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Jeanmar Gomez was sent back to Columbus yesterday.  I have a feeling that if the Indians need another starting pitcher from AAA this year, it won't be Jeanmar again.  I also doubt that David Huff will get the call.  My vote?  Zach McAllister.  Zach (3.00) is 6-0 after beating the Charlotte Knights at Huntington Park tonight.  McAllister allowed 2 runs on five hits over 7 innings.  It was his third straight start of at least 7 and his fifth straight of at least 6.  He struck out 8 and walked 1.  The man has issued just 6 free passes in 2011 and four of them were in the same game in the second week of the season.  Zach has experience (33 AAA starts), size (6'6", 240) and youth (23 all season).  Now that he's produced the numbers he has, a call-up cannot be far afield.

Jason Donald hit his second home run to lead the offensive charge.  Donald (.290) added a single and scored 3 total runs.  Travis Buck, batting clean-up and playing first, supplied a first inning RBI single and a 3rd inning sac fly then walked and scored in the 8th.  Lonnie Chisenhall doubled to extend his hit streak to 8 games as Columbus won 5-2.

Corey Kluber faces the Knights tomorrow at 6:35p.

One Other Minor Point of Interest --

We'll see how conservative the Nationals want to be with 2010 #1 overall pick Bryce Harper who is riding a 13-game hitting streak and has raised his season OPS to 1.155.  Harper (.376) has batted .449 with four home runs and 10 RBI during the streak.  Remember that Harper is at low-A Hagerstown (Lake County level) and would move next to high-A Potomac.

Cheers