Lehigh Valley won 6-5, its second game of the season. Joely Rodriguez allowed 4 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks in 5.0 innings. Hector Neris blew the save but got the win. He struck out 3 in his 2.0 innings. Colton Murray got the save. Maikel Franco contributed a home run and 2 RBIs. Syracuse struck out 10 IronPig batters. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 4/14/2015
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Box Score Recap – 4/13/2015
Lehigh Valley blew a ninth inning lead and lost to Syracuse, 5-4. Paul Clemens allowed 3 runs (2 earned) in 6.0 innings. Mike Nesseth pitched a scoreless inning. Cesar Jimenez blew the save in the ninth inning and took the loss. The Chiefs line up included Tony Gwynn, Steven Lerud, and Cutter Dykstra.
Reading lost 4-3 to New Hampshire. Tom Windle scattered 9 hits over 6.0 innings. He allowed one run on a home run. Elvis Araujo blew the save and took the loss when he surrendered a 3-run home run in the eighth inning. Both homers and all 4 RBIs were the work of Jake Fox, remember him? Roman Quinn went 3 for 4 with a double and a triple. Brock Stassi and Art Charles had 2 hits each. Brian Pointer pitched in with a solo home run.
Clearwater dropped an 8-1 decision to Jupiter. Colin Kleven gave up 7 of the runs on 11 hits. The Threshers managed just 6 singles. Dom Brown had 2 of them and their only RBI.
Lakewood defeated Greensboro 4-1 and raised their record to 3-2. Chris Oliver outpitched Ben Holmes over 5 innings. Yes, that Ben Holmes. Oliver struck out 5 in his 5.0 IP. Austin Davis (Hold) and Matt Hockenberry (Save) each pitched 1-hit ball in 4.0 innings of relief. Jiandido Tromp went 3 for 3. Malquin Canelo and Carlos Tocci had 2 hits each. Tocci had 3 RBIs and Damek Tomscha added one.
Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.
Open Discussion: Week of April 13th
Here’s an open discussion thread so the minor league posts don’t get cluttered with Phillies’ talk and other topics.
Let’s see. The Phillies are 3-3 and took 2 of 3 from the Nationals. The Braves are 5-1. Young Cody Asche (.429) was been benched twice in 6 games in favor of 31-year old, journeyman Andres Blanco (.375). Eight of 12 roster players are hitting between .222 and .077. Reading’s Brock Stassi has as many home runs (2) as the entire Phillies’ roster in half as many games.
Box Score Recap – 4/12/2015
Lehigh Valley wins its first game of the season with a 16th inning walk-off against Pawtucket. And walk-off an accurate description for the game-winning at bat as Russ Canzler drew a walk to force in the winning run. In another twist, Canzler was also the winning pitcher. He moved from DH to the mound in the top of the inning as the IronPigs 6th pitcher. Adam Morgan scattered 6 hits and 3 walks in his first four innings of the season. Maikel Franco went 3 for 7 with 2 run-scoring doubles. Tommy Joseph doubled in a game-tying run in the 13th inning.
Reading beat the Portland Seadogs 10-2. Zach Eflin made his debut and did not disappoint. He scattered 4 hits over 6 shutout innings. He walked one and struck out two. Brock Stassi hit his second home run of the weekend and has 8 RBIs early in the season.
Clearwater losy 6-5 in a come from ahead loss. The Threshers collected 12 hits and forged two comebacks against the Dunedin Blue Jays. But, Miguel Nunez struggled, giving up 4 runs in 3.1 innings on 6 hits, 2 walks, 2 HBP while striking out none. Edubray Ramos blew the save and took the loss in his one inning of work. Mark Leiter pitched perfect baseball during his 3.2 innings of relief, striking out three. Dom Brown crushed a solo home run to right. Drew Stankiewicz collected 3 hits. Andrew Knapp and Dylan Cozens had 2 hits each. Cozens had 2 RBIs. Knapp had one.
Lakewood dropped an 8-0 shoutout to the Kannapolis Intimidators. Cord Sandberg and Tim Zeir each had two of the BlueClaws 5 hits. Ranfi Casimiro gave up 6 runs in 5.0 innings.
Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.
Box Score Recap – 4/11/2015
Lehigh Valley loses in 13 innings. Gonzalez pitched well in his start, Murray pitched well in relief. Franco picks up his second hit, another double.
Reading splits – Nola loses, Biddle pitches well and wins.
Clearwater gets walk-off, 2-1 win in 11th inning. Aaron Brown makes another unbelievable catch. Time to come up with an appropriate nickname? More here.
Lakewood ‘s Tyler Viza gets the win. Rhys Hoskins gets 3 hits, Grenny Cumana 2 hits, and Carlos Tocci goes hitless. All three are hitting .455. Herlis Rodriguez adds a go-ahead, 3-run home run.
Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.
Threshers Win on Astudillo’s Walk Off; April 11, 2015
The Threshers beat the Blue Jays in a game that featured a pitching duel between their respective pitching staffs. They won the game 2-1 on a 2-out, RBI single by Willians Astudillo in the eleventh inning.
The teams used a combined eight pitchers who scattered 18 hits and 3 walks while striking out 15 batters. Domonic Brown was given the night off after going 0-4 with 3 Ks in the first two games of the series. Michael Saunders started in left field and led off for the Jays and scored their only run in the first inning.
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Box Score Recap – 4/10/2015
Lehigh Valley scores 8 and loses by 2. Billingsley, Berken, and Knigge knocked around. But Neris pitched well, striking out the side in the ninth. Franco gets first hit, a double.
Reading postponed. Wet grounds.
Clearwater, no-hit for five innings, gets a great pitching performance from David Whitehead in 2-0 win. More here.
Lakewood loses in 12th inning. Outfielder Herlis Rodriguez pinch runs for Grullon in 9th inning. He remains in game as catcher for 3 innings. Say what? Josh Taylor scatters 7 hits thru 5 innings and strikes out 7 while allowing one run.
Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.
Threshers Win on the Road in Dunedin, 2-0; April 10, 2015
The Threshers rebounded from their season opening home loss against the Dunedin Blue Jays by beating them in their own home opener. The payback didn’t come easy as the Threshers were no-hit through 5 innings and scored their first run without benefit of a hit. But fortunaetly they scored enough to reward David Whitehead with a win for the solid effort he produced. Lee Ridenhour was perfect in a set-up role, and Ulises Joaquin persevered to save the victory.
The game again featured rehabbing major leaguers, Michael Saunders as DH and leadoff hitter for the Blue Jays and RF Domonic Brown batting third and playing 5 innings for the Threshers. Neither figured in the scoring. Continue reading Threshers Win on the Road in Dunedin, 2-0; April 10, 2015
Box Score Recap – 4/9/2015
Lehigh Valley is shut out while commiting 5 errors.
Reading is snowed out.
Clearwater turns triple play, Knapp gets 3 hits in loss. More here.
Lakewood gets 4 hits, wins on Tocci walk-off single. Tocci had 3 of the Blue Claws 4 hits. 5’5 Grenny Cumana had the 4th, a double over a drawn in outfield. Pinto excellent thru six.
Threshers Drop Home Opener 5-2; April 9, 2015
The Threshers opened the 2015 season with a home loss to the Dunedin Blue Jays. The game featured two rehabbing major leaguers, Michael Saunders as DH for the Blue Jays and Domonic Brown in RF for the Threshers. Neither figured in the scoring.
These are not the Matt Boyd/Dalton Pompey/Dwight Smith Blue Jays that were so dominant in the FSL last season. But they have restocked with prospects Mitch Nay (#11), Dawel Lugo (#18), and Matthew Dean (#19) who each hit opposite field home runs. Pitcher Jairo Labourt (#13) stymied the Threshers thru the first four innings before tiring in the fifth and sixth innings. The left-handed pitcher struck out Domonic Brown swinging in his only two ABs. Continue reading Threshers Drop Home Opener 5-2; April 9, 2015
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