George Sipple

Detroit Free Press

Free Press sports writer George Sipple takes a tour of the Tigers’ minor league system (all statistics entering Saturday):

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Corey Jones 3B, Erie

Went 0-for-2 with a walk Friday to see an 18-game hitting streak snapped in a 2-0 loss at Akron. Batting .309 with 16 doubles, five home runs and 31 RBIs in 63 games at Double-A. Batted .118 over 14 games at Triple-A Toledo.

Mark Ecker RHP, Connecticut

The fifth-round pick out of Texas A&M hasn’t allowed a run over five appearances in the short season. Allowed two hits and one walk over seven innings with nine strikeouts. Had a 0.39 ERA and was 4-2 with eight saves over 25 games this season for Texas A&M. Allowed two runs over 46 2/3 innings with 56 strikeouts as a junior.

Rashad Brown OF, West Michigan

Went 2-for-3 with a walk to extend his hitting streak to eight games in an 8-2 loss to Kane County on Friday. Batting .438 (14-for-32) during the streak. Batting .270 with 47 hits, 20 runs and 15 stolen bases in 52 games at Low-A.

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Trent Szkutnik LHP, Lakeland

Has allowed four runs or more in five consecutive starts. Allowed 21 earned runs over past 28 1/3 innings. 0-3 with a 7.31 ERA and 1.75 WHIP in three starts for Lakeland. Had a 2.66 ERA and a 1.17 WHIP for West Michigan over 15 games, including eight starts.

Rusbell Cabrera RHP, GCL Tigers

Allowed seven runs on four hits and three hits without getting an out in a 15-2 loss to the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays on Tuesday. The 20-year-old had spent the past three seasons playing in the Dominican Summer League.

Clate Schmidt RHP, Connecticut

Allowed four runs and four hits over two-thirds of an inning with one strikeout in a 10-2 loss to Tri-City on Friday. Has a 10.13 ERA and a 2.44 WHIP over 5 1/3 innings. Drafted in the 20th round in June out of Clemson.

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Anthony Gose OF, Erie

Went 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout in a 2-0 loss at Akron on Friday in his first game since being sent to Double-A. Struggled at Triple-A, striking out 75 times in 50 games with Toledo before getting into an argument in the dugout July 9 with Mud Hens manager Lloyd McClendon. Was suspended for three days after he failed to show up for a game last Sunday. Once viewed as the Tigers’ starting centerfielder of the future, he lost playing time to Cameron Maybin in Detroit and then to prospect JaCoby Jones at Toledo.

Alex Presley OF, Toledo

Had a triple and a double over his first two games with the Mud Hens after signing a minor league deal with the Tigers last week. Went 5-for-7 with four runs in two games at High-A Lakeland to knock the rust off. Presley, 30, batted .198 in 47 games with the Milwaukee Brewers before he was designated for assignment and elected free agency. Can play all three outfield spots. A career .253 hitter over 376 MLB games with four teams.

Tyler Alexander LHP, Lakeland

Allowed four hits and one walk over five scoreless innings with four strikeouts Friday. Alexander, 22, was a second-round pick in 2015. Expected to receive promotion to Double-A if he continues to pitch as well as he has lately. 6-6 with a 2.12 ERA and 1.04 WHIP in 16 games, including 15 starts. Has 72 strikeouts in 89 1/3 innings.

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Contact George Sipple: gsipple@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @georgesipple.

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