 22 1/3 innings for Lake County and Akron, Stowell has struck out 33, walked 12 and given up just 10 hits.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Notes: The Indians, off on Monday, host the Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Pelicans to begin a three-game series on Tuesday night....RH reliever Toru Murata (0-2, two saves, 3.28) has pitched 10 scoreless innings in his last seven games, allowing just two hits while fanning 13 and walking four. Murata, 26, is from Japan, and was signed by the Indians as an international free agent in Feb., 2010. He is pitching in the minor leagues for the first time this summer....OF Anthony Gallas (.203), of Strongsville High School and Kent State, was 0-for-5 in his last two games, after going 8-for-22 (.364) with six doubles and eight RBI in his last six games....OF Tyler Holt (.261) was 1-for-12 (.083) in his last three games, after going 7-for-12 (.583) with two doubles and one triple in his previous three games. Holt has 25 stolen bases in 30 attempts....3B Adam Abraham (.245) was 1-for-14 (.071) with seven walks in his last five games....OF Delvi Cid (.176) was 0-for-13 in his last four games.
A Lake County Captains
Notes: Going into Monday night’s game in Lansing (Mich.) against the Lugnuts, OF Brian Heere (.267) was 17-for-39 (.436) with two doubles and one home run in his last 11 games....3B Giovanny Urshela (.247) was 8-for-17 (.471) with three doubles and a homer in his last four games....RH reliever Clayton Ehlert (1-2, 13 saves, 1.67) has allowed one earned run on 10 hits in his last 18 innings....OF Carlos Moncrief (.245) was 15-for-52 (.288) with five homers, two triples, one double, 14 runs and 11 RBI in his last 12 games....SS Ronny Rodriguez (.246) was 9-for-27 (.333) with two doubles, one triple and one homer in his last seven games.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Notes: RH starter Joseph Colon (4-2, 3.48) is 4-0 with a 2.25 ERA in his last five games, striking out 20 while allowing five walks and 19 hits in 28 innings....Going into Monday night’s game at Aberdeen (Md.) against the IronBirds, OF Jordan Smith was third in the New York-Penn League with a .341 batting average (47-for-138), first with 15 doubles and second with 30 RBI, despite not having any home runs....SS Tony Wolters (.296), despite going 0-for-8 in his last two games, was 15-for-40 (.375) with three doubles, eight runs, five walks, five stolen bases and four RBI in his last 10 games....Catcher Alex Lavisky (.194), a 2010 Lakewood St. Edward graduate and the Indians' eighth-round draft pick that June, was 0-for-9 in his last two games, after going 9-for-32 (.281) with four doubles and two home runs in his previous eight games....2B Todd Hankins (.246) was 12-for-37 (.324) with two doubles, one homer and seven RBI in his last 10 games....RH reliever Cody Allen (3-1, 2.27) was 1-0 with 8 1/3 scoreless innings in his last four games, striking out 14, walking two and allowing five hits....RH reliever Nathan Striz (2-2, one save, 2.21) was 2-1 with one save in his last eight games, striking out 15 while allowing 11 hits and 11 walks in 16 innings.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Notes: Going into Monday night’s home game against the Washington (Pa.) Wild Things, 3B Andrew Davis (.309) was hitting .406 (41-for-101) in his last 25 games, with 10 doubles, three triples, two homers and 21 RBI....OF Kellen Kulbacki (.293) was hitting .336 (40-for-119) in his last 31 games, with eight doubles, one triple and one homer.
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