Clearwater (13-21)  lost to Lakeland, 5-3 in ten innings.

Clearwater’s Mauricio Llovera pitched two different games tonight.  For the first three innings, he kept the Daytona Tortugas off balance with a mid-nineties fastball and an unhittable slider.  His only base runner reached on an infield bleeder in the no man’s land between the mound and first base that he failed to field cleanly.

Llovera had six strike outs in the first three inning, no hits, no walks.  The three outs not recorded via strike out were two ground outs and a pop up to shallow right field. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/10/2018 →

Some more solid pitching from Enyel De Los Santos and Will Stewart in wins for Lehigh Valley and Lakewood.  Nick Rickles (2 solo shots) and Quincy Nieporte (solo) hit home runs for their teams.

Romero pitched well for Reading but an early 3-run inning was too much for the Phils to overcome.

Clearwater was buried early and fell short in their come back bid.

Mark Leiter pitched again and got 5 outs on 5 K.

And, there’s a Roman Quinn update.

Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.

Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/9/2018 →

Lots of good pitching performances today.

Lehigh Valley’s Brandon Leibrandt pitched five shutout innings in their victory over Pawtucket.

Reading’s Harold Arauz tossed 5.1 shutout innings in their victory over Trenton.

Clearwater’s Adonis Medina had perhaps his best result in seven, one-run innings in a victory over Lakeland.

Lakewood was scheduled off.

And, Jerad Eickhoff pitched in a game at the Complex.  This may be the biggest news in our baseball day.

Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.

Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/8/2018 →

Lehigh Valley moved within a half game of first place behind Cole Irvin with a victory over the first place Red Sox.

Reading out hit the Thunder but lost.

Clearwater got a quality start from Connor Seabold but lost in a walk off in the ninth.

Ramon Rosso, Kyle Dohy, and Addison Russ held Columbia to 2 hits as Lakewood won in ten innings.

Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.

Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/7/2018 →

Lehigh Valley and Lakewood lost games in regulation.  Reading lost a rain-shortened game.  Clearwater posted the lone win for the affiliates.

The most important baseball item today was that Mark Leiter pitched a rehab inning for the Threshers.

Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.

Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/6/2018 →

Everybody lost.   Lehigh Valley’s Joey Meneses had half of the team’s hits.  Reading’s Franklyn Kilome was dominant after a lead off HR, retiring 12 batters in a row, but left soon after taking a line drive off his pitching hand.  Clearwater’s Sixto Sanchez was knocked around.  Lakewood’s Connor Brogdon pitched well before the bullpen imploded.

Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.

Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/5/2018 →

Lehigh Valley was powered by Danny Ortiz, Dylan Cozens, and Joey Meneses as well as strong pitching from Enyel De Los Santos en route to a route of Rochester.

Reading rallied to beat Richmond on four HRs by Damek Tomscha, Jan Hernandez, Malquin Canelo, and Deivi Grullon.

Clearwater wasted a very strong pitching effort from Mauricio Llovera and Darick Hall’s ninth inning HR in a loss to Dunedin.

Lakewood wasted a strong pitching performance by Damon Jones and lost to Columbia.

The Phillies dipped into Australia to sign a 17-year old middle infielder who hit .373/.411/.471/.881 in a SSS.  He’s R/R, 185 cm, 74 kg. ( Curtis Mead, 6’1, 162)

Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.

Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/4/2018 →

Everybody wins!  And everyone hits home runs, it seems as the affiliates used 10 round trippers to come away with four wins.

Lehigh Valley overcame an early 5-run deficit to win behind a 5-HR attack, 3 by Dylan Cozens with assists from Joey Meneses and Andrew Pullin.

Reading came from behind in the ninth to win.  Three HRs, 2 by Zach Green and onr by Damek Tomscha played a part in the victory.

Clearwater won a game that see-sawed back and forth until Darick Hall’s 9th HR of the season gave the Threshers the lead for good.

Lakewood won and a HR played a part in the win, Jake Scheiner’s inside-the-parker.

Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.

Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/3/2018 →

Everybody wins!  And everyone hits home runs, it seems as the affiliates used 10 round trippers to come away with four wins.

Lehigh Valley overcame an early 5-run deficit to win behind a 5-HR attack, 3 by Dylan Cozens with assists from Joey Meneses and Andrew Pullin.

Reading came from behind in the ninth to win.  Three HRs, 2 by Zach Green and onr by Damek Tomscha played a part in the victory.

Clearwater won a game that see-sawed back and forth until Darick Hall’s 9th HR of the season gave the Threshers the lead for good.

Lakewood won and a HR played a part in the win, Jake Scheiner’s inside-the-parker.

Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.

Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/2/2018 →

Another rough night for the affiliates, all four lost.

Lehigh Valley was shut out by Syracuse.

Reading blew a 2-run lead in the ninth.

Clearwater lost to Lakeland.

And, Lakewood lost late to Rome.

Drew Anderson pitched at the Complex, and a bunch of new rehabbers arrived.

Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.

Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/1/2018 →