The ‘Pigs are struggling having gone 4-6 over their last 10 games and have now dropped into third place in the Northern Division of the International League(59-52), 3 games behind division leading Scranton. It is the time of year to begin watching the wild card standings and Lehigh Valley is 2.5 games behind Pawtucket for the wild card. The ‘Pigs have one more game in Syracuse before they come home for a short two game home stand against Pawtucket.
‘Pigs Leaders: Kevin Frandsen is 5th in AB’s (391), 2nd in hits (118), leads the league in doubles (34); Cody Overbeck is 9th in doubles (25); Kyle Hudson is 5th in SB’s (19); Tyler Cloyd is 4th in wins (10), leads the league in ERA (1.98) and is 2nd in WHIP (0.98); Pat Misch leads the league in losses (12), 3rd in HR allowed (16); has the 8th worst ERA (4.98); Scott Elarton has the 3rd worst ERA (5.22); Phillipe Aumont is 5th in saves (12); Tom Cochran is 9th in walks allowed(51).
Probables: Tuesday: Cochran; Wednesday: Elarton; Thursday: CLoyd; Friday: Rosenberg; Saturday: Pettibone.
Notes: Jonathan Pettibone made his AAA debut on Monday evening, going 5 innings and yielding two earned runs
–Lehigh Valley is 9-17 in their last 26 games.
–Dominic Brown has hit in 11 of his 13 games since returning from a knee injury (.354)
–Michael Martinez is hitting .340 over his last 15 games.
–With his win last Friday, Tyler CLoyd tied a Lehigh Valley record by winning his 6th straight decision. He is now a combined 13-1 with a 1.94 ERA.
–In his last 4 games, Phillipe Aumont has thrown 4.2 innings without giving up a run and striking out 10.
–In his last 4 starts, BJ Rosenberg is 2-0 with a 1.37 ERA.
–JC Ramirez has been brutal. In his last 8 games, his ERA is 11.57, giving up 21 hits and 8 walks in 11.2 innings.
–Tuffy Gosewisch is hitting just .138 over his last 31 games.
Transactions: Last Tuesday P Pat Misch was placed on the DL with an elbow strain and OF Jason Pridie was sent down to Lehigh Valley after Lance Nix was activated from the DL. INF Kevin Frandsen was called up to Philadelphia last Friday. P Jon Pettibone was called up from Reading on Monday. Following the flurry of trade activity, Dom Brown was called up to Philadelphia.
Gregg, nice try to divert all the deadline discussion. AAA and AA teams have both been slidding lately. Dom’s headed to Philly. Maybe the circus will be over and guys can get back to playing baseball. Too many distractions lately.
Tuffy is one of my favorites and I’ve been pained by the year he’s having. He came on at the end of last year and maybe he’ll do that again. He’s not MLB material but he a likable player who big leaguers like Halladay speak highly off… for his receiving skills. Another disappointment is Susdorf. We know he can hit but he’s fallen off the cliff lately too.
+1 on Tuffy
I hope Ruf gets promoted to Lehigh and plays left.
What a day does anyone know if Brown made it to Washington to start tonight?
Plane delayed. Probably won’t make it.
his plane got delayed, not in the lineup
damm its only 100 miles isnt it from lv to washington
he could have drove
syracuse is more then 100 miles
Valle promoted to Lehigh.
wow colvin is pitching tonight for reading did not expect that one, didnt fair to well valle promoted I guess because of joseph
Valle caught Colvin tonight
Why does the box score say Suomi was the catcher?
Ah my bad I done goofed. Looking at AAA instead of AA.
From what I read on mlbtraderumors.com, Tuffy was sold to the Toronto org today. Toronto’s having some issues with injuries to their catchers.
Probably more of a class move from Philly than anything else. Maybe Tuffy will finally get his cup of coffee in the majors. He deserves a taste for his hard work throughout the years.
Tuffy move is mostly because we don’t have any place for him to get any sort of consistent playing time. Every level has some a prospect now.
According to Twitter, Cesar Hernandez to LHV as well.