Friday, February 18, 2011

Cord Phelps and Matt McBride continue hitting surges for Columbus after promotions: Minor league report

Phelps has split the season between Class AAA Columbus and AA Akron, producing even more for the Clippers after starring at Akron.

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FARM REPORT

AAA Columbus Clippers

Clippers 5, Yankees 1: RH starter Carlos Carrasco (10-5, 3.71) held Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) to one unearned run on five hits in seven innings, and the Clippers won the International League game Tuesday in Columbus. Carrasco walked none and struck out six.

CF Ezequiel Carrera (.279) had three hits and scored twice, and RF Jose Constanza (.309) had two hits, two stolen bases and two runs scored. Constanza has 32 steals on the season.

Notes: Going into Tuesday night's game, OF Matt McBride (.382) was on a 12-game hitting streak. McBride was 21-for-55 with three doubles, two home runs and just five strikeouts after being promoted from Class AA Akron, where he hit .364 (36-for-99) with 13 homers, 11 doubles and 32 RBI in his last 26 games. ... 2B Cord Phelps (.333) was on a six-game hitting streak, going 9-for-25 (.360) with two homers, a double and eight RBI. Phelps had 15 doubles, three triples, six homers, 37 runs and 26 RBI in 52 games at Columbus. He played his first 53 games this season at Akron, batting .296 with eight doubles, three triples, two homers, 25 runs and 23 RBI. ... RH reliever Vinnie Pestano (1-2, 11 saves, 1.83) was 1-2 with 10 saves and a 1.20 ERA in his last 20 games, striking out 36 in 30 innings. ... OF Jose Constanza (.306) was third in the International League with 30 stolen bases (in 34 tries). He was batting .318 (34-for-107) in his last 27 games. ... Tuesday night's starting RHP, Carlos Carrasco, was 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA in his last five games, striking out 24 and allowing just 15 hits and six walks in 26 innings. Carrasco had given up one home run in his last seven starts, spanning 37 innings, after yielding 15 homers in his first 91 2/3 innings this season.

AA Akron Aeros

Aeros 8-7, Phillies 7-9: RF Jerad Head (.314) hit two home runs and had five RBI, and visiting Akron beat Reading (Pa.) in the completion of a suspended Eastern League game from July 25. Head has 12 home runs on the season. 1B Beau Mills (.239) had four hits for Akron.

Lefty Nick Hagadone (4.71) pitched 2.2 innings of hitless relief to earn his first save.

Mills hit his ninth home run of the season and drove in three runs in Tuesday’s regularly scheduled game, but the Phillies shelled LH starter Matt Packer (0-1, 4.74) for nine runs in five innings en route to the win.

Notes: Going into Tuesday night's game, 2B Jason Kipnis (.339) was on a nine-game hitting streak, going 14-for-37 (.378) with two doubles, one triple, two homers and 10 RBI. He was hitting .398 (45-for-113) with eight doubles, four triples, five homers, 29 RBI and 26 runs in his last 28 games. ... RHP Alex White (7-6) was first in the Eastern League with a 2.39 ERA and owned the second-best walks+hits/per innings pitched ratio (1.09), allowing 80 hits and 23 walks in 94 1/3 innings. ... OF John Drennen (.299) was 14-for-35 (.400) with two doubles, a homer and six RBI in his last eight games. ... CF Jordan Henry (.292) was 7-for-14 with one double, one triple, six runs, three RBI and two walks in his last three games. ... 3B Lonnie Chisenhall (.273) was 7-for-14 with one double, one homer, eight RBI and five walks in his last four games. ... OF Jerad Head has been sent to the Aeros from Columbus. Head had a 13-game hitting streak going with Akron before he was promoted to Columbus on July 31. With the Clippers, Head hit .233 (10-for43) with four doubles, one home run, six RBI and seven runs. Head had an earlier stint with the Clippers this season, going 7-for-20 (.350) with three doubles, one homer, six RBI and five runs. Between his stays in Columbus, Head batted .299 (53-for-177) in 49 games with Akron, hitting 15 doubles and 10 home runs, with 28 RBI and 32 runs.

Advanced A Kinston Indians

Indians 3-5, Nationals 1-3: K-Tribe CF Donnie Webb (.244) had two hits and two RBI, RH starting pitcher Austin Adams (4-0, 1.40) allowed one earned run in five innings in the opener. Kinston (N.C.) completed the doubleheader sweep when Juan Diaz's two-run homer keyed a four-run first inning over visiting Potomac.

Notes: Going into Tuesday night's games, RHP Joseph Gardner (10-5, 2.86) was tied with teammate and LHP T.J. McFarland (10-4, 3.05) for second in the Carolina League in wins, and was fourth in ERA. Gardner was also fourth in hits+walks/per innings pitched ratio (1.08), allowing 74 hits and 42 walks in 107 innings, and was tied for fifth in strikeouts (94). ... 3B Kyle Bellows (.262) was 14-for-38 (.368) with four doubles, seven RBI and seven runs in his last nine games. ... RHP Cory Burns (0-1, 23 saves, 1.76) had struck out 43, walked 12 and allowed 22 hits, including one homer, in 30 2/3 innings over 31 games. Counting his time with Lake County, Burns was 0-1 with 35 saves and a 1.94 ERA in 45 games. Pitching 46 1/3 innings overall, he had struck out 68, walked 13 and allowed 35 hits, with just the one homer....RHP Matthew Langwell (4-2, four saves, 2.23) had fanned 48, walked 13 and given up 38 hits in 48 1/3 innings. Not counting the one game in which Langwell allowed five earned runs in 1/3 inning, his ERA was 1.31. ... IF Justin Toole has been sent to Kinston from Akron. Toole played in three games for the Aeros, going 1-for-7. Hampered by an early-season injury, Toole has played for Columbus, Akron, Kinston and Mahoning Valley this season, but had been in just 23 games going into Tuesday night, batting .185 (10-for-54). He had played 14 games for Kinston, going 8-for-34 (.235).

A Lake County Captains

The Captains were idle on Tuesday.

Notes: 1B Adam Abraham (.259) is batting .372 (42-for-113) with eight doubles, six home runs and 28 RBI in his last 28 games. ... OF Greg Folgia (.258) is 8-for-10 in his last two games, and batting .333 (44-for-132) since the All-Star break compared to .192 (29-for-151) before it. ... OF Jason Smit (.264) is on an eight-game hitting streak, going 12-for-32 (.375) with three doubles, one triple, one homer, seven RBI and five runs. ... OF Delvi Cid (.256) is 12-for-34 (.353) with two doubles, eight runs, four walks and 5-for-5 in stolen bases in his last eight games. Cid leads the Midwest League with 61 steals (in 74 tries). ... RH reliever Antwonie Hubbard (2-0, two saves, 3.05) has not given up a home run in 44 1/3 innings this season. In his last three games, Hubbard has pitched six scoreless innings and earned one save. ... LH reliever Francisco Jimenez (7-1, one save, 3.97) has pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innnings in his last three games, getting one win and fanning nine while allowing three hits and two walks. ... The Captains (68-51) will host the Bowling Green (Ky.) Hot Rods (52-67) on Wednesday night.

A Mahoning Valley Scrappers

The Scrappers were idle on Tuesday, while the New York-Penn League All-Star Game was played in Staten Island, N.Y.

Notes: Scrappers all-stars are RH starting pitchers Alex Kaminsky (5-3, 1.95) and Owen Dew (1-2, 2.64) and 2B Dan DeGeorge (.264). ... OF Jonathan Burnette (.292) is batting .345 (20-for-58) in August, with four home runs and six doubles. ... OF Carlos Moncrief (.241) is batting .378 (14-for-37) with three doubles, one triple, one homer and eight walks in his last 10 games. ... RHP James Ehlert (0-2, five saves, 4.07) has struck out 35 in 24 1/3 innings. He has saves in each of his last three games, fanning six while allowing one hit and one walk in 3 1/3 innings. ... RHP Casey Gaynor (4-2, 3.89) is 3-1 with a 2.36 ERA in his last 26 2/3 innings, making two starts and eight relief appearances. ... The Scrappers (24-33) host the Batavia (N.Y.) Muckdogs (31-24) on Wednesday night.

Independent Lake Erie Crushers

CornBelters 3, Crushers 2: Lake Erie had three hits and two errors in losing the Frontier League game to Normal (Ill.) in Avon.

Notes: Going into Tuesday night's game, LH reliever Ronnie Morales (1-2, 3.18) was 1-0 with an 0.92 ERA in his last 14 games, allowing two runs on just five hits in 19 2/3 innings, while striking out 16 and walking 11. In 40 games this season, Morales has given up just 30 hits in 51 innings. His problem has been his 30 walks, compared to 38 strikeouts. .. .IF Lee Huggins (.246) was 10-for-28 (.357) with one double, two triples, one homer and five RBI in his last seven games.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/08/minor_league_report_37.html

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