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Updated: Sat Sep 06 03:17:00 EDT 2003

CLEVELAND INDIANS ORGANIZATION NOTEBOOK

BUFFALO... OF DERRICK WHITE homered and drove in five runs to help the Bisons topple Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 12-8, August 27. White, playing in just his sixth game with Buffalo since signing out of the Mexican League, started the scoring with an RBI groundout in the top of the first inning and added a grand slam in the fourth when Buffalo scored seven times to take an 8-1 lead. 1B LUIS GARCIA delivered a run-scoring double and added an RBI single and 2B ZACH SORENSEN scored three times...

3B GREG LAROCCA hit .524 (11-21, 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 8 RBI) in seven games August 20-27....

AKRON... OF RYAN CHURCH hit a solo homer with one out in the top of the 11th inning to lift the Aeros to a 12-11 victory over Harrisburg after the Senators scored five times in the ninth to tie August 23. Following a popout by 1B LUIS GONZALEZ to start the 11th, Church, one of five players to hit a home run for Akron, snapped an 11-11 tie with a blast to center. Gonzalez hit a pair of two-run homers and scored after legging out a triple in the seventh. OF GRADY SIZEMORE clubbed a three-run shot, OF NATE GRINDELL hit a solo homer and an RBI single and 3B COREY SMITH slugged a solo blast for the Aeros, who led 7-0 after four innings and 10-2 after batting in the top half of the eighth...

RHP KAZUHITO TADANO went 3-0 with a 1.73 ERA in 15 games July 3-August 23 (36.1 IP, 30 H, 10 R, 7 ER, 12 BB, 44 SO)...

Smith hit .343 (23-67, 9 2B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, 2 SB) in 19 games August 3-26....

KINSTON... LHP OSCAR ALVAREZ allowed a run and three hits over six innings against Wilmington August 22. Alvarez struck out 11, including five in a row and seven of eight at one point, but was not involved in the decision, an eventual 6-1 triumph...

LHP MICHAEL HERNANDEZ was charged with two runs, three hits, a walk and three wild pitches in the eighth inning to suffer a 3-2 loss to Winston-Salem August 25...

3B RODNEY CHOY FOO clubbed a grand slam in the eighth inning as the Indians beat the Warthogs, 5-4, August 26...

OF JASON COOPER hit safely in 12 straight games (21-45, 4 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 1 SB) August 11-27, raising his average from .276 to .318....

LAKE COUNTY... RHP BOB WICKMAN threw a perfect inning in a rehab outing in the Captains' 5-0 shutout of Greensboro August 22. Wickman struck out the side in order in the first inning in his second start recovering from Tommy John surgery. SS OMAR VIZQUEL also appeared in the game but was hitless in four at-bats. The nine-time American League Gold Glove winner, returning from knee surgery, went just 1-for-14 in four games with the club...

The Captains won their 10th straight game, a 5-1 decision over Delmarva August 23, behind six strong innings by RHP FAUSTO CARMONA. Carmona, who allowed a run and three hits, has recorded a win in each of his last eight starts with the club. The 19-year-old, who also struck out three and issued a walk, has yielded just 11 runs and 35 hits over his last 51 2/3 innings. He has also allowed just one earned run in four of his last five starts at home. On the season, Carmona improved his league-best record to 17-3 with a circuit-best 1.83 ERA....

BURLINGTON... RHP ED MUJICA went 0-6 with a 5.58 ERA in nine games July 18-August 25 (30.2 IP, 37 H, 23 R, 19 ER, 11 BB, 21 SO)...

LHP RAFAEL PEREZ allowed no earned runs in three consecutive games August 12-23 (17 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 13 SO), winning all three. Perez claimed the league's ERA crown with a mark of 1.70...

C CALEB BROCK hit .319 (23-72, 3 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 12 RBI, 2 SB) in 19 games July 24-August 24....

MAHONING VALLEY... LHP JUAN LARA tossed six scoreless innings, surrendering three hits as the Scrappers shut out Brooklyn, 5-0, August 21...

1B RYAN MULHERN hit .571 (12-21, 3 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1 SB) in five games August 18-23. Mulhern was leading the league with 24 doubles through August 27...

LHP DAN RICH did not allow a run in 10 outings July 28-August 24 (12.2 IP, 6 H, 3 BB, 11 SO), posting a win and four saves....

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