LEVELAND INDIANS 2016 MINOR LEAGUE REPORT YESTERDAY’S SCOREBOARD & WIN/LOSS RECORDS Game Affiliate Opponent Score Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save W-L 129 Columbus vs Toledo W, 3-1 RHP Adam Plutko (6-4, 3.76) LHP Cesar Ramos (0-3, 7.07) RHP Perci Garner (5, 1.07) 75-54 125 Akron at Bowie SUSPENDED due to rain 65-60 127 Lynchburg at Myrtle Beach L, 6-7 (F/10) RHP Tommy Nance (2-0, 2.00) LHP David Speer (4-1, 1.91) None 78-49 (33-24) 125 Lake County at Fort Wayne W, 6-1 RHP Triston McKenzie (1-1, 3.42) RHP Anderson Espinoza (0-3, 5.79) None 66-59 (24-28) 60 Mahoning Valley vs. State College W, 5-0 RHP Jordan Hicks (3-1, 2.18) LHP Tanner Tully (3-1, 1.45) RHP Eric Carter (6, 3.18) 29-31 50 AZL Indians at AZL Dodgers W, 7-4 RHP Cesar Ventura (4-1, 3.32) RHP Kevin Malisheski (0-1, 3.27) RHP Domingo Jimenez (2, 1.15) 29-21 (9-13) TRIPLE-A COLUMBUS CLIPPERS (INTERNATIONAL, 75-54, 1ST/+11.0) SINGLE-A LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS (MIDWEST, 26-29, T4TH/-9.5) The Columbus Clippers beat the Toledo Mud Hens, 3-1, at Huntington Park yesterday, The Lake County beat Fort Wayne, 6-1, yesterday at Parkview Field for the Captains marking their sixth straight win as Columbus capped a three-game sweep of Toledo. sixth win in their last seven games. Hitting Notes: Hitting Notes: • 1B JESUS AGUILAR gave the Clippers a 1-0 lead in the 2nd inning with a solo shot, • 1B JOSE MEDINA led the charge for Lake County offensively, going 4-for-5 with his team-leading 25th of the year...after Toledo tied the game with a run in the top of one double, one triple, one RBI and two runs scored...RF DAVID ARMENDARIZ went the 5th, SS ERIK GONZALEZ hit an RBI double to the Clippers back on top, 2-1...C 3-for-5 with a triple and one RBI, and SS WILLI CASTRO went 2-for-5 with one RBI ADAM MOORE gave Columbus an insurance run with a solo homer in the 8th, his and two runs scored...C MARTIN CERVENKA (1-for-5), LF BOBBY ISON (0-for-4) seventh long ball of the season...Aguilar and OF JOEY BUTLER both went 2-for-4. and DH JUAN DE LA CRUZ (1-for-3) each drove in one run as well. Pitching Notes: Pitching Notes: • RHP ADAM PLUTKO started and earned his sixth win of the year, limiting Toledo to • RHP TRISTON McKENZIE earned his first win for Lake County, tossing 5.2 score- just one run on six hits and two walks with five strikeouts over 6.0 innings of work... less frames on four hits and two walks with eight strikeouts...RHP ARGENIS AN- RHP CRAIG STAMMEN, RHP CODY ANDERSON (2H, 1SO) and RHP PERCI GAR- GULO (1.1IP, 1H, 1R-ER, 1BB, 1SO) allowed Fort Wayne’s lone run...RHP YOIBER NER each tossed 1.0 scoreless inning in relief with Garner notching his fifth save. MARQUINA & RHP KIERAN LOVEGROVE each worked 1.0 scorless inning with one hit, one walk and one strikeout...was Marquina’s his first appearance since July 14. DOUBLE-A AKRON RUBBERDUCKS (EASTERN, 65-60, 2ND/-3.5) SINGLE-A MAHONING VALLEY SCRAPPERS (NY-PENN, 29-31, 3RD/-11.5) Yesterday’s series finale between the Akron RubberDucks and Bowie Baysox was The Mahoning Valley Scrappers were defeated 5-0 on Sunday by the State College suspended due to rain with one out in the 5th inning and will be completed on Sep- Spikes in the second installment of a three-game series at Eastwood Field. tember 2...the Ducks currently hold a 6-3 lead. Hitting Notes: Hitting Notes: • CF GABRIEL MEJIA and LF SILENTO SAYLES each collected a pair of singles to • Akron had tallied six hits at the time of the suspension, including a trio of solo home combine for four of the team’s seven hits...3B GAVIN COLLINS went 1-for-3 with a runs in the 1st inning by LF JORDAN SMITH, 1B NELLIE RODRIGUEZ and RF walk, while RF MITCH LONGO and 1B EMMANUEL TAPIA each went 1-for-4 with MIKE PAPI...it was Rodriguez’s team-leading 24th homer of the year...CF GREG AL- a single. LEN (triple), C ERIC HAASE (double) and SS ERIC STAMETS (single) rounded out the hits for the Ducks. Pitching Notes: • Starter LHP TANNER TULLY was dealt his first loss of the year after allowing two Pitching Notes: runs on three hits with two walks and one strikeout in 5.0 innings of work...RHP RYAN • RHP JULIAN MERRYWEATHER worked all 4.0 innings yesterday, allowing three COLEGATE allowed one unearned run on one hit with two walks and three strikeouts runs on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts...all three runs allowed came on a in 3.0 innings of relief...LHP RANDY VALLADARES gave up two runs on three hits three-run homer by Bowie’s Henry Urrutia in the 1st inning...he then retired 10 of his in the 9th inning. final 14 batters faced. SINGLE-A ADVANCED LYNCHBURG HILLCATS (CAROLINA, 33-24, T1ST/+0.0) ARIZONA ROOKIE LEAGUE INDIANS (AZL, 9-13, 5TH/-6.0) The Lynchburg Hillcats fell to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, 7-6, in 10 innings on Sunday The AZL Indians beat the AZL Athletics, 7-4, yesterday to win their third straight game in the serie finale of a three-game series at TicketReturn.com Field...still, Lynchburg and fifth of their last six. has won five of its last eight games. Hitting Notes: Hitting Notes: • 2B SAMAD TAYLOR put the Indians on the board with a two-run homer in the 3rd • The Hillcats scored all six runs in the 6th inning...2B TYLER KRIEGER opened the inning, his first home run of the season, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two scoring with a one-out RBI single before RF TAYLOR MURPHY doubled in a run... RBI on the day...C JASON RODRIGUEZ went 2-for-3 with a double and a sacrifice Lynchburg then collected a pair of runs on a bases loaded walk to SS YONATHAN fly...CF TRENTON BROOKS went 1-for-3 with an RBI single and a sacrifice fly...LF MENDOZA & an RBI ground out by CF CONNOR MARABELL...3B MARK MATH- OSCAR GONZALEZ went 1-for-3 with a double, two walks and three runs scored. IAS capped the scoring with a two-run double. Pitching Notes: Pitching Notes: • Starter RHP CESAR VENTURA earned his fourth win, allowing three runs on eight • Starter LHP LUIS LUGO did not factor into the decision after allowing four runs on hits, including two home runs, with one walk and three strikeouts over 5.0 innings... six hits with one walk and seven strikeouts in 6.0 innings of work...RHP DOMINIC RHP CAMERON MINGO allowed one run on a solo homer, three hits total, with two DeMASI worked 2.0 perfect innings in relief...LHP DAVID SPEER was dealt the loss strikeouts in 3.0 innings of relief...RHP DOMINGO JIMENEZ notched his second after allowing the winning run (unearned) in the 10th. save as he allowed one hit with two strikeouts over 1.0 inning. MINOR LEAGUE NEWS PLUTKO NAMED PITCHER OF THE WEEK TODAY’S SCHEDULE 2016 ORGANIZATION LEADERS • The International League accounced today that Co- lumbus starting RHP ADAM PLUTKO was named the IL Columbus at Indianapolis (7:05pm) Average: ERA: Pitcher of the Week for the week of Aug. 15-21. Probable: RHP Shawn Haviland (0-1, 3.06) Francisco Mejia, .339 Francisco Perez, 2.45 • Plutko went 2-0 last week, earning the wins on Monday Gabriel Mejia, .324 Julian Merryweather, 2.52 vs. Durham and yesterday vs. Toledo. He combined to Akron vs. Reading (7:05pm) Probable: RHP D.J. Brown (7-6, 4.44) Oscar Gonzalez, .316 Matt Esparza, 2.90 allow just two runs on 12 hits and three walks with 13 Yandy Diaz, .314 Thomas Pannone, 2.90 strikeouts over 11.2 innings of work over the two starts. Lake County vs. Bowling Green (7:00pm) Tyler Krieger, .312 Shawn Morimando, 3.04 • The 24-year-old is 6-4 with a 3.76 ERA (33ER/79.0IP) Probable: RHP Micah Miniard (0-1, 4.88) in 13 starts with Triple-A Columbus after starting the season 3-3 with a 3.27 ERA (26ER/71.2IP) in 13 starts Mahoning Valley vs. State College (7:05pm) RBI: WINS: for Double-A Akron. Probable: LHP Brady Aiken (1-0, 4.50) Bobby Bradley, 97 Shawn Morimando, 14 Anthony Santander, 89 Julian Merryweather, 12 Jesus Aguilar, 80 Sean Brady, 11 Nellie Rodriguez, 75 Mike Clevinger, 11 Francisco Mejia, 75 Three others tied with 10 Columbus Clippers (75-54) 3, Toledo Mud Hens (58-71) 1 August 21, 2016 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Toledo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 Columbus 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 x 3 8 0 Toledo AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Columbus AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Krizan, LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .281 Gonzalez, E, SS 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .297 Jones, J, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Diaz, Y, LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .321 Moya, RF 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 .278 Urshela, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .273 Huffman, 1B 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .287 Aguilar, 1B 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .236 Green, D, DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .309 Zimmer, CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .291 1-McVaney, PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Moore, A, C 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .244 Hicks, J, C 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .291 Butler, Jy, DH 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .241 Valdespin, 3B 4 1 1 0 0 2 3 .238 Cowgill, RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .233 Ciriaco, SS 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .118 Medina, Y, 2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .269 Diaz, A, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .234 Plutko, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ramos, C, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stammen, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Crouse, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Anderson, Co, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hardy, B, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garner, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jimenez, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 8 3 1 7 14 .259 Totals 33 1 8 1 2 6 14 .256 1-Ran for Green, D in the 8th.