No More Streaking At the Clip Joint

Beau Mills

Here we go again... Ninth inning, two out, 8-3 Mud Hens?  What the H is going on?  Oh, wait, that's Cord Phelps (.329) at the dish... popping out to short.  Hitting streak over at 14.  Not a lot a yo-ho-ho's to bandy about the Clipper ship tonight.  Beau Mills (.280) singled in one run and doubled in another.  Corey Kluber (3-1, 3.43) got knocked pretty good over 5 innings (8 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K) and the bullpen fared no better.  Hector Ambriz (1.93) took the worst of it, walking 3 over his 2/3 of an inning, but Jeremy Accardo got tagged as well, allowing a run on a hit and a walk in 2 and a third.

Reinforcements are on the way though.  David Huff, fresh off of a successful rehab start with Akron (4 IP, H, BB, 3 K) has been officially activated and optioned to AAA.  He should join the team tomorrow and will get his first start sometime this week.

In case you haven't noticed yet, the anticipation got the best of me.  The Clippers don't come home until Tuesday.  They finish out in Toledo tomorrow at 6:30p with Scottie Barnes (0-2, 5.06) getting the call.

Other Minor Points of Interest -

Lake County
The offensive doldrums continue for a team that has now lost 12 of 13.  Luigi Rodriguez (.292) is 1 for his last 17.  Francisco Lindor (.278) is 5 for his last 29 (.172).  Elvis Araujo (2.25), however, turned in his best start of the season.  Over five shutout innings, Araujo surrendered 5 hits and 3 walks while fanning 4.

Also...

Stop the presses!  Bryce Harper hit his first AAA home run!  His OPS is still just 675.

Cheers.