Lehigh Valley won; Kyle Tyler pitched well in his organizational debut.  Reading lost.  Jersey Shore won; Aidan Miller homered.  Clearwater lost with Caba, Tait, Nori, and Spikerman on the bench and Burkholder on the IL.  DSL Red swept, and DSL White won.

Lehigh Valley (22-18, 56-57) beat Worcester, 4-1 in seven innings.  Recently acquired Kyle Tyler pitched five innings and gave up one run on 2 hits and 3 walks.  He struck out seven.  Nick Nelson pitched a scoreless inning allowing a hit and walking a batter.

The IronPigs scored 3 runs in the third inning on RBI doubles by David Dahl and Buddy Kennedy and an RBI single by Darick Hall.  They scored a run in the seventh on an RBI single by Jim Haley.

• #6 RHP, Mick Abel (3-8, 5.83): DNP
• #15 RHP, Seth Johnson: DNP
• #19 RHP, Michael Mercado (1-1, 2.10): DNP
• #21 RHP, Griff McGarry (2-1. 4.18): DNP
• #25 1B, Carlos De La Cruz (.173/.485): DNP

Reading (17-25, 48-62) lost to New Hampshire, 6-4.  Christian McGowan pitched three innings and gave up 3 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks.  He walked 2 and gave up a HR.  Carlos Francisco allowed one of 2 inherited runners to score and pitched 1.2 innings giving up 2 runs on 2 hits and 2 walks.  He struck out one.  Nelson Alvarez stranded 2 inherited runners and pitched 1.1 scoreless innings striking out two.  Tommy McCollum pitched two innings and was charged with an unearned run on 2 hits and a strike out.  Cristian Hernandez pitched a scoreless inning striking out one.

Reading fell behind 6-0 and scored the last 4 runs of the game.  They scored once in the seventh inning on a solo HR (5) by Ethan Wilson.  They scored three times in the eighth on an RBI single by Otto Kemp and a 2-run single by Trevor Schweke.

• #2 RHP, Andrew Painter: 60-day IL
• #3 CF, Justin Crawford (.325/.806): went 0-5
• #11 RF, Gabriel Rincones (.295/.960): went 1-3 with a R, BB, 2 SB (12)
• #13 RHP, Jean Cabrera (0-0, 4.05): DNP
• #15 RHP, Seth Johnson (0-7, 2.72): DNP
• #22 RHP, Christian McGowan (0-3, 7.77): 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, HR
• #24 C, Caleb Ricketts (.223/.679): went 0-5

Jersey Shore (21-24, 59-52) beat Winston-Salem, 3-2.  Jordan Fowler pitched 4.1 shutout innings.  He allowed 2 hits, one walk, and struck out five.  Gunner Mayer stranded an inherited runner and pitched 1.2 scoreless innings.  Paxton Thompson pitched two innings and gave up 2 runs on 4 hits.  He struck out four and gave up a HR.  Trey Dillard pitched a scoreless inning walking 2 and striking out two.

The BlueClaws took the lead with 2 runs in the third inning on a 2-run HR (3) by Aidan Miller.  The scored the go ahead and winning run in the seventh on an RBI single by Bryson Ware.

• #1 SS, Aidan Miller (.216/.678): went 1-1 with a R, 2 RBI, 3 BB, HR (3)
• #10 SS, Bryan Rincon (.204/.699): 60-day IL
• #20 RHP, Pan Wen-hui (0-1, 1.93): DNP
• #23 CF, Emaarion Boyd (.236/.635): went 0-2 with 2 BB, SB
• #26 RHP, Moises Chace (2-3, 3.56): DNP

Clearwater (12-31, 55-54) lost to Tampa, 7-3.  Micah Ottenbreit pitched 5.2 innings.  He gave up 3 runs on 5 hits and 4 walks.  He struck out 4 and gave up a HR.  Josh Bortka stranded an inherited runner and pitched 1.1 innings.  He gave up 2 runs on 3 hits striking out four.  Jose Pena pitched two innings and gave up 2 runs on 2 hits.  He walked 2 and struck out two.

The Threshers took the lead with a run in the first inning on a sac fly by TJayy Walton.  They added a run in the second on an RBI single by Avery Owusu-Asiedu.  They scored a run in the ninth on a throwing error.

• #4 SS, Starlyn Caba (.170/.492): DNP
• #5 C, Eduardo Tait (.229/.707): DNP
• #7 OF, Dante Nori:  DNP
• #8 OF, Griffin Burkholder: placed on the 7-day IL
• #9 2B, Devin Saltiban (.233/.762): went 1-5
• #12 OF John Spikerman: DNP
• #16 RHP, Alex McFarlane: on the 60-day injury list
• #17 3B, Carson DeMartini: went 0-3 with 2 R, 2 BB, 2 SB
• #18 LF, TJayy Walton (.211/.687): went 0-1 with an RBI, 3 BB, SF
• #27 LHP, Mavis Graves (7-5, 3.16): DNP
• #29 RHP, Micah Ottenbreit: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, HR
• #30 OF, Raylin Heredia (.245/.737): placed on 60-day IL

FCL Phillies (33-25) finished third in their division.

• #14 3B, Aroon Escobar (.338/.976)

DSL Phillies Red (19-33) swept Tigers1, 4-3 and 6-5.

DSL Phillies White (24-28) beat Miami 2-0, collecting 2 hits and holding Miami to 3.

Transactions – the Seth Johnson correction came through thanks to my friend Steve

8/15/2024 – Lehigh Valley transferred RHP Mick Abel to the Development List
8/15/2024 – RHP Seth Johnson assigned to Lehigh Valley from Jersey Shore
8/15/2024 – Reading placed C Josh Breaux on the 7-day IL
8/15/2024 – Reading transferred LHP Braeden Fausnaught to the Development List
8/15/2024 – Reading activated C Andrick Nava from the Development List
8/15/2024 – Reading activated RHP Christian McGowan from the Development List
8/15/2024 – Clearwater placed OF Griffin Burkholder on the 7-day IL
8/13/2024 – Phillies signed FA RHP Tanner Gresham to an MiLB contract
8/13/2024 – RHP Tanner Gresham assigned to FCL Phillies

If anyone is interested, the first 3 files under Rosters and Stuff on the pull-down menu above are up to date as of August 15th.

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