UPDATED: Three batters homer for the Class A Lake Erie Captains in a 6-1 win; Class A Mahoning Valley Scrappers also win.
Updated at 12:29 a.m.
AAA Columbus Clippers
Bisons 11, Clippers 4 A nine-run eighth inning sunk Columbus in an International League rout at Buffalo, N.Y., on Thursday. The Clippers' Matt McBride (.400) had three hits.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, RH reliever Vinnie Pestano (1-1, nine saves, 1.53) had not allowed a run in his last 13 outings, fanning 19 and allowing seven hits and five walks in 14 1/3 innings. Overall, Pestano had struck out 47, walked 12 and not given up a homer in 35 1/3 innings....IF Josh Rodriguez (.315) was 11-for-30 (.367) with three doubles, three homers and seven RBI in his last seven games....RH reliever Bryce Stowell (0-0, 3.75) had struck out 18 and walked 13 in 12 innings for Columbus, after totaling 74 strikeouts and 19 walks in 47 2/3 innings with Akron and Kinston....2B Cord Phelps (.340) was batting .396 (40-for-101) in his last 27 games....OF Matt McBride was 9-for-25 (.360) with one double, one homer and three RBI in his first six games with Columbus. In his last 26 games at Class AA Akron before being promoted to the Clippers, McBride hit .364 (36-for-99) with 13 homers, 11 doubles, 32 RBI and an .869 slugging percentage....Catcher Damaso Espino has been promoted to the Clippers from Akron, where he was hitting .250 (49-for-196) with four doubles, two homers and 20 RBI....IF Argenis Reyes and catcher have Juan Apodaca have been acquired from the Boston Red Sox organization for cash considerations. Reyes will play for the Clippers and Apodaca joins Class AA Akron. Reyes hit .256 (11-for-43) in 14 games for the Class AAA Pawtucket Red Sox after being released by the Los Angeles Dodgers' organization in April. Reyes, 27, played in 58 games with the New York Mets in 2008-09, batting .205 (26-for-127) with one homer and three stolen bases. He played in the Indians' minor league system from 2001-07.
AA Akron Aeros
Curve 6, Aeros 1 Akron matched a season high with a sixth straight loss as host Altoona, Pa., finished a four-game sweep with an Eastern League victory. Despite just one earned run charged against Aeros pitchers Kelvin De La Cruz and Nick Hagadone, the offense again could not muster enough support.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, the Aeros were on a five-game losing streak....2B Jason Kipnis (.337) was 15-for-41 (.366) with two doubles, three triples, one homer and eight RBI in his last 10 games....RHP Omar Aguilar (2-4, 3.62) had not allowed a home run in 49 2/3 innings this season. He had struck out 59, but walked 27....Catcher Damaso Espino has been promoted to AAA Columbus. Catcher Juan Apodaca has been acquired from the Boston Red Sox organization and activated by the Aeros. Apodaca and IF Argenis Reyes, who joined Class AAA Columbus, were acquired for cash considerations. Apodaca has played this season for the Class AAA Pawtucket Red Sox and the Class AA Portland Sea Dogs. In 55 total games this season, Apodaca has a .239 batting average with three home runs and 12 RBI.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Hillcats 5, Indians 1 Lynchburg's three-run eighth inning led to a Carolina League victory at Kinston, N.C. Travis Turek (3-3) took the loss for Kinston, giving up four runs on six hits in two innings. Karexon Sanchez, Jeremie Tice and Juan Diaz each had two hits for Kinston.
Notes: LH starting pitcher T.J. House (4-8, 3.68) is 2-0 and has given up one run (0.47 ERA) in his last three starts, pitching 19 innings while allowing just six hits and four walks while striking out 12. House, 20, was picked by Cleveland out of Picayune (Miss.) Memorial High School in the 16th round of the 2008 draft....Going into Thursday night's game, catcher Chun Chen (.311) was 12-for-31 (.387) with four doubles, one home run, eight RBI and eight walks in his last nine games.
A Lake County Captains
Captains 6, Dragons 1 Roberto Perez, Delvi Cid and Jason Smit homered to lead Lake County past Dayton in Midwest League action at Eastlake. Captains starter Giovanni Soto (8-6) got the win. He pitched six innings, allowing one run on two hits. He walked two and struck out three. Preston Guilmet came on in the seventh to pick up his ninth save, throwing three scoreless innings.
Notes: RH starting pitcher Brett Brach (3-6, 2.91) is 2-1 with an 0.78 ERA in his last three games, pitching 23 innings and allowing 17 hits and two walks while fanning 12....Going into Thursday night's game, 1B Adam Abraham (.254) was batting .438 (28-for-64) with seven doubles, six homers and 23 RBI in his last 16 games.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Scrappers 3, ValleyCats 2 Diego Seastrunk's RBI sacrifice fly in the ninth gave Mahoning Valley the New York-Penn League victory over Tri-City (Troy, N.Y.) in Niles, Ohio.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, OF Jonathan Burnette (.285) was 7-for-18 in his last five games, with two doubles and two homers....OF Carlos Moncrief was also 7-for-18 in his last five games, with a homer and two stolen bases.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
ThunderBolts 4, Crushers 3 (10) Lake Erie fell to Windy City in suburban Chicago on a walk-off single by Gilberto Mejia in the bottom of the 10th in Frontier League play.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, OF Dom Duggan (.234) was 8-for-24 (.333) with two doubles, one triple and one home run in his last eight games.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/08/cleveland_indians_minor_league_17.html
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