Lehigh Valley (29-26) Lost to Charlotte, 8-4.  David Buchanan imploded for six runs in the second inning. Seve Gonzalez chipped in with 2 runs after the IronPigs closed within 6-4.  Logan Moore had 3 hits and his first home run.  Cameron Perkins had 2 hits. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/4/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (29-25) Beat Charlotte, 6-4.  Zach Eflin allowed only two base runners thru his first five innings, a single and a hit batter.  He took a 2-0 lead into the sixth but blew his own victory.  Frank Hermann allowed an inherited runner to score, but was awarded the victory when the IronPigs re-took the lead.  Mario Hollands and Michael Mariot preserved the lead and Edubray Ramos notched his first save.  He struck out three of the four batters he faced, striking out the side in the ninth.

Lehigh Valley amassed 16 hits and five walks.  Williams, Ruf, and Sweeney had 3-hit games. Crawford, Knapp, and Hunter had 2-hit games.  Williams hit his 6th HR.  Ruf had 2 RBI.  Our old friend, Phillippe Aumont, allowed 2 of 2 inherited runners to score and blew his second save for Charlotte.

Reading (37-18) Beat Portland, 5-4 in a walk off.  Ricardo Pinto turned in a quality start, one earned run and seven strike outs in six innings.  Hoby Milner blew his second save. Miguel Nunez earned the win.  Hoskins hit his 10th home run.   Cozens led off the 9th with his 15th home run to tie the game.  Marrero’s 6th HR won the game with 2 outs.

Clearwater (31-22) Beat Jupiter, 8-2.  Elniery Garcia celebrated the birth of his first son with a 2-run, 31-pitch first inning.  He shut the Hammerheads down after the first.  Garcia didn’t have his good curve ball.  In fact, he only induced 6 swing-and-misses, all at his fastball.  But he only allowed two singles after the first inning.  Joe DeNato pitched the final 3.1 innings and recorded his first save.

The Threshers rallied with crooked numbers in the third, fourth, and fifth innings.  Kingery and Green had 3-hit games.  Pullin, Walding, and Canelo had 2-hit games.  Kingery, Pullin, Green, and Canelo had 2 RBIs each.

Garcia may have needed 31 pitches to complete the first, but 22 of them were strikes.  He threw 11 pitches in the second, 12 in the third, and 14 in the fourth.  He allowed a one-out single in the fourth.  Of the 37 pitches in those innings, 28 were strikes.  Garcia faced 5 batters in the fifth inning.  His throwing error and Kingery’s fielding error extended his pitch count to 23 (15 strikes) in the inning, and 91 thru 5 innings.

Garcia answered the bell for the sixth and faced three batters.  He threw 24 pitches in the inning.  His night ended after a two-out single culminated an 11-pitch at bat.  He was permitted to throw 115 pitches, 81 strikes.  His pitch count was extended by 37 foul balls.

Garcia threw predominantly fastballs, I had him at 82 total, 91-94 t95 mph.  he dipped to 90 mph four time, too.  He threw an off-speed pitch (I had 18) 82-88 mph, which was mostly 83-86 mph.  His curve ball (I had 15) was mostly 74-77 mph.

Garcia’s curve ball is his out-pitch.  He hung several both in and out of the strike zone.  He got 2 across for called strikes, but none for a swing-and-miss.  Four were fouled off, three were hit for singles, and six were balls.  Due to his lack of command of his CB, he relied more heavily on his fastball.

Joe DeNato relived Garcia with two outs and a runner on first in the sixth inning.  He retired the Hammerheads without throwing a pitch.  He notched his third pick off of the season on his second throw to first base.  He allowed two singles over the next three innings both in the ninth.  He ended the game with a ground ball into an around-the-horn double play.

Lakewood (20-34) Lost to Hickory, 8-3.  Drew Anderson pitched well – one hit, 3 walks, and six strike outs in five innings.  Skylar Hunter was activated and pitched one inning before blowing the save in his second inning.  Jake Waguespack came in and couldn’t stop the bleeding.  The BlueClaws scored three runs on seven hits.  Hernandez had 2 hits.  Tromp hit a solo home run, his sixth.

Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.

Extra Innings –

• 6/3 – OF Osmel Aguila assigned to Clearwater.
• 6/3 – Samuel Hiciano assigned to Williamsport from Clearwater.
• 6/2 – Lakewood activated RHP Skylar Hunter from the restricted list.
• 6/2 – Kenny Koplove assigned to XST from Lakewood.
• Plus a slew of transactions as the two DSL Phillies teams assign players to their rosters.

Lehigh Valley (28-25) Beat Charlotte, 4-2.  James Russell pitched five shutout innings, Severino Gonzalez blew the save, Luis Garcia was the pitcher of record when the IronPigs rallied, and Edward Mujica got his 14th save.  Andrew Knapp and Brock Stassi had two hits. Cedric Hunter two RBI.  Stassi hit his second home run.  J.P. Crawford stole his first AAA base.  Darin Ruf had an outfield assist at home.  Knapp threw out a base runner. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/2/2016 →

Most of the box score discussion yesterday seemed to be centered on the Phillies’ latest and possible future roster moves.  I have a pinched nerve in my shoulder and typing is aggravating it.  So here’s a condensed version of Wednesday’s box scores. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/1/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (26-25) Lost to Norfolk, 8-6.  Jake Thompson had a rough night, failing to finish the fourth inning.  Three relievers shutout the Tides the rest of the way.  J.P. Crawford, Cody Asche, and Brock Stassi had two-hit games.  Andrew Knapp was ejected after arguing a called third strike in the seventh inning. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/31/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (26-24) Beat Norfolk, 6-4.  David Buchanan gave up four runs early but hung around to pitch seven innings and get his third win.  The IronPigs used a five run fourth to propel themselves to the victory.  Logan Moore had four hits.  Cody Asche and Nick Williams had solo home runs. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/30/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (25-24) Lost to Louisville, 10-6.  Zach Eflin (5-1, 2.81) had his worst start of the season and suffered his first loss.  Mario Hollands and Seve Gonzalez each allowed an inherited runner to score as the bull pen allowed four runs after Eflin left the game.  The offense could only manager seven hits.  Three came in their five-run first inning, highlighted by Cameron Perkins’ grand slam.  Cody Asche hit his first home run.  Darin Ruf and Perkins had two-hit games. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/29/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (25-23) Lost to Louisville, 2-0.  James Russell and gave up two solo home runs in the first inning.  He gave the IronPigs five innings, but the offense couldn’t overcome the early disadvantage.  Three relievers provided four innings of one-hit ball.  Nick Williams had three of Lehigh Valley’s eight singles. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/28/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (25-22) Lost to Louisville, 6-4 in 11 innings.  Ben Lively made his debut at AAA and turned in a quality start, 2 earned runs in seven innings.  Bobby LaFromboise and Luis Garcia combined to allow the Bats 2 important insurance runs in the eighth.  The IronPigs rallied to tie in the bottom of the inning but lost when Michael Mariot surrendered two runs in the eleventh.  The ‘Pigs were outhit 13-5.  Darin Ruf had 2 of those hits and his 5th home run.  Cody Asche made his first AAA rehab start. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/27/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (25-21) Beat Pawtucket 11-4.  Jake Thompson gave up 3 runs on 6 hits in 5.2 innings.  He struck out only two.  Seve Gonzalez gave up a solo home run in relief.  The IronPigs scored 5 runs off Red Sox’ starter Henry Owens in 3.1 innings (wasn’t he a part of a lot of the Hamels-to-Boston trades that were suggested a couple years ago?).  In addition to 6 hits and 5 walks, Owens gave up a Darin Ruf home run AND hit 3 batters.  Four IronPigs had 3-hit games – J.P. Crawford, Nick Wiliams, Ruf, and Cedric Hunter.  Ruf hit 2 HR, Hunter and Angelys Nina contributed one each.  Ruf had 5 RBI, Hunter three. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/26/2016 →