Clippers, Aeros and Kinston Indians all shut out: Minor League Report

The Lake County Captains and Mahoning Valley Scrappers manage to get victories.

AAA Columbus Clippers

Chiefs 3, Clippers 0 Four Syracuse (N.Y.) pitchers held Columbus to five hits and the visiting Clippers lost the International League game.

Joe Martinez (6-5, 4.17) started and threw 5 1/3 innings. The right-hander gave up three earned runs on 12 hits. He walked none and fanned two. RH Chen Lee (0.52) finished the game with 2 innings, allowing one hit and striking out four.

CF Tim Fedroff (.280) had two hits for the Clippers.

AA Akron Aeros

SeaWolves 1, Aeros 0 LH Matt Packer (4-10, 4.53) allowed an unearned run in 8 innings and look the loss as Erie (Pa.) shut out the Aeros at Canal Park.

Packer allowed seven hits, walked one and struck out six.

Aeros C Matt McBride (.297) had two hits, including his 24th double of the season.

Advanced A

Kinston Indians

Blue Rocks 4, Indians 0 Kinston had two singles and two errors and lost the Carolina League game in Wilmington, Del.

LH Mike Rayl (0-1, 5.40) took the loss in his first start for Kinston since being promoted from Class A Lake County, where he was 5-5 with a 2.83 ERA.

Rayl pitched five innings Friday, allowing four runs (three earned) on six hits and one walk. He struck out four and gave up one home run, a three-run shot in the first inning.

DH Jesus Aguilar (.333), also a recent call-up from Lake County, and RF Tyler Cannon (.253) had the K-Tribe's hits.

Aguilar batted .292 with 19 homers and 69 RBI this season for the Captains.

A Lake County Captains

Captains 9, Hot Rods 7 SS Ronny Rodriguez (.246) was a homer shy of hitting for the cycle and drove in two runs to help Lake County win the Midwest League game over visiting Bowling Green (Ky.)

C Moises Montero (.151) had two RBI and CF Luigi Rodriguez (.500) had two doubles and two RBI in his Captains debut.

RH Michael Goodnight (4.50) started and gave up five runs (all earned) on seven hits, including two home runs.

Dale Dickerson (2-1, 2.02) relieved Goodnight and got the win. The right-hander allowed one unearned run in two innings.

A Mahoning Vy. Scrappers

Scrappers 8, Spinners 4 St. Ed grad Alex Lavisky (.205) had two hits, including a double, and 1B Jerrud Sabourin (.184) drove in two runs as Mahoning Valley beat Lowell (Mass.) in a New York-Penn League in Niles, Ohio.

Independent

Lake Erie Crushers

Jammers 4, Crushers 1 Joliet (Ill.) completed a three-game sweep of Lake Erie in Avon.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/07/clippers_aeros_and_kinston_ind.html

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