The right-handed White, 21, was the Indians first pick in the 2009 draft. After excelling in eight starts at Advanced A Kinston, White pitches six shutout innings for the Aeros before yielding two seventh-inning runs. He gets the 5-2 win.
Alex White, the Indians' first pick in the 2009 draft, is making steady progress in his climb through the Cleveland organization.FARM REPORT
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 5, Senators 2: RH Alex White, the Indians' first pick and 15th overall pick in the 2009 draft, pitched seven strong innings to pick up the win in his first Akron start after being promoted from Advanced A Kinston. White, 21, allowed two runs on five hits and a walk while striking out two, before 6,825 fans at Canal Park – the Aeros' second-largest home crowd of the season. Harrisburg scored both of its runs off White in the seventh inning. Akron (18-25) catcher Miguel Perez (.304) and DH Matt McBride (.252) both singled, doubled and drove in two runs.
Notes: White, in his first professional season from the University of North Carolina, was 2-3 with a 2.86 ERA in eight starts spanning 44 innings at Kinston. He struck out 41, walked 19 and held batters to a .204 average....RH Bryan Price and RH Steven Wright each pitched scoreless innings in relief of White, with Wright earning his first save....3B Lonnie Chisenhall (.261) was placed on the disabled list, retroactive to May 19, with a right shoulder injury. Chisenhall has not played since May 12....3B Jared Goedert, second in the Eastern League with a .341 batting average, singled to extend his hitting streak to 12 games and drove in his 26th run....2B Cord Phelps' 0-for-3 dropped him to .329, fourth in the league....The Aeros again did not score in the eighth inning, keeping alive one of minor league's baseball's most amazing statistical oddities of the season. Akron has not scored a run in the eighth inning all season....Besides Sunday's fine turnout, crowds of 5,979 on Friday and 5,892 on Saturday were Akron's second- and third-best crowds, respectively, of the season....The Aeros' team ERA, at 5.66 earlier this month, is down to 4.99....The Aeros begin a four-game series at Canal Park on Monday night at 7:05 against Altoona. LH Scott Barnes (1-4, 6.11) will start for Akron.
AAA Columbus Clippers
Knights 5, Clippers 0: Charlotte RH Dan Hudson (5-2, 4.47) fanned 11 Clippers, allowed three singles and walked one. CF Jose Constanza (.350) got two of the three hits for visiting Columbus (27-18). Clippers RH Jeanmar Gomez (2-5, 6.02) pitched a complete game, giving up four earned runs, 10 hits and two walks while fanning five.
Notes: OF Jordan Brown, the International League's leading hitter (.336) last season, was activated from the disabled list (lower back tightness) and went 0-for-2. Brown started the season on the disabled list after having arthroscopic knee surgery, and has just 30 at bats....3B Wes Hodges is 1-for-18 in his last four games, dropping his batting average to .296....The Clippers have hit one home run in their last six games....The lineup has been shaken up by several promotions of players to the Indians, and the team batting average has dropped from .289 to .282 - from first to third in the IL - in the last several games.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Indians 2, Keys 1: Two-out singles in the top of the 12th inning by 2B Jason Kipnis (.307) and 1B Doug Pickens (.250), followed by a Frederick error, gave the Indians (23-21) their 13th win in the last 16 games. Kinston RH starter Marty Popham allowed one unearned run in five innings; RH relievers Travis Turek and Brian Grening pitched three and 2 2/3 scoreless innings, respectively; RH Cory Burns pitched a hitless 12th for his second save; but it was RH Matthew Langwell (2-1, 1.93) who got the win by retiring the one batter he faced.
Notes: Popham made his first Kinston appearance. He was promoted from Lake County after going 3-1 with a 3.71 ERA for the Captains. Burns, also promoted from Lake County in the last week, has a save in both of his Indians' outings. Burns' combined numbers with the two teams: 0-0 with 14 saves in 14 opportunities, spanning 16 games and 18 innings; 29 strikeouts, while allowing 14 hits, two walks and no homers....Kipnis, Pickens, CF Jordan Henry (.349) and catcher Alex Castillo (.308) had two hits each.
A Lake County Captains
Silver Hawks 6, Captains 3: Lake County catcher Chun-Hsiu Chen (.321) doubled twice and singled, and SS Casey Frawley (.306) singled twice, but it wasn't enough for the Captains (30-14) as they lost at Classic Park in Eastlake. Lake County LH Matt Packer (2-2, 2.86) made his first start of the season, allowing three South Bend runs (two earned) in three innings.
Notes: Chen's .321 batting average is tied for seventh in the Midwest League. In his 112 at bats, he has produced 11 doubles, three triples, three homers, 19 RBI and a .554 slugging percentage that is tied for third in the league....Chen catches about a third of the time behind regular C Roberto Perez (.240). Of the two, the one not catching is often in the lineup at DH....RH reliever Jeremy Johnson pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning, following his Captains debut on Saturday night, when he struck out the side in the ninth inning and got credit for Lake County's 4-3 win over South Bend....CF Delvi Cid (.192) continues to struggle at the plate, but his 19 stolen bases (in 21 attempts) rank second in the league....The Captains host South Bend on Monday night at 6:30.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Beach Bums 8, Crushers 4: Traverse City scored four runs in the top of the 11th inning to hand the Crushers (1-2) a loss at All Pro Freight Stadium in Avon. Lake Erie 2B Andrew Saylor (.333) slugged his first homer, a solo blast, and C Joel Collins (.625) had three singles. Crushers RH Josh Roberts made a solid start, allowing two runs in six innings on four hits and no walks, with four strikeouts. RH reliever Alberto Rolon pitched 2 1/3 hitless, scoreless innings, fanning two and walking two.
Notes: Crushers 1B Eddie Tisdale (.333) singled, doubled and walked, and SS Jodam Rivera (.154) doubled and drove in two runs....The Crushers are idle Monday, then play at home against the Oakland County Cruisers on Tuesday night at 7:05.