Line Score Recap – 4-2-2013

Box Score Recap

So yeah, I can’t find a box score anywhere.  Help me out, if you’ve seen one, and I’ll screengrab it and post it.

Jeff Schuler’s game story from the Allentown Morning Call, (with line score)

Mike Drago’s Game story from the Reading Eagle

And of course you can read what Matt had to say about it on our site.

Reading 000 300 120 — 6-7-0

IronPigs 100 000 004 — 5-10-1

Colvin, Wright (4), Neris (7), Knigge (8), Simon (9), Ramirez (9) and Valle, Rupp (5); Martin, Morgan (4), Friend (5), Savery (6), Stutes (7), Jimenez (8), De Fratus (9) and Joseph, Lerud (7). W-Colvin. L-Martin. SV—Ramirez. 2B—Valle.Hanson. A-2,680.

37 thoughts on “Line Score Recap – 4-2-2013”

  1. The two big pitching lines:
    Colvin – 4 IP 2 H 1 ER 6 K 0 BB
    Martin – 3 IP 1 BB 1 HBP 1 H 5 K

    I believe Wright had a clean two IP. As for hitting lines I have no clue except Hewitt went 2-4 1 2B 2 K 1 SB.

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    1. Two guys I never thought would be mwntioned in the same post as having a good night: Colvin & Hewitt. Colvin had some good outings last year but he had no consistency. Pitch to pitch, batter to batter, inning to inning, you never knew what you were going to get. I’m hopeful the light bulb went on. He’s cleaned up his mechanics and he’s developed a nasty streak.

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      1. I always thought Hewitt would hit 20-25 HR once he got to Reading. Big question is whether he hits .190 with 180 Ks or .250 with 145 Ks. Will be very interested to see what his defense is like under more scrutiny because if he is good he probably has a career as an extra OF at least.

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  2. Maybe the time is right for Colvin this year. Like the buxom blond with the short-skirt sitting at the bar….no more teases.

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    2. It’s interesting that Colvin and Martin are the top two pitching lines. I think we’ve compared these two to one another on this site before. At the beginning of last season, Martin was the bonus baby who struggled despite having the stuff, and 2012 was a year when he put it together (somewhat). Maybe it’s the same thing for Colvin this year.

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  3. I have high hopes for Colvin this year. He has been told that he can be a starting pitcher in the bigs for years. Unfortunately, he has struggled amidst reports of him being physically and mentally out of shape. If the reports are true that he is in good physical shape, and can harness the mental aspect of pitching(and his changed delivery), I believe he can work himself into a number 2 or 3 starter.

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  4. I don’t want to come off as negative but historically Ace type pitchers don’t struggle as much as he has in the minors.

    We have plenty of 3-4-5 type starters I’m looking for that one true power righty to emerge and be at least what Brett Myers was when he came up.

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    1. Those guys are few and far between, especially when you have no draft picks better than the bottom third of round one and usually outside round one. A 3 starter is a good thing to aim for drafting where we’ve picked the past quite a few years. Myers was one of our last primo picks. We were darned lucky to get Hamels picking as late as we did. Also getting Drabek and Biddle is really doing extraoridinarily well plucking HS pitching from the draft in recent years. Realistically, our best chance to develop an ace would have been spending big bonus dollars on a couple of the hottest Latin American pitching prospects over the past half dozen years. We didn’t do that. Could also have used really big $ to sign one of the Cubans or Japanese.

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      1. Did freeaec take over your keyboard? I’m just curious from 07-10 what were the top 5 clubs in international spending?

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    2. Kind of a silly mentality to write a pitcher off just for not being an ace… Guys, I don’t think Cody Asche is going to be as good as Evan Longoria maybe we should just cut him.

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  6. I know hindsight is always 20/20 but over the past several years the Phils have had an opportunity, like many other teams, to go big internationally and take some risks on guys and seemed to have really shied away from doing so. It sure looks like guys like Ryu, Puig, Cespedes, and some others are going to turn out to be pretty darn valuable players and the Phils are one of the teams that has some money to do these things, particularly before the rule changes on bonsues with one or two of them, and they failed to do so.

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    1. How do you know that the Phillies didn’t try? Obviously beside the team that signed them everybody else is just like the Phillies.

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      1. For one…Benny Looper indirectly referenced it in his statement last week or the week prior…..ie, something to the effect, Phillies maintained a financial budget or threshold for international signees. Maybe someone else can dig up the exact qoute. And it is appropriate and politically correct to say that now, since the new CBA makes the playing field a great deal more level for all teams.

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      2. No, every team is not like the Phillies. Looking over the past 5 seasons, only 4 other teams compare favorably to the Phillies in spending for amateur talent. The other 25 teams are not like the Phillies.

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        1. I think Oldtimer was referring to Ryu, Puig, Cespedes specifically, not the overall amateur scene. But, yea the Phillies don’t spent as much as other teams in the amateur talent. That’s nothing new.

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    2. It is true that for years the Phillies did not take advantage of the unlimited spending in the international market. They were however able to find some gems (like Ruiz). However, with the new CBA limiting what teams can spend internationally. The continued complaints about the lack of international spending in the past is “crying over spilled milk.”

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      1. No, it is explaining why we are where we are. Some have said we have poor scouts or whatever, when the plain truth is that our combined budget for international and draft amateur talent over the past 5 years is in the bottom five teams in all of MLB. For a huge revenue team with a new stadium, that is quite a position to voluntarily place yourself in. Also, teams have instantly improved their major league prospects by signing guys like Yu Darvish. Phillies have never been a player in the market for already-MLB-capable international talent. These lapses are not bad luck, they reflect the organization’s philosophy on spending money. That philosophy had been in place since Bill GIles bought the team with his group of partners.

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        1. Actually, you can make an arguement, it goes back generations to Connie Mack and the old A’s and Phillies. A thrifty bunch to say the least.

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  7. i mention that he said to the effect not spending in the international market.Aron there lack of spending most likely has them in this positon, maybe we would have, that right handed bat we need to play one of he corner outfield postion or wouldnt have to spend all the money on two bullpen guys ,. there is no excuse for there lack of spending, not in the fifth largest market, it was just plain cheap thinking;
    I love when people said that mongomery was not taking high risk signing not to get the commissioner mad, this is the same bull, that has gone on for years with these sports teams. the sixers win meaningless games to lose out on the lottery, while san antonio tanks a season,by not playing david robinson, to get duncan and win two championships. eagles win two meaningless games and lose out on oj simspon and get keys a stiff, so crying over spilled milk is bull to me.

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    1. Hey roccom calm down…..you will open up a can of worms and we will have FreeAEC back on this site wiht his ‘cheap $$$$Montgomery’ statements again.

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    2. I’m a Spurs fan, and the Spurs absolutely did not tank that year. The Celtics did. The Admiral was hurt most of the year. Spurs just got lucky with Duncan.

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  8. I was actually making more of a statement about how many people / experts / etc thought many of these players could be complete busts and not warrant the money they were getting. My point was that many of them, the names I mentioned as well as Darvish and others, appear to be heading towards being successful at a higher rate than I thought, and it would be nice to have 1 of them plugged in somewhere since we can outspend many franchises if we choose to. I’m not really crying over spilled milk as this franchise has had an amazing run and being a fan I’m very thankful for it. Having said that, it would be nice to have one of them on the roster right now.

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    1. The problem is for every Darvish there is a Diasuke. Then there are the disasters that have been the Japanese infielders. Right now the best Asian pitcher by WAR has been Kuroda (though Darvish will pass him). As for the Cuban players the past four look very good Chapman, Cespedes, Puig, Soler but there have been plenty of busts. I view those signings like FA acquisitions. Puig looks really good (I still think he is just a first division starter and not a star) but 42 million is a lot to spend over 7 million for a guy w/o any major league experience. Staying out of those signings is a choice that the team has made, though they were in on Soler and Cespedes (just not at the prices that others were willing to spend). The amateur signings budget feel free to critique

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      1. Not every player you acquire by any route is going to pan out. We have been turning into an aged team. Something needed to be done to build the next core. There were many routes the Phillies could follow to gain an edge or at least remain competitive in young talent acquisition. The Phillies chose not to follow any of them. Too expensive? We have a huge cash flow and a philosophy that we will not spend over the luxury cap. The cost to acquire international talent, especially of the young amateur kind is minuscule compared to our major league salary budget. Phillies brass wouldn’t spend that pittance and last year we were a .500 team and this year look to be not a wild card favorite in our last realistic playoff chance with the old core. Stupid? I say it obviously is. At present, the Phillies are pursuing a losing organizational strategy and are now hemmed in by caps, so it will be very tough to right the ship and surpass the Nationals and perhaps even the Braves. The chinks in the 2013 Phillies are already apparent and there aren’t any star-type players coming up from the farm over the next four years. A lot of opportunities have been missed.

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        1. Wow, two games in and you are ready to jump off a bridge? Do you realize that the last team to lead MLB from beginning to end was the 1984 Detroit Tigers. Wait to see if they turn around before making rants.

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          1. I’m not saying it’s impossible that we make the playoffs, but the team’s deficiencies and the farm’s deficiencies are obvious and have been for well over a year.

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  9. very true .. finally someone doesnt take the route that the phillies do no wrong, well said allentown.

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      1. It is so easy to spend other people money…. I paid for my HOF tickets…oh you are me.

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  10. Yes anonymous .thas what good clubs do, spend on talent, especially in big market, you should root for the marlins, thats the kind of owne.r someone like you likes. they have no trouble asking for those crazy prices for tickets,

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    1. That was me above. See roccom you come to the wrong conclusions I dont need to change I am happy with what the Phillies do. Seems to me you are the one that needs to root for someone else…maybe the Dodgers will make you happy.

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