Tommy Joseph got his first major league hit Monday night.  He lined a single to center in his third at bat leading off the sixth inning.  He went 1-4 with a strike out, and made a couple nice catches on line drives headed for the RF corner.

Lehigh Valley (19-18) Lost to Syracuse, 5-4.  Mark Appel pitched well thru his first five innings when he allowed just two walks and a single.  He ran out of gas in the sixth when he gave up 3 runs and turned the inning over to James Russell with one on and two out. Russell walked the bases loaded before getting the final out.  The IronPigs took the lead in the bottom of the inning, but Seve Gonzalez blew the save opportunity.  Edward Mujica came on in the ninth in a non-save situation and earned the loss.  Darin Ruf homered in his first IronPigs’ start. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/16/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (19-17) Beat Toledo, 5-0.  Andrew Knapp’s 2-run, first-inning home run was all the offense Jake Thompson (2-4, 3.32) would need.  Thompson held the Mud Hens to two hits over seven innings.  Cam Perkins had 2 hits.  Knapp’s home run was his fifth. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/15/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (18-17) Beat Toledo, 5-1, behind David Buchanan’s (2-2, 4.42) quality start. He scattered 6 hits over eight innings and didn’t walk a batter.   Cedric Hunter hit his 2nd home run.  Hunter and Darnell Sweeney had 2 hits apiece. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/14/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (17-17) Beat Toledo, 5-1, behind Zach Eflin’s (4-0, 2.79) quality start.  He scattered 4 hits over seven innings.  Luis Garcia mopped up.  The IronPigs collected 11 hits.  Darnell Sweeney had three.  Brock Stassi drove in two runs. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/13/2016 →

Clean sweep for the organization’s affiliates last night.  The big team won, too!

Lehigh Valley (16-17) Beat Columbus, 2-1, behind another solid performance from Alec Asher (3-0, 0.40).  He allowed one run and pitched into the seventh inning.  Edubray Ramos stranded 2 inherited runners, and Edward Mujica picked up his 9th save.  Taylor Featherston had 3 hits.  Nick Williams’ 2-run home run accounted for their scoring. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/12/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (15-17) Lost to Columbus, 10-2.  Mark Appel was stung by some shoddy defense that led to 3 unearned runs in a 6-run second inning.  More bad defense allowed a couple more unearned runs later in the game.  Andrew Knapp’s 4th home run accounted for all of the IronPigs runs. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/11/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (15-16) Lost to Columbus, 7-1 when they couldn’t make a first inning run hold up.  Jake Thompson lasted five innings and threw 101 pitches.  A Tommy Joseph error in the fourth opened the gate to four unearned runs.  Seve Gonzalez tacked on three more runs for good measure.  Offense only managed five hits, Taylor Featherston and Nick Williams had two each.  Featherston hit a solo home run in the first. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/10/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (15-15) Lost to Columbus, 2-0.  James Russell went four shutout innings in a bullpen game.  Bobby LaFromboise gave up a solo home run in the middle two innings.  Reinier Roibal struck out three in the final two innings.  No offensive star when you only get four singles. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/9/2016 →