Only one win last night.  Lehigh Valley couldn’t keep pace and lost by nine.  Reading received solid pitching and won.  Jersey Shore was shutout in a game they were in most of the way.  And, Clearwater saw their winning streak come to an end despite ten hits and some strong pitching.

Clearwater (9-9) lost to the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels, 3-2. link

Matt Osterberg was dominant for four innings.  He allowed just two base runners on a walk and single and one was cut down trying to steal second.  He ran into trouble in the fifth allowing a leadoff triple and double before being lifted in favor of Buddy Hayward who served up a 3-2 HR to surrender the lead.  Hayward retired the side in order after that.  Cam Wynne followed with three scoreless innings allowing 2 hits and striking out four.  (Wynne threw 27 pitches in three innings, 24 for strikes.)

The Threshers took an early lead with a run in the first.  Yhoswar Garcia reached on an error and stole both second and third.  He scored on Lee Hao Yu’s RBI single.  The Threshers scored a run in the seventh on Kendall Simmons’ two-out, RBI double.  Questionable baserunning ended rallies in the seventh and eighth.

Lehigh Valley (9-11) lost to the Scranton/WB RailRiders, 15-6. link

James Marvel was short of marvelous.  He lasted 3.2 innings and gave up 9 runs on 9 hits and 2 walks.  He struck out four but threw a wild pitch and balked twice.  Jake Hernandez pitched 0.1 innings and allowed one of two inherited runners to score.  Jake Newberry pitched two innings and gave up 2 runs on 2 hits and a walk.  Aaron Barrett gave up 4 runs in one inning on 5 hits.  Zach Warren filled the bases on 2 hits and a walk but avoided a run in his one inning.

The IronPigs opened with 3 runs in the first inning on Darick Hall’s 3-run HR.  They tied the game with 2 runs in the fourth on a bases-loaded walk and a double play.  They added one more run on Bryson Stott’s sac fly in the sixth.

Reading (6-12) beat the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, 5-1. link

Noah Skirrow was dominant thru five innings allowing an unearned run on 3 hits and a walk.  He struck out seven.  McKinley Moore followed with two scoreless innings walking two and striking out five.  Tyler Carr tossed a perfect frame.  Billy Sullivan finished with a scoreless inning with one walk.

The Phils took the lead in the second inning with three runs on an RBI single by Jack Conley and a wild pitch on a strikeout that scored 2 runs.  Conley provided an insurance run in the eighth with a solo HR.  Vito Friscia belted a solo HR in the ninth.

Conley went 2-4 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBIs.  Logan O’Hoppe went 2-5 with a double and a triple.  O’Hoppe’s .236 was the highest in the lineup.  Four are below .200.  The other four are below .215.

Jersey Shore (6-12) lost to the Aberdeen IronBirds, 4-0. link

Jhordany Mezquita threw a solid four innings.  He pitched shutout ball and allowed just 2 hits and a walk.  He struck out five.  Andrew Schultz gave up 2 runs in one inning of work on 2 hits and a walk.  Aidan Anderson tossed two shutout innings allowing one hit and striking out three.  Jason Ruffcorn pitched one inning and gave up a walk and 2-run HR.

The BlueClaws couldn’t generate many scoring opportunities.  And, couldn’t take advantage of the few they had.  Carlos De La Cruz went 2-3 with a double.  The Claws had 3 other hits and 2 walks.  They went 0-7 with runners in scoring position.

De La Cruz is batting .375, Baron Radcliff is at .250, Casey Martin is at .217, and the rest of the lineup is below .200.

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