Lehigh Valley lost after giving up a big, crooked number in the seventh. Reading won behind a six solid innings by Eiberson Castellano and a HR by Carson Taylor. Jersey Shore won by shutout behind Braydon Tucker and 3 relievers and a HRs by Keaton Anthony and Troy Schreffler. Clearwater won behind multi-RBI games from Joel Dragoo (4), Eduardo Tait (3), and Kehden Hettiger (2) who hit a triple and his fifth HR. DSL Red and DSL White DNP.
Lehigh Valley (22-21, 56-60) lost to Worcester, 10-8. Kolby Allard pitched four innings and gave up 5 runs on 7 hits and 3 walks. He struck out four. Alan Rangel allowed one of 2 inherited runners to score and pitched one inning striking out one. Dylan Covey pitched one scoreless inning striking out one. Zach Haake pitched 0.2 innings and gave up 4 runs on one hit, 2 walks, and a it batter. He struck out one. Nick Nelson blew the save, allowed 3 inherited runners to score, and pitched 1.1 innings allowing one run on 3 hits and a walk. He struck out one.
The IronPigs scored 3 runs in the third inning on a 2-run double by Darick Hall and a sac fly by Buddy Kennedy. They took the lead with 4 runs in the sixth on a bases-loaded walk by Jim Haley, a 2-run single by Kody Clemens, and an RBI single by Scott Kingery. They scored a meaningless run in the ninth on a solo HR (9) by Matt Kroon.
- #6 RHP, Mick Abel (3-8, 5.83): DNP
- #15 RHP, Seth Johnson: DNP
- #19 RHP, Michael Mercado (1-1, 2.06): DNP
- #21 RHP, Griff McGarry (2-1. 4.07): DNP
- #25 1B, Carlos De La Cruz (.161/.477): went 0-5
Reading (20-25, 51-62) beat New Hampshire, 4-2. Eiberson Castellano pitched six innings and gave up 2 runs on 5 hits and a walk. He struck out 10 and gave up a HR. Nelson Alvarez pitched two scoreless innings allowing a hit and striking out four. Tommy McCollum got his 9th save pitching a scoreless inning allowing 2 hits.
Reading tied the game in the second inning on a solo HR (16) by Carson Taylor. They took the lead with 2 runs in the fourth on RBI doubles by Caleb Ricketts and Cade Fergus. They tacked on an insurance run in the eighth on a throwing error.
- #3 CF, Justin Crawford (.315/.781): went 0-5
- #11 RF, Gabriel Rincones (.289/.965): went 0-3 with a BB
- #13 RHP, Jean Cabrera (0-0, 4.88): DNP
- #22 RHP, Christian McGowan (0-3, 7.77): DNP
- #24 C, Caleb Ricketts (.225/.686): went 1-3 with a R, RBI, 2B, HBP
- #26 RHP, Moises Chace: DNP
Jersey Shore (24-24, 62-52) beat Winston-Salem, 4-0. Braydon Tucker pitched six shutout innings allowing 3 hits and a walk. He struck out four. Gunner Mayer pitched a scoreless inning allowing a hit and a walk. Alex Garbrick pitched a scoreless inning allowing a hit and a walk. He struck out one. Ethan Chenault pitched a scoreless inning striking out striking out two.
The BlueClaws scored 2 runs in the first inning on a 2-run HR (2) by Keaton Anthony. They scored a run in the third on an RBI single by Felix Reyes. They added an insurance run in the sixth on a solo HR (8) by Troy Schreffler.
- #1 SS, Aidan Miller (.229/.710): went 1-4
- #10 SS, Bryan Rincon (.204/.699): 60-day IL
- #20 RHP, Pan Wen-hui (0-1, 1.69): DNP
- #23 CF, Emaarion Boyd (.236/.635): DNP
Clearwater (14-32, 57-55) beat Tampa, 12-9. Pedro Reyes pitched four innings allowing 3 runs on 5 hits and 4 walks. He struck out five. Drew Garrett pitched two scoreless innings walking 2 and striking out two. Jonh Henriquez blew the save pitching one inning and giving up 4 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks. Jose Pena pitched 1.1 innings and gave up 2 runs on 4 hits striking out one. Luis Avila stranded 2 inherited runners and retired the 2 batters he faced for his third save.
The Threshers took the lead with 4 runs in the fifth inning on a 2-run double by Joel Dragoo and a 2-run double by Eduardo Tait. They took the lead again with 7 runs in the seventh on an RBI triple by Kehden Hettiger, a wild pitch, an RBI single by Raider Tello, a bases-loaded by Dante Nori, a 2-run single by Dragoo, and an RBI single by Tait. They added an insurance run in the eighth on a solo HR (5) by Hettiger.
- #4 SS, Starlyn Caba (.143/.433): DNP
- #5 C, Eduardo Tait (.233/.755): 2-5 with 3 RBI, 2B,
- #7 OF, Dante Nori (.200/.701): went 0-3 with 2 R, RBI, 2 BB
- #8 OF, Griffin Burkholder: placed on the 7-day IL
- #9 2B, Devin Saltiban (.235/.770): DNP
- #12 OF, John Spikerman: DNP
- #16 RHP, Alex McFarlane: on the 60-day injury list
- #17 3B, Carson DeMartini (.333/.896): went 2-5 with a R
- #18 LF, TJayy Walton (.205/.675): DNP
- #27 LHP, Mavis Graves (7-6, 3.64): 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) DNP.
DSL Phillies White (25-28) DNP.
Transactions
8/18/2024 – Lehigh Valley placed RHP Nick Snyder on the full-season injured list
8/18/2024 – Lehigh Valley transferred RHP Robinson Pina to the Development List
8/18/2024 – Clearwater transferred LHP Mavis Graves to the Development List
8/17/2024 – Lehigh Valley activated RHP Tyler Phillips
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I had the unique experience of going to a Fred Gnats game this weekend for a friends bachelor party. That would be the Nationals Low A affiliate. I got to see Elijah Green up close.
You might remember he came out of a HS laden draft in 2022 (5th overall) along with Justin Crawford 17th . He signed for $6.5 million.
He is a massive young man no doubt but I never saw an MLB hitter in him. He and Druw Jones 2nd both had big swing and miss in their games.
I’m kind of glad we picked 17th that year as JC might prove to be the better MLB player out of that group.
I can’t imagine having the responsibility of having to project HS players.
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What stands out for me on that draft….how the Angels saw something in Neto from that power house baseball college of Campbell U, out of Buies Creek NC. They got him at 13, though he was ranked a little lower at 17 by MLB.com and little lower by a few other national publications. Still so far agree with you on Crawford, so far so good.
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