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Jesus Aguilar (Photo: IPI)Captains Rally Back for 6-4 Win
Down two in the eighth inning on Monday night and the bases loaded, Jesus Aguilar ripped a single up the middle driving in a pair to tie the game at four. Giovanny Urshela completed the comeback with a smash to leftfield scoring Alex Monsalve giving Lake County a 5-4 lead. The Captains avoided the sweep with a 6-4 win over Lansing.

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Sailing with the Clippers is a weekly Monday morning installment that explores the week that was for Triple-A Columbus.
It was a week to forget for the Clippers, as they managed to win just one game. Unfortunately, it was the week leading into the All-Star break, so the struggles will linger until they can get back to work on Thursday. There is no question that this is the most adversity...

Paul Cousineau and I are back on the cyberwaves tonight for some Cleveland Indians baseball talk with another edition of "Smoke Signals" from 11:00 - 11:30 p.m. EST.
We have finally reached the official end to the first half of the Major League Baseball season as teams enjoy a three day break for the All Star game festivities before starting up play again on Thursday. After a hot start their...

J. KipnisAround the Farm takes a quick look at some of yesterday's performances by Indians prospects throughout the system. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in yesterday's game.
Jason Kipnis-2B, United States: 1-for-2, R, RBI, HR: Jason Kipnis participated in the 2011 MLB All-Star Future's Game on Sunday instead of playing for the Clippers. And on the biggest...

Marty Popham (Photo: IPI)Kinston evens things with Frederick
Marty Popham carried the Indians to win number 50 Sunday night, throwing nearly eight innings in Kinston's 3-2 victory over the Keys.
Kinston outfielder Tyler Holt tied Popham to a first inning lead thanks to his leadoff blast off of Ryohei Tanaka to start the game. Adam Abraham scored after his fourth inning single to give...

The Indians have promoted High-A Kinston left-handed pitcher Drew Pomeranz to Double-A Akron. In 15 starts for Kinston he went 3-2 with a 1.87 ERA, and in 77.0 innings allowed 56 hits, 32 walks, and had 95 strikeouts. He is currently in Arizona to take part in the Futures Game on Sunday, and then after that will travel to Akron and join up with them on Wednesday when they leave for a road trip to...

Phelps dropped the ball at an opportunity
which may not come again. (Photo: AP).
Some news, notes, and thoughts from my Indians notebook…
Struggling Phelps gets demoted
The Indians optioned infielder Cord Phelps to Triple-A Columbus on Thursday, almost exactly one month to the day when he was called up to Cleveland back on June 8th. It was a rough four week stint in...

Ezequiel Carrera
(Photo:
Columbus Clippers)Around the Farm takes a quick look at some of yesterday's performances by Indians prospects throughout the system. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in yesterday's game.
Ezequiel Carrera: RF, Columbus: 3-4, 2 R: Carrera continues to make a case for a call-up with his outstanding offense so far this season....

Beau Mills (Photo: Lianna Holub)Aeros come from behind to beat SeaWolves
The Akron Aeros banged out six hits and scored six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning as they came back to beat the Erie SeaWolves 8-6 in game two of a four-game series Saturday at Canal Park.
Right-handed pitcher Mark Sorensen allowed all six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and suffered the loss for...

It's amazing how quick a vacation can fly by. That said, it was quite fun and the game I attended on Fourth of July was electric. Here's to hoping the Tribe can ride the momentum into October.
Where We Stand in Week Three:
Overall Record: 13-9 (3-4 this week) Second place, one game behind Jamestown.
Week Three Games:
2 vs. Batavia, L 3-8 (WP: T. McInnis; LP: J. Colon;...

T.J. House
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Kinston Indians)Around the Farm takes a quick look at some of yesterday's performances by Indians prospects throughout the system. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in yesterday's game.
Brett Brach: SP, Kinston: Game 1: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R/ER, 2 BB, 2 K, W (6-5):
Brach struggled out of the gate, giving up two walks in the first...

"Indians Minor League Magazine" is a half hour program on the Cleveland Indians cable network SportsTime Ohio (STO) which airs weekly on Tuesday nights from 6:00-6:30 PM EST. The show recaps all of the highlights from the week that was in the Cleveland Indians farm system with lots of video, interviews, and in-studio guests.
The show recaps the week that was in the system and also features...

T.J. House (Photo: IPI)K-Tribe sweeps doubleheader
The K-Tribe pulled off a doubleheader sweep, defeating Lynchburg 6-1 and 1-0 Friday night at Historic Grainger Stadium. With the win Kinston improves to a Carolina League best 11-4 in the second half. The 1-0 shutout win in game two was Kinston

Elvis Araujo (Photo: IPI)"Minor Happenings" is a weekly column which recaps the important developments and news in the Indians farm system. While most of the information in this report is from my own research and through interviews I have conducted with organizational personnel, some information in this report is collected and summarized from the various news outlets that cover each team.
The...

Record: 6-7 (Overall Record: 34-48)
Game Results:
July 1st - South Bend @ Lake County (Win: Reichenbach, Save: Dickerson)
July 2nd - South Bend @ Lake County (Loss: Goodnight)
July 3rd - Lake County @ Lansing (Loss: Petter)
July 4th - Lake County @ Lansing (Win: Wetmore, Save: Cooper)
July 5th - Lake County @ Lansing (Loss: Stowell)
July 6th - Lake...

Jerad Head
(photo:
Columbus Clippers)Around the Farm takes a quick look at some of yesterday's performances by Indians prospects throughout the system. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in yesterday's game.
Jerad Head: LF, Columbus: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI:
You know, there's something about clutch, game-winning home runs that really make this...