Leveland Indians 2017 Minor League Report - May 9
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LEVELAND INDIANS 2017 MINOR LEAGUE REPORT - MAY 9 YESTERDAY’S SCOREBOARD & WIN/LOSS RECORDS Game Affiliate Opponent Score Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save W-L 29 Columbus Durham L, 2-9 RHP Yonny Chirinos (2-0, 4.15) LHP Shawn Morimando (2-4, 7.11) None 11-18 28 Akron Trenton W, 4-3 RHP Neil Holland (2-0, 2.70) LHP Caleb Frare (0-1, 3.21) None 12-16 - Lynchburg OFF DAY 15-13 30 Lake County Beloit L, 6-7 LHP Dalton Sawyer (3-2, 2.10) RHP Micah Miniard (1-2, 5.14) RHP Yordys Alejo (1, 0.00) 12-18 The Mahoning Valley Scrappers will begin their season on June 19 The Arizona League Indians will begin their season on June 24 TRIPLE-A COLUMBUS CLIPPERS (INTERNATIONAL, 11-18, 3RD/-4.5) SINGLE-A LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS (MIDWEST, 12-18, 7TH/-8.5) The Columbus Clippers fell 9-2 to the first-place Durham Bulls in the opening contest The Lake County Captains fell to the Beloit Snappers, 7-6, on Monday in the series of their road series. opener at Classic Park...the Captains rallied for three runs in the 8th, but ultimately fell one run short. Hitting Notes: • The Clippers offense was led by C ERIK KRATZ, who went 2-for-4 with a double and Hitting Notes: a run scored...Kratz is now batting .404 on the season...LF RICHIE SHAFFER also • SS LUKE WAKAMATSU put the Captains on the board with a two-run double in the recorded a multi-hit effort, going 2-for-4 with a run scored...CF BRADLEY ZIMMER 2nd inning & finished the day 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles & a run scored...1B JUAN was 1-for-3 with an RBI double, while RF JORDAN SMITH drove in the Clippers’ DE LA CRUZ also tallied a pair of hits, including two-run homer in the 8th to put Lake other run. County within one run...C LI-JEN CHU went 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Pitching Notes: Pitching Notes: • LHP SHAWN MORIMANDO fell to 2-4 on the season after allowing a season-high • RHP MICAH MINARD was dealt his second loss of the season after allowing all eight runs on nine hits across 4.0 innings...RHP SHAWN ARMSTRONG, RHP JOE seven runs (six earned) on 10 hits with no walks and four strikeouts in 6.0 innings of COLON & LHP KYLE CROCKETT combined for 3.0 hitless innings of relief to close work...RHP HENRY MARTINEZ finished the game with 3.0 shutout innings in relief, out the contest. allowing just one hit with three strikeouts. DOUBLE-A AKRON RUBBERDUCKS (EASTERN, 12-16, 5TH/-5.0) SINGLE-A MAHONING VALLEY SCRAPPERS (NEW YORK-PENN) The Akron RubberDucks defeated the Trenton Thunder, 4-3, on Monday in the series • The Mahoning Valley Scrappers went 37-38 to finish the 2016 season fourth in the opener at Canal Park. New York-Penn League Pinckney Division, 12.5 games back from the first place State College Spikes…the Scrappers will begin their 2017 season on June 19. Hitting Notes: • Trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the 8th, 1B BOBBY BRADLEY put Akron ahead and Season Hitting Notes: secured the win with a two-run homer, his sixth home run of the season...Bradley & • CF GABRIEL MEJIA led the Scrappers offense last year, batting .322 through 65 C FRANCISCO MEJIA each finished the day with a pair of hits, as Mejia went 2-for-3 games, the third-best average in the NY-Penn League...he also led the league in hits with a double and a walk...DH JOE SEVER also homered for the Ducks, a leadoff (85) and ranked 2nd in runs scored (55)...1B EMMANUEL TAPIA recorded a team- solo shot in the 5th inning. high 14 doubles & tied for the team lead in home runs (6) with LF TODD ISAACS. Pitching Notes: Season Pitching Notes: • Starter LHP THOMAS PANNONE did not factor into the decision after working 5.2 • RHP TRISTON McKENZIE went 4-3 with a 0.55 ERA in nine starts for the Scrappers scoreless innings with three hits, three walks and six strikeouts...RHP COLE SULS- before being promoted to Lake County & led the Scrappers with 55 strikeouts...LHP ER worked 2.0 innings in relief, allowing two unearned runs on one hit and one walk JUAN HILLMAN made a team-high 15 starts, going 3-4 with a 4.43 ERA, and also led with three strikeouts...RHP NEIL HOLLAND improved to 2-0, earning the win after the team in innings pitched (63.0)...RHP MICHAEL LETKEWICZ went 6-0 with a 1.74 working a scoreless 9th (1.1IP, 2H, 1R, 2K). ERA in 21 relief appearances. SINGLE-A ADVANCED LYNCHBURG HILLCATS (CAROLINA, 15-13, 2ND/-3.0) ARIZONA ROOKIE LEAGUE INDIANS The Lynchburg Hillcats enjoyed a scheduled off-day yesterday...the Hillcats return to • The AZL Indians finished their 2016 campaign with a 31-25 record, good for 3rd in Calvin Falwell Field tonight to begin a three-day, four-game series with the Carolina the AZL Central division...they qualified for the AZL playoffs as the first-half division Mudcats (doubleheader tomorrow). winners, but lost a one-game playoff in the Divisional round...they will begin their 2017 season vs. the AZL Reds on June 24. Hitting Notes: • The top three batting averages in the Cleveland organization all belong to members Season Hitting Notes: of the Hillcats, with IF SAM HAGGERTY (.329), C MARTIN CERVENKA (.300), and • OF OSCAR GONAZLEZ was named Arizona League MVP after batting .303 with a OF KA’AI TOM (.297) leading the way...Tom also leads the team with 15 RBI on the league-high .566 slugging percentage...Gonzalez tied for the league lead with eight season, while OF JODD CARTER paces the club with three homers. home runs, and tied for the AZL Indians lead with 44 hits...C JOSE VICENTE led the team with 28 RBI and matched Gonzalez with 44 hits...OF WILL BENSON, the Pitching Notes: Tribe’s 2016 1st-round draft pick, led the AZL Indians with 31 runs scored and ranked • Prior to his May 5 callup, LHP THOMAS PANNONE led the Lynchburg staff, al- second with 27 RBI. lowing zero earned runs across his 27.2 innings...Pannone earned Carolina League Player of the Month honors for his performance...RHP SHAO-CHING CHIANG leads Season Pitching Notes: the organization with four wins, and his 1.83 ERA ranks third-lowest...RHP LEAN- • LHP FRANCISCO PEREZ was named a Postseason All-Star as he tied for the DRO LINARES has made 11 relief appearances (12.0IP) without allowing an earned team lead with five wins while pacing the AZL Indians in innings (63.2), strikeouts (52) run, and he leads Lynchburg with two saves. & ERA (2.69, 3rd-lowest in Indians organization)...RHP GREGORI VASQUEZ also collected five wins, and his 3.18 ERA was the 4th-lowest in the Indians organization. MINOR LEAGUE NEWS PANNONE NAMED POTM TODAY’S SCHEDULE 2017 ORGANIZATION LEADERS • LHP THOMAS PANNONE was named Carolina COLUMBUS: at Durham, 7:05PM Average: ERA: League Player of the Month for the month of April... Probable: RHP Michael Peoples (0-0, ---) Sam Haggerty .329 Thomas Pannone 0.00 the left-hander made five starts for Single-A Advanced Martin Cervenka .300 Mike Clevinger 1.50 Lynchburg, not allowing a single earned run across 27.2 AKRON: vs. Trenton, 6:35PM innings pitched...led the Hillcats with 39 strikeouts and is Probable: RHP D.J. Brown (0-1, 9.00) Ka’ai Tom .297 Shao-Ching Chiang 1.83 the only qualified pitcher in Minor League Baseball still Mike Papi .294 Tanner Tully 2.10 holding a 0.00 ERA...Pannone was called up to Double- LYNCHBURG: vs. Carolina, 6:30PM Francisco Mejia .293 Matt Esparza 2.32 A Akron on May 5, making his RubberDucks debut last Probable: RHP Triston McKenzie (2-2, 2.39) night by hurling 5.2 scoreless innings. RBI: WINS: LAKE COUNTY: vs. Beloit, 11:00AM Richie Shaffer 18 Shao-Ching Chiang 4 Probable: RHP Aaron Civale (1-2, 3.41) Emmanuel Tapia 18 Ben Krauth 3 Yu Chang 17 Mike Clevinger 3 Bobby Bradley 16 9 others tied 2 Todd Isaacs 16 Durham Bulls (21-8) 9, Columbus Clippers (11-18) 2 May 8, 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Columbus 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 Durham 1 5 0 0 2 1 0 0 x 9 11 0 Columbus AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Durham AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Zimmer, CF 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 .257 Smith, M, CF 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 .273 a-Lucas, J, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Field, RF 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 .235 Rodriguez, R, 2B 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .245 Bauers, LF 3 3 2 1 1 1 0 .240 Urshela, 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .270 Leonard, 3B 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 .394 Colabello, DH 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .257 Marjama, C 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .311 Gonzalez, E, SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .277 Gillaspie, 1B 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 .224 Shaffer, LF 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .281 McKenry, DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .236 Kratz, C 4 1 2 0 0 2 1 .404 Adames, SS 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 .224 Rodriguez, N, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .100 Hager, 2B 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .258 Smith, J, RF 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 .172 Chirinos, Y, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Morimando, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wagner, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 9 11 9 3 8 6 .272 Armstrong, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Colon, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Crockett, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 2 7 2 4 10 16 .256 BATTING 2B: Bauers (5, Morimando); Leonard 2 (10, Morimando, a-Grounded out for Zimmer in the 9th.