Box Score Recap (4/18/24)

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley lost. Reading split a couple of 8-inning games.  Jersey Shore lost.  And, Clearwater lost.

Lehigh Valley (7-8) lost to Scranton, 8-4.  Mick Abel (1-1, 6.94) pitched 5.0 innings and gave up 4 runs on 4 hits and 3 walks.  He struck out seven.  Nick Nelson (18.00) pitched 1.0 inning and gave up 2 runs on one hit and a walk.  He hit a batter struck out two.  Zac Houston (13.50) pitched 1.0 inning and gave up a run on a solo HR.  He struck out two. Tyler McKay (2.45) pitched 1.0 inning and gave up a run on one hit and 2 walks.  He hit a batter and struck out two.  

The IronPigs rallied for 4 runs in the seventh inning on an RBI single by David Dahl (.308) and a 3-run HR by Scott Kingery (5, .289).  Esteban Quiroz (.304) went 2-3.

Abel picked off a base runner.  An interesting note, Nick Podkul pinch hit for Darick Hall in the 8th inning against left-handed reliever Anthony Misiewicz (1.17).  I can’t remember a time when they pinch hit for Hall.

  • #2 Mick Abel (1-1, 6.94) – 5.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, HR
  • #11 Griff McGarry (1-0, 5.68) – DNP
  • #19 Simon Muzziotti (.226/.250/.419/.669) – DNP

Reading (4-8) split a doubleheader with Binghamton, losing 4-3 and winning 7-4.

Game One:  The Phils lost on a walk off in the eighth inning.  Christian McGowan made his first start of the season.  He pitched 3.2 innings and gave up 2 runs on 3 hits and a walk.  He hit a batter and struck out four.  Carlos Francisco (7.71) stranded two inherited runners and pitched 1.1 innings.  He walked one and struck out two.  Andrew Baker (9.00) pitched one inning and gave up an unearned run on a hit and a walk.  He struck out one and was charged with a blown save.  Tristan Garnett (1.50) pitched 1.1 innings and gave up an unearned run on 2 hits and 3 walks.  He hit a batter and was also charged with the walk off loss.

The Phils took the lead with a run in the third inning on an RBI single by Carlos De La Cruz.  They tied the game in the fourth on a solo HR by Kendall Simmons (1, .188).  They took a brief lead in the sixth on a solo HR by Marcus Lee Sang (1, .135).  Gabriel Rincones went 3-4.

Francisco picked off a runner.

  • #1 Andrew Painter – rehabbing from TJ surgery
  • #10 Gabriel Rincones (.286/.429/.679/1.108) – went 3-4 with a 2B
  • #13 Carlos De La Cruz (.175/.261/.200/.461) – went 1-4 with an RBI
  • #16 Christian McGowan – 3.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, HBP
  • #21 Caleb Ricketts (.143/.345/.143/.488) – went 0-3 with a BB
  • #26 Robert Moore (.333/.455/.389/.844) – DNP
  • #28 Jose Rodriguez (.216/.341/.351/.692) – went 0-4

Game Two:  The Phils rallied for a run in the sixth and 3 in the seventh to force extra innings.  They scored 3 runs in the eighth to get the W.  Matt Osterberg (1.98) pitched 5.0 innings and gave up 2 runs on 6 hits.  He walked none and struck out five.  Jordi Martinez (6.00) pitched one inning and gave up 2 runs (1 ER) on 2 hits.  He walked none and struck out one.  Tommy McCollum (1-1, 1.80) pitched the final two innings including the eighth with the unearned runner.  He allowed no runs, no hits, walked one, and struck out two.

The Phils finally broke through in the sixth inning with a run on a ground out by Carlos De La Cruz.  The tied the game with 3 runs in the seventh on a fielding error, an RBI single by Robert Moore, and a wild pitch.  They scored 3 runs in the eighth on a 2-run double by William Simoneit (.095) and a sacrifice fly Casey Martin (.048).  Trevor Schweke (.211) went 2-4 with a R.  Jose Rodriguez went 2-5.

  • #1 Andrew Painter – rehabbing from TJ surgery
  • #10 Gabriel Rincones (.286/.429/.679/1.108) – DNP
  • #13 Carlos De La Cruz (.175/.261/.200/.461) – went 1-4 with an RBI
  • #16 Christian McGowan – DNP
  • #21 Caleb Ricketts (.143/.345/.143/.488) – DNP
  • #26 Robert Moore (.318/.423/.364/.787) – went 1-4  with an RBI
  • #28 Jose Rodriguez (.216/.341/.351/.692) – went 2-5 with 2 R, 2B, RBI

Jersey Shore (7-5) lost to Brooklyn, 6-4.  The BlueClaws tied the game in the seventh and fell behind for good in the eighth.  Jean Cabrera started and pitched 6.0 solid innings.  He allowed no runs, 5 hits, 2 walks, and struck out four.  Danny Wilkinson pitched 0.2 innings.  He was victimized by defense and the guy who followed him out of the bullpen.  Wilkinson went K, BB, error (Brito), HBP, K and left with no runs scored and the bases loaded.  The next man up was Daniel Harper who allowed all three inherited runners to score on a BB, HBP, wild pitch.  He issued 2 more walks and forced in another run before being replaced by Gunner Mayer who got the final out.  The next inning, Mayer gave up a single and then got a K.  His catcher, Jordan Dissin, picked the runner off first.  But a BB and balk put a runner in scoring position.  A single gave Brooklyn back the lead.  After an intentional walk, Andrew Walling came in give up an insurance run on a single.  In all the bullpen kind of sucked although Wilkinson got a Hold..

  • Wilkinson (0.00) – 0.2 IP, 0 H, 3 R, 0 ER, BB, HBP, 2 K
  • Harper (3.00) – 0.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, HBP, blown save, 3 inherited runners scored
  • Mayer (0-1, 5.40) – 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, K, stranded 3 inherited runners
  • Walling (0.00) – 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 of 2 inherited runners scored
  • Total – 3.0 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 6 BB, 2 HBP, Balk, 5 K, 4 of 8 inherited runners scored

This is a game where ERAs hide some awful pitching results.

The BlueClaws opened with a run in the third inning on an RBI single by Erick Brito (.381).  They tied the game with 3 runs in the seventh on a bases-loaded walk by Emaarion Boyd, a bases-loaded HBP by Justin Crawford, and a fielding and throwing error on an infield fly rule.  What a sloppy couple of frames.  Zach Arnold (.313) went 2-4 with 2 R, 3B.

  • #4 Justin Crawford (.297/.422/.486/.908) – went 1-2, with an RBI, BB, HBP
  • #8 Bryan Rincon (.069/.300/.103/.403) – DNP
  • #12 William Bergolla (.219/.235/.313/.548) – went 0-4
  • #14 Pan Wen-hui is on the IL
  • #17 Emaarion Boyd (.200/.242/.300/.542) – went 0-4 with an RBI, BB
  • #23 Hendry Mendez (.333/.440/.381/.821) – DNP
  • #24 Samuel Aldegheri (1-0, 0.00) – placed on the 7-day IL

Clearwater (7-5) lost to Dunedin, 5-4.  The Threshers battled all the way but fell short.  George Klassen (0.00) pitched another good game.  He went 5.0 innings and allowed one unearned run on 2 hits and 2 walks.  He struck out seven.  He also hit a batter and threw 2 wild pitches.  Ethan Chenault (0-1, 9.00) blew a save opportunity (really a Hold) pitching 1.0 inning and giving up 3 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks.  He hit 2 batters and struck out one.  Jose Pena pitched 2.0 innings and gave up a run on 2 hits and a walk.  He struck out SIX.

Clearwater took the lead with 2 runs in the sixth inning on an RBI double by Keaton Anthony and a wild pitch.  They scored a run in the seventh on a fielder’s choice by Luis Caicuto.  They scored a run in the ninth on an RBI single by Keaton Anthony.  The Threshers scored their 4 runs on 6 hits.  Keaton Anthony (.333) went 3-4 with a R, 2B, 2 RBI.

NPG committed the throwing error that cost Klassen the unearned run.  It came with two outs and Klassen having already pitched around back-to-back walks in the first and a leadoff single in the second.  Klassen wild pitched the runner to third on successive wild pitches on the second and third pitches of the next at bat, one a fastball and the other a curve.  I don’t know what to make of the error, but Gameday has the balls exit velocity at 97.4 mph and traveling 16 feet.  I didn’t see the play, but that information makes it sound like the ball was driven into the ground at the plate and went up high (a Baltimore chop???).  That would be a heck of a charge by the third baseman to field the ball.  If this is accurate, he probably shouldn’t have thrown the ball to first, and maybe it should have been scored a hit since the runner didn’t advance to second until the first wild pitch.  I don’t know.  All spec on my part.  But a hit traveling 16 feet with 97.4 exit velo …

Anyway, Klassen was still throwing heat in the fifth.  His last 4-seamer on the first pitch of a four-pitch at bat was at 98.4 mph.  His 71st pitch.  He also threw 96.7, 96.4, 96.9, and 97.9 mph earlier in the inning.  For reference, his first tree 4-seamers in the first inning were at 95.9, 97, 97 mph.  His 1st, 4th, and 5th pitches.

  • #3 Aidan Miller (.303/.368/.576/.944) – went 0-5
  • #7 Devin Saltiban (.222/.344/.222/.566) – went 0-3 with 2 BB
  • #15 Alex McFarlane – 60-day IL
  • #18 TJayy Walton (.208/.321/.500/.821) – Placed on the 7-day IL
  • #20 Raylin Heredia (.214/.353/.286/.639) – DNP
  • #22 Kehden Hettiger (.263/.391/.238/.608) – went 0-4
  • #29 George Klassen (2-0, 0.00) – 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 WP, HBP, 7 K
  • #30 Nikau Pouaka-Grego (.167/.211/.222/.433) – went 1-2 with a R, 2B, BB, HBP

Gameday Link for Lehigh Valley.

Gameday Link for Reading, game one.

Gameday Link for Reading, game two.

Gameday Link for Jersey Shore.

Gameday Link for Clearwater.

Other Prospects:

  • #5 Starlyn Caba, Rookie Level
  • #6 Orion Kerkering – returned to Phillies
  • #9 Eduardo Tait, Rookie Level
  • #25 Alexis De La Cruz, Rookie Level
  • #27 Jalvin Arias, Rookie Level

Transactions

4/18/2024 – Clearwater placed OF TJayy Walton on the 7-day IL
4/18/2024 – OF A.J. Shaver assigned to Clearwater from FCL Phillies

21 thoughts on “Box Score Recap (4/18/24)”

  1. Don, Denny, and Dan K, some comments just appeared in the Spam Folder. I didn’t notice them until tonight and don’t think they were there yesterday. Anyway, I’m approving them just so they’ll be in the comment sections of older artticles.

    Denny, in your case you asked about Brogdon clearing waivers. He was eventually traded to the Dodgers. I’m sure you know this already, but I wanted to make sure. 

    And I wanted to take the opportunity to point out how sick some fans are. Brogdon has been receiving death threats for quite a while now. In fact, some sicko actually posted on social media asking to get 25 signatures to agree that he should be publicly executed. He got 11. Sick even for diehard fans.

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    1. that’s crazy, what’s wrong with people. I hope he figures things out with the Dodgers but I just don’t think his arm is healthy.

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    2. Not sure I put those types of people in the “fans” category since I’m not sure they are actually fans of anything.

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  2. I’ll say it again, I don’t think we talk enough about Jean Cabrera. He’s figured some things out and is getting lots of outs. How hard does he throw?

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    1. I have to give Cabrera some credit, he spent 2 not great years at Clearwater and something seems to have clicked for him at JS at age 22. His hit rate has dropped by half.

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  3.  Nikau Pouaka-Grego playing third base…..appears the Phils will ensure he gets action all over the field to increase his versatility. Would not be surprised if he eventually sees action in the outfield this season. That is a good thing for his future advancement. His bat up until now, already speaks for itself.

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  4. I watched Klassen’s start on gamecast. His fastball was extremely effective as was his slider. Note they called it a cutter on gamecast. Slider sat 89-90 so 7+ mph difference va fastball. He threw the slider in any count and often. I don’t have the stats but felt like slider was 30-40% of pitches.

    Didn’t throw curve very often. Maybe 5-10% and wasn’t very effective with it. At this point he is a 2-pitch pitcher (++ fastball and + slider). Seems like an elite closer is his floor. But maybe they can make him into a starter by developing a real 3rd pitch. As Jim noted, he held his elite velo through 5 IP which is very impressive.

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    2. According to baseball savant, check out the fastball/slider distribution for Spencer Strider over the years:

      2022 95%

      2023 93% -> SO title

      2024 83% -> injured

      If you have 2 plus pitches, you can still get hitters out at a very good rate.

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  6. The YES channel showed the 2nd game of the Fightins – Rumble Ponies game because the Yankees were off. Osterberg looked really good. The big lefty lost a little steam in the 5th inning but overall, he did a nice job. Any time I see a lefty in the Phillies system, I get hopeful.

    About the nutso fans: My Italian mother (RIP) would sit and watch the night time news with all its murders and catastrophes and would say in her broken English, “What’s wrong with people these days?” I’d tell her that with over 200 million people in this country, you are going to get a ton of crazies.

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  7. da faq on Brogdon death threats. I was always cheering for him to regain his form. I still think he will, it sucks it likely be with the dodgers. Either way I hope he does well, except when it is detrimental to the Phils

    On Abel, it’s early, but what stat lines is the club looking for to get him to the majors? How much does he have to be crushing it to get the call up with this staff?same for McGarry, what’s he gotta do to make the pen? He seems to have a better chance as a reliever to beat Abel to the majors. 

    trying to slow my excitement for Klassen .. however I will say it’s damn nice to have such prospects popping up. This is the best the farm has felt for an extended period. 

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    1. Good questions…my take:

      • Abel / McGarry – it really isn’t a stat line imo. I think they scouting reports are most important at that level. Poor command doesn’t always mean walks. It could be balls left in the zone that would get crushed at the MLB level.
      • I am excited about Klassen too, but his early success might also be because he is 22 at low A and just too dominant. Need to see him hold his command against better hitters. Hopefully he gets a bump soon. IMO a waste to keep him at CLW.

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      1. Klassen needs to move up to JS sooner rather than later. Most 19-20 year old hitters have likely not faced 98 too often. Andrew Painter got 38 innings (9 starts) before he moved up to JS so we’ll see if Klassen follows that type of plan.

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      2. Agree…….also like to see Klassen facing hitters in a higher level or two….which would be age appropriate for him also. I think Preston M., even as asst GM, may see that also and will make the promo at some point and challenge him with facing more experienced hitters.

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    2. Not like the Phillies have room in the rotation, but Abel is not exactly forcing the Phillies’ hand for a promotion with his performances. I’m not sure what Abel is working on. His career minor league numbers are not great: 4.21 ERA, 1.302 WHIP, 4.9 BB/9. Yes, he’s still only 22 at Lehigh and his SO rate is still pretty good, but as a former first round pick and top 50 prospect, I think we’re all expecting more. You could argue that after Turnbull in the starter pecking order, Tyler Phillips is ahead of Mick Abel.

      As for McGarry, I think he needs reps and he’ll get it at Lehigh. He won’t be getting reps if he’s one of the last guys to be called out of the bullpen in the bigs. Covey, Nelson, Ortiz are likely ahead of him. So McGarry needs to have a good season at Lehigh and go to ST next season hunting for a bullpen job.

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  8. MLB.com predicts Mick Abel to be an impactful call-up this season.

    “While command continues to be a concern and the velo has been down (averaging 93 mph) over his first two starts for Triple-A Lehigh Valley, it’s early. And Abel is still just 22 years old. The Phillies may not feel the impact of his four-pitch mix until the second half, and the big league rotation has been solid out of the gate, but look for the former first-rounder to hit his stride and knock loudly on the door should there be an opening.”

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    1. I don’t know what GameDaay and StatCast say, but I’ve heard that they have Abel throwing a sinker instead of his four-seamer so far this season. That might explain the lower velo.

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