There were a couple of postponements last night, two one-hitters, one win, and two losses. Lehigh Valley and Reading were rained out. Jersey Shore got crushed. And Clearwater and Bradenton exchanged one-hitters. The FCL Phillies were not scheduled to play.
Lehigh Valley (24-32) postponed.
Reading (23-33) postponed, makeup on July 10th.
Jersey Shore (25-32) lost to Wilmington, 13-5.
Jhordany Mezquita (1-4, 6.20) threw 36 pitches and got only two outs. He gave up 3 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks. Aidan Anderson stranded three inherited runners and pitched 3.1 innings of one-hit ball striking out four. Carlo Reyes threw 33 pitches to get one out in the fifth and gave up 6 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks. Carlos Francisco pitched 2.1 innings and gave up 4 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks. JP Woodward stranded two inherited runners and pitched 2.1 one-hit innings.
The BlueClaws scored a run in the fourth inning on Keaton Greenwalt’s RBI single. They scored one run in the sixth on Vito Friscia’s sac fly. They scored a run in the eighth on a ground out. And 2 runs in the ninth on Logan O’Hoppe’s 2-run HR (9).
O’Hoppe went 4-5 with 4 runs scored a HR (9) and 2 RBI. Greenwalt went 3-4 with an RBI.
Clearwater (30-27) split one-hitters with Bradenton, winning 3-0 and losing 5-0.
Game One: Cristian Hernandez pitched 4.2 innings. He allowed one hit and walked six. Gabriel Yanez (4-0, 0.79) stranded one inherited runner and tossed 2.1, no-hit innings, walking two. The Threshers scored a run in the first on Kendall Simmons‘ RBI double. They scored 2 runs in the seventh on Luis Garcia’s RBI single and Johan Rojas‘ sac fly. Rojas went 2-3 with a run scored and an RBI.
Game Two: Rodolfo Sanchez (0-3, 5.93) pitched two innings and gave up 3 runs on one hit (a 3-run HR) and 2 walks. Anton Kuznetsov pitched 2.1 innings and gave up 2 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks. Brendan Bell stranded two inherited runners and pitched 1.2 innings allowing no runs, 2 hits, and a walk. Nicolas Torres went 1-3 and had the only hit.
FCL Phillies (3-3) no game scheduled.
DSL Phillies Red and DSL Phillies White seasons run 7/12 thru 10/2.
Recent Transactions –
7/08/2021 – Lehigh Valley placed LHP Ethan Evanko on the 7-day IL
7/08/2021 – C Freddy Francisco assigned to FCL Phillies from Lehigh Valley
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Looks like O’Hoppe should be in Reading soon. He’s really hot right now. Gutierrez could be promoted right behind him too. The draft starting on Sunday will cause some movement and probably some releases too.
I also think Ortiz will go with O’Hoppe when the time comes.
True, he needs to perform in AA soon.
Why “soon”? He’s 21. He’s arguably even ahead of pace at this point for a catcher.
I agree he should be promoted once it’s clear he’s dominating at the level, but O’Hoppe is perfectly age appropriate. So there’s no need to rush him.
Ortiz!
I have no idea what DD is going to do before the trade deadline but one area of depth for the Phillies farm system is catcher to do a deal..
O’Hoppe’s splits are tremendous (great progress each month) and if he hits like this for another 2-3 weeks, I could see him getting a promotion. A catcher who can really hit is one of the most rare assets in baseball and I hope they hold onto him as someone who could succeed Realmuto in 3 or 4 years.
I think he was helped tremendously by being sent to the alternate site (LHV) last summer.
Does anyone know what is happening with Seranthony Dominguez? Has he started throwing yet?