Brown was impressive swinging the bat early in spring training with the Indians, but then suffered a knee injury which required arthroscopic surgery.
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Jordan Brown in spring training with the Indians.FARM REPORT
AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 7, IronPigs 5: RHP Jeanmar Gomez (3-5, 5.86) pitched six solid innings, and outfielders Jordan Brown and Michael Brantley homered to lead Columbus (31-19) to victory over Lehigh Valley, Pa., (18-30) at home.
Notes: Going into Saturday night's game, OF Jordan Brown (.319), who has had two stays on the disabled list (knee, back), had 17 RBI in just 47 at bats this season. Brown led the International League in batting last season when he hit .336 for the Clippers....SS Brian Bixler (.296) was 16-for-43 (.372) in his last nine games....OF Jose Constanza (.351) was on a six-game hitting streak, going 9-for-23 (.391)....The Clippers were batting .339 from the seventh inning on, including Constanza's .381 (16-for-42), Bixler's .371 (13-for-35), OF-1B-C Chris Gimenez's 14-for-40 (.350) and 3B Brian Buscher's .326 (15-for-46)....C Carlos Santana (.314) was leading the team with a .408 batting average (20-for-49) with runners in scoring position....RH reliever Frank Herrmann (2-0, two saves, 0.36) had pitched 24 straight scoreless innings since yielding one run in his first appearance of the season.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 11, Mets 10: DH Lonnie Chisenhall and 3B Jared Goedert homered to power Akron (20-29) to victory over Binghamton, N.Y., (23-25) on the road.
Notes: Going into Saturday night's game, 3B Jared Goedert was on a 17-game hitting streak, during which he was batting .362 (21-for-58). Goedert's .338 batting average was second in the Eastern League....OF John Drennen was on an 11-game hitting streak, going 19-for-37 (.514) in that span. His .323 batting average was fifth in the league....Saturday night's start was the first of the season for Steven Wright, who had pitched 11 2/3 innings in relief, including the last eight innings scoreless in a five-game span.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Dash 7, Indians 3: Winston-Salem, N.C., (33-16) scored four runs in the top of the ninth to hand Brian Grening and the Indians (26-23) a loss at home.
Notes: Going into Saturday night's game, the Indians had won 16 of their last 20 games....CF Jordan Henry, who missed most of April with a finger injury, has been the ideal leadoff batter. Henry was batting .343 (35-for-102) with 28 walks, 24 runs and 12 stolen bases in 13 tries....3B Kyle Bellows (.286) was batting .395 (17-for-43) with three doubles, two triples, two homers and 11 RBI in his last 10 games....RH reliever Cory Burns was 0-0 with three saves in 4 1/3 scoreless innings, fanning eight and allowing two hits and three walks, since being promoted from Lake County. Counting his time with the Captains, Burns was 0-0 with 15 saves in 15 opportunities and a 1.80 ERA. In 20 innings, he had struck out 33, walked four and given up 15 hits....LH starter Nick Hagadone (1-3, 2.39) is second in the Carolina League with 1.19 strikeouts per inning pitched (45 strikeouts in 37 2/3 innings).
A Lake County Captains
Captains 2, Loons 0: Vidal Nuno and Austin Adams combined on a two-hitter with 14 strikeouts as Lake County (33-17) shut down Great Lakes (30-20) on the road.
Notes: The first-place Captains went into Saturday night's game with a two-game lead over the second-place Loons....Captains starters were 10-10 with a 4.01 ERA and relievers were 22-7 with a 3.15 ERA....That was reflected by Lake County having outscored its opponents, 110-64, from the sixth inning on....The Captains were 20-0 when leading after eight innings, due in part to RHP Cory Burns being 12-for-12 in save opportunities before being promoted to Kinston....SS Kyle Smith (.294) was 7-for-14 in his last four games.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Kings 9, Crushers 8: Lake Erie couldn’t hold a 7-1 lead as Kalamazoo recorded its second straight walk-off victory, scoring twice in the ninth to defeat Lake Erie at Kalamazoo.
Notes: Going into Saturday night's game, Crushers IF Andrew Davis was 4-for-22 (.182), but had one home run, five RBI and seven walks....OF Dom Duggan was 4-for-25 (.160), but had three walks, was 5-for-5 in stolen base tries and had been hit by pitches twice....RHP Phil Rummel and RHP Jesse Orosco, Jr. had both pitched six scoreless innings: Rummel in one start; Orosco in three relief outings.
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