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 →

Lehigh Valley (21-39) lost to the Durham Bulls 7-4.  Dom Brown went 2-4 with a double.  Brian Bogusevic went 2-4 with a double and a solo HR.  Phillippe Aumont gave up 6 R, 3 ER in 5.2 IP on 7 H and 3 BB.  He struck out seven.  Gabriel Lino went 1-4.  Anthony Vasquez (3-1, 1.64) pitches tomorrow.  Then Jason Berken (3-3, 4.07), Adam Morgan (0-6, 5.07), and TBD. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/9/2015 →

Lehigh Valley (21-38) lost to the Durham Bulls 11-4, but Dom Brown hit his first AAA home run of the season.  Gabriel Lino went 1-4 with a double.  Joely Rodriguez gave up 10 hits and 7 runs in 4.1 innings.  Phillippe Aumont (2-3, 2.35) pitches Tuesday.  Then Anthony Vasquez (3-1, 1.64); TBD the rest of the week. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/8/2015 →

Lehigh Valley (21-37) lost to the Indianapolis Indians, 5-2.  Chris Leroux allowed 2 runs (1 unearned) on 5 hits and 2 walks in 5.0 innings.  The bullpen allowed 3 more runs over the next four innings, and rendered 2 late runs irrelevant.  Brian Bogusevic went 1-1 as a pinch hitter and drove in the first run.  Chris McGuinness hit a solo HR in the ninth.  Lino and Brown each went 1-4.  Joely Rodriguez (2-5, 5.76) pitches Monday. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/7/2015 →

MLB’s 2015 First Year Player Draft will take place June 8-10.  I will post a discussion thread on Monday. I will include a file to track the draft, similar to the tracker that Brad provided last year. I will post updates as players are picked and as signing information is reported.  I hope it can be as informative as Brad’s was. He set the bar high.

On Monday, day one includes Rounds 1 through Competitive Balance B and will start at 7:00 pm ET on the MLB Network & MLB.com

On Tuesday, day two includes Rounds 3-10 and will start at 1:00 pm ET, live on MLB.com.

On Wednesday, day three includes Rounds 11-40 at 12:00 pm ET, live on MLB.com.

Lehigh Valley (21-36) lost to the Indianapolis Indians, 4-0.  Adam Morgan gave up 2 ER in the first inning and 2 unearned in the seventh.  Chase d’Arnaud had 3 of the IronPigs 4 hits.  Chris Leroux (0-1, 4.05) pitches tomorrow. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/6/2015 →

Lehigh Valley (21-35) lost to the Indianapolis Indians, 5-2.  Dom Brown and Gabriel Lino both went 1-4 and each had a double.  Adam Morgan (0-5, 5.33) pitches tomorrow.

Reading (29-25) lost to the Binghamton Mets 8-7 in walkoff fashion.  Jesse Biddle allowed 6 runs (only one earned) in 5.0 innings.  The Phils fought back to retake the lead in the sixth inning.  J.P. Crawford went 1-4.  Cam Perkins went 2-3 with 2 doubles and an RBI.  Aaron Altherr went 1-4 with a HR and 2 RBI.  Roman Quinn went 0-5 and commited a run-permitting error.  Gustavo Pierre went 0-4 with 2 RBI, but commited an error that prevented the end of what became a 4-run inning.  Nefi Ogando inherited a 7-6 lead but couldn’t hold the win for Colton Murray.  Zach Eflin (4-4, 3.38) pitches tomorrow. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/5/2015 →

Got to the Complex for the game today and found that they started early again.  Ethan Martin had plodded through the first three innings.  Mid 80s, just like his last outing.  Meh.

Franklyn Kilome pitched the middle four innings.  He’s still in the mid 90s.  Definitely looks like he’s working on secondary pitches and keeping his FB down.  Threw a few ugly curves like he did last outing, but snapped off several nice ones.  Got a swinging K with one.  Walked three, but the Pirates only threatened once – two leadoff walks and a sac put runners in scoring position but the “breaking ball” K and a ground out ended the inning. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/4/2015 →

Lehigh Valley (20-34) dropped both games of their double header with the Rochester Red Wings.  Joely Rodriguez gave up 6 runs in 4.2 innings on 9 hits and 2 walks on the way to a 7-4 loss in game one.  Dom Brown went 2-4 with an RBI and Gabriel Lino went 1-3 with an RBI in his IronPigs’ debut.  The ‘Pigs came back to tie the game in the fourth, but Rodriguez failed to produce a shutdown inning and absorbed his fifth loss.  Phillippe Aumont went 6.0 innings in the second game, giving up 3 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks.  He had a lead but a 2-run home run in the fourth inning proved to be too much for the IronPigs to overcome.  Brown went 1-4 with an RBI.  Lino DNP.  Adam Morgan (0-5, 5.33) pitches tomorrow. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/3/2015 →

Lehigh Valley (20-32) postponed, rain.  Double header tomorrow at 6:05 PM  Joely Rodriguez (2-4, 5.27) in the first game, Phillippe Aumont (2-2, 2.08) in the night cap.

Reading (28-23) beat the Erie SeaWolves 10-2 when they scored 9 runs over the las two innings.  Tom Windle allowed 2 runs in 5.0 innings on 3 hits and 4 walks.  The bullpen allowed only 2 runners the rest of the way and Reinier Roibal picked up the win.  Cam Perkins went 3-5 with his 6th HR and 2 doubles.  Logan Moore also had 3 hits.  Altherr, Stassi, Charles, and Serna each collected 2 hits.  All but Crawford had base hits, butu he contributed 3 walks.  Charles had 3 RBI, Stassi two (#42 and 43).    Ben Lively (4-2, 3.81) pitches tomorrow. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/2/2015 →

Lehigh Valley (20-32) – no game scheduled.  Joely Rodriguez (2-4, 5.27) pitches tomorrow.

Reading (27-23) lost to the Richmond Flying Squirrels, 6-3.  Zach Eflin pitched well but gave up 2 runs on 2 hits and 4 walks over 7.0 innings.  He shut the Squirrels out for 6.0 innings on 1 hit.  Unfortunately, a walk and home run put the Phils behind in the seventh.  The offense scored single runs in the final three innings, but Colton Murray had come on in relief to make sure that 3 runs wouldn’t be enough, and Eflin got his fourth loss.  Roman Quinn and J.P.Crawford each had 2 hits.  Brock Stassi had the Phils only RBI, his 41st.  Quinn was caught stealing twice, both on pickoffs.  Tom Windle (1-3, 4.53) pitches tomorrow. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/1/2015 →