The good news is that only one of the affiliates was no-hit last night. And, that was because they were rained out. Bazinga.
Lehigh Valley swept a doubleheader. Darick Hall (.294/.362/.706/1.068, 9 HR, 28 RBI, 1.000 Fld% in 159 chances) hit 3 HR and 2 doubles. Reading and Jersey Shore both lost scoring one run each. Clearwater was rained out.
Clearwater (9-9) rainout v. the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels to be made up on 4/30. link
Andrew Painter is scheduled to pitch Game One at 4:30 PM. TBD is scheduled for Game Two.
Lehigh Valley (11-11) swept the Scranton/WB RailRiders, 11-3 and 7-3. link
Game One: Michael Mariot (1-0, 5.66) gave up 3 runs in five innings on 6 hits and a walk. He struck out three. Tyler Cyr (4.05) tossed a clean inning. Michael Kelly walked one in a scoreless inning.
The IronPigs opened the scoring with 2 runs in the first inning on solo HRs by Darick Hall and Dustin Peterson. They tied the game in the third on Hall’s RBI double. They took the lead with 3 runs in the fifth on Peterson’s 2-run double and a wild pitch. They added 3 more insurance runs in the sixth on a solo HR by Bryson Stott and a 2-run HR by Hall. They tacked on 2 more runs in the seventh on Stott’s RBI triple and Donny Sands’ RBI single.
Stott (.333) went 2-4 with 3 runs scored, a triple, a walk, and 2 RBI. Sands (.328) went 2-5 with 2 runs scored and an RBI. Hall (.284) went 4-5 with 3 runs scored, 2 doubles, 2 HR, and 4 RBI. Peterson (.219) went 2-4 with 2 runs scored, a double, and 3 RBI. Nick Maton (.159) went 0-1 with 3 walks.
Game Two: In a bullpen game, Jeff Singer (3.24) gave up an earned run in one inning on 4 walks. Joe Gatto (2-0, 5.40) pitched a scoreless inning walking two. Mark Appel (2.38) pitched three scoreless innings and allowed one hit and 2 walks. Braeden Ogle (6.00) pitched a scoreless inning walking one. Nick Duron (3.24) gave up 2 runs in the seventh on 2 walks and 2 hits including a solo HR.
The IronPigs took the lead in the third on Jorge Bonifacio’s 2-run single. Darick Hall added 2 insurance runs in the fifth on a 2-run HR. They tacked on 3 more runs in the seventh on Nick Maton’s 3-run HR.
Dustin Peterson (.257) went 2-3 with 3 runs scored and a walk. Hall (.294) went 2-4 with 2 runs scored, a HR (9), and 2 RBI. Bonifacio (.234) went 2-4 with 2 RBI. Maton (.182) went 2-3 with a run scored, double, HR (4), walk, and 3 RBI.
Reading (6-13) lost to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, 2-1. link
Adam Leverett (1-3, 6.05) pitched five innings and gave up 2 runs on 7 hits. He walked none and struck out seven. Both runs came on solo HRs in the fifth. Seems like leaving a pitcher in one inning too long is an organizational thing. Bazinga. Austin Ross (2.08) tossed two perfect innings striking out one. Julian Garcia (10.13) tossed an exciting inning walking two, hitting a batter, but escaping without allowing a run.
The Phils cut the lead to one run with a run in the sixth on a groundout. The Phils collected 6 hits and drew 4 walks, but went 0-7 with RISP. A caught stealing derailed their best chance to put up a crooked number in the sixth. A double play stunted another.
Jersey Shore (6-13) lost to the Aberdeen IronBirds, 6-1. link
Ben Brown (0-1, 5.68) pitched five innings and allowed 3 runs on 4 hits including 2 HR. He walked 2 and struck out four. Carlos Francisco (6.75) pitched a clean inning. Andrew Baker (9.00) pitched a scoreless inning walking one. JP Woodward (10.38) put the game out of reach allowing 3 runs in one inning on 4 hits. He did strike out two.
The BlueClaws pulled within 2 runs in the seventh on a groundout. The hapless Jersey offense collected 4 singles. they went 0-2 with RISP and struck out 13 times while drawing 0 walks.
Rosters and Stuff
Not up to date, yet.
A bunch of pre-dated transactions appeared in early April assigning players to teams and/or IL lists. Those put on the 60-day IL will not count against the 180 player limit that goes into effect when Complex leagues start. Putting them on the 60 now means they can stay there until 60 days after they were assigned to the list or until such time after that 60-day date they are needed.
Some, like Tyler Phillips, have been added to the 60-day IL without a matching transaction. Another oddity is that a lot of these guys were on the 2022 Spring Training Roster and then the 2022 Extended Spring Training Roster.
Big loophole that makes it difficult to have current rosters until sometime in June.
Transactions
Lehigh Valley placed RHP Tyler Phillips on the 60-day IL
Jersey Shore placed LHP Spencer Van Scoyoc on the 60-day IL
Clearwater placed OF Jordan Viars on the 7-day IL
Clearwater placed OF Jefferson Encarnacion on the 60-day IL
4/25/2022 – CF Jefferson Encarnacion assigned to Clearwater from FCL Phillies
4/25/2022 – Clearwater placed LHP Corey Phelan on the 60-day IL
4/17/2022 – Lehigh Valley placed SS Dalton Guthrie on the 7-day IL
4/08/2022 – Reading placed RHP Trevor Bettencourt on the 60-day IL
4/08/2022 – Reading placed LHP Taylor Lehman on the 60-day IL
4/08/2022 – Reading placed RHP Joel Cesar on the 60-day IL
4/08/2022 – Reading placed LF Josh Stephen on the 60-day IL
4/08/2022 – Reading placed RHP Blake Brown on the 60-day IL
4/08/2022 – Jersey Shore placed RHP Albertus Barber on the 60-day IL
4/08/2022 – Jersey Shore placed RHP Chase Antle on the 60-day IL
4/08/2022 – Jersey Shore placed LHP Keylan Killgore on the 60-day IL
4/08/2022 – Jersey Shore placed RHP Brett Schulze on the 7-day IL
4/08/2022 – Jersey Shore placed RHP Tom Sutera on the 60-day IL
4/08/2022 – LHP Spencer Van Scoyoc assigned to Jersey Shore from Clearwater
4/08/2022 – Clearwater placed LHP Samuel Aldegheri on the 60-day IL
4/08/2022 – Clearwater placed RHP Eduar Segovia on the 60-day IL
4/08/2022 – Clearwater placed RHP Sam Jacobsak on the 60-day IL
4/08/2022 – Clearwater placed RHP Nicoly Pina on the 60-day IL
4/08/2022 – Clearwater placed RHP Starlyn Castillo on the 60-day IL
4/08/2022 – OF Jordan Viars assigned to Clearwater from FCL Phillies
4/07/2022 – Phillies signed RHP Austin Ross
4/06/2022 – RHP Tyler Carr assigned to FCL Phillies from Reading
4/05/2022 – Lehigh Valley placed RHP Cam Bedrosian on the 7-day IL
4/01/2022 – RHP Mark Potter assigned to FCL Phillies from Jersey Shore
Phuture Phillies 
The most disappointing start has to be by Jersey Shore where we have lots of prospects. We need them to pick it up.
Hall is really hitting the ball and has cut down on his swing and miss. However, he’s limited to 1b so only an injury to Hoskins would get him to the majors.
remember they do have the dh now, so he could be a solid pinch hitter, dh once a week and play 1b once a week?
Between Harper, Castellanos and Schwarber (not to mention Hoskins and Bohm) I think the DH spot is locked up for awhile. There’s no room for a Matt Stairs type on rosters anymore, and its not likely that Hall could even be that guy. He’ll eventually get a chance but probably with another org.
I saw the stat that Derrick Hall is 7th all time in Phillies MILB home runs. I tried to find list but couldn’t find it.
Any help with a link? Thx.
Denny…and I believe first in HBPs……his OBP has got a boost over the years from that.
So that’s where Josh Stephen went.
Van Scoyoc, Antle and Schulze – it stinks that those guys have missed so much time at the very start of their careers. Is Schulze due back this season? He avoided the 60-day list at least.
Hope the weather holds everywhere … Miller, Abel ann’s Painter scheduled to pitch today