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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

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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 →

Box Score Recap – 6/13/2015

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley (22-42) lost to the Norfolk Tides 5-4 in 10 innings.  Joely Rodriguez lasted 4.2 innings.  He was lifted after his 7th walk and 100th pitch.  Chris Leroux held the fort thru the eighth.  Juan Gutierrez pitched a clean ninth but gave up the winning run without recording an out in the tenth.  The good news is he was able to maintain his 9.00 ERA through 2 appearances with the ‘Pigs.  Russ Canzler went 3-5 with a HR and 2 RBI.  Phillippe Aumont (2-4, 2.58) pitches tomorrow. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/13/2015 →

Kelly Dugan Returns, Again; June 13, 2015

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Even though the Threshers played a double header against the Brevard County Manatees, the big story was the return of Kelly Dugan.  He played right field in the first game and was the DH in the night cap.  He went a combined 2-7 with a BB, K, and his first HR of the season.  He hit the ball hard most at bats.  The original plan was for Dugan to play the outfield Friday and Saturday, DH on Sunday, then take stock.  Friday’s rain derailed that plan.  I expect that he’ll play the outfield Sunday.  He could return to Reading not long after that.  He looks ready.

The Threshers lost the opener.  Continue reading Kelly Dugan Returns, Again; June 13, 2015 →

Box Score Recap – 6/12/2015

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley (22-41) beat the Norfolk Tides 1-0 in 14 innings.  Adam Morgan threw 6.0 shutout innings (101 pitches) and 4 relievers pitched 4-hit ball over the next 8.0 innings.  Seth Rosin got the win and Jake Diekman picked up his first AAA save of the season.  The IronPigs’ offense was non-existant most of the game.  They didn’t get a base runner until the fifth, a hit until the seventh, their second hit until the eleventh.  Jordan Danks doubled home the game winning run.  Dom Brown went 0-4.  Gabriel Lino went 1-5.  Joely Rodriguez (2-6, 6.36) pitches tomorrow. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/12/2015 →

Box Score Recap – 6/11/2015

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley (21-41) lost to the Norfolk Tides 4-3.  Seve Gonzalez threw 97 pitches and lasted 4.1 innings.  He left trailing 1-0 with one out and a runner on second.  Not too difficult a situation for a reliever, but it took 3 batters before Chris Leroux managed to allow the inherited runner to score.  Four before he actually recorded an out.  Not much offense, but Gabriel Lino went 2-3 with 2 RBI.  Adam Morgan (0-6, 5.07) pitches tomorrow. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/11/2015 →

Box Score Recap – 6/10/2015

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley (21-40) lost to the Durham Bulls 9-8 in 12 innings.  Dom Brown went 4-6, 3 R, 1 double, 1 HR, 2 RBI.  Russ Canzler had 4 RBI.  The difference between the teams tonight was defense.  The Bulls scored 2 unearned runs charged against SP Anthony Vasquez on errors by d’Arnaud and Canzler.  Jason Berken (3-3, 4.07) pitches tomorrow.  Then Adam Morgan (0-6, 5.07), and TBD. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/10/2015 →