Lehigh Valley (56-36)  lost to Rochester, 4-1.

Zach Eflin (1-2, 3.72) pitched 6.0 innings and gave up 2 runs on 2 hits and 2 walks.  He struck out four.  Colton Murray (5.96) gave up 2 runs  in one inning.   Yacksel Rios (pitched a clean inning in his debut.  Jesen Therrien (1.59) struck out 2 in one inning.

Scott Kingery (.304) and Jorge Alfaro (.249) had 2 hits each.  Alfaro had the lone RBI (39) on an RBI single in the ninth inning.

Reading (51-38)  lost to Binghamton, 2-1.

Ranfi Casimiro (1-2, 2.89) had trouble locating the strike zone.  He gave up 2 runs on 3 hits and 5 walks in 2.2 innings.  Shane Watson (4.60) relieved and stranded 2 inherited runners. He pitched 2.1 scoreless/hitless innings.  Austin Davis (2.32) pitched 2.0 scoreless innings. And, Victor Arano (1.93) finished up with 3 strike outs in 2.0 innings.

Jiandido Tromp (.300) provided the offense going 3-4 with a HR (12) and the only RBI (39).  Damek Tomscha went 1-4 in his AA debut.

Clearwater (48-42)  lost to Bradenton, 3-1.

Franklyn Kilome lasted just five innings allowing one run on 4 hits and 4 walks.  He struck out three, but had thrown 94 pitches, 50 strikes (53.2%) through those five innings.  Harold Arauz (1.06) struck out 2 in 1.0 inning.  Luke Leftwich (0-5, 3.08) struck out 3 in 2.0 innings, but gave up the eventual game-winning run in the seventh.  Jeff Singer came into a non-save situation and gave up a run.

The Threshers had three hits.  One of them was Jan Hernandez solo HR (11).

Cesar Hernandez went 0-2 with a walk in a rehab start.  He is hitless in 3 appearances.

Cornelius Randolph had an outfield assist (third base).

Lakewood (50-41)  beat Rome, 1-0.  A second gave was postponed, rain.

Mauricio Llovera (1.90) threw the first 5.0 innings of a seven inning shutout.  He allowed 2 hits, walked one, and struck out nine.  Ismael Cabrera (5-5, 3.89) got the win striking out 2 in 1.0 inning.  Will Hibbs (0.93) struck out 2 in a scoreless inning and picked up his 10th save.

Darick Hall’s (.271) solo HR (18) in the sixth inning proved to be the winning run.

Mickey Moniak (.268) went 1-2 with a walk.

Williamsport (12-10)  beat Lowell, 4-0.

Kyle Young (4-0, 1.16) threw 5.0 shutout innings.  He gave up 3 hits, walked one, and struck out four.  Connor Brogdon (5.59) struck out 2 in 2.0 innings.  Damon Jones picked up his first save with 4 strike outs in 2.0 innings.

Jhailyn Ortiz (.290) provided most of the offense.  He went 2-4 with a double, HR (4), and 3 RBI (15).  Adam Haseley (.372) went 1-3 with a double, RBI, and walk.

The Crosscutters scored in the fifth on Ortiz’ solo HR (4).  They added 2 runs in the sixth on Ortiz’ 2-out, 2-run double.  And tacked on a finak run in the eighth on Haseley’s RBI double.

In Kyle Young’s 4 victories, he has a cumulative 20 IP, 9 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 25 K, 0.70 WHIP, .132 AVG, 273 pitches/177 strikes (64.8%).

GCL Phillies (10-6) beat the GCL Blue Jays, 5-0.

Ethan Lindow made his professional debut and threw two scoreless innings.  he gave up 2 hits and struck out four.  His outing consisted of 27 pitches.  His FB was 85-87 MPH.

Jose Jimenez (1-0, 4.05) came in and threw five, scoreless innings.  He gave up 3 hits and struck out three.  Jimenez’ FB was 87-89 MPH.  Robinson Martinez (4.26) and Rafael Carvajal (1.29) each threw a scoreless inning.  Carval struck out two, including a game-ending, swinging strike out on an off speed pitch.

The Phillies scored 2 runs in the second on a sacrifice fly by Edwin Rodriguez and an RBI double by Kipp Moore.  They score 3 more in the third on a wild pitch, a Quincy Nieporte RBI double, and a Bryan Gonzalez sacrifice fly.

Simon Muzziotti (.321) went 2-4 with a run  scored and 2 stolen base.  Quincy Nieporte (.462) went 2-3 with 2 runs scored, a double, and RBI.

Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.

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Transactions:

• 7/14 – Clearwater Threshers activated 2B Derek Campbell from the 7-day disabled list
• 7/14 – Clearwater Threshers placed RF Jose Pujols on the 7-day disabled list
• 7/13 – Phillies sent RHP Vince Velasquez on a rehab assignment to Clearwater
• 7/13 – RHP Yacksel Rios assigned to Lehigh Valley from Reading Fightin Phils
• 7/13 – 3B Harold Martinez assigned to Reading Fightin Phils from Lehigh Valley
• 7/13 – Lehigh Valley placed RHP Mark Appel on the 7-day DL. Right shoulder strain
• 7/13 – Lehigh Valley activated 1B Rhys Hoskins from the temporarily inactive list
• 7/13 – Lehigh Valley activated 2B Scott Kingery from the temporarily inactive list
• 7/13 – 3B Damek Tomscha assigned to Reading Fightin Phils from Clearwater.
• 7/13 – 3B Harold Martinez assigned to Reading Fightin Phils from Lehigh Valley
• 7/13 – Reading Fightin Phils activated RHP Miguel Nunez from the 7-day disabled list
• 7/13 – Clearwater sent 2B Derek Campbell on a rehab assignment to GCL Phillies.
• 7/13 – GCL Phillies released RHP Jesus De Los Santos.
• 7/13 – RHP Bailey Cummings assigned to GCL Phillies.
• 7/12 –  Phillies signed RHP Bailey Cummings
• 7/12 – Phillies sent 2B Cesar Hernandez on a rehab assignment to Clearwater
• 7/12 – RHP Trevor Bettencourt assigned to Clearwater from Lakewood BlueClaws
• 7/12 – RHP Will Hibbs assigned to Lakewood BlueClaws from Clearwater Threshers
• 7/12 – LHP Ethan Lindow assigned to GCL Phillies
• 7/12 – RHP Ben Brown assigned to GCL Phillies
• 7/11 – Lakewood BlueClaws released 1B Brett Barbier
• 7/11 – C Gregori Rivero assigned to Lakewood from Williamsport Crosscutters
• 7/11 –  Sent RHP Seranthony Dominguez on a rehab assignment to GCL Phillies
• 7/11 – Nerluis Martinez assigned to Williamsport Crosscutters from GCL Phillies
• 7/10 – Phillies activated RHP Jerad Eickhoff from the 10-day disabled list
• 7/10 – Lehigh Valley IronPigs activated RHP Zach Eflin from the 7-day disabled list.
• 7/10 – Phillies transferred RHP Casey Fien from the 10-day DL to the 60-day DL. Shoulder impingement
• 7/10 – Lehigh Valley IronPigs released RHP Mark Peterson
• 7/10 – Reading Fightin Phils released RHP John Richy
• The organization’s rosters are up to date.