Clip Joint Away!

The Clippers finished up the second series in their massive 12 game road swing through New York with a 3-0 win over Buffalo early this afternoon.  TJ McFarland made his AAA debut and survived 4 walks to shut out the Bisons for 5.2 innings.  McFarland, who took a no-no into the 5th, was gone by the time the bats awoke, so it was Frank Herrmann (2-1, 3.76) who earned the victory for his 2 and third perfect innings.  Chris Ray (2.42, 8 SV) closed things out with a clean 9th.

Beau Mills (.208) launched a solo homer (his 7th), but batted just .156 in May.  Matt LaPorta drove home a run and finished May with a .241 average after batting .380 in April.  Matty is hitting just .219 over his past 10 games, but does have 14 homers and 32 RBI on the year.  One would expect LaPorta to get the call to the big club sometime in the next 24 hours as the Tribe is in desperate need of another bat.  I have come to loathe Matt as a person and a player, but even I am on board with his recall at this point.  Jared Goedert (.213) is seemingly no longer an option as he has crashed hard after a torrid start.  Goedert, posting another 0-fer today, has 1 hit in his last 21 at-bats with 7 K's over that span.  Jason Donald (.315) singled, doubled, walked and drove home the third Columbus run.  I'm sure that he appreciates this time in the minors to play every day.

The Clip ship docks in Rochester tomorrow and, if the team is sticking with this 6-man rotation, it will be Corey Kluber (4-4, 4.41) on the bump.

Cheers.