Starting pitching has been strong, too, for the Clippers, who began Monday with a 61-34 record and an 11 1/2 game lead in the International League West Division. Notes on all the minor league teams.
Columbus ClippersMINOR LEAGUE NOTES
AAA Columbus Clippers
Notes: Going into Monday night’s game, IF Jason Donald (.315) was 12-for-23 (.522) with three doubles, two home runs, seven RBI, seven runs and six walks in his last seven games....OF Jerad Head (.295) was 11-for-34 (.324) with three doubles and two home runs in his last nine games....LF Tim Fedroff (.274) was 6-for-16 (.375) in his last four games....RH reliever Chen Lee was 2-0 and had pitched 10 1/3 scoreless innings in seven games with Columbus, striking out 17, walking three and giving up six hits. Lee began the season with Akron, where he was 2-1 with a 2.50 ERA in 23 games. He struck out 56, walked 11 and allowed 27 hits (one home run) in 39 2/3 innings with the Aeros....RH reliever Josh Judy (3-2, 14 saves, 2.83) was 1-1 with seven saves in his last 12 games. He had given up five runs -- all unearned -- struck out 21, walked seven and allowed seven hits in 14 2/3 innings....LH reliever Nick Hagadone (3-1, two saves, 3.81) was 1-0 with one save in his last eight games, allowing two unearned runs in 12 innings, while fanning 13, walking three and allowing 12 hits.
AA Akron Aeros
Notes: Going into Monday night’s game, 1B Beau Mills (.304), the Eastern League Player of the Week for July 11-17, was on a seven-game hitting streak, going 14-for-25 (.560) with four home runs, four doubles, 11 RBI, eight runs and five walks. Mills went into the game with 16 doubles, nine home runs, 44 RBI and 33 runs in 57 games with the Aeros this season. He was selected by Cleveland with the 13th overall pick in the first round of the 2007 draft....SS Juan Diaz (.258) was on an 11-game hitting streak, going 16-for-51 (.314) with five doubles, one home run, eight RBI and seven runs....Ben Copeland (.329) was on an eight-game hitting streak, going 15-for-33 (.455) with four doubles, one triple, four RBI and six runs....Catcher Chun Chen (.286) was 13-for-33 (.394) with three doubles, one triple, one homer, six RBI, eight runs and six walks in his last 10 games....3B Kyle Bellows (.218) was 9-for-23 (.391) in his last seven games....RH closer Cory Burns (2-3, 26 saves, 2.04) had not given up a run in his last 19 appearances. He had fanned 19, walked three and allowed nine hits in 20 2/3 innings during the span....RH reliever Adam Miller (1-1, one save, 3.10) was 0-0 with one save and a 2.03 ERA in his last 10 games, striking out 14, walking five and allowing nine hits in 13 1/3 innings..LH reliever Eric Berger (2-0, 3.63) was 1-0 with a 1.88 ERA in his last nine games, striking out 19, walking six and yielding 13 hits in 14 1/3 innings....LH T.J. McFarland (6-4, 4.26) is 4-0 with a 2.25 ERA in his last five starts. In 32 innings, he has fanned 22, walked eight and given up 21 hits....RH reliever Rob Bryson has been promoted to the Aeros from the Kinston Indians. Bryson was 0-0 with one save and an 0.64 ERA in 14 innings over 10 games at Kinston. He struck out 20, walked three and allowed six hits in 14 innings. Bryson, 23, was acquired by Cleveland with OF Michael Brantley and 1B Matt LaPorta (who was then an outfielder) in the 2008 midseason trade of C.C. Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers. In his fifth minor league season, Bryson has struck out 264, walked 65 and allowed 144 hits in 195 2/3 innings. He missed almost all of the 2009 season after having shoulder surgery.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Notes: Going into Monday night’s game, DH Jeremie Tice (.275) was 9-for-23 (.391) with three doubles and two home runs in his last seven games....OF Anthony Gallas (.178), from Strongsville High School and Kent State, was 4-for-10 with a stolen base in his last three games....3B Adam Abraham (.245) was 0-for-13 in his last four games....RH reliever Kyle Landis (3-0, one save, 0.82) had struck out 25, walked four and given up 10 hits in 22 innings with Kinston, in 15 games....RH Brett Brach (6-6, 2.82) is 3-3 with a 2.39 ERA in his last 10 games, striking out 35, walking 13 and holding opponents to a .217 batting average in 60 1/3 innings....RH Marty Popham (4-0, 2.56) was named the Carolina League Pitcher of the Week. Popham won his third straight start on Sunday, striking out 11 in 5 2/3 innings in the Indians’ 2-0 home win over the Winston-Salem Dash. Popham allowed three hits and no walks in his only start of the week. In 14 games (eight starts) with Kinston this season, Popham has struck out 60 and walked just five in 59 2/3 innings, and held opponents to a .219 batting average.
A Lake County Captains
Notes: Going into Monday night’s game, 3B Giovanny Urshela (.238) was 25-for-78 (.321) with five doubles, one triple and one homer in his last 21 games....SS Ronny Rodriguez (.238) was on an eight-game hitting streak, going 10-for-33 (.303) with three doubles, one homer and six RBI....OF LeVon Washington (.226) was 7-for-15 (.467) with two doubles and four runs in his last four games....Catcher Alex Monsalve (.283) was 6-for-11 (.545) with a double in his last three games....OF Carlos Moncrief (.234) was 12-for-35 (.343) with two doubles, one triple and one homer in his last eight games....RH reliever Dale Dickerson (1-1, two saves, 1.48) had not allowed a run in his last 14 games, fanning 12, walking three and allowing 12 hits in 15 2/3 innings....RH reliever Clayton Ehlert (1-2, 10 saves, 1.98) had given up one run on seven hits in his last 13 innings for an 0.69 ERA....RH reliever Bryce Stowell (0-1, 1.69) had struck out 24, walked nine and allowed seven hits in 16 innings with the Captains....LH reliever Kyle Petter (1-2, 3.24) had struck out 15, walked one and allowed five hits in 8 1/3 innings over five games with the Captains.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Notes: Going into Monday night’s game, C Alex Lavisky (.187) — a Cleveland eighth-round draft pick from Lakewood St. Edward High School in 2010 — was on a seven-game hitting streak, going 9-for-26 (.346) with two home runs and one double....OF Jordan Smith (.343) was 13-for-37 (.351) with six doubles, seven RBI and five runs in his last 10 games.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Notes: Going into Monday night’s game, 3B Andrew Davis (.307) was on an 11-game hitting streak, going 24-for-44 (.545) with two homers, two doubles, one triple, 10 RBI and nine runs.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/07/minor_league_notes_3.html
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