Going into Thursday night, McBride was batting .362 (21-for-58) with nine homers and five doubles in his last 15 games.
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Akron outfielder Matt McBride has been on a hot streak at the plate for the Aeros, and slugged his 14th homer of the season Thursday night.AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 6, Tides 1: Carlos Carrasco (8-4, 4.10) allowed one unearned run in leading Columbus to an International League win Thursday in Norfolk, Va.
The right-hander went seven innings and allowed two hits and one walk while striking out six. Clippers DH Wyatt Toregas (.333) hit his second home run of the season, and RF Jordan Brown (.300) had two hits and an RBI.
Notes: RHP Josh Tomlin (8-3) is fourth in the International League with a 2.58 ERA. In 15 starts and three relief appearances, he's struck out 66 while allowing 30 walks, 72 hits and eight home runs in 94 1/3 innings. ... Going into Thursday night's game, 3B Jared Goedert led the entire Indians organization in batting average (.325), home runs (22) and RBI (64). Since being promoted from Akron to Columbus, he was batting .326 with 15 homers in just 132 at bats -- one homer per every 8.8 at bats. Goedert had a combined 23 doubles and 54 runs with the Clippers and Aeros. ... RH reliever Bryce Stowell was a combined 2-0 with seven saves and an 0.71 ERA in 50 2/3 innings, covering two appearances with Columbus, after 11 outings with Advanced A Kinston and 14 with AA Akron. Stowell's combined numbers this season included 78 strikeouts -- nearly 14 per nine innings pitched -- and just 32 hits allowed. Last season was Stowell's first in professional baseball, and he was a combined 4-6 with a 4.76 ERA in three games at A Lake County and 19 at Kinston. He struck out 77 batters in 70 innings, however. ... IF Luis Valbuena was hitting .351 (20-for-57) with five doubles, one triple and three homers in 15 games since being sent to Columbus by the Indians. ... Since being promoted from Akron, IF Cord Phelps was hitting .348 (31-for-89) with 10 doubles, two triples and three homers in 24 games. ... The Clippers were 55-36 and held a 7 1/2-game lead over Indianapolis in the International League West Division. Columbus finished 57-85 last season. ... RHP Josh Tomlin pitched a scoreless inning, fanning one and giving up one hit, as the International League all-stars defeated the Pacific Coast all-stars, 2-1, in Wednesday night's Triple-A All-Star Game in Allentown, Pa. OF Jose Constanza entered the game in the eighth inning as a pinch-runner and didn't bat.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 6, SeaWolves 1: DH Matt McBride (.276) clobbered his 14th homer of the season, 2B Jason Kipnis (.293) had three hits and starting pitcher Kelvin De La Cruz (2-5, 5.28) threw six strong innings to push the Aeros past Erie (Pa.) in an Eastern League game in Akron.
De La Cruz, a left-hander, allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks in six innings. He struck out five. Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera was 2-for-4 with a double as he continued his rehabilitation assignment after two games with Class A Mahoning Valley.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, McBride (.274) was batting .362 (21-for-58) with nine homers, five doubles and 18 RBI in his last 15 games. He had reached base in his last 41 road games. ... OF Tim Fedroff (.267) was on a 12-game batting streak, going 22-for-48 (.458) with four doubles. ... RH starter Alex White, in his first professional season after being taken by the Indians in the first round of the 2009 draft, is 4-4 with a 1.53 ERA in 10 starts with the Aeros after being promoted from Kinston, where he was 2-3 with a 2.86 ERA in eight starts. White has given up just 73 hits in 103 combined innings. ... LH starter Nick Hagadone continues to be brought along slowly after having Tommy John elbow surgery two years ago, but his 60 2/3 innings pitched is the most in his four-year professional career. Hagadone, a combined 2-3 with a 3.56 ERA at Akron and Kinston this season, has struck out 69 but walked 47. ... The Aeros helped the Western Division to a 10-3 win over the Eastern Division in Wednesday night's Eastern League All-Star Game in Harrisburg, Pa. OF John Drennen slugged a two-run homerun, singled and scored two runs. 3B Lonnie Chisenhall was 1-for-3 with an RBI, one run and a walk. ... RHP Paolo Espino struck out three in one hitless and scoreless inning.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Nationals 6, Indians 1: Kinston RF Lucas Montero (.264) singled twice, and CF Donnie Webb (.220) doubled and scored in the K-Tribe’s Carolina League loss to Potomac in Woodbridge, Va.
Notes: RH reliever Austin Adams finished for the Indians, giving up two runs (one earned) in four innings. Adams is 1-0 with a 1.62 ERA in four games (one start) for Kinston, striking out 21 in 16 2/3 innings. He began the season at Lake County, where he was 2-4 with a save and 3.54 ERA in 13 appearances (eight starts). Adams struck out 61 in 53 1/3 innings with the Captains. ... RH starter Joseph Gardner (7-4, 2.71) pitched seven one-run innings to get credit for the Indians' 3-1 win over Potomac on Wednesday night, making him a combined 8-4, 2.85 with 111 strikeouts in 98 innings for the Indians and Lake County this season. Overall, he has held opponents to a .188 batting average and just four homers. ... RH reliever Brian Grening (3-3, 4.00) has struck out 19 in his last 14 innings, and 33 in 27 innings for Kinston. He began the season at Class AA Akron, where he was 0-0 with a 4.91 ERA and 15 strikeouts in 14 2/3 innings. ... Montero (.264) is 13-for-34 with three triples and a double in his last eight games. ... Right-handed batting 3B Kyle Bellows (.256) is batting .301 (62-for-206) against right-handed pitchers, with 10 doubles, three triples and seven homers. Against lefties, he's batting .145 (12-for-83) with four doubles.
A Lake County Captains
Captains 6, River Bandits 1: SS Casey Frawley (.264) and CF Delvi Cid (.242) each had three hits, DH Chris Kersten (.294) hit his third home run and the Captains beat Quad Cities in a Midwest League game in Davenport, Iowa.
Righty Trey Haley (5-4, 4.86) went five innings, allowing one earned run on two hits and one walk while fanning seven.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, RH closer Preston Guilmet (1-1, eight saves, 2.78) had struck out 37 and walked three in 22 2/3 innings. Of the 22 outs he had recorded against left-handed batters, 15 were by strikeout. ... IF Chris Kersten (.296) was batting .361 (13-for-36) with four doubles, one triple and seven RBI in his last 10 games. ... OF Delvi Cid (.236) was second in the Midwest League with 39 stolen bases (in 47 attempts). Since the all-star break, Cid was batting .311 (23-for-74) with two doubles, one triple and one homer.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Cyclones 7, Scrappers 4: Mahoning Valley right-handed reliever Julio Ramirez (0-1, 54.00) allowed four runs in two-thirds of an inning as the Scrappers lost in a New York-Penn League game in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Notes: Going into Thursday night's game, LH reliever Nick Kirk (0-0, three saves, 2.70) had struck out 18 and walked one in 10 innings. ... OF Brian Heere had drawn 18 walks and was 10th in the New York-Penn League with a .416 on-base percentage despite batting .228 (13-for-57). Heere was 11-for-29 (.379) with 10 walks, two doubles and a homer in his last nine games.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
The Crushers were idle on Thursday
Notes: Crushers RH pitchers Josh Roberts (1 2/3 innings), Travis Risser (one inning) and Jeff Cinadr (2/3 inning) combined to pitch 3 1/3 scoreless innings for the East Division all-stars in their 9-2 loss to the West Division in Wednesday night's Frontier League All-Star Game in Marion, Ill. ... 3B Andrew Davis is second in the Frontier League with a .344 batting average, and RHP Josh Roberts (5-0) is fifth with a 2.25 ERA and tied for fifth in wins. ... Since the season's first six games, Davis is batting .366 with 10 doubles, one triple, five homers and 32 RBI in 42 games. ... The Crushers host the Windy City ThunderBolts on Friday night.