Lehigh Valley won.  Reading was postponed.  Jersey Shore lost, Otto Kemp hit 2 HRs.  Clearwater won behind a solid effort by Micah Ottenbreit and HRs by Devin Saltiban and Keaton Anthony.  The FCL Phillies, DSL Phillies Red, and DSL Phillies White were not scheduled to play on Wednesday.

FCL Phillies (13-10) no games on Wednesdays.

• #5 Starlyn Caba (.288/.838):
• #9 Eduardo Tait (.253/.657):
• #25 Alexis De La Cruz (1-1, 18.00):
• Other players of interest
• Aroon Escobar (.328/.943):
• Guillermo Rosario (.280/.893):
• Leonardo Rondon (.250/.819):
• Rickardo Perez (.314/.871):
• Pitchers of interest
• Adilson Peralta (1-0, 0.87):
• Danyony Pulido (4.57):
• Juan Amarante (1-0, 1.59):
• Luis Avila (4.91):

Lehigh Valley (25-32) beat Buffalo, 3-1.  Michael Mercado pitched 4.2 innings and gave up one run on 2 its and 2 walks.  He struck out six.  The run came on a solo HR.  He threw 87 pitches and left the game with no one on base.  Taylor Lehman pitched 1.1 scoreless innings with no hits, no walks, 3 strikeouts.  Jonah Dipoto pitched a scoreless inning allowing one hit.  Andrew Bellatti pitched one scoreless inning giving up a hit, walk, and striking out two.  Max Lazar pitched one scoreless inning, striking out one and earned his 4th save.

The IronPigs scored a run in the first inning on an RBI single by Cody Roberts.  They took the lead with a run in the sixth on an RBI double by Roberts.  They added an insurance run in the seventh on an RBI single by Scott Kingery.

• #2 Mick Abel (1-5, 6.26): DNP
• #11 Griff McGarry (1-1. 3.24): 7-day IL
• #19 Simon Muzziotti (.227/.627): went 0-2, with a BB, sac

Reading (21-31) postponed.

• #1 Andrew Painter: rehabbing from TJ surgery on 60-day injury list
• #10 Gabriel Rincones: 7-day IL
• #13 Carlos De La Cruz (.204/.609):
• #21 Caleb Ricketts (.284/.771):
• #26 Robert Moore (.231/.676):
• #28 Jose Rodriguez: Ineligible List, betting on baseball

Jersey Shore (28-24) lost to Greensboro, 6-5.  Estibenzon Jimenez pitched 4.2 innings giving up 4 runs on 6 hits and a walk.  He struck out six.  Rehabbing Jordi Martinez stranded an inherited runner and pitched 0.1 innings.  He gave up a solo HR the next inning and left the game after an injury delay.  Danny Wilkinson pitched two innings and gave up an unearned run on one hit and two walks.  He struck out three.  Andrew Baker pitched one scoreless inning allowing a hit and striking out two.

The BlueClaws scored early.  They plated a run in the first inning on a solo HR (3) by Otto Kemp.  They stretched their lead to four runs with 3 runs in the second on a solo HR (2) by Ryan Leitch and RBI singles by Zach Arnold and Kemp.  The lead disappeared and the ‘Claws scored a run in the eighth on a solo HR (4) by Kemp but fell one run short.

• #4 Justin Crawford (.276/.713): went 0-4
• #8 Bryan Rincon (.204/.659): 7-day IL
• #12 William Bergolla (.237/.605): entered as a PR
• #14 Pan Wen-hui: on 60-day injury list
• #17 Emaarion Boyd (.189/.515): went 0-3
• #23 Hendry Mendez (.283/.752): DNP
• #24 Samuel Aldegheri (3-3, 2.51): DNP

Clearwater (35-18) beat Bradenton, 7-2.  Micah Ottenbreit pitched 5.2 innings and gave up 2 runs on 2 hits and a walk.  He struck out five.  Jaydenn Estanista pitched 2.1 scoreless innings allowing a hit and 2 walks.  He struck out three.  Drew Garrett pitched a scoreless inning striking out two.

The Threshers scored 2 runs in the first inning on a 2-run single by Luis Caicuto.  They added a run in the sixth on a solo HR (6) by Devin Saltiban.  They added an insurance run in the eighth on a solo HR (1) by Keaton Anthony.  They tacked on 3 runs in the ninth on an RBI double by Aidan Miller, an RBI single by Saltiban, and a bases loaded walk by Anthony.

• #3 Aidan Miller (.292/.931): went 1-5 with a R, RBI, 2B
• #7 Devin Saltiban (.238/.745): went 3-5 with 3 R, 2 RBI, HR (6)
• #15 Alex McFarlane: on the 60-day injury list
• #18 TJayy Walton (.237/.755): 7-day IL
• #20 Raylin Heredia (.252/.712): went 0-5
• #22 Kehden Hettiger (.161/.570): DNP
• #29 George Klassen (2-0, 0.26): DNP
• #30 Nikau Pouaka-Grego (.289/.826): DNP
• #NR Jordan Viars (.275/.910): went 0-4 with a BB

Other Prospects:

• #6 Orion Kerkering (1-0, 1.33) in 20.1 innings with the Phillies
• #27 Jalvin Arias, DSL Red: went 1-3 with a R, 2 RBI, HR (1), BB

DSL Red and DSL White no games scheduled.

Transactions –

6/05/2024 – C William Simoneit assigned to Lehigh Valley from Reading
6/05/2024 – RHP Blaine Knight assigned to Lehigh Valley from FCL Phillies
6/05/2024 – OF Cade Fergus assigned to Lehigh Valley from Jersey Shore

If anyone is interested, the first 3 files under Rosters and Stuff on the pull-down menu above are up to date as of June 5th.