Box Score Recap – 6/13/2014

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley got to Twins’ stud Alex Meyer early, knocking him out after two shaky innings where he threw 55 pitches, but only 29 for strikes. The Pigs’ staff made it hold up, shutting out the Rochester lineup on 10 hits and three walks. Brad Lincoln has an 18 inning scoreless streak going, and Luis Garcia hasn’t allowed a AAA run since April. He did have that little blip in there where he went to the bigs and got absolutely blasted over four appearances, but still.

Aaron Altherr, AKA “The Rhineland Rocket”, (yeah, almost no chance that sticks), continues to hit like a man possessed – his June OPS is up to 1.183. His hitting streak has cracked double digits, and he’s hitting .474 over the life of the streak. Goodness. And speaking of goodness, Severino Gonzalez struck out 10 over 6.1IP, though he also allowed nine hits, one of them of the “four bag” variety, and four runs. Take the goodness with the badness I suppose.

Every Blueclaw reached base safely, led by a rehabbing Cody Asche with two homeruns, and Carlos Tocci, Andrew Pullin and Andy Knapp, who all had three hits. Tocci’s OPS is back to .600, after an abysmal May had pulled it below. I notice also that he’s been caught stealing seven of the nine times he’s tried. That’s kinda lousy. Or all the way lousy. Or around 78% lousy, I guess.

Cord Sandberg had two hits in his NYPL debut, and Rhys Hoskins became the first 2014 draftee to take the field for the organization. Clearwater is on their all-star break, with Big Art Charles getting the team’s spot on the roster. The FSL is back Monday, as Lakewood’s break begins, with Crawford, Astudillo, Hiciano and Forsythe invited to that showcase.

Here’s the affiliate Scoreboard from MiLB. http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?sid=milb&org=143&ymd=20140613

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16 thoughts on “Box Score Recap – 6/13/2014”

  1. Decent night on the farm, Tocci is really making good progress, if he keeps it up we may have something here. The one thing he doesn’t seem to be is a base stealer – bummer.

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    1. I think Tocci’s problem is more ‘bad reads’ than physical ability. Once he masters the tactics he should be all good.

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  2. Altherr seems to be coming around after a slow start. Considering he got a late start because of his injury maybe he’s just starting to get his stroke down.
    Also, good to see Pullin hitting again. I got a little worried when he went cold after that hot streak a few weeks ago.

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  3. Tocci’s last 10 days:
    .364 / .462 / .576

    10 days ago I might not have thought he was physically capable of a stretch like that. ISO over .200!

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    1. Love seeing Tocci turn it around at the plate recently. Hopefully it continues a’la Franco in Lakewood in 2012. One thing I’ve noticed looking at his stats: He’s killing LHP (.807 OPS in 61 ABs) compared to RHP (.555 in 172 ABs). However, he draws far more walks and has hit 10 of his 13 XBH vs. righties. FWIW.

      Was the LHV game a makeup from an earlier date? Did I miss something, or wasn’t Tyson Gillies released?

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  5. Is it possible that Brad Lincoln could get a chance to start in the Phillies rotation when the trades start? He has pitched very well lately for Allentown.

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  6. Philabaltfan, do you watch the lhv games on tv??I dont think lincoln can start he really has nothing, I might think long man in blowouts, but not a starter,

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    1. No I live closer to Philadelphia and don’t get the LV or Reading games. How do you explain his current pitching with excellent results?

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      1. He’s an interesting case. He got absolutely rocked twice and then went in his current streak. That screams “new pitch” to me but i haven’t heard anything. Lincoln was a 1st rd pick once and was a starter so who knows. Aren’t we due to have a turnaround guy actually play well for us

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  7. He has been throwing 100 pitches in 5 innings. He has just been lucky that the other teams have not been scoring.

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