The stateside affiliates went 3-1.  Lehigh Valley kicked butt.  Reading rallied and held on.  Jersey Shore got two-hit,  and Clearwater see-sawed back and forth for six innings before breaking the game open.

The FCL Phillies had the first game of a DH suspended on Monday and were off on Tuesday.  Both DSL teams won their first games on Monday.  On Tuesday, Red lost and White won.

Lehigh Valley (28-38) beat Worcester, 14-5.  Chase Anderson (1-2, 5.71) pitched 5.2 innings and gave up 3 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks.  Jake Hernandez (10.29) pitched 0.1 innings and allowed an inherited runner to score and gave up a run on a hit and a walk.  Damon Jones (6.45) gave up one run in one inning on a hit and 3 walks.  Mike Adams (0.93) pitched the final two innings and allowed one hit and no runs.

Odubel Herrera went 3-4 with a run scored, walk, and RBI from the leadoff spot.  Dalton Guthrie (.362) went 2-5 with 2 runs scored, a double, and an RBI.  Darick Hall (.193) went 2-3 with 3 runs scored, 2 walks, and  2 doubles.  Ryan Cordell hit his 12th HR and had 3 RBI.

Reading (27-40) beat New Hampshire, 9-8.   The Phils fell behind 6-0, tied the game at 6 and then 7 before going in front by 2 and holding on for the win.  Francisco Morales (7.11) pitched two innings and gave up 3 runs on one hit and 5 walks.  Tyler Carr (6.03) pitched 1.2 innings and gave up3 runs on 5 hits and a walk.  Zach Warren (2.96) stranded an inherited runner but gave up a run on 2 walks.  Brian Marconi (1-1, 2.42) Allowed one of three inherited runners to score and pitched 1.2 scoreless innings giving up a hit and 2 walks.  Braden Zarbniskey (3.26) earned his fifth save with two one-run innings.  He gave up a solo HR and struck out three.

Daniel Brito (.298) went 3-5 with 2 runs scored, a walk, and an RBI.  Arquimedes Gamboa (.224) went 1-3 with a 2-run HR (7), 2 walks, and 3 RBI.  Bryson Stott (.259) went 2-5 with a double and run scored.  Madison Stokes (.263) went 2-5 with a run scored and RBI.  Rodolfo Duran (.206) went 3-5 with a run scored. Grenny Cumana (.313) went 2-5 with a run scored and RBI.

Jersey Shore (29-38) lost to Winston-Salem, 6-0 on 2 hits.  Jonathan Hughes (3-4, 4.98) pitched five innings and gave up 5 runs on 9 hits.  Andrew Brown went two innings and gave up an unearned run on 2 hits.  Blake Brown pitched a scoreless inning walking two.

Jhailyn Ortiz (.242) and Matt Kroon (.154) had the BlueClaws only hits.  The Claws drew 4 walks.  But, 2 of their 6 base runners were cut down trying to steal.  Kroon had an outfield assist at home.

Clearwater (33-33) beat Tampa, 12-6.  When we last saw Rodolfo Sanchez (5.84) a week ago, he struck out 10 batters in 3.1 innings.  Last night, he went 3.1 innings and gave up 3 runs on 2 hits and 4 walks while striking out four.  Gabriel Yanez (5-0, 2.54) got the win allowing an inherited runner to score and pitching 1.2 innings giving up 2 runs on 2 hits and 2 HR.  He did strike out four.   Fernando Lozano (2.08) pitched the best going three innings allowing one run on 4 hits and a walk.  Carlos Francisco (2.61) pitched one scoreless inning giving up 2 hits.

Jadiel Sanchez hit a solo HR (1) in the first inning.  Marcus Lee Sang drove in a run with a ground our in the second.  Abrahan Gutierrez hit a solo HR (5) in the fourth.  Nicolas Torres drove in 2 runs in the fifth on a 2-run double.  Micah Yonamine drove in a run with a ground out in the sixth.  The Threshers scored 5 runs in the seventh on Rixon Wingrove’s 2-run double, bases-loaded walk,s to Lee Sang and Yonamine, and Luis Garcia’s RBI single.  They added a run in the eighth on another bases-loaded walk to Yonamine.

Sanchez (.319), Torres (.253), and Wingrove (.231) each had 2 hits.  Torres, Wingrove, and Lee Sang (.227) each had 2 RBI.  Yonamine (.148) had 3 RBI and 3 walks.

FCL Phillies (8-6) Monday’s game was suspended after three innings because of heavy rain with the FCL Phillies leading the FCL Tigers East, 12-0.  Adam Haseley smoked a 2-run HR in the third inning.no Sunday games in the FCL.  The game will be completed on 7/24.  The second game of the DH will be made up on 7/30.  No game scheduled on Tuesday.

DSL Phillies Red (1-5) picked up their first win of the season beating the DSL Nationals on Monday, 3-1 – Rickardo Perez (.286) went 1-3; and lost to the Nationals, 3-1 on Tuesday – Rickardo Perez (.294) went 1-3.

DSL Phillies White (2-4) picked up their first win of the season beating the DSL Brewers1 on Monday, 3-1 – Yermal Flores (.235) went 0-2 with a walk but was replaced late in the game; and beat the Brewers1, 4-3 on Tuesday – Flores DNP.

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Transactions

7/20/2021 – Phillies sent CF Odubel Herrera on a rehab assignment to Lehigh Valley
7/20/2021 – Phillies placed RHP Zach Eflin on the 10-day IL, patella tendonitis
7/20/2021 – Phillies activated RHP Aaron Nola from the 10-day IL
7/20/2021 – Phillies recalled RHP Mauricio Llovera from Lehigh Valley
7/20/2021 – Phillies recalled CF Mickey Moniak from Lehigh Valley
7/20/2021 – Phillies placed LHP Bailey Falter on the 10-day IL
7/20/2021 – Phillies placed RHP JD Hammer on the 10-day IL
7/20/2021 – Reading activated RHP Billy Sullivan from the 7-day IL
7/20/2021 – RHP Carlos A Francisco assigned to Clearwater from Jersey Shore
7/20/2021 – RHP Wilson Gherbaz assigned to FCL Phillies from Clearwater
7/19/2021 – Jersey Shore sent 3B Chris Cornelius on a rehab assignment to FCL Phillies
7/19/2021 – C Mitchell Edwards assigned to FCL Phillies
7/11/2021 – DSL Red released SS Raulyn Blanc