Another week with a winning record for Lehigh Valley who went 4-3 on the week, including a sweep of a doubleheader in Norfolk on Tuesday.  The ‘Pigs are now 28-24 and tied for second place in the Northern Division of the International League, just 0.5 games behind division leading Syracuse.  Lehigh Valley left for a nine game, 8 day road trip after last Sundays game that takes them to Norfolk and Durham. The ‘Pigs, at 17-10, have the second best record in the IL in May.

‘Pigs Prospects:Cameron Rupp has really struggled with the bat since returning from his oblique injury and is hitting just .161 since his return(31 AB’s).  He continues to play quite well defensively with a caught stealing rate at over 30%.

Tyson Gillies after starting very slowly, has improved slightly and now sits at .226/.288/.302 in 124 AB’s with Lehigh Valley this year.  His strikeout rate is still a high 26% and Gillies has stolen just 3/5 bases this year.  He does appear to be playing smarter over the last couple of weeks, trying to use his speed to bunt for a base hit which is occasionally very nice to see.  Over his last 10 games Gillies is right at the Mendoza line, hitting .200.

Phillippe Aumont receives kudos for having a solid week this week after a very poor week last week.  Over his last 3 games, Aumont has thrown 5.1 shutout innings, allowing 3 hits, 2 walks and striking out 5.  On the year, Aumont is now 1-1 with a 4.30ERA and 1.65 WHIP.  Opponents are hitting just .211 against him, but that is counter balanced by the fact that he has walked an average of a hitter an inning.  In 9 May appearances spanning 13.1 innings, Aumont has walked 11.

Next week: Giles, Franco, Rosin, Martin

‘Pigs League Leaders: Hitting: Tyler Henson is 5th in strikeouts (56) and 3rd in SB’s (12)

Pitching Leaders: David Buchanan is 6th in wins(5); Luis Garcia is 5th in saves (6); Sean O’Sullivan is 7th in IP (58); Barry Enright is 8th in IP (57.2) and leads the league in HR allowed (9)

News and Notes–Barry Enright has won three consecutive starts, going 3-0 with a 2.95ERA during that time period.  Two of those three starts consisted of the longest outings by Lehigh Valley pitchers this year, a 9 inning CG and Sundays effort of 7.1IP.

–P Seth Rosin started his first game of the year Tuesday in the DH against Norfolk after struggling in the ‘pen all year.  He went 3 innings without allowing an earned run.  He did allow 6 hits and a walk

–INF Ronny Cedeno has hit in 13 of his last 14 games (18-48, .375, 11RBI)

–RP Cesar Jiminez’s scoreless streak has reached 13 games (1-0, 3 saves, 14IP 7H 4BB 10K)

–SP Chris Bootcheck was very impressive in his first start of the year Saturday, earning the win and throwing five shutout innings.

–OF Leandro Castro leads Lehigh Valley OF in assists with 4.

Probables: Wednesday: Lincoln; Thursday: Bootcheck; Friday: Smith; Saturday: Enright

Transactions:  INF Addison Maruszak rejoined the team after spending one day in Reading;  David Buchanan was called up to Philadelphia to replace Cliff Lee in the Phillies rotation. Replacing Buchanan in Lehigh Valley is Chris Bootcheck, who had been on the DL and rehabbing in Florida. P Kyle Simon, who had been awful with Lehigh Valley was sent down to Reading;  Replacing him on the IronPigs roster is Hector Neris, promoted from Reading. RP Justin DeFratus was called up to Philadelphia, following Luis Garcia’s injury (forearm strain).  Replacing DeFratus on the IronPigs roster is BJ Rosenberg, who was activated from the DL after missing a month with a concussion.