Our teams split four games yesterday. Clearwater was three-hit in a one-sided loss. Lehigh Valley threw away a game in the ninth inning. Reading won again. And, Jersey Shore ended a 20-inning scoreless streak and three-game losing streak with a big win.
Clearwater (18-18) lost to Tampa, 12-5.
Tampa pounded their way to victory with 10 hits and 12 walks. Cristian Hernandez pitched four innings and gave up 6 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks while striking out seven. Brendan Bell pitched one inning and gave up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks. Fernando Lozano went 2.2 innings and gave up 3 runs on 3 hits and 4 walks. Tyler Adams stranded one runner and went 1.1 innings and walked three.
The Threshers closed to within a run with 2 runs in the second inning on Carlos De La Cruz’ RBI double and a ground out by Yhoswar Garcia. They scored 3 runs in the fifth on Juan Aparicio’s 3-run HR (3). The Threshers collected just 3 hits but did draw 7 walks and an HBP.
The Threshers were out-homered over the weekend, 9-2.
Lehigh Valley (18-18) lost to Rochester, 7-3.
The IronPigs came back twice to tie the game before fumbling the game away in the ninth.
They tied the game with 2 runs in the second on a fielder’s choice (no out) and a double play. They tied the game again in the sixth on Nick Maton’s solo HR (1). The IronPigs managed just 4 hits – Maton’s homer, Adam Haseley’s double in the second, and singles by Scott Kingery and Rubin Tejada.
Matt Moore pitched five innings and gave up 3 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks. He struck out five. Mauricio Llovera pitched a clean inning. Julian Garcia pitched two solid innings before unraveling in the ninth with the help of a throwing error that might have been an inning-ending double play and a grand slam home run. Garcia finished with three innings and 4 runs (3 ER) on 3 hits and a walk.
Reading (11-25) beat Hartford, 7-4. That’s 6 out of 7 for the Fightin’ Phils.
Hartford built an early 4-run lead. Mark Appel started and gave up 4 runs in four innings on 6 hits and a walk. He struck out four. All four runs scored on the 3 home runs he served. The bullpen responded with five innings of one-hit ball. Tyler Carr pitched two innings, walked one, and struck out one. Zach Warren got the win with one, one-hit inning striking out two. Jake Hernandez earned his third save with two perfect innings and 5 strikeouts.
The Phils’ started their comeback with 2 runs in the fourth inning on Matt Vierling’s RBI triple and Jorge Bonifacio RBI single. They closed within one in the sixth with a run on Madison Stokes’ solo HR (2). They took control in the seventh with 4 runs on Vierling’s RBI single and Bonifacio’s 3-run HR (6).
Vierling went 3-4 with 2 runs scored, a triple, and 2 RBI. Bonifacio went 2-4 with a run scored, a HR (6), and 4 RBI. Daniel Brito went 2-4 with a run scored and a double. Dalton Guthrie went 2-4 with a double.
Jersey Shore (15-19) beat Wilmington, 8-1.
Jonathan Hughes pitched 4.2 innings and gave up one run on 6 hits. He walked none and struck out three. Blake Brown came in with a runner on third base and stranded him by retiring the only batter he faced. Victor Santos tossed three, scoreless innings. He gave up 2 hits and a walk while striking out five. Nick Lackney struck out two in the one inning he pitched.
The BlueClaws took a brief lead with a run in the first inning on Logan O’Hoppe’s RBI single. They took the lead back with 6 runs in the sixth inning on Jonathan Guzman’s bases-loaded walk, a fielding error, Herbert Iser’s 2-run double, Hunter Markwardt’s RBI single, and a wild pitch. They tacked on a run in the seventh on Iser’s RBI single. O’Hoppe went 2-5 with a run scored and an RBI. Iser went 2-4 with a run scored, double, and 3 RBI.
GCL Phillies East and GCL Phillies West (runs 6/28 thru 9/12)
DSL Phillies Red and DSL Phillies White (starts 7/12 thru 10/2)
Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.
The rosters and lists are up to date as of June 13th … there are 304 players in the org
- organization’s rosters (6/13)
- organization’s injury list (6/13)
- organization’s Rule 5 eligibility list (6/13)
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Vierling is certainly having a great year so far. He had good stretches in 2019 but not this good or for this long. Very encouraging and he’s certainly a new addition to the top 30 list.
Hey Jim – any word on Muzzioti? Thanks