Right-hander, 23, struggled in five starts with Indians late last season after being acquired from Phillies organization in the Cliff Lee trade. Carrasco has shown promise in his recent starts with the Clippers.
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AAA Columbus Clippers
Yankees 9, Clippers 2: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) got to David Huff early with three runs in the first inning Wednesday, cruising past host Columbus for an International League victory.
Notes: RHP Carlos Carrasco (10-5, 3.71) is 2-1 with a 1.64 ERA in his last six games, striking out 30 and allowing just 20 hits and six walks in 33 innings. Carrasco has given up one home run in his last eight starts, spanning 44 innings, after yielding 15 homers in his first 91 2/3 innings this season. ... Going into Wednesday night's game, RH reliever Vinnie Pestano (1-2, 11 saves, 1.79) was 1-2 with 10 saves and a 1.16 ERA in his last 21 games, striking out 38 in 31 innings. ... OF Jose Constanza (.309) was batting .327 (36-for-110) in his last 28 games. ... 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. ... RHP Josh Judy (2-0, two saves, 3.20) had struck out 46 and walked 12 in 39 1/3 innings. ... 2B Cord Phelps (.332) was on a seven-game hitting streak, going 10-for-29 (.345) with two homers, two doubles and nine RBI.
AA Akron Aeros
Phillies 3, Aeros 2 (10): Jordan Henry and Carlos Rivero had two hits each, but Akron suffered the Eastern League loss in 10 innings in Reading, Pa. Relief pitcher Omar Aguilar (2-5) took the loss.
Notes: Going into Wednesday night's game, CF Jordan Henry (.303) was 9-for-18 with one double, one triple, six runs and four RBI in his last four games. He was batting .393 (35-for-89) in his last 23 games, with five doubles, two triples and 20 runs. ... OF Jerad Head, sent to the Aeros on Monday after playing for Columbus since July 31, went into Wednesday night's game on a 15-game hitting streak in games with the Aeros, batting .439 (25-for-57) with six homers, five doubles, 15 RBI and 13 runs. He was batting .314 (58-for-185) in his two stays with the Aeros, with 15 doubles, 12 homers, 33 RBI and 35 runs. In two shorter stays with Columbus, Head has hit .270 with seven doubles and two homers in 18 games. ... RH reliever Rob Bryson (1-0, 2.08), acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2008 CC Sabathia trade, had struck out 11 in 8 2/3 innings with the Aeros. Bryson has also pitched for Kinston and Lake County this season. For the three teams, Bryson is a combined 7-1 with one save and a 2.79 ERA, holding hitters to a .180 batting average. Overall, Bryson has struck out 70, walked 19 and given up 27 hits in 42 innings. ... 2B Jason Kipnis (.346) was on a 10-game hitting streak, going 15-for-40 (.375) with three doubles, one triple, two homers and 11 RBI. Kipnis was hitting .397 (46-for-116) in his last 29 games, with nine doubles, four triples, five homers, 30 RBI and 27 runs. ... 1B Beau Mills (.239) has turned his season around in his last 41 games, batting .289 (46-for-159) with 12 doubles, one triple, six homers and 31 RBI. Mills hit .201 (43-for-214) in his first 56 games this season.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Nationals 9, Indians 1: Kinston starter T.J. McFarland (10-5) lasted only two-thirds of an inning as visiting Potomac routed Kinston in Carolina League action. McFarland gave up five runs on four hits, walking two.
Notes: RHP Austin Adams is 4-0 with a 1.40 ERA in 10 games (nine starts) with Kinston, striking out 36, walking 11 and allowing 36 hits in 45 innings. Combined with his 13 games (eight starts) at Lake County, Adams is 6-4 with a 2.56 ERA, striking out 97 in 98 1/3 innings, while giving up 76 hits and 32 walks. ... Going into Wednesday night's game, SS Juan Diaz (.252) was 14-for-37 (.378) with two doubles, one homer and six RBI in his last 10 games. ... Catcher Chun Chen (.307) was on a six-game hitting streak, going 8-for-18 (.444) with two doubles and four walks. ... RHP Cory Burns (0-1, 24 saves, 1.71) had struck out 46, walked 12 and allowed 23 hits, including one homer, in 31 2/3 innings over 32 games. Counting his time with Lake County, Burns was 0-1 with 36 saves and a 1.90 ERA in 46 games. Pitching 47 1/3 innings overall, he had struck out 71, walked 13 and allowed 36 hits, with just the one homer.
A Lake County Captains
Hot Rods 6, Captains 2: Bowling Green’s Tyler Bortnick, a native of Mentor, drove in three runs as the Hot Rods defeated Lake County in Midwest League action in Eastlake. Owen Dew (0-1) suffered the loss in relief, pitching 2.1 innings. He gave up two runs on four hits, walking three and striking out two.
Notes: Going into Wednesday night's game, 1B Adam Abraham (.259) was batting .372 (42-for-113) with eight doubles, six home runs and 28 RBI in his last 28 games. ... OF Greg Folgia (.258) was 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) was 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) was 12-for-34 (.353) with two doubles, eight runs, four walks and 5-for-5 in stolen bases in his last eight games. Cid was leading the Midwest League with 61 steals (in 74 tries). ... RH reliever Antwonie Hubbard (2-0, two saves, 3.05) had not given up a home run in 44 1/3 innings this season. In his last three games, Hubbard had pitched six scoreless innings and earned one save. ... LH reliever Francisco Jimenez (7-1, one save, 3.97) had pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innnings in his last three games, getting one win and fanning nine while allowing three hits and two walks.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Scrappers 4, Muckdogs 2: Diego Seastrunk’s go-ahead three-run home run in the sixth inning proved to be the turning point as the Scrappers defeated Batavia (N.Y.) in New York-Penn League action in Niles, Ohio.
Notes: Going into Wednesday night's game, OF Jonathan Burnette (.292) was batting .345 (20-for-58) in August, with four home runs and six doubles. ... OF Carlos Moncrief (.241) was 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) had struck out 35 in 24 1/3 innings. He had 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) was 3-1 with a 2.36 ERA in his last 26 2/3 innings, making two starts and eight relief appearances. ... The New York-Penn League AL All-Stars defeated the NL All-Stars 4-3 on Tuesday night in the league's All-Star Game in Staten Island, N.Y. Playing for the winning AL, Scrappers 2B Dan DeGeorge (.264) was 0-for-4, and RHP Alex Kaminsky (5-3, 1.95) pitched one inning, allowing one run on one hit -- a solo homer -- with one strikeout. RHP Owen Dew (1-2, 2.64) did not pitch.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Crushers 4, CornBelters 3: Dom Duggan went 3-for-4 with a run scored and Wayne Bond posted two hits as Lake Erie defeated Normal (Ill.) in Frontier League play in Avon.
Notes: Going into Wednesday night's game, 3B Andrew Davis (.303) was 6-for-15 (.400) with two home runs and two doubles in his last four games. ... 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.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/08/carlos_carrasco_pitching_well.html
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