7 IP  0 ER  1 BB  1 H  10 K

Kid looks good, but does he stay in AA all season?  Or when Hughes is promoted does he move to Columbus?    Or does he make a move to NY for any reason this year?  

maybe grounders just sneaking by.

Dallas Buck ARI (noted mystery-meat arm)
last time: 11 Ks over 6 scoreless.
this time: 5 IP, 4 earned, 5 H, 4/3 K/BB.

Taylor Teagarden (C - Bakersfield) hit two more doubles tonight and drew another walk. He has 11 BB for the year, and his OBP is now a ridiculous .650, along with a near .700 slugging %. Oh, and he gave up his first stolen base tonight vs. Eric Young Jr.

Former Mets Prospect Victor Diaz is now hitting .462 in AAA Oklaholma after going 2-3 with a double and two walks.

AAA Buffalo - defeated Ottawa (BAL's AAA aff.) - 2-1:

CF Franklin Gutierrez - 1-3, 1 K, 1 PO (first game of '07, returning from a quad injury, I believe.)
RF Shin-Soo Choo - 1-2, 1 BB, 1 SB (.455 so far.)
DH Brad Snyder - 0-3, 2 K (I know it's early, but when you have 8 K in 14 ABs, that's not a good sign, no matter if it's early or not.)
C Mike Rose - 1-3, 1 K, 1 CS! (only reason I include him is because his presence might mean that Victor Martinez might be back sooner rather than later.)
1B Ryan Mulhern - 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K (.417 so far; a bit old at 26, but with future question marks at 1B with Garko, Aubrey, and Head, Mulhern might still have a shot, so you might want to keep an eye on him; he does have good power, hitting 32 HRs between High-A and AA in 2005.  Also 3 BB, 2 K in 12 ABs so far, a much better start than Snyder.)

Another error by Luna, this time, a fielding error - that's the main reason he's not in Cleveland right now!

RHP Edward Mujica - 1.0 IP, 2 H (got a DP groundball from Jason Jaramillo to end the game.)

AA Akron - defeated Bowie (BAL's AAA aff.) 9-5:

RF Trevor Crowe - 1-5, 1 RBI, 2 K (2-18, 2 BB, 7 K so far; I too thought he would get off to a better start; don't know if his constant changing of OF positions virtually every game has anything to do with it or not, if it's the cold weather - though it was 57 at game time tonight in Bowie, or if he's just struggling, but being that he hit better than this (.234 with the 2B position change) even last year at AA, I suspect he'll pick it up at some point in the near future.)
CF Brian Barton - 1-5, 4 K (ugh - I know Barton would have a game every so often with multiple strikeouts, even 3 or 4 on rare occasions.)
LF Ryan Goleski - 2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K (.273 so far.)
3B Pat Osborn - 1-4, 1 R, 1 K (.417 so far.)
SS Asdrubal Cabrera - 1-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 K (.333 so far.)
C Wyatt Toregas - 2-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB (.364 so far.)
DH Rodney Choy Foo - 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB (.571 so far.)

LHP Scott Lewis - 3.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, (2-run shot to Nolan Reimold,) 3 GO, 6 FO, 1 PO (pickoff.)
RHP Joe Ness - 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 4 GO, 4 FO
RHP Bubbie Buzachero - 1.1 IP, 2 H, 3 K, 1 GO, 0 FO

Orioles -
RF Nolan Reimold - 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K (.409 so far), 1 OF assist (2nd base - threw out Barton,) 1 E (throw)

I have no idea why Lewis was taken out after 3.2 IP; to my knowledge, he was only supposed to have a slightly-less than normal pitch count (I'm guessing around 90-95 pitches,) but I don't think he reached that in just 3.2 IP from that line.  I'll see if I can find out anything and post it when I hear about it - stay tuned!

High-A Kinston - lost to Wilmington (KC's High-A aff.) - 4-3:

RF Jose Constanza - 3-5, 3 R, 1 2B, 2 HR, 2 RBI (.259 so far)
SS Josh Rodriguez - 2-4, 1 BB (.238 so far.)
CF John Drennen - 2-5, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K (.200 so far.)
C Max Ramirez - 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K (.263 so far.)
DH Mike Butia - 0-3, 2 K (.133 so far.)

LHP David Huff - 4.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 GO, 7 FO (2.25 ERA)
RHP Chris Niesel - 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 3 GO, 2 FO (1.80 ERA)
RHP James Deters - 2.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 GO, 3 FO (2.08 ERA)

Low-A Lake County - lost a doubleheader to Greensboro (FLA's Low-A aff.):

Game 1 - Lost 6-5:
RF Lucas Montero - 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K (.478 - being that he's 22, I'm suspecting he'll be up in Kinston within a month or so.  He's from the Dominican Republic.)
2B Adam Davis - 1-4, 2 R, 1 K (.333 so far.)
C Matt McBride - 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K (.500 - cooled off after going 8 for his last 8.)
1B Matt Whitney - 2-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K (.318 so far - any chance of him being a MLer in my opinion, he's got to keep hitting and force his way back to Kinston soon.)
3B Jared Goedert - 0-1, 2 BB (.294)
SS Carlos Rivero - 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K (.045 - 18-YO looks overmatched; might be at SS-A Mahoning Valley if this keeps up.)
LF Nick Weglarz - 0-2, 1 BB, 2 K (.217)

RHP Carlton Smith - 5.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 9 GO, 4 FO (gave up 2-run shot after making a fielding error - 2nd time this has happened to him.)

Game 2 - lost 6-5 in 8 innings (supposed to be 7 innings.)

2B David Uribes - 1-2, 1 R, 2 BB (.143 so far for 2006 32nd Round Draft Pick out of Pepperdine Univ.)
DH Matthew McBride - 1-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K (.455)
3B Jared Goedert - 0-4, 2 K (.238)
LF Nick Weglarz - 0-4, 1 K (.185)
SS Carlos Rivero - 2-4, 1 R, 1 K (.115 - I spoke too soon or he heard me!  :-)
RF Roman Pena - 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K (.235)

RHP Steven Wright - 4.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 4 GO, 2 FO - first professional start for 2nd-round 2006 pick out of Hawaii)
RHP Neil Wagner - 1.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 1 BS, 1 GO, 2 FO

Take care and have a great day!

Talking to some other LetsGoTribe members, it seems Scott Lewis is being held to 70-75 pitches early in the season, and might be built up to around 100 pitches by midseason.

However, it still seems unlikely that Lewis reached that pitch count in just 3.2 IP, especially with only 3 H and 1 BB.  Some are speculating that Joe Ness (the "Untouchable") was supposed to get some significant innings as well, almost like a "tandem starter" idea (though I didn't know the Indians were even considering doing that, if that is the case; I know the Rangers did that a few years back, and still might be doing it - I'm not sure.)  

So, in essence, I'm not really sure why Lewis was taken out that early - I haven't seen any reports that said that there was a problem.  Perhaps the early snowouts threw the schedule out-of-whack and the Indians want to be extra cautious with Lewis, especially considering his past injury history.

Just my 2 cents.  :-)

Take care and have a great day!