Tribe lose to D’Backs

The Indians dropped their second spring game, 15-9, on Thursday. Here are the possible Clippers/minor leaguers that played:

Wyatt Toregas 1-2, RBI
Beau Mills 1-3, RBI
Jordan Brown 0-2
Matt LaPorta 2-3, HR
Chris Gimenez 0-1
Stephen Head 0-3, R
Wilson Valdez 0-1
Luis Valbuena 0-1
Jesus Merchan 1-3, R
Damaso Espino 1-2, RBI, R
Nick Weglarz 0-2

Rich Rundles 1IP, 2R, 1ER, 2H, 1K
Jack Cassel 1.2IP, 4ER, 7H, 1K
Tomo Ohka 1IP, 6R, 2ER, 7H
Kirk Saarloos 1.1IP, 2R, 0ER, 1H
Ryan Edell 1IP, 0R, 1K

The highlight of the day was Matt LaPorta’s solo blast off Dan Haren in the 2nd inning. Aaron Laffey started and allowed one unearned run in two innings. Here is the game story from Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com.

Anthony also has a nice story on future Clippers outfielder Michael Brantley.

E-mail from Rick in Columbus:
“Is it true that George Lombard signed with the Indians?”

Yes, the former Clippers outfielder was a free agent signing this winter and he’s in minor league camp. It may be tough for George to find a job because the outfield is so crowded at the Triple-A level, but he’ll begin spring play with the Triple-A squad on March 16th. Right now the Clippers outfield would be LaPorta, Brantey, Crowe, and Head. All of the those players are younger than Lombard and valued as prospects in the organization.