Lehigh Valley lost by one run. Scott Kingery led the offense with 4 hits. Reading lost in a rout, Miller and Crawford were not in the lineup. Jersey Shore won. Braydon Tucker and Charles King combined for a shutout. Clearwater managed just 2 hits in a loss, but their pitchers combined to strike out 12 batters (and walk eight).
Lehigh Valley (29-30, 63-69, tied for sixth place, 5.0 games back with 14 games remaining) Lost to Buffalo, 5-4. Robinson Pina pitched four innings. He gave up 5 runs on 9 hits and 3 walks. He struck out three and gave up a HR. Alan Rangel pitched three scoreless innings allowing a hit and striking out two. Tyler Gilbert pitched one scoreless inning allowing one hit.
The IronPigs scored 2 early runs, one on a double play in the first inning and one on a force out by Jim Haley in the third. After falling behind 5-2, they scored single runs in the fifth on a sac fly by Haley and the seventh on an RBI single by Darick Hall.
Scott Kingery had 4 hits including 2 doubles and stole his 24th base. Marcus Lee Sang, Darick Hall, and Carlos De La Cruz had 2 hits each.
- #6 RHP, Mick Abel (3-10, 5.98): DNP
- #15 RHP, Seth Johnson (2-0, 0.56): DNP
- #19 RHP, Michael Mercado (2-1, 1.88): DNP
- #21 RHP, Griff McGarry (2-1. 3.45): DNP
- #25 1B, Carlos De La Cruz (.163/.460): went 2-4
- #28 3B, Otto Kemp: DNP
Reading (25-37, 56-74, fifth place, eliminated from post season, 7 games remaining) Lost to Erie 11-1. Eiberson Castellano pitched five innings and gave up 5 runs (only 3 were earned) on 4 hits. He walked none and struck out four but hit 2 batters. Konnor Ash lasted 0.2 innings and gave up 3 runs on 2 hits and 2 walks. He left with the bases loaded. Andrew Baker allowed 2 of 3 inherited runners to score and pitched one scoreless inning allowing one hit walking three. Tristan Garnett pitched a scoreless inning allowing one hit and striking out three. Daniel Harper pitched an inning and gave up 3 runs on 2 hits and 2 walks.
Reading pulled within a run with a run in the second inning on an RBI single by Andrick Nava. But that was their only run of the game.
Ethan Wilson and Nava had 2 hits each.
- #1 SS, Aidan Miller (.250/.544): DNP
- #2 RHP, Andrew Painter: 60-day IL
- #3 CF, Justin Crawford (.326/.806): DNP
- #11 RF, Gabriel Rincones (.266/.868): went 1-5 with a SB (19)
- #13 RHP, Jean Cabrera (1-1, 4.85): DNP
- #22 RHP, Christian McGowan (0-3, 6.75): DNP
- #24 C, Caleb Ricketts (.219/.669): placed on the 7-day injury list
- #26 RHP, Moises Chace (2-1, 3.76): DNP
Jersey Shore (36-29, 74-57, second place, eliminated from post season when Hudson Valley won, 1 game remaining) beat Aberdeen, 4-0. Braydon Tucker pitched seven shutout innings. He allowed 6 hits and a walk while striking out eight. He threw 71 strikes on 98 pitches (72.4%). Charles King pitched two scoreless innings, faced the minimum, and struck out four.
The BlueClaws scored all 4 of their runs in the first inning on a 2-run double by Bryson Ware, a sac fly by Jordan Viars, and an RBI ground out by Felix Reyes.
Bryan Rincon, Hendry Mendez, Ware, and Reyes had 2 hits each.
- #10 SS, Bryan Rincon (.202/.669): went 2-4 with a R, SB (8)
- #20 RHP, Pan Wen-hui (0-1, 1.29): DNP
- #23 CF, Emaarion Boyd (.240/.650): DNP
Clearwater (20-39, 63-62, last place but 1st half winners, 1 game remaining before playoffs) lost to St. Lucie, 6-0. Lachlan Wells pitched two scoreless rehab innings allowing 2 hits and a walk. He struck out two. AJ Wilson pitched two innings and gave up one run on one hit and 2 walks. He struck out three. Eli Trop pitched two scoreless innings allowing a hit and striking out three. Josbel Garcia pitched two innings allowing 3 runs on 2 hits and 2 walks. He struck out three. Titan Hayes pitched one inning allowing 2 runs on 3 walks while striking out one.
The Threshers collected just 2 hits including a triple by Carson DeMartini.
- #4 SS, Starlyn Caba (.179/.493): went 0-4
- #5 C, Eduardo Tait (.269/.778): went 0-1 with a BB
- #7 OF, Dante Nori (.240/.704): went 0-2 with 2 BB
- #8 OF, Griffin Burkholder (.500/2.000): placed on the 7-day IL
- #9 2B, Devin Saltiban (.237/.774): went 0-4
- #12 OF, John Spikerman (.226/.683): DNP
- #16 RHP, Alex McFarlane: on the 60-day injury list
- #17 3B, Carson DeMartini (.310/.867): went 2-3 with a 3B, BB
- #18 LF, TJayy Walton (.200/.664): on the 7-day injury list
- #27 LHP, Mavis Graves (7-6, 3.64): DNP
- #29 RHP, Micah Ottenbreit (3-9, 4.88): 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 (21-34) finished eighth (last) in their division.
DSL Phillies White (26-29) finished sixth in their division.
Transactions
9/07/2024 – Phillies designated RHP Nick Nelson for assignment
9/07/2024 – Phillies recalled SS Rodolfo Castro from Lehigh Valley
9/07/2024 – Phillies placed SS Rodolfo Castro on the 60-day IL, right thumb UCL repair
9/07/2024 – Phillies selected the contract of C Aramis Garcia from Lehigh Valley
9/07/2024 – Phillies claimed RHP Jose Cuas off waivers from Toronto
9/07/2024 – RHP Jose Cuas assigned to Lehigh Valley
9/07/2024 – C Jared Thomas assigned to Lehigh Valley from Jersey Shore
9/07/2024 – Reading sent LHP Lachlan Wells on a rehab assignment to Clearwater
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It’s a shame that Kingery never got a shot for a cup of coffee this season because he’s had a very good year.
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I guess Johnson isn’t the answer. Was rooting for him. Hopefully he just needs more time to develop with coming off tj and also just being converted
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Yeah I’d have liked to see Kingery take a hot bat to see what he could do but the org made the right choice with Clemens over Hall or Kingery.
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