Lehigh Valley won as Tom Eshelman pitched a complete game shutout.
Reading won 2 games behind Tyler Viza’s shutout bolstered by 3 HR in the first; and Andrew Pullin’s walk off HR in the 13th inning in the second.
Clearwater rallied to win, Drew Stankiewicz hit a two-out, two-run, go-ahead home run.
Lakewood managed only four hits in a loss, Darick Hall accounted for all 3 runs. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/31/2017
Lehigh Valley scored a run in five different innings but fell short. Cameron Perkins was proficient at the top of the order again.
Reading lost in 11 innings on a 2-run HR served up by Miguel Nunez.
Clearwater lost in regulation. Randolph had 2 more hits.
Lakewood scored in 6 different innings and won behind Ranger Suarez. Trevor Bettencourt struck out 5 in 1.2 innings. Mickey Moniak homered.
I have no updates of individual prospects, because I received another interesting submission from John Yarusinsky. It is a second mock draft that he did, and once again represents a lot of work. I appreciate this very interesting commentary and hope you enjoy it.
Thank you, John.
Lehigh Valley won again, Mark Appel pitched five shutout innings.
Reading ended its losing streak with a victory. Scott Kingery homered and Colton Murray struck out five in 2.2 innings of relief.
Lakewood pounded out 11 runs and 14 hits in a win. Henri Lartigue hit his first HR.
With the AAC championships tying up the fields at the Carpenter Complex, all of the Phillies XST games were on the road last week. The following reports and photos were forwarded to me courtesy of Mark Wylie. Thank you Mark. Continue reading XST Update: May 25th, 26th, 27th
The Phillies completed their 7-game home stand with 2 wins. They have the worst record in baseball. They are 17-31 with a .354 winning percentage.
They managed to win a game against Colorado without scoring more than 2 runs in any of the four games. They scored 10 runs in 3 games against the Reds and lost two of them.
In an unusual turn of events, starters suffered all 5 losses, relievers earned the 2 victories.
I’ve got nothing else. Here’s the open discussion thread for Phillies’ talk and other topics. Continue reading Open Discussion: Week of May 29th
Lehigh Valley cruised to another lop-sided victory, 14-2 behind 2 Nick Williams home runs.
Reading lost its 9th consecutive game, 5-4.
Clearwater and Franklyn Kilome shut out the St. Lucie Mets.
Lakewood and Nick Fanti beat Delmarva. Mickey Moniak was back in the line up.
Lehigh Valley cruised to a lop-sided victory, 13-1 behind Ben Lively and 5 home runs.
Reading lost its 8th consecutive game, 4-1. Scott Kingery hit his 15th home run.
Clearwater saw the lead seesaw back and forth late before losing in ten innings..
Lakewood scored only one run in a loss.
Updates on injuries to Mickey Moniak and Jhailyn Ortiz.
This is the third in a series of interviews conducted by Steve Potter.
Minor League Spot Light : Jonathan Hennigan
Lehigh Valley won as Nick Williams continued his recent power surge with his 4th HR in the past week.
Reading lost but Tyler Viza pitched well in a no decision.
Clearwater fell behind in another bullpen game and couldn’t recover.
Lakewood lost the “fog” game but thrashed Delmarva in the night cap behind a superb game by Bailey Falter.
