Outfielder Brown, the Class AAA International League's leading hitter last season, was impressive during the early portion of spring training with the Indians, then suffered a knee injury that required arthroscopic surgery.
Jordan Brown during spring training with the Indians.FARM REPORT
AAA Columbus Clippers
Tonight: Clippers (56-37) at Norfold (43-51), 7:15. Clippers RHP Josh Tomlin (8-3, 2.58) vs. Tides LHP Zachary Britton (0-1, 2.53).
Notes: Going into Saturday night's game, 2B Cord Phelps was batting .375 (36-for-96) with 11 doubles, two triples and three home runs since being promoted from Akron....3B Jared Goedert (.326) was on a 12-game hitting streak and had reached base in his last 25 games, a stretch during which he was 32-for-102 (.314) with 13 homers and 26 RBI....LF Jordan Brown (.302), the International League's batting leader in 2009 (.336), had 44 RBI in just 212 at bats this season: one RBI per every 4.82 at bats. He was 13-for-35 (.371) with six doubles and two homers in his last nine games....1B Wes Hodges (.270) had not committed an error in his last 39 games....RH reliever Josh Judy (1-0, 3.33) had struck out 35 and walked six in 24 1/3 innings....RH reliever Jess Todd (3-2, four saves, 2.82) had struck out 44 and walked 12 in 38 1/3 innings. In his last 10 games, Todd had fanned 16 and walked one in 10 2/3 innings, allowing one run.
AA Akron Aeros
Tonight: Erie (38-55) at Aeros (47-45), 7:05. SeaWolves LHP Charlie Furbush (1-0, 2.30) vs. Aeros LHP Eric Berger (4-5, 4.79).
Notes: Going into Saturday night's game, RH reliever Omar Aguilar (1-2, four saves, 3.71) not allowed a home run in 43 2/3 innings this season, while striking out 51. Aguilar had fanned 13 while allowing just five hits and one walk in his last 10 1/3 innings, spanning seven games....RHP Paolo Espino (9-3, 3.76) had held batters to a .197 batting average in 91 innings, making 13 starts and six relief appearances. In his last 10 games (five starts), Espino was 5-1 with a 3.45 ERA, fanning 44 in 44 1/3 innings, while yielding 36 hits and 10 walks....OF Jerad Head (.279) was 7-for-20 (.350) with four doubles in his last six games.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Tonight: Indians (44-46) at Potomac (42-48), 6:35. Indians RHP Joseph Mahalic (3-4, 4.15) vs. Nationals RHP Brad Peacock (3-9, 4.09).
Notes: Going into Saturday night's game, RH reliever Rob Bryson (2-1, one save, 2.25) had struck out 38 in 20 innings, allowing seven hits and eight walks....3B Jeremie Tice was 7-for-18 (.389) with three doubles in his last four games, after getting two hits in his first 19 at bats at Kinston. When Tice was promoted from Lake County, he was batting .282 and leading the Midwest League with 51 RBI....OF Lucas Montero (.266) was 13-for-35 (.371) with a double and three triples in his last eight games....OF Abner Abreu (.246) was 10-for-34 (.294) with a double, two homers and six RBI in his last eight games.
A Lake County Captains
Tonight: Captains (55-35) at Cedar Rapids (54-34), 7:35. Captains LHP Matt Packer (7-4, 1.68) vs. Kernels LHP Tyler Skaggs (7-4, 3.24).
Notes: Going into Saturday night's game, RH reliever Jose Flores (0-0, one save, 0.95) had struck out 26, walked two and given up 12 hits in 19 innings over 12 games....Catcher Roberto Perez (.228) had thrown out 32 of 73 runners attempting to steal, an excellent 44 percent rate....Saturday night's starting pitcher, LH Matt Packer, is 3-2 with an 0.81 ERA in 44 2/3 innings in road games.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Tonight: Williamsport (16-12) at Scrappers (11-17), 7:05. Crosscutters RHP David Buchanan (0-0, 3.60) vs. Scrappers RHP Owen Dew (1-1, 3.32).
Notes: Going into Saturday night's game, 2B Daniel DeGeorge (.250) was 9-for-26 (.346) in his last eight games, and OF Kevin Rucker (.264) was 8-for-22 (.364) in his last six games....RH reliever Kyle C. Smith (0-0, 7.36), from Kent State, had struck out 21 and allowed just nine hits in 14 2/3 innings, but had walked 13.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Tonight: Windy City (22-25) at Crushers (28-21), 7:05. ThunderBolts LHP Andrew Werner (4-1, 2.00) vs. Crushers RHP Travis Risser (5-2, 3.45).
Notes: Going into Saturday night's game, 1B Eddie Tisdale (.284) was 6-for-16 (.375) with two doubloes and a triple in his last four games....RH reliever Jeff Cinadr (2-1, three saves, 1.78) had held batters to a .180 average in 35 1/3 innings, spanning 20 appearances.