Ben Francisco ... will he get the call?
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Indians Ink
Posted Jun 23, 2006
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With problems on the big-league front, the Indians are turning more and more to their farm system for help. Left-hander Jeremy Sowers is scheduled to make his big-league debut Sunday at Jacobs Field -- joining Fausto Carmona, Joe Inglett, Brian Slocum, Rafael Perez and Edward Mujica as players to have seen their first major league action this season for Cleveland.
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The scuffling Indians, losers of 10 of 13, got a scheduled night off before opening a three-game series at Jacobs Field against Cincinnati on Friday night. Meanwhile, down on the farm:
Class AAA Buffalo (37-38) defeated visiting Scranton Wilkes-Barre, 4-1 as Ben Francisco (.268) hit his ninth homer, Jason Alfaro (.203) his sixth and Jason Cooper (.221) his fifth -- all solo shots. Ryan Garko (.257) went 3-for-4 for the Bisons, who have 14 homers in their last eight games. Hyang-Nam Choi (4-4, 3.10 ERA) allowed four hits and four walks over five scoreless innings, striking out three. Danny Graves (4.12 ERA) gave up one run over 1 2/3 innings, Vic Darensbourg (5.27 ERA) struck out two over 1 1/3 perfect innings and Andrew Brown (2.72 ERA) worked a scoreless ninth for his second save.
Class AA Akron (46-25) lost at home to Binghamton, 8-5. Sean Smith (8-1, 2.23 ERA) gave up six runs over 5 2/3 innings, allowing 11 hits and two walks, striking out six. Kyle Collins (7.00 ERA) worked a scoreless 1 1/3 innings, but Mariano Gomez (9.82 ERA) yielded two runs over 1 2/3 innings before Jim Ed Warden (4.11 ERA) got the final out. Ryan Goleski (.321) hit his third homer and had two RBI, Eider Torres (.276) went 3-for-5 and Shaun Larkin (.263) was 3-for-4 for the Aeros.
Akron right-hander Adam Miller (6-4, 3.97 ERA) has been named to the United States roster for the All-Star Futures Game. Aeros manager Tim Bogar will serve as a coach on the U.S. squad.
Class A Kinston (2-1) rolled to an 8-3 win at Lynchburg as Rodney Choy Foo (.310) went 3-for-4 with his second homer and two RBI. Micah Schilling (.272) was 2-for-4 with three runs and Jose Constanza (.276) 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI. Joe Ness (7-2, 2.49 ERA) allowed two runs on five hits and two walks over 5 1/3 innings, striking out five. Scott Roehl (3.17 ERA) worked 1 2/3 scoreless innings, Mike Finocchi pitched one perfect inning and T.J. Burton (5.74 ERA) allowed one run over the final inning.
Class A Lake County (29-41) had its scheduled home game against Delmarva postponed by rain.
Class A Mahoning Valley (1-2) gave up a run in the bottom of the ninth and lost at Jamestown, 3-2. Starter Michael Eisenberg, who helped Marietta College win the Division III World Series, made his pro debut and gave up one run on four hits and one walk over three innings, striking out one. Dan Miltenberger, drafted out of UCLA, made his pro debut and gave up one run on three hits over three innings, fanning three. Then Dan Frega (0-1), out of Illinois State, yielded one run on four hits and two walks over 2 1/3 innings. Evandy DeLeon had two of the Scrappers' six hits. Cirilo Cumberbatch and Stephen Douglas both went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
Rookie League Burlington (1-1) won at Danville, 4-2 as catcher Argenis Tavarez (3-for-3, two RBI), left fielder Mike Butia (3-for-4, one run) and third baseman Jerad Head (2-for-4, one run) sparked the offense. Osiris Perez (1-0) allowed three hits and struck out one over three scoreless innings of relief for the win. Starter Mike Storey allowed two unearned runs on six hits over four innings, fanning three. Brady Halverson pitched one perfect inning and Nate Bunton gave up two hits and struck out one over the final inning for his first save.
GCL Indians (2-0) defeated the host GCL Phillies, 5-3 as right fielder Lucas Montero went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a stolen base, first baseman Luis Rincon was 3-for-5 with an RBI and center fielder Ramon Hernandez 2-for-4 with one run. Angel Claudio (1-0) struck out three over two perfect innings for the win.
TODAY'S FARM SYSTEM THREE STARS (HITTING)
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PLAYER |
TEAM |
AB |
H |
HR |
R |
RBI |
SB |
BB |
SO |
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1. R. Choy Foo |
Kinston |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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2. A. Tavarez |
Burlington |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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3. B. Francisco |
Buffalo |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
TODAY'S FARM SYSTEM THREE STARS (PITCHING)
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PLAYER |
Team |
W |
L |
SV |
IP |
ER |
H |
BB |
SO |
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1. O. Perez |
Burlington |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3.0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
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2. A. Claudio |
GCL Indians |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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3. H. Choi |
Buffalo |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5.0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
Three-star points through June 22
HITTER 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
Kevin Kouzmanoff 10 1 2 55
Joe Inglett 5 4 37
Trevor Crowe 4 5 35
Ryan Garko 5 2 2 33
Ben Francisco 4 3 2 31
Ryan Mulhern 4 2 1 27
Jon Van Every 4 2 1 27
Brian Barton 3 2 3 24
Franklin Gutierrez 3 2 2 23
Jordan Brown 4 1 21
Andy Marte 1 4 3 20
Brad Snyder 1 3 6 20
Ryan Goleski 1 3 4 18
Lou Merloni 2 2 1 17
Wyatt Toregas 1 4 17
Josh Noviskey 3 1 16
Jose Constanza 1 3 1 15
Argenis Reyes 2 4 14
Dave Wallace 2 1 1 14
Jason Dubois 1 1 4 12
Eider Torres 3 3 12
Jason Cooper 2 1 11
Juan Valdes 1 2 11
John Drennen 1 1 2 10
Mike Conroy 1 1 1 9
Brian Finegan 1 6 9
P.J. Hiser 1 1 1 9
Fernando Pacheco 1 1 1 9
Rodney Choy Foo 1 1 8
Matt Fornasiere 2 2 8
Chris Gimenez 1 1 8
Kelly Shoppach 1 1 8
Matt Whitney 2 2 8
Einar Diaz 1 2 7
Jake Gautreau 2 1 7
Pat Osborn 2 1 7
Nick Petrucci 1 2 7
Shaun Larkin 2 6
Chris De La Cruz 1 5
Stephen Head 1 2 5
Michael Aubrey 1 1 4
Ivan Ochoa 1 1 4
Micah Schilling 1 1 4
Marshall Szabo 1 1 4
Ramon Vazquez 1 1 4
Jason Alfaro 1 3
Jose Flores 1 3
Brandon Pinckney 1 3
Argenis Tavarez 1 3
Omar Casillas 2 2
Niuman Romero 2 2
Javier Herrera 1 1
Roman Pena 1 1
PITCHER 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
Sean Smith 8 2 46
Scott Lewis 6 4 1 43
Jeremy Sowers 6 2 1 37
Chuck Lofgren 5 3 34
Adam Miller 6 1 33
Jeremy Guthrie 4 2 26
Edward Mujica 2 4 3 25
Tom Mastny 2 3 4 23
Reid Santos 3 2 1 22
Matt Davis 1 4 3 20
Kevin Dixon 2 2 3 19
Aaron Laffey 3 1 1 19
Joe Ness 1 4 2 19
Rafael Perez 3 1 1 19
Hyang-Nam Choi 2 4 18
Jensen Lewis 3 1 18
Scott Roehl 4 1 13
Ben Howard 1 2 1 12
Mark Jecmen 3 2 11
Nick Pesco 2 1 11
Carlton Smith 1 2 11
Bear Bay 1 1 2 10
Julio Pinto 2 10
Bubbie Buzachero 1 1 1 9
Tony Sipp 1 1 1 9
Brian Slocum 1 1 1 9
Frank Herrmann 1 1 8
Tom Cowley 2 1 7
Travis Foley 2 1 7
Chris Niesel 2 1 7
Jorge Riera 1 2 7
Jason Stanford 2 1 7
Fernando Cabrera 1 1 6
Dan Denham 1 1 6
Doodle Hicks 1 1 6
Matt Loberg 2 6
Jim Deters 1 3 6
Andrew Brown 5 5
Cody Bunkelman 1 2 5
Jake Dittler 1 5
Michael Finocchi 1 2 5
Osiris Perez 1 5
Jim Ed Warden 1 2 5
T.J. Burton 1 1 4
Mariano Gomez 1 1 4
Albert Vargas 1 1 4
Ryan Knippschild 4 4
Angel Claudio 1 3
Chris Cooper 1 3
Vic Darensbourg 1 3
Jesus Soto 1 3
Rob Bell 2 2
Danny Graves 2 2
Juan Lara 2 2
Dustin Roddy 2 2
Wyatt Allen 1 1
Fausto Carmona 1 1
Ryan Edell 1 1
Dan Eisentrager 1 1
Steve Karsay 1 1
Tim Laker 1 1
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