Minor Points of Interest

Steven Wright

Akron

Steven Wright (4-2, 1.72) throws a knuckleball.  After making it all the way to AAA as a conventional pitcher, Wright took a hard left last season, making the decision to focus mainly on the knuckler.  After an up and down initial season, Steven has certainly found himself in 2012 and tonight was no exception.  With Uncle Knucksie dancing all night long, Wright surrendered just 1 earned run and 1 hit (solo homer) over his six innings of work.  He walked 2 and fanned 6.  In two starts since returning from the DL (broken toe), Steven has allowed just than one ER and 3 hits in 9 innings and has punched out 10.  On the season, he has held opponents to a .201 average.

Bryce Stowell (0.82) closed the game with a perfect 9th, striking out 1.  The opposition has reached base just 6 times (all hits) in 11 innings this season against Stowell, who has K'ed 21.  Tick, tock.  He will be in Columbus soon.

Despite a solo home run tonight, Nick Weglarz is batting just .219 with a .673 OPS on the year.  Many think that his prospects of making the bigs have narrowed to almost nil.

In case you missed it, Matt Lawson (the guy that the Tribe got from Seattle for Aaron Laffey in 2011) has come out of retirement and is batting .273 over his first five games back.

Carolina

Tony Wolters (.226), the Indians' reigning minor league player of the week, finished May batting .291 for the month, after .130 in April.  On Friday, he tripled, scored and drove home a run.





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