Lehigh Valley was shut out, Seth Johnson tossed five shutout innings.  Reading won, Marcus Lee Sang hit his 12th HR.  Jersey Shore won, Mitch Neunborn pitched well into the seventh inning and Aidan Miller hit a HR.  Clearwater won in ten innings, Devin Saltiban had 4 RBIs on a double and his 16th HR.  DSL Red and DSL White both won.

Lehigh Valley (22-19, 56-58) lost to Worcester, 3-0.  Seth Johnson pitched five shutout innings allowing one hit and 3 walks.  He struck out four.  Andrew Bellatti pitched 0.1 innings giving up 3 runs on 3 walks striking out one.  Dylan Covey allowed 3 inherited runners to score and pitched one inning allowing a hit and a walk.  He struck out one.  Griff McGarry stranded one inherited runner and pitched 0.2 scoreless innings walking one.  Michael Mercado pitched a scoreless inning allowing a hit and striking out two.

The IronPigs had 3 hits – one by Kody Clemens and 2 by Cody Roberts.

• #6 RHP, Mick Abel (3-8, 5.83): DNP
• #15 RHP, Seth Johnson: 5.0 IP, H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
• #19 RHP, Michael Mercado (1-1, 2.06): 1.0 IP, H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• #21 RHP, Griff McGarry (2-1. 4.07): 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, BB, 0 K
• #25 1B, Carlos De La Cruz (.173/.485): DNP

Reading (18-25, 49-62) beat New Hampshire, 10-6.  Jean Cabrera pitched four innings giving up 5 runs (4 ER) on 7 hits and a walk.  He struck out five.  Andrew Walling pitched two scoreless innings allowing 2 hits and striking out five.  Wesley Moore pitched a scoreless inning allowing a hit, walk, and striking out one.  Andrew Baker blew the save pitching one inning giving up one run on 2 hits and a walk.  He struck out one.  Daniel Harper pitched a scoreless inning allowing a hit and striking out two.

Reading scored 5 runs in the third inning on a bases-loaded walk by Carson Taylor, a wild pitch, a 2-run double by Trevor Schweke, and a sac fly by Ethan Wilson.  They added a run in the fourth on a solo HR (12) by Marcus Lee Sang.  They broke a tie with 4 runs in the eighth on a 3-run run double by Erick Brito and a throwing error.

• #2 RHP, Andrew Painter: 60-day IL
• #3 CF, Justin Crawford (.325/.806): DNP
• #11 RF, Gabriel Rincones (.289/.948): went 0-3 with a R, BB, 2 SB (14)
• #13 RHP, Jean Cabrera (0-0, 4.88): 4.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, BB, 5 K
• #15 RHP, Seth Johnson (0-7, 2.72): DNP
• #22 RHP, Christian McGowan (0-3, 7.77): DNP
• #24 C, Caleb Ricketts (.223/.679): DNP

Jersey Shore (22-24, 60-52) beat Winston-Salem, 3-1.  Mitch Neunborn pitched 6.2 innings allowing an unearned run on 6 hits and 3 walks.  He struck out three.  Charles King stranded one inherited runner and pitched 1.1 scoreless innings striking out one.  Jaydenn Estanista pitched a scoreless inning striking out one.

The BlueClaws scored a run in the fourth inning on an RBI single by Diego Gonzalez.  They scored 2 runs in the fifth on a 2-run HR (4) by Aidan Miller.

• #1 SS, Aidan Miller (.228/.713): went 3-4 with a R, 2 RBI, HR (4)
• #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): DNP
• #26 RHP, Moises Chace (2-3, 3.56): DNP

Clearwater (13-31, 56-54) beat Tampa, 5-3 in ten innings.  Danyony Pulido pitched five innings and gave up 2 runs (1 ER) on 2 hits and 4 walks.  He struck out six.  Titan Hayes pitched a scoreless inning striking out one.  Tegan Cain pitched a scoreless inning striking out one.  AJ Wilson pitched one inning, blew the save, allowing a run on one hit, one walk, and a balk.  He struck out one.  Luis Avila pitched two scoreless innings for the win walking one and striking out two.

The Threshers scored a run in the fifth inning on an RBI double by John Spikerman.  They went ahead with 2 runs in the seventh on a 2-run single by Devin Saltiban.  The won with 2 runs in the tenth inning on a 2-run HR (16) by Saltiban.

Starlyn Caba made a couple of spectacular plays at short.

• #4 SS, Starlyn Caba (.157/.470): went 0-4 with a R, BB, 2 SB
• #5 C, Eduardo Tait (.216/.680): 0-3 with a BB
• #7 OF, Dante Nori:  went 1-4 with a R, BB, SB
• #8 OF, Griffin Burkholder: placed on the 7-day IL
• #9 2B, Devin Saltiban (.235/.772): went 2-5 with a R, 4 RBI, HR (16)
• #12 OF John Spikerman: went 2-4 with an RBI, 2B
• #16 RHP, Alex McFarlane: on the 60-day injury list
• #17 3B, Carson DeMartini: went 1-3 with a R, BB, 2 SB
• #18 LF, TJayy Walton (.211/.687): DNP
• #27 LHP, Mavis Graves (7-5, 3.16): DNP
• #29 RHP, Micah Ottenbreit: DNP
• #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 (20-33) beat Rangers Blue, 8-0.

DSL Phillies White (25-28) beat bet Tigers2, 4-2.

Transactions

8/16/2024 – RHP Tegan Cain assigned to Clearwater
8/16/2024 – RHP Titan Hayes assigned to Clearwater
8/16/2024 – LHP A.J. Wilson assigned to Clearwater
8/16/2024 – Clearwater transferred C Brahian Silva to the Development List
8/16/2024 – Clearwater transferred RHP Micah Ottenbreit to the Development List

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 16th.

The Transactions menu option is up-to-date for the 2024 season thru July 31st.