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MINOR LEAGUE REPORT

THRU GAMES 8/18

MISC. NOTES & HONORS:

? Stepping Up: Buffalo痴 OF TODD LINDEN has hit safely in 8 of his last 9 games batting .324 (11-34) with 8RS, 5-2B, 3HR and 6RBI・In 77 games for the Bisons he is batting .275 (77-280) with 45RS, 18-2B, 3B, 12HR and 45RBI・Since the All-Star break he is batting .290 (31-107) with 22RS, 10-2B, 7HR and 21RBI.

? Monitoring Brown: Lake County痴 OF MATTHEW BROWN has hit safely in his last 6-games batting .480 (12-25) with 4RS, 2B, HR and 4RBI・He is batting .309 (125-405) ranked 7^th in the South Atlantic League・In 110 games he has 59RS, 22-2B, 3-3B, 8HR and 69RBI.

? Solid Hitting: Kinston痴 2B NIUMAN ROMERO has been swinging the bat well of late as he has hit safely in 6 of his last 7 games batting .261 (6-23) with 7RS, 2-2B and 4RBI・In 95 games for Kinston he is batting .306 (104-340) with 57RS, 21-2B, 6HR and 48RBI.

? Hail Halama: Buffalo痴 LHP JOHN HALAMA is 8-4 with a 4.00 ERA (87.2IP, 93H, 43R/39ER, 13BB, 37K, 11HR) in 13 starts for the Bisons・ In his last start vs. Pawtucket on 8/16 he allowed just two hits over his 7.0 innings of work while walking one and striking out one helping the Herd bring home a victory winning 1-0・Over his last five starts he owns a 2.75ERA (36.0IP, 48H, 11ER, 3BB, 20K).

? Magnificent Mills: 1B Beau Mill痴 is dominating the Carolina League・He is 1^st with 20HR, T-2^nd with 85RBI, 2^nd with 57 extra-base hits・He is ranked 3^rd in hits (137) and doubles (34)・He is batting .295 (137-465) ranked 7^th in the Carolina League.

? Bring on the Medal Round: Team USA put away Team Chinese Taipei this morning as they won 4-2・The win helped Team USA advance to the medal round along with Korea, Cuba and Japan・The USA will face Japan tomorrow in an exhibition game with medal play beginning on August 22・ OF MATT LaPORTA did not play and was diagnosed with a mild concussion・In five games for Team USA he was batting .067 (1-15) with 2RS, HR and 3RBI.

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? End of the Season Classic : Mahoning Valley will be well represented tonight at the New York-Penn League All-Star Game at Joe Bruno Stadium in Troy, N.Y. as CA ROBERT ALCOMBRACK, OF BROCK SIMPSON, 2B ISAIAS VELASQUEZ, 3B LONNIE CHISENHALL were all named to the American League roster・nbsp; Alcombrack is batting .291 (30-103) with 14RS, 8-2B, HR and 11RBI in 32 games for the Scrappers・He has hit safely in his last 6-games batting .391 (9-23) with 6RS, 3-2B, 5RBI・Simpson is batting .299 (46-154) with 24RS, 8-2B, 2-3B, 2HR and 17RBI in 41 games・Velasquez has been solid as he is batting .292 (57-195) with 32RS, 9-2B, 3B, HR and 16RBI・Since signing with the Indians Chisenhall has done nothing but produced as he is hitting .271 (54-199) with 24RS, 12-2B, 3-3B, 4HR and 33RBI in 48 games・LHP ERIC BERGER was also named to the team but will not participate due to his promotion・nbsp; Berger posted some solid numbers while with the Scrappers as he went 2-0 with a 2.12ERA (34.0IP, 26H, 11R/8ER, 2HR, 9BB, 41K) in eight starts.

BUFFALO BISONS (AAA)

North Division / International League

Overall: 60-69 (.465) - 5^th place, 19.0 games back STREAK: W1 LAST 10: 6-4

YESTERDAY: @Buffalo 5, Lehigh Valley 1・LHP DAVID HUFF continues to pitch well in Buffalo as he earned his 5^th victory for the Herd as he tossed 5.2 innings yielding just one earned run on five hits while walking three and ringing up eight・PH/SS ANDY CANNIZARO痴 (1-4, RS, HR, 2RBI) two run homer to left in the 4^th helped begin a four run rally・CF TREVOR CROWE (1-4, 2B, RBI) doubled to center in the 4^th driving in a run・DH TRAVIS HAFNER was 2-3 with a 2B last night・LF JASON COOPER had a nice night at the plate as he was 2-3 with 2RS, 2B and a RBI in the game.

NOTEWORTHY: RHP Bubbie Buzachero is 3-4 with six saves in 34 games for the Bisons・He owns a 3.45ERA (60.0IP, 56H, 28R/23ER, 7HR, 19BB, 50K)・1B Michael Aubrey is batting .290 (73-252) with 26RS, 17-2B, 6HR and 31RBI in 62 games for the Bisons・OF Todd Linden is batting .275 (77-280) with 45RS, 18-2B, 3B, 12HR and 45RBI in 77 games for the Bisons・1B Jordan Brown is batting .276 (104-377) with 43RS, 5HR, 27-2B, 2-3B, 40RBI and 2SB・LHP David Huff is 5-4 with a 2.83ERA (70.0IP, 56H, 26R/22ER, 6HR, 13BB, 73K) in 14 games for the Bisons・2B ANDY CANNIZARO has hit safely in 11 of his last 13 games batting .267 (12-45) with 9RS, 2-2B, 2HR and 8RBI.

TODAY: LHP SCOTT LEWIS(0-1, 9.00) starts tonight vs. Lehigh Valley at 7:05.

FIVE-DAY ROTATION: Lewis vLEH, Laffey vLEH, Halama vLEH, Bullington @Syr, Huff @Syr.

AKRON AEROS (AA)

Southern Division / Eastern League

Overall: 75-56 (.579) ・2^nd place, 2.0 games back STREAK: L3 LAST 10: 3-7

YESTERDAY: Off day.

NOTEWORTHY: 3B Wes Hodges is batting .281 (128-456) with 60RS, 22-2B, 3-3B, 13HR and 87RBI (2^nd/EL)・SS Joshua Rodriguez is batting .254 (122-481) with 70RS (T-4^th/EL), 21-2B, 9-3B (2^nd/EL), 7HR and 49RBI・2B Brandon Pinckney is batting .283 (83-293) with 36RS, 14-2B, 3B, 6HR, 34RBI and a 2SB in 82 games with the Aeros・RF Stephen Head is batting .296 (107-361) with 46RS, 24-2B, 2-3B, 42RBI and 10HR... CF Jose Constanza is batting .278 (94-338) with 44RS, 12-2B, 6-3B, 23SB(T-3^rd/EL) and 34RBI in 95 games for Akron・b>RHP Scott Roehl was 1-2 with 5S for Akron and owns a 2.76ERA (45.2IP, 37H, 20R/14ER, 2HR, 17BB, 48K)・OF Bronson Sardinha is batting .267 (80-300) with 40RS, 17-2B, 3-3B, 6HR and 42RBI in 78 games for the Aeros・ RHP Randy Newsom is T-2^nd in the Eastern League with 27 saves and is posting a 2.20ERA (41.2IP, 37H, 13R/11ER, 2HR, 27BB, 26K).

TODAY: RHP KEVIN DIXON(8-9, 4.34) heads to the hill tonight at Connecticut 6:35.

FIVE-DAY ROTATION: Dixon @Con, Martin @Con, Herrmann @Con, Edell @NBR, Wright @NBR.

KINSTON INDIANS (High-A)

Southern Division / Carolina League

1^st Half: 35-34 (.507) ・2^nd place, 9.5 games back

2^nd Half: 33-23 (.589) ・2^nd place, 4.5 games back

Overall: 68-57 (.544) - 2^nd place, 14.0 games back STREAK: L3 LAST 10: 7-3

YESTERDAY: Potomac 8, @Kinston 4・Despite banging out 10 hits the K-Tribe couldn稚 drive many runs home as they only managed to bring home four・LHP KELVIN DE LA CRUZ didn稚 have his best stuff last night as he suffered his 2^nd loss for Kinston as he tossed just 2.2 innings yielding 7R/7ER on eight hits and a homer while walking five and striking out three・CF LUCAS MONTERO tried to ignite the offense as he was 4-5 with a RS and a 3B on the night while driving in a run on a single to left in the 9^th・DH CARLOS SANTANA (2-4, RS, 2RBI, BB) drove in one on a single to third base in the bottom of the 8^th・1B BEAU MILLS continues to produce as he was 2-5 with a 2B and a RBI.

NOTEWORTHY: SS Niuman Romero is batting .306 (104-340; 4th/CL) with 57RS, 21-2B, 6HR, 48RBI and 9SB・1B Beau Mills isT-2^nd in the Carolina League with 85RBI・He is 2^nd in the Carolina League with 57 extra-base hits and 3^rd with 137 hits・nbsp;He is batting .295 (137-465; 7^th/CL) with 20HR(1^st/CL) and 34-2B (3^rd/T-CL) in 120 games for Kinston this season・Mills owns a .510SLG ranked 3^rd in the Carolina League・2B Jared Goedert is batting .261 (112-429) with 70RS, 10HR, 21-2B, 3B and 68RBI and a SB... RHP Hector Rondon is 11-6 on the season with a 3.72ERA 7^th in the Carolina League (133.0IP, 122H, 60R/55ER, 11HR, 40BB, 128K(2^nd/CL)・RHP Josh Tomlin is 9-5 with one save owning a 3.30ERA (92.2IP, 79H, 39R/34ER, 10HR, 13BB, 94K).

TODAY: RHP CARLTON SMITH(10-5, 4.24) starts tonight vs. Potomac at 7:00.

FIVE-DAY ROTATION: Smith vPOT, Nottingham vPOT, Gomez vWIL, Rondon vWIL, Delacruz vWIL.

LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS (A)

Northern Division / South Atlantic League

1^st Half: 41-29 (.586), 1^st place, 2.5 games ahead; 1^st Half Division Champs

2^nd Half: 27-29 (.482), 4^th place, 11.5 games back

Overall: 68-58 (.540), 4^th place, 5.5 games back STREAK: L1 LAST 10: 7-3

YESTERDAY: @Rome 9, Lake County 6・Lake County痴 two errors proved to be costly as Rome outslugged the Captains 9-6・RHP JOEY MAHALIC suffered his 5^th loss of the season as he tossed 4.1 innings yielding 8R/5ER on eight hits and a home run while walking two and striking out two・LF DUSTIN REALINI (3-5, RS, 3RBI) drove in two on a single to short in the top of the 5^th・SS MARK THOMPSON made some solid contact at the plate as he was 3-5 with 3RS・1B CHRIS NASH was 1-5 with 2RBI痴 on the night・RF MATTHEW BROWN (2-4, 2B, RBI) singled to right in the top of the 5^th knocking in a run.

NOTEWORTHY: OF Matthew Brown is batting .309 (125-405; 7^th/SAL) with 59RS, 22-2B, 3-3B, 8HR and 69RBI・b> He has hit safely in his last 6-games batting .480 (12-25) with 4RS, 2B, HR and 4RBI・LHP Ryan Miller is 7-7 this season and ranked 10^th in the SAL with a 3.27ERA (110.0IP, 97H, 48R/48ER, 9HR, 68BB, 99K)・CA Richard Martinez is batting .311(33-106) with 16RS, 4-2B, 4HR, 12RBI・SS Ron Rivas is batting .295 (71-241) with 23RS, 10-2B, 4-3B and 22RBI in 71 games for Lake County.

TODAY: Off day.

FIVE-DAY ROTATION: Off day, Archer vLAK, Morris @Rom, Miller @Rom, Berger @Rom.

MAHONING VALLEY SCRAPPERS (A)

Pinckney Division/ New York-Penn League

OVERALL: 26-33 (.441), 5^th Place, 9.5 games behind STREAK: W2 LAST 10: 4-6

YESTERDAY: All-Star Break

NOTEWORTHY: SS Lonnie Chisenhall is batting .301(66-219) with 29RS, 15-2B, 3-3B, 4HR, 40RBI, 15BB and 6SB ・1B Brock Simpson is batting .298(51-171) with 25RS, 8-2B, 2-3B, 2HR, 20RBI, 18BB・b>2B Isaias Velasquez is batting .294(58-197) with 33RS(T-5^th/NPL), 9-2B, 3B, HR, 16RBI, 28BB and 7SB・3B Jeremie Tice is batting .275(49-178) with 31RS, 10-2B, 3-3B, 4HR, 29RBI, 23BB and a SB・LHP Russell Young is 4-2 and owns a 4.14ERA (45.2IP, 52H, 26R/21ER, 10BB, 41K)・RHP P.J. Zocchi is 3-3 and owns a 4.42ERA (57.0IP, 64H, 28R/28ER, 16BB, 47K)・b>OF Tim Fedroff has started his professional career strongly as he has hit safely in the six of the seven games batting .414 (12-29) with 6RS, 3-2B, 2RBI and 3BB.

TODAY: All-Star Break

FIVE-DAY ROTATION: All-Star Break, All-Star Break, Young @Bat, Stowell @Bat, Zocchi vSTA.

GCL INDIANS

North Division/ Gulf Coast League

OVERALL: 25-26 (.490), 4^th Place, 5.0 games behind STREAK: W1 LAST 10: 5-5

YESTERDAY:

Game One: GCL Yankees 2, @ GCL Indians 0 (7 innings)・The Indians couldn稚 put anything together offensively as they were shutout as Yankee pitching held the Tribe to just two hits・LHP CHRIS JONES suffered his 4^th loss tossing 4.2 innings allowing 2R/2ER on four hits while walking three and striking out one・DH RAFAEL VERA (1-3, SB) started the game off with a leadoff single and showed off his speed as he stole his 9^th bag of the season・CA CHUN-HSIU CHEN (1-2, 2B) tried to start a rally in the 5^th with a double to left field.

Game Two: GCL Indians 2, @ GCL Yankees 1 (7 innings) ・The Indians showed off some great pitching as RHP DANNY SALAZAR earned his 4^th win as he tossed 5.0 innings allowing R/ER on four hits while ringing up four・1B JUAN APONTE (1-2, 2B, 2RBI, BB) doubled to left in the 2^nd which scored the go ahead run・ OF BO GREENWELL (1-2, RS, BB) and OF JOHN ALLMAN (1-2, RS) both reached home on the double by Aponte. RHP STEVE SMITH threw a perfect inning to notch his 2^nd save.

NOTEWORTHY: 3B Abner Abreu is batting .258(48-186) with 29RS, 15-2B(T-1^st/GCL), 4-3B(T-2^nd/GCL), 10HR(1^st/GCL), 34RBI(2^nd/GCL), 7BB, 4SB・He is 1^st in the league with 29 extra base-hits and 1^st in SLG with .543・OF Delvi Cid is batting .299(38-127) with 17RS, 3-2B, 11RBI, 17BB and 14SB・OF Bo Greenwell is batting .265(41-155) with 18RS, 8-2B, 3-3B, 2HR, 14RBI, 23BB, 4SB・CA Chun-Hsiu Chen is batting .265(27-102) with 9RS, 4-2B, 2-3B, 3HR, 14RBI, 11BB, SB・He has hit safely in his last 13 of his 15 games batting 362 (17-47) with 7RS, 3-2B, 3B, 2HR, 8RBI, 7BB・RHP Danny Salazar is 4-1 this season and owns a 2.85ERA (9^th/GCL) (47.1IP, 43H, 17R/15ER, 12BB, 39K)・LHP Chris Jones is 3-4 this season and owns a 3.40ERA (47.2IP, 41H, 19R/18ER, 20BB, 32K)・RHP Alexander Perez is 3^rd in the league with 49 strikeouts.

TODAY : Game cancelled due to weather.

TRANSACTIONS:

August 15

CA Wyatt Toregas placed on Akron DL

CA Alex Castillo reinstated from Kinston DL

August 14

RHP Josh Judy transferred to A-Advanced Kinston from Lake County

Armando Camacaro reinstated from 7 day DL transferred to AA Akron

Eric Berger transferred to Lake County from Mahoning Valley

LHP Scott Lewis transferred to AAA Buffalo from AA Akron

RHP Neal Wagner transferred to AA Akron

August 13

INF/OF Jerad Head transferred to AAA Buffalo

August 11

RHP Brian Slocum placed on Buffalo DL with right elbow inflammation

August 9

OF Roman Pena transferred to Kinston from Lake County

RHP Michael Pontius transferred to Lake County

RHP Kyle Landis transferred to Kinston

OF Juan Valdes transferred to Lake County

INF Jansy Infante placed on Mahoning Valley DL

August 5

LHP John Halama transferred to Mahoning Valley

LF Dustin Realini transferred to Lake County

August 4

INF Walter Diaz transferred to Mahoning Valley

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