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Box Score Recap – 6/21/2015

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley (27-45) lost to Scranton 8-2.  Chad Billingsley went 4 batters before showing he can do what the major league staff can do, give up a three-run home run (by Kyle Roller, a name I remember from his days with the Tampa Yankees when he tormented Threshers’ pitching).  Billingsley then gave up a two-run home run after facing two batters in the second.  Call him up!  He lasted 2.2 innings, gave up 7 runs (5 earned) on 7 hits, 2 walks, and 2 hit batters.  He threw 66 pitches, 44 for strikes (how misleading is that).  The bullpen (Leroux, Gutierrez, and Loewen) came in and pitched 6.1 innings of 1-run ball.  Loewen recorded 2 Ks in his one inning.

Darin Ruf went 1-3 with an RBI.  Gabriel Lino went 0-3.  Brian Bogusevic went 0-4 with the other RBI.  Edgar Duran went 2-3 with a double.  Chris McGuinness had the only other IronPig hit.

Off day Monday.  Seve Gonzalez (1-4, 4.23) pitches Tuesday.

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Box Score Recap – 6/20/2015

Box Score Recap

Happy Father’s Day to all you fathers out there!

Lehigh Valley (27-44) lost to Scranton 7-5.  Anthony Vasquez went 6.2 innings and gave up 5 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks.  He threw 107 pitches, 66 strikes.  Darin Ruf went 1-4.  Gabriel Lino went 2-3 with a walk and 2 RBI.  Chris McGuinness and Chase d’Arnaud had 2 hits each.

Chad Billingsley (2-1, 4.09) pitches tomorrow.

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Box Score Recap – 6/19/2015

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley (27-43) beat Scranton 5-2.  Jason Berken earned the win with a 5-hit effort over 5.0 innings.  He allowed 2 runs, only one earned.  Cesar Jimenez pitched 3.0 scoreless innings.  Seth Rosin picked up his 3rd save.

Darin Ruf and Russ Canzler had 2 hits each to pace Lehigh’s nine-hit attack.  Cord Phelps and Chris McGuinness had 2 RBIs each.  Tyler Henson stole his 12th base, Brian Bogusevic his 11th.

Anthony Vasquez (3-1, 2.37) pitches tomorrow.  Chad Billingsley pitches on Sunday.  You would think that they could at least photo shop an IronPigs’ cap or Phillies’ cap on his head shot rather than the Dodgers’ cap he’s wearing on the team’s web site.

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Box Score Recap – 6/18/2015

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley (26-43) beat Bufalo Bisons 3-0 in Aaron Nola’s debut at AAA.  In a marquee match up with the Blue Jays #1 prospect (pre-season #4), Daniel Norris, Nola shined.  He needed 98 pitches (66 strikes) to throw 5.0 innings, but allowed only 5 base runners on 4 hits and a walk.  One runner was caught stealing and the walk occured on the second to the last batter he faced.  Nola punctuated his evening by striking out the next batter, his seventh, to end the fifth inning and his evening.  The IronPigs plated a run in the bottom of the inning to give Nola a chance for his first AAA victory and the bullpen took over.  Adam Loewen allowed 2 base runners but struck out 6 Bison in 2 innings.  Juan Gutierrez allowed 2 base runners in each inning but recorded the 2-inning save.

Norris dominated the IronPigs through the first four innings, allowing just 3 base runners.  The ‘Pigs broke through in the fifth when they converted a Jordan Danks walk and a Jayson Nix double into the game’s first run.  They applied more pressure in the sixth when they scored a one-out insurance run on a Darin Ruf single, Russ Canzler single and a Cord Phelps double.  However, that is all they could manage as the Bison brought in a reliever to end the threat.  Lehigh Valley tacked on an additional run on a Darin Ruf single in the seventh inning.

Ruf went 2-4 with a run and an RBI.  Danks added 2 hits.  Gabriel Lino went 1-4 and threw out a would-be base stealer.  Brian Bogusevic (.318) went 1-3 with a walk and stole his 10th base.

Jason Berken (3-4, 3.88) pitches tomorrow.

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Box Score Recap – 6/17/2015

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley (25-43) beat Bufalo Bisons 8-7 in a game that featured 4 lead changes.  Adam Morgan only pitched 2.0 innings and was pulled after 35 pitches.  Speculation about an injury or possible call-up to the Phillies was put to rest after the game when Coach Brundage revealed that it was an organizational decision to cut back on Morgan’s innings, but he didn’t have a SP available to completely skip Morgan’s appearance.

The IronPigs chased Randy Wolf after 5.0 innings.  They came from behind 3 times as the bullpen couldn’t hold a lead and won on Chris McGuinness’ walk off 2-run single.  Darin Ruf went 1-5 but had a double and 2 RBI.  Cord Phelps went 3-4 with a BB, HR, and 2 RBI.  Gabriel Lino went 2-3 with an RBI.  McGuinness had 3 hits, Chase d’Arnaud and Russ Canzler had two each.  The ”Pigs mounted a 15-hit attack.

Thursday is Nola Day as Aaron Nola makes his AAA debut. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/17/2015 →

Box Score Recap – 6/16/2015

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley (24-43) won the completion of their suspended game 3-1.  Chad Billingsley took over in the fifth when the game resumed and pitched 3.0 innings for the win.  He gave up an unearned run on 3 hits and a walk.  Jake Diekman picked up his 3rd save.  Darin Ruf started at first and went 1-4 with 2 RBI. C  Gabriel Lino went 1-4 but struck out 3 times.  Jordan Danks and Cord Phelps had 2 hits each.

The IronPigs dropped the second game 3-1.  Seve Gonzalez took the loss with the following line – 5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K.  Adam Loewen pitched the final 2.0 innings allowing 1 hit and 1 walk while striking out four.  (1-1, 4.74) pitches second game tomorrow.  The ‘Pigs managed only 4 hits by LF Tyler Henson (RBI), CF Brian Bogusevic (.319), 3B Cord Phelps, and C Blake Forsythe (R, 2B).

Adam Morgan (0-6, 4.61) pitches tomorrow as the IronPigs face former Phillies’ pitcher Randy Wolf (5-1, 2.70). Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/16/2015 →

Today at the Carpenter Complex

Other Stuff

At 10:00AM this morning, twenty newly signed draft picks began their professional baseball careers.  Along with 21 other holdovers in camp, they took calisthenics and began taking PFPs and fielding drills.

I left after an hour, before they started batting practice, but here is a list of the new players and a list of the players remaining from XST. (Draft Tracker updated) Continue reading Today at the Carpenter Complex →

Box Score Recap – 6/15/2015

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley (23-42) Game against Buffalo Bison’s suspended with IronPigs leading 2-0 in the fourth.  Reschuled before tomorrow’s game.  Chad Billingsley (1-1, 4.74) pitches second game tomorrow.

Reading (33-29) Much needed off day.  Jesse Biddle (5-1, 4.11) pitches tomorrow. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/15/2015 →

Open Discussion: Week of June 15th

Weekly Discussion

Here’s an open discussion thread so the minor league posts don’t get cluttered with Phillies’ talk and other topics.

Draft Tracker is pinned at the top of the site.  No signings official, but a few kids are reporting to Clearwater tomorrow.

Some random stuff to light a fire –

  • If Freddie Galvis can’t make a routine throw … never mind.
  • They finally promoted Nola to LHV.
  • Well, he should have been promoted to Philadelphia.
  • Or, they should have left him in Reading.
  • Does Chase Utley have any options left?
  • The Phillies now have the worst record in baseball.
  • Who’s going to last in Philly longer, Giles or Sandberg/McClure/Bowa?  My first thought when I saw the clip was, “Really?  They’re going to get in the face of the guy who actually has a future in Philadelphia?”

Box Score Recap – 6/14/2015

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley (23-42) shut out the Norfolk Tides 2-0.  Phillippe Aumont had one of those lines he puts up occasionally – 5.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 9 K, 106 pitches, 56 strikes – but pitched effectively when he had to, kept the Tides off the board, and got the win.  Jason Berken was the bridge to the ninth inning, and Jake Diekman notched his second save.  Brian Bogusevic hit a solo HR (6) in the first inning and Russ Canzler added an insurance run in the sixth.  Gabriel Lino, the only “prospect” in a line up AAAA players, went 0-3.  Anthony Vasquez (1-3, 2.73) pitches tomorrow.  After the game, the Phillies announced the promotion of Aaron Nola from Reading to the IronPigs.  Pitching in the losing environment that surrounds the Lehigh Valley affiliate should prepare him for a later call-up to the major league team. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/14/2015 →