Lehigh Valley (11-10) Lost to Buffalo 2-1. Mark Appel went 5.1 innings (93 pitches) and gave up one earned run. Edward Mujica took the loss. Tommy Joseph continued his torrid hitting with 2 more hits. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 4/29/2016
Monthly Archives: April 2016
Falter and Ortiz Lead de Armas’ Team to XST Win; April 29, 2016
The Phillies traveled to the Blue Jays Spring Training Complex to play a pair of XST games today. Bailey Falter started for Coach Roly de Armas and provided three solid, shutout innings. Enger Jimenez had a couple RBIs. And Jhailyn Ortiz picked up a couple of outfield assists as the Phillies won 5-1. Continue reading Falter and Ortiz Lead de Armas’ Team to XST Win; April 29, 2016
Box Score Recap – 4/28/2016
Lehigh Valley (11-9) No game scheduled. Mark Appel (3-0, 1.62 ERA) is scheduled to start Friday.
Reading (13-7) No Game scheduled. Alec Asher (1-2, 3.20 ERA) is scheduled to start Friday.
Clearwater (15-6) Beat Daytona and took two of three from the Tortugas. The Threshers received five solid innings from John Richy in his first start after coming off the DL. Cord Sandberg provided an early lead with his first home run of the season. The Threshers broke a 1-1 tie with 4 runs in the sixth, making Richy the eventual game winner. Victor Arano and Alexis Rivero made the lead stand up, albeit not without some late innings drama. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 4/28/2016
Box Score Recap – 4/27/2016
Lehigh Valley (11-9) Beat Scranton 2-0. Zach Eflin pitched 6.1, four hit innings. Colton Murray stranded 2 inherited runners. Edward Mujica picked up his sixth save. Tommy Joseph homered in the ninth to extend the lead. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 4/27/2016
Box Score Recap – 4/26/2016
Terrible trend last night among the affiliates. Everybody found a way to lose late. Lehigh Valley and Clearwater scored late only to lose in walk offs. Reading gave up late runs after forging a tie to lose. And Lakewood blew a lead late and lost in extra innings. But the Phillies beat that Nats, so there’s that.
Lehigh Valley (10-9) Tied the game in the top of the ninth only to lose 4-3 in ten innings to Scranton. Reinier Roibal got the start in a “bull pen game” when Adam Morgan’s start was skipped. Andrew Knapp and Taylor Featherston hit home runs. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 4/26/2016
Box Score Recap – 4/25/2016
Lehigh Valley (10-8) Fell behind early and lost to Scranton, 5-2. Jake Thompson lasted 5.0 innings and gave up 5 runs in the second and third innings. He allowed eight hits and struck out six. He walked none. Nick Williams hit his first home run. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 4/25/2016
Lehigh Valley Report
With a 5-3 win over Pawtucket on Sunday, Lehigh Valley improved to 5-1, two thirds of the way through their nine game road trip. The road trip continues with a three game series in Scranton, before returning home for a weekend series against Buffalo. At 10-7, the ‘Pigs are in first place of the Northern Division of the International League. After starting the year 2-5, the ‘Pigs have won 8 of their last 10 games.
News and Notes: Edward Mujica has five consecutive saves, throwing 6.1 innings, without yielding an earned run during that span.
-INF Taylor Featherston has a 13 game hitting streak, during which time he is hitting .438. Continue reading Lehigh Valley Report
2016 Draft Discussion, April 25th
The 2016 draft discussion continues here. These discussions will be accessible under the draft menu for reference. Continue reading 2016 Draft Discussion, April 25th
Open Discussion: Week of April 25th
Here’s the open discussion thread for Phillies’ talk and other topics. Continue reading Open Discussion: Week of April 25th
Box Score Recap – 4/24/2016
Lehigh Valley (10-7) Beat Pawtucket, 5-3. David Buchanan allowed 9 hits and 3 runs in 6.2 innings. Bobby LaFromboise blew the save, got the win. Edward Mujica got his 5th save. Nick Williams had 3 hits, Andrew Knapp had 2 RBI. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 4/24/2016
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