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Walker and Vasquez Called Up; More Promotions
The Pirates began their September call-ups a day early, by bringing up Daniel McCutchen to take the start of yesterday's afternoon game. �Then they took the next step, by summoning RHP/starter�Virgil Vasquez and 3B Neil Walker.Vasquez (photo) has been with the Pirates earlier this season, most recently at the end of July and early August. �He has made 7 appearances, all starts, for a total of 34 innings. �He's allowed 46 hits and 23 runs, with 15 walks and 21 strikeouts. �His record with the Pirates in 2-5, and his ERA is 6.07. �Vasquez was more effective for the Indians this season. �He made 19 starts, with a 7-4 record and a 3.93 ERA. �IN 107.2 innings, he allowed 116 hits and 47 earned runs, with 16 walks and 72 strikeouts. �
Walker (photo), a Pittsburgh-area native, will be joining the major league club for the first time. �He got off to a slow start this season for the Indians, and missed most of June and about half of July due to a knee injury, suffered when he dove into first base. �But since coming back from a stint on the Disabled List, and particularly since July 30th, Walker has been on fire. �His overall batting average rose from .219 at the end of July to .264, due to a .339 average for August. �He has a total of 14 home runs (2nd on the Indians), 6 of which came during this last big push. �He's had 34 RBI during this time, and a team-leading 69 for the season. �His 31 doubles also lead the team, and tie him for 6th in the International League. �
LATER:
More Promotions �(Like a chain reaction):
Yoslan Herrera has been promoted from Altoona to Indianapolis, and he will make the start tonight for the Indians. �Herrera has made two appearances already this season for Indy, going a total of 4.2 innings and allowing 5 hits and one run (a home run), with 3 walks and 2 strikeouts.
Donnie Veal will make the start in Altoona instead of Herrera.
Moises Robles has been promoted from Lynchburg to Altoona. �He has made 28 relief appearances for the Hillcats, earning a 0-2 record and a 4.43 ERA in 42.2 innings. �He has allowed 48 hits and 21 earned runs, with 7 walks and 26 strikeouts. �Robles also made 3 appearances for the Curve earlier this season, allowing 5 runs on 9 hits and 2 walks, with 5 strikeouts in 5 innings. �
Noah Krol�has been moved up from West Virginia to Lynchburg. �Krol has made 21 relief appearances for the Power, with a 5-0 record and 2 saves. �In 37 innings, he has allowed 39 hits and 12 earned runs, with 11 walks and 32 strikeouts.�
Three Homers Lift Indians; Dumatrait’s Last Rehab
Indianapolis Indians 6,�
�� �Louisville Bats 4
The Indians stopped their 3-game skid with a win over the Bats tonight at Louisville Slugger Field in Louisville, KY. �Three booming home runs accounted for 5 of the Indians' 6 runs, as C Erik Kratz, 1B Robinzon Diaz, and CF Jose Tabata each collected a round-tripper. �Starter Brad Lincoln contributed 2 hits to his winning effort, while the relief corps shut the Bats down in the late innings. �Phil Dumatrait (photo) made another rehab appearance, and Jeff Sues made his AAA debut. �
Tonight's game began in a more encouraging way than yesterday's for the Tribe. �First,�Jose Tabata (photo) was back in the line-up after having missed a couple of days due to spasms in his leg. �Then, Tabata took a 2-1 pitch over the left field wall for a solo homer to open the game. �Two outs later,�Erik Kratz blasted what at first looked like the second home run of the inning. �The call was contested, though, and the final ruling (confirmed to be correct by radio broadcasters Howard Kellman and Scott McCauley, who had the benefit of seeing the replay) was that the ball hit the top of the left field wall, but below the yellow line, and bounced over the wall for a ground-rule double. �RF Tagg Bozied followed with a single into right field, and Kratz headed for the plate. �The throw in from Bats' RF Michael Griffin to C Corky Miller was right on target, though. �Kratz was unable to bowl over Miller to dislodge the ball, and he was out at the plate to end the inning. �
The momentum continued in the 2nd inning. �3B Neil Walker walked to lead off the inning, and Robinzon Diaz (photo) blasted a no-doubt-about-it 2-run home run over the left field wall. �Bats' LF Danny Dorn did not even take a step, just turned and watched it zoom over his head and into the grass berm. �It was Diaz's second home run in as many days. �Tribe pitcher Brad Lincoln tried to keep the rally going by beating out an infield single, but Jose Tabata grounded into a double play to end the inning. �
Brad Lincoln got off to a good start on the mound too. �He retired the Bats in order in the 1st and 3rd innings, but gave up a run in the 2nd inning, on singles to 3B Juan Francisco and LF Daniel Dorn, and a sacrifice fly by RF Michael Griffin. �
The Indians got that run back in the top of the 4th inning, amid flying bats (not Bats) and base running problems. �Neil Walker began with a broken-bat single into left field. �The barrel of his bat landed in the infield dirt at shortstop. �Robinzon Diaz took a swing at Bats' starter Ben Jukich's first pitch, and his bat went sailing over the infield and into the outfield grass behind third base. �With Diaz at the plate, Jukich turned and fired over to first base, picking Walker off first, on what the Indians felt should have been called a balk. �Diaz singled to deep short, and his bat also broke, with the barrel ending up by the third base coaching box. �SS Argenis Diaz�singled into left field, with Robinzon Diaz heading to second base. �Robinzon Diaz �broke for third base, and was easily caught off and trapped in a run-down. �Robinzon Diaz �delayed long enough for Argenis Diaz to advance to second base before the tag was applied. Brad Lincoln singled into left field for the fourth straight single of the inning, and Argenis Diaz rounded third and headed for the plate. �The throw in from LF Danny Dorn was short, and Argenis Diaz slid right across the plate, as home plate umpire Takeshi Hirabayashi called Diaz safe. �Bats' C Corky Miller had to go out in front of the plate to make the catch, but then he turned and chased Argenis Diaz who was heading back to the dugout. �Miller tagged Diaz with the ball, and the umpire �Hirabayashi called Diaz out -- then immediately called him safe again. �Confusion reigned for a few moments, but the last (and first) ruling held, and Diaz was safe. �Indians 4, Bats 1.
The Bats came back to score again in the bottom of the 4th. �3B Juan Francisco homered for the third straight game to bring the Bats closer: �4-2. �Brad Lincoln's (photo) struggles continued, as 1B Wes Bankston singled and Danny Dorn doubled. �Michael Griffin's sacrifice fly brought in Bankston to bring the Bats within one run of the Tribe. �Lincoln thew a wild pitch that sailed all the way to the backstop, and Dorn advanced to third base. �Corky Miller was intentionally walked, giving the Bats runners on the corners, but the pitcher Ben Jukich at the plate. �That stragegy backfired on the Indians. �Jukich ripped a line drive down the left field line, scoring Dorn easily from third base. �Miller, who is not exactly a speed demon, scrambled around to third base as the throw came in from LF Hector Gimenez. �If Gimenez's throw had been on target, Neil Walker would have been able to tag out Miller, but the throw was high and Walker had to make a basketball jump to bring it down, and Miller w
as safe. �Lincoln struck out 2B Luis
Bolivar to end the inning, but the Bats had tied the score at 4-4.
In the top of the 5th, Erik Kratz got his revenge for just missing a homer in the 1st inning. �This time he crushed the ball about 440 feet, well over the left field wall, bouncing on the concrete and up to hit the jumbotron scoreboard. �Hector Gimenez had singled ahead of Kratz, so the 2-run homer put the Indians ahead 6-4. �
The Indians had planned to have Brad Lincoln pitch only 5 innings, as the Pirates are getting concerned that Lincoln (among other pitchers in the organization) have racked up quite a lot of innings this season, with three weeks still to go. �Lincoln left with the lead, having thrown 72 pitches (49 strikes), and allowed 4 runs on 6 hits, with a walk and three strikeouts. �Phil Dumatrait came in from the bullpen, making his last rehab appearance with the Indians. �He retired the Bats in order in two innings, with the help of Jose Tabata, who made a catch at the center field wall on 1B Eric Eymann's long fly ball.
The Indians put a runner on base in each of the last three innings, but couldn't get them around to score. �2B Pedro Lopez collected his second hit of the game with a lead-off single in the 7th, but was out in a force at second base, and no run scored. �Neil Walker (photo) smacked his second hit of the game in the 8th, on a fly ball into left field that got past Danny Dorn and rolled all the �way to the wall for a double. �Walker was still standing on second base, though, when the inning ended. �Lopez walked in the 9th inning, but was again left stranded.
The newest member of the Tribe, righty reliever Jeff Sues, fresh up from Altoona, came in to pitch the 8th inning. �The first batter he faced, CF Darnell McDonald, tripled into the right field corner. �He struck out Juan Francisco and pinch-hitter Chris Heisey, and that was enough for Sues in his AAA debut. �Corey Hamman, a lefty, came on to face the left-handed Danny Dorn. �He got Dorn to roll a little grounder down to first base for the third out, leaving McDonald still standing 90 feet away from scoring another run. �
Jean Machi pitched the bottom of the 9th inning, and retired the Bats in order, to earn his 3rd save. �
The Tribe totalled 14 hits in the game, and five Indians' batters had 2 hits each: �Pedro Lopez, Erik Kratz, Neil Walker, Robinzon Diaz, and Brad Lincoln. �Lincoln's batting average now stands at .571. �
The Indians return home on Thursday to begin a week-long homestand. �They will have three games against the Bats, and then four games with the Columbus Clippers. �
Indians' Hitting Gem of the Game: �Erik Kratz (photo) had two hits, but his 9th home run of the season, which came in the 5th inning, broke the tie and gave the Indians a go-ahead run and an insurance run.
Indians' Defensive Gem of the Game: �In the bottom of the 3rd inning, � hit a sharp grounder toward third base. �Neil Walker charged onto the infield grass to make the play between bounces, and make the off-balance throw to first base, where Robinzon Diaz made the low scoop for the out. �Walker made a few other good plays at third as well.�
NOTES:
Roster Moves:
Reliever Jeff Sues (rhymes with "juice") has been promoted from Altoona to the Indians. �He had made 40 appearances, all in relief, for the Curve, with a 2-6 record, 2 saves, and a 4.46 ERA. �Opponents hit .225 off him. � In 78.2 innings, Sues gave up 66 hits, 43 runs (39 earned), 37 walks, and struck out 74 batters. �Sues has done better in July and early August. �His ERA was 2.93 in this last 7 weeks, with 30 strikeouts in 30.2 innings. �
Phil Dumatrait's rehab appearance was his last before his rehab time expires on Friday (before the game). �The Pirates now have to decide what to do with him. �Dumatrait is not currently on the 40-man roster, so if he is added, someone else will have to come off. �If they want him to stay in Indianapolis, he would have to go through waivers.
Pedro Lopez now has 5 straight multi-hit games. �His batting average is .342.
Go Tribe!
[Photos by Nancy Zinni -- MVN]
Three Homers Lift Indians; Dumatrait’s Last Rehab
Indianapolis Indians 6,�
�� �Louisville Bats 4
The Indians stopped their 3-game skid with a win over the Bats tonight at Louisville Slugger Field in Louisville, KY. �Three booming home runs accounted for 5 of the Indians' 6 runs, as C Erik Kratz, 1B Robinzon Diaz, and CF Jose Tabata each collected a round-tripper. �Starter Brad Lincoln contributed 2 hits to his winning effort, while the relief corps shut the Bats down in the late innings. �Phil Dumatrait (photo) made another rehab appearance, and Jeff Sues made his AAA debut. �
Tonight's game began in a more encouraging way than yesterday's for the Tribe. �First,�Jose Tabata (photo) was back in the line-up after having missed a couple of days due to spasms in his leg. �Then, Tabata took a 2-1 pitch over the left field wall for a solo homer to open the game. �Two outs later,�Erik Kratz blasted what at first looked like the second home run of the inning. �The call was contested, though, and the final ruling (confirmed to be correct by radio broadcasters Howard Kellman and Scott McCauley, who had the benefit of seeing the replay) was that the ball hit the top of the left field wall, but below the yellow line, and bounced over the wall for a ground-rule double. �RF Tagg Bozied followed with a single into right field, and Kratz headed for the plate. �The throw in from Bats' RF Michael Griffin to C Corky Miller was right on target, though. �Kratz was unable to bowl over Miller to dislodge the ball, and he was out at the plate to end the inning. �
The momentum continued in the 2nd inning. �3B Neil Walker walked to lead off the inning, and Robinzon Diaz (photo) blasted a no-doubt-about-it 2-run home run over the left field wall. �Bats' LF Danny Dorn did not even take a step, just turned and watched it zoom over his head and into the grass berm. �It was Diaz's second home run in as many days. �Tribe pitcher Brad Lincoln tried to keep the rally going by beating out an infield single, but Jose Tabata grounded into a double play to end the inning. �
Brad Lincoln got off to a good start on the mound too. �He retired the Bats in order in the 1st and 3rd innings, but gave up a run in the 2nd inning, on singles to 3B Juan Francisco and LF Daniel Dorn, and a sacrifice fly by RF Michael Griffin. �
The Indians got that run back in the top of the 4th inning, amid flying bats (not Bats) and base running problems. �Neil Walker began with a broken-bat single into left field. �The barrel of his bat landed in the infield dirt at shortstop. �Robinzon Diaz took a swing at Bats' starter Ben Jukich's first pitch, and his bat went sailing over the infield and into the outfield grass behind third base. �With Diaz at the plate, Jukich turned and fired over to first base, picking Walker off first, on what the Indians felt should have been called a balk. �Diaz singled to deep short, and his bat also broke, with the barrel ending up by the third base coaching box. �SS Argenis Diaz�singled into left field, with Robinzon Diaz heading to second base. �Robinzon Diaz �broke for third base, and was easily caught off and trapped in a run-down. �Robinzon Diaz �delayed long enough for Argenis Diaz to advance to second base before the tag was applied. Brad Lincoln singled into left field for the fourth straight single of the inning, and Argenis Diaz rounded third and headed for the plate. �The throw in from LF Danny Dorn was short, and Argenis Diaz slid right across the plate, as home plate umpire Takeshi Hirabayashi called Diaz safe. �Bats' C Corky Miller had to go out in front of the plate to make the catch, but then he turned and chased Argenis Diaz who was heading back to the dugout. �Miller tagged Diaz with the ball, and the umpire �Hirabayashi called Diaz out -- then immediately called him safe again. �Confusion reigned for a few moments, but the last (and first) ruling held, and Diaz was safe. �Indians 4, Bats 1.
The Bats came back to score again in the bottom of the 4th. �3B Juan Francisco homered for the third straight game to bring the Bats closer: �4-2. �Brad Lincoln's (photo) struggles continued, as 1B Wes Bankston singled and Danny Dorn doubled. �Michael Griffin's sacrifice fly brought in Bankston to bring the Bats within one run of the Tribe. �Lincoln thew a wild pitch that sailed all the way to the backstop, and Dorn advanced to third base. �Corky Miller was intentionally walked, giving the Bats runners on the corners, but the pitcher Ben Jukich at the plate. �That stragegy backfired on the Indians. �Jukich ripped a line drive down the left field line, scoring Dorn easily from third base. �Miller, who is not exactly a speed demon, scrambled around to third base as the throw came in from LF Hector Gimenez. �If Gimenez's throw had been on target, Neil Walker would hav
e been able to tag out Miller, but the throw was high and Walker had to make a basketball jump to bring it down, and Miller was safe. �Lincoln struck out 2B Luis Bolivar to end the inning, but the Bats had tied the score at 4-4.
In the top of the 5th, Erik Kratz got his revenge for just missing a homer in the 1st inning. �This time he crushed the ball about 440 feet, well over the left field wall, bouncing on the concrete and up to hit the jumbotron scoreboard. �Hector Gimenez had singled ahead of Kratz, so the 2-run homer put the Indians ahead 6-4. �
The Indians had planned to have Brad Lincoln pitch only 5 innings, as the Pirates are getting concerned that Lincoln (among other pitchers in the organization) have racked up quite a lot of innings this season, with three weeks still to go. �Lincoln left with the lead, having thrown 72 pitches (49 strikes), and allowed 4 runs on 6 hits, with a walk and three strikeouts. �Phil Dumatrait came in from the bullpen, making his last rehab appearance with the Indians. �He retired the Bats in order in two innings, with the help of Jose Tabata, who made a catch at the center field wall on 1B Eric Eymann's long fly ball.
The Indians put a runner on base in each of the last three innings, but couldn't get them around to score. �2B Pedro Lopez collected his second hit of the game with a lead-off single in the 7th, but was out in a force at second base, and no run scored. �Neil Walker (photo) smacked his second hit of the game in the 8th, on a fly ball into left field that got past Danny Dorn and rolled all the �way to the wall for a double. �Walker was still standing on second base, though, when the inning ended. �Lopez walked in the 9th inning, but was again left stranded.
The newest member of the Tribe, righty reliever Jeff Sues, fresh up from Altoona, came in to pitch the 8th inning. �The first batter he faced, CF Darnell McDonald, tripled into the right field corner. �He struck out Juan Francisco and pinch-hitter Chris Heisey, and that was enough for Sues in his AAA debut. �Corey Hamman, a lefty, came on to face the left-handed Danny Dorn. �He got Dorn to roll a little grounder down to first base for the third out, leaving McDonald still standing 90 feet away from scoring another run. �
Jean Machi pitched the bottom of the 9th inning, and retired the Bats in order, to earn his 3rd save. �
The Tribe totalled 14 hits in the game, and five Indians' batters had 2 hits each: �Pedro Lopez, Erik Kratz, Neil Walker, Robinzon Diaz, and Brad Lincoln. �Lincoln's batting average now stands at .571. �
The Indians return home on Thursday to begin a week-long homestand. �They will have three games against the Bats, and then four games with the Columbus Clippers. �
Indians' Hitting Gem of the Game: �Erik Kratz (photo) had two hits, but his 9th home run of the season, which came in the 5th inning, broke the tie and gave the Indians a go-ahead run and an insurance run.
Indians' Defensive Gem of the Game: �In the bottom of the 3rd inning, � hit a sharp grounder toward third base. �Neil Walker charged onto the infield grass to make the play between bounces, and make the off-balance throw to first base, where Robinzon Diaz made the low scoop for the out. �Walker made a few other good plays at third as well.�
NOTES:
Roster Moves:
Reliever Jeff Sues (rhymes with "juice") has been promoted from Altoona to the Indians. �He had made 40 appearances, all in relief, for the Curve, with a 2-6 record, 2 saves, and a 4.46 ERA. �Opponents hit .225 off him. � In 78.2 innings, Sues gave up 66 hits, 43 runs (39 earned), 37 walks, and struck out 74 batters. �Sues has done better in July and early August. �His ERA was 2.93 in this last 7 weeks, with 30 strikeouts in 30.2 innings. �
Phil Dumatrait's rehab appearance was his last before his rehab time expires on Friday (before the game). �The Pirates now have to decide what to do with him. �Dumatrait is not currently on the 40-man roster, so if he is added, someone else will have to come off. �If they want him to stay in Indianapolis, he would have to go through waivers.
Pedro Lopez now has 5 straight multi-hit games. �His batting average is .342.
Go Tribe!
[Photos by Nancy Zinni -- MVN]
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