UPDATED: Akron second baseman Jason Kipnis hits two home runs and three others also hit homers as the Aeros get a 10-3 victory over visiting Altoona, Pa. The Kinston Indians and Mahoning Valley Scrappers also win.
Bryce Stowell pitching for the University of California-Irvine in 2008.Updated at 12:02 a.m.
AAA Columbus Clippers
Bulls 7, Clippers 0 Three Bulls pitchers combined to hold the Clippers to five hits and struck out nine as Columbus lost at Durham, N.C. Clippers pitcher Jeremy Sowers (1-6. 6.86) took the loss, giving up seven runs on 11 hits in three innings.
Notes: Going into Tuesday night's game, IF Cord Phelps was batting .392 (40-for-102) with 11 doubles, two triples, three home runs, 20 runs and 15 RBI since being promoted from Class AA Akron. Phelps was 16-of-34 (.471) in his last 10 games....3B Jared Goedert had 12 homers and 24 RBI in his last 24 games. He was batting .316 with 12 doubles, 16 homers, 33 RBI and 31 runs in just 152 at bats since being promoted from Akron. Goedert doesn't have enough plate appearances to qualify for the International League lead in batting or with his .711 slugging percentage, but his one homer per every 9.5 at bats led the league for every batter with at least five homers, and his 16 homers were sixth overall. The five IL players who had more homers than Goedert also had at least 73 more at bats than he did....Another Clipper promoted from Akron, IF Josh Rodriguez, was batting .331 (53-for-160) for Columbus, with 11 doubles, six homers, 33 runs and 28 RBI....RH reliever Bryce Stowell had pitched six scoreless, two-hit innings in four games for the Clippers, striking out eight and wlaking two. In a combined 29 games at Kinston, then Akron and Columbus, Stowell was 2-0 with seven saves and an 0.67 ERA in 53 2/3 innings. He had struck out 82 -- 13.8 strikeouts per every nine innings pitched -- and allowed 22 walks and 33 hits, holding opponents to a .180 batting average....RH reliever Vinnie Pestano (1-1, seven saves, 2.00) had pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings in his last seven games, fanning eight while giving up three hits and a walk.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 10, Curve 3 Second baseman Jason Kipnis (.338) hit two home runs, third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall (.276), 1B Beau Mills (.229) and LF John Drennen (.310) homered, and Akron crushed visiting Altoona (Pa.) in Eastern League action at Canal Park.
Kipnis now has six homers, Chisenhall nine, Mills seven and Drennen three.
Kelvin De La Cruz (3-5, 5.16) started and earned the win. The lefty allowed two runs (both earned) on six hits and three walks. He struck out three. Righty Bryan Price (3.55) allowed one hit in three innings of relief.
Notes: RHP Alex White, the Indians first-round pick in the 2009 draft, is holding opponents to a .198 batting average in 110 innings (66 at Akron, 44 at Kinston), the lowest batting average-against among all minor league pitchers with at least 100 innings pitched. White's combined 2.05 ERA is the third-best among all minor leaguers with 100 or more innings pitched. White, who has often had limited run support this season, is 5-4 at Akron after going 2-3 at Kinston. He is 3-0 with a 1.07 ERA over 25 1/3 innings in his last four starts....The Aeros were on a five-game winning streak going into Tuesday night's game....2B Jason Kipnis, an Indians second-round pick in the 2009 draft, was 13-for-20 (.650) in his last five games. Kipnis was batting .336 with 11 doubles and four homers at Akron after being promoted from Kinston, where he hit .300 with 12 doubles, three triples and six homers in 203 at bats.... ...OF Jerad Head (.295) was batting .340 (35-for-103) in his last 28 games....LH starter Scott Barnes (5-8, 4.95) is 2-1 with a 2.03 ERA in his last four games, allowing just 17 hits and six walks in 26 2/3 innings....OF John Drennen (.311) was 12-for-35 (.343) in his last nine games....Indians SS Asdrubal Cabrera, on a rehabilitation assignment from a broken left forearm before being brought back to Cleveland on Tuesday, was 7-for-20 (.350) with three doubles, one homer, four runs and three RBI in four games at Akron combined with two previous games at Mahoning Valley....Indians RF Shin-Soo Choo, on a rehabilitation assignment as he recovers from a sprained right thumb, was 1-for-3 for the Aeros on Monday night.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Indians 4, Dash 2 Starting pitcher Joe Gardner allowed one earned run in six innings, 2B Karexon Sanchez (.257) hit his eighth homer of the season, and the K-Tribe beat Winston-Salem in a Carolina League game in Kinston, N.C.
The right-handed Gardner (8-4, 2.62) gave up three hits and two walks while fanning two.
Notes: Going into Tuesday night's game, 3B Jeremie Tice was 10-for-23 (.435) in his last six games, after going 2-for-19 in his first five games with Kinston after being promoted from Lake County....OF Bo Greenwell was 16-for-38 (.421) in his last 10 games, making him 27-for-73 (.370) after his promotion from Lake County....LH reliever Chris Jones was 2-1 with one save and a 1.09 ERA in 41 1/3 innings over 19 games. He had struck out 39, walked 15 and allowed 30 hits, including no home runs....RH reliever Travis Turek (3-2, one save, 2.76) was 1-0 with an 0.84 ERA in his last 10 games, spanning 21 1/3 innings....RH reliever Brian Grening (3-3, 3.68) had struck out 36 and allowed just 21 hits in 29 1/3 innings, but had walked 20.
A Lake County Captains
The Captains were idle on Tuesday.
Notes: 1B Chris Kersten (.284) has four home runs and 11 RBI in his last five games....LHP Matt Packer (8-4) leads the Midwest League with a 1.65 ERA. He has pitched in 22 games -- the first 11 in relief and the last 11 starts -- and has struck out 78 while allowing 12 walks and 67 hits in 82 innings....RH reliever Jeremy Johnson (3-1, 3.60) has pitched 8 2/3 scoreless, three-hit innings in his last three games, earning his first save while striking out 10 and walking two....LH reliever Francisco Jimenez (6-1, one save, 3.46) is 1-0 and has not allowed a run in his last five games, spanning 9 2/3 innings....SS Argenis Martinez, 20, is 11-for-36 (.306) in his last 10 games, boosting his batting average from .158 to .184....The Captains (56-37) will host the Burlington Bees on Wednesday night. RHP Trey Haley (5-4, 4.86) will start for Lake County.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Scrappers 4, Spikes 0 Mahoning Valley starting pitcher Alex Kaminsky (4-1, 2.04) allowed three hits in five innings as the Scrappers blanked the Spikes in New York-Penn League play in State College, Pa.
Kaminsky, a right-hander, walked two and struck out four. Lefty James Reichenbach (4.08) and righty James Ehlert (2.55) each pitched two scoreless innings to complete the shutout.
SS Kevin Fontanez (.187) had two doubles and scored two runs for the Scrappers.
Notes: Going into Tuesday night's game, 18-year-old 3B Giovanny Urshela (.250) was hitting .325 (13-for-40) with seven RBI in his last ten games....OF Jordan Casas (.250) was on a 10-game hitting streak, going 12-for-44 (.273) with three doubles, three triples and five RBI....OF Jonathan Burnette (.307) hitting .328 (20-for-61) with four doubles and two homers with runners on base.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Beach Bums 6, Crushers 1 Lake Erie had just four hits in losing a Frontier League game to visiting Traverse City (Mich.) for the second straight night.
Eddie Tisdale led Lake Erie with two hits and a walk.
Notes: Going into Tuesday night's game, 3B Andrew Davis (.343) was batting .363 (65-for-179) since the first six games of the season, with 10 doubles, one triple, seven homers and 36 RBI....OF Raphael Turner was proving to be a solid addition, going 7-for-24 (.292) with four doubles, five walks, eight RBI and six runs in his first nine game with the Crushers.