House, 20, considered one of the Indians premier left-handed prospects, pitches six innings of one-hit baseball in a Kinston win. House pitched well early this season, though it wan't reflected in wins, then was so-so in a few outings.
T.J. House, here last season with the Lake County Captains.FARM REPORT
AAA Columbus Clippers
Tonight: Pawtucket Red Sox at Clippers, 7:05
Notes: RHP Carlos Carrasco (9-4, 3.98) has not allowed a home run in his last four starts, spanning 21 1/3 innings, after giving up 15 homers in his first 15 starts, spanning 91 2/3 innings. He has given up 47 hits in his last 53 1/3 innings, after being tagged for 64 hits in his first 59 2/3 innings....Going into Saturday night's game, 2B Cord Phelps (.373) was on an 11-game hitting streak, going 17-for-41 (.415) with three doubles, one triple and two homers....OF Jordan Brown (.295) was 10th in the International League with 53 RBI despite missing 39 games, beginning the season on the disabled list following arthroscopic knee surgery, then being sidelined with a sore back. Brown had one RBI per every 4.6 at bats....3B Jared Goedert (.312) had hit in his last five games, going 7-for-19 (.368) with four doubles.
AA Akron Aeros
Tonight: Aeros at Reading Phillies, 6:35
Notes: RHP Paolo Espino (9-3, 3.71) is 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA in his last three starts, striking out 16 in 17 innings while allowing 13 hits and five walks....Going into Saturday night's game, OF Matt McBride (.280) was batting .352 (31-for-88) with 12 homers, eight doubles and 27 RBI in his last 23 games....OF Jerad Head (.299) was batting .483 (14-for-29) with five doubles, three homers, eight RBI and nine runs in his last nine games, and .342 (38-for-111) in his last 30 games....OF Tim Fedroff (.271) was batting .422 (27-for-64) in July, and was on a five-game hitting streak, going 8 for 21 (.381) with two doubles, one triple and one homer.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Indians 2, Blue Rocks 1 In the completion of a game that was suspended after two scoreless innings on Friday night because of heavy rains, Indians LHP T.J. House (3-8, 4.18) came on for the top of the third inning and allowed Wilmington one run on one hit in six innings, with five strikeouts and a walk, for the win. Kinston scored on DH Jeremie Tice's (.283) RBI double and RF Abner Abreu's (.250) RBI single. The second game, re-scheduled for seven innings, was to follow.
Notes: LF Lucas Montero (.273) doubled, singled and scored in the first game, making him 14-for-35 (.400) with seven runs and seven walks in his last 10 games going into the nightcap....RHP Cory Burns (2.28) pitched a hitless, scoreless ninth inning to close the first game and get his 17th save -- 29th this season including his time at Lake County....RHP Austin Adams is 2-0 with a 1.25 ERA in five games (four starts) at Kinston, after going 2-4 with a 3.54 ERA at Lake County.
A Lake County Captains
Tonight: Peoria Chiefs at Captains, 7:00
Notes: LHP Matt Packer (8-5) leads the Midwest League with a 1.62 ERA. He's pitched in 23 games, the last 12 as a starter, and has struck out 85 and walked 13 in 88 2/3 innings, allowing just 72 hits and four homers. Packer is 6-4 with a 1.42 ERA as a starter....RHP Clayton Cook (5-6, 3.68) is 4-2 with a 2.25 ERA in his last eight starts. He's fanned 36, walked 11 and yielded 35 hits -- including just two homers -- in 44 innings....Going into Saturday night's game, 1B Adam Abraham (.226) was on a seven-game hitting streak, going 12-for-29 (.414) with four doubles, two homers and seven RBI.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Tonight: Scrappers at Williamsport Crosscutters, 7:05
Notes: Starting RHP Owen Dew (1-2, 2.94) and starting LHP Mike Rayl (0-3, 3.03) are a combined 1-5 despite a 2.98 ERA. Dew has allowed just three walks and two homers in 33 2/3 innings; Rayl just five walks and one homer in 32 2/3 innings....RH starter Alex Kaminsky (4-1, 2.04) is fifth in the New York-Penn League in ERA and tied for fourth in wins....Going into Saturday night's game, OF Carlos Moncrief (.203) was 10-for-33 (.303) with three homers and three doubles in his last nine games.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Crushers 2, Cruisers 1 In the seven-inning first game of a twi-night doubleheader necessitated by a Friday night rainout, Cruisers RHP Josh Roberts (6-1, 1.96) pitched a complete game three-hitter, yielding only an unearned run. RF Arden McWilliams (.184) delivered a two-run double in the bottom of the second inning for the 2-1 lead that Roberts held. McWilliams' double was the only Lake Erie hit off three Oakland County (Mich.) pitchers, who combined to walk eight.
Notes: Roberts has made 12 starts and in eight of them, has allowed one or no earned runs in at least five innings pitched; in at least seven innings in six of those games.