Brown Named IL Player of the Week

Triple-A Columbus outfielder Jordan Brown was named the International League Player of the Week for 5/24-5/30. During his monster week he hit .417 (10-for-24) with a 1 HR and 11RBI. His big RBI total was helped by big games on 5/28 (5 RBI) and 5/24 (4 RBI), and he piled up four multiple hit games and added his first home run of the season Saturday. He has four multi-RBI games in 15 total games played on the season, recording 89% of his RBI (17 of 19) in just those four multi-RBI...

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Kinston Video Recap: May 2010

First off, I hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day holiday weekend.  It's always a wonderful time to not only finish up that yard work, grill out with family and friends, and just hang out and enjoy the beautiful weather, but to also pay our respects to the men who are serving and who have served this great country.  So my thanks goes out to all the veterans out there both past and current! Moving along, here are some videos of the Kinston Indians...

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Akron's Week That Was: 5/24 - 5/30

After two straight wins over Harrisburg to end the week before last on a good note, the Aeros came stumbling out of the gate this past week. After getting blown out in the first game, they lost a pair of close games before avoiding the sweep. Currently the club is in the midst of a four game series against Binghamton. The same day that the parent club had their remarkable comeback against New York, the Aeros had one of their own against a New York farm team for what was...

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Game Recap 5/30: Clippers Win In Extras

Buscher delivers, Clippers win, 4-3 For the second time in four games, the Columbus Clippers were walk-off winners in the 11th inning against the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs, winning 4-3 on Sunday. Brian Buscher sealed the deal for Columbus, delivering a pinch-hit, RBI single to left in the bottom of the 11th to send the Clipper faithful home happy. The Clippers completed a four-game sweep of Lehigh Valley at Huntington Park while winning seven of the eight meetings this season....

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The Sunday Drive with an early Nick Hagadone Memorial

What is it with the dramatic?The Kinston Indians turned on their inner "As The World Turns" this week, as nearly every game was decided in extra innings, or some sort of massive comeback. On Sunday, Kinston beat Frederick 2-1 in 12 innings thanks to an error. On Monday, Kyle Bellows launched a grand slam in the 15th inning to beat Potomac 10-6. On Friday, Kinston found themselves down 5-0 before scoring eight unanswered runs to beat first-place Winston-Salem. On Saturday,...

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Lewis Recalled, Laffey To Columbus

The Cleveland Indians announced today they have recalled right-handed reliever Jensen Lewis from Triple-A Columbus. To allow room on the 25-man roster the Indians have optioned left-handed reliever Aaron Laffey to Columbus. This will mark Lewis’ second stint with the Indians this year after making the opening day roster. He was optioned to Columbus on May 7th and made seven appearances with one save while posting a 1.89 ERA (10.2 IP, 10 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 10 SO) with the Clippers....

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2010 Depth Chart

This depth chart will be updated all season as players are moved up and down the system from the big league team all the way to extended spring training in Goodyear, AZ. This should always serve as an organizational snapshot of where all the players in the system are anytime throughout the season (please allow up to 24 hours for recent transactions to be updated). This depth chart is available for easy reference as one of the tabs just below the site header at the top of the page.One quick note, the roster limits are as follows: Cleveland (25),...

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Game Recap 5/29: Nuno, Adams Combine For Two-Hitter

Captains Win 2-0 as Nuno and Adams Two Hit Loons Vidal Nuno and Austin Adams combined to two-hit Great Lakes, en route to a 2-0 win. The no hit bid was broken up with two outs in the eighth inning when Jaime Ortiz singled off of Adams. Lake County got on the scoreboard, in the fifth inning, when Kyle Smith collected his second single of the game to reach. Adam Abraham reached on a Josh Wall error putting runners on the corners. Argenis Martinez singled past the diving...

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Captains Returning To Earth

The inevitable has begun to happen. After an incredible start, the Captains started returning to Earth during their recent seven game homestand. Lake County went 3-4 against South Bend and Dayton, two of the lesser teams in the Eastern Division of the Midwest League. The homestand included a stretch of 3 straight losses, only the second time this season the Captains had a losing streak of that length. Some of the difficulties may be due to a recent bout of roster instability....

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Game Recap 5/28: Brown Leads Clippers Charge

Brown leads Clippers to 11-7 win The Clippers brought their bats out to begin the Memorial Day weekend and found their stride, defeating the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs, 11-7. The Clippers used timely two-out hitting and Jordan Brown's leadership to take game two of the four game series. The Ironpigs got out to an early lead when John Mayberry hit his eighth home run of the season off starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco. The Clippers responded with four runs in the bottom of the...

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Mirabelli, Indians Plan To Be "Aggressive" In Draft

The First Year Player Draft for Major League Baseball is quickly approaching.  This year the first round of the draft will be carried live on TV on Monday night June 7th and then the rest of the draft will be completed on Tuesday June 8th and Wednesday June 9th. As the draft clock gets closer to striking midnight, scouts and scouting directors for every team are bouncing around racking up their frequent flyer miles taking in some last minute action at conference tournaments...

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