Clearwater (1-2) beat Dunedin 8-3.
Alejandro Requena (1-0, 1.80) had a strong outing. He pitched 5.0 innings and held the Blue Jays to one run on 3 hits and 2 walks while striking our eight. He threw 72 pitches, 52 for strikes (66.7%). He throws a 4-pitch mix of FB, CB, SL, CH. He had preety good command of each, hitting his spots, keeping the Jays batters off balance, and pitching backward sometimes to great effect. Continue reading Threshers Recap – 4/6/2019
Clearwater (0-2) blew a middle inning lead and lost to the Dunedin Blue Jays, 7-3.
Damon Jones came out firing. He struck out 8 batters in 3.0 innings. His FB sat 92-94 and touched 95 twice in the first inning. His slider was deceptive and he used his CB to keep hitters off balance. Problem was he “Aumontian” with his control. He threw 74 pitches, just 37 for strikes (50%). The Jays stacked their line up with right-handed bats, and took pitches. Jones pitched from behind a lot, only 5 of 13 first pitch strikes. He missed a lot with his FB. Usually up and away. I mean up and away in that the catcher had to come out of his crouch to catch the pitches. Continue reading Threshers Recap – 4/5/2019
Play ball! The minor leagues opened their seasons last night. Four of the Phillies affiliates played. Only Reading posted a victory. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 4/4/2019
The Phillies began their 2019 season with an opening day win on Thursday. They followed that with a second-game win on Saturday. As I type this, they are tied with the Braves on Sunday Night Baseball. So far, the Phillies have run out the same 8 players, in the same defensive positions, and in the same slots in the batting order all three games. Bet that hardly happened last year. Continue reading Open Discussion: Week of April 1, 2019
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