Before I get into the box scores, I have some information that was requested in earlier reports.

The GCL divisions have been shuffled by the closing of the Detroit Tigers’ operations in Venezuela. The Phillies had been in the GCL Northwest Division with the Blue Jays, Pirates, and Yankees1.  The new alignment will keep the Phillies in the Northwest but the other teams in the division will be the Blue Jays, Tigers West, and Yankees West.  The Pirates were moved to the Northeast Division.  The addition of a second team for Detroit has increased the number of teams in the league to 17.  Five teams will compete in the East Division (Houston by virtue of their recent move is the new team in the East). Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/25/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (24-20) Lost to Pawtucket 2-1.  Zach Eflin tossed seven shutout innings. Recently activated Frank Herrmann gave up a 2-run home run and blew the save.  Cameron Perkins hit a home run for the IronPigs’ only run. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/24/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (24-19) No game scheduled.

Reading (29-15) Lost to Erie, 8-3.  Nick Pivetta gave up a couple home runs, one a grand slam, en route to his third loss.  Reading got solo home runs from Jesse Valentin and Jorge Alfaro.  Alfaro and Angelo Mora had multi-hit games.  Mora had the Phils’ other RBI.  Ashe went oh-fer again. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/23/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (24-19) Split with Toledo, losing 6-3 and winning 3-0.

Game One:  Mark Appel got the hook after 8 batters in the first inning.  And the ironPigs were unable to make up the 4-run hole they found themselves in with only 4 hits and 5 walks. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/22/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (23-18) Postponed, rain.  The game against the Toledo Mud Hens will be made up Sunday as part of a double header starting at 1:35 PM.  Mark Appel (3-2, 3.58) is schedued to start Game One, James Russell (1-0, 0.96) in Game Two.

Reading (27-14) Postponed, rain.  The game against the Trenton Thunder will be made up Sunday as part of a double header starting at 2:05 PM.  Ben Lively (6-0, 1.53) is scheduled to start Game One, TBD in Game Two. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/21/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (23-18) Beat Toledo, 4-3 in another walk off.  Jake Thompson threw 112 pitches in eight, five-hit innings.  He gave up 3 solo home runs.  The final HR tied the game in the eighth inning.  Edubray Ramos got his first win.  Andrew Knapp and Taylor Featherston hit solo home runs.  Cameron Perkins had 3 hits and an RBI.  Carlos Alonso scored form first with two outs on a fielding error by the right fielder on a ball hit by Featherston in the ninth.  J.P Crawford made his AAA debut.

Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/20/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (22-18) Beat Toledo 8-7 in fifteen innings.  The bullpen blew a 3-1 lead in the ninth inning.  The IronPigs had to rally to tie the game with 2 runs in the 12th and 14th innings before finally walking off in the 15th inning.  David Buchanan scattered 8 hits in his seven innings.  Edward Mujica blew his fourth save in the ninth.  Boby LaFromboise weathered the four runs allowed in the 12th and 14th.  James Russell got the win.  Michael Mariot got half of the IronPigs 6 strike outs in his two innings. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/19/2016 →

Tommy Joseph sat today.  At the time I wrote up all the affiliates’ afternoon games, the Phillies beat the Marlins and were in a tie with the Nationals for first place in the division. Barring a rain out, the winner of the Nationals/Mets game will take a half game lead in the division.  So, first place for 6 hours, woohoo!

Lehigh Valley (21-18) Beat Syracuse, 3-0 behind seven quality innings from Zach Eflin. Carlos Alonso hit his first home run of the season and had 2 hits and 2 RBI.  The win put the IronPigs in a three-way tie for first place pending the outcome of Wednesday’s night games. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/18/2016 →

Tommy Joseph hit his first major league home run Tuesday night.  He led off the second inning and fell behind 0-2 before hitting a 1-2 fastball off the screen attached to the left field fair pole.  Joseph lined an 0-2 fastball to right for a single in his second at bat in the fourth inning.  In the sixth inning, Joseph lined a single off yet another fastball to center field on a 3-2 pitch on the eighth pitch of the at bat.  Marcel Ozuna misplayed the ball and Cesar Hernandez scored the Phillies’ third run while Joseph chugged into third.  He struck out on a slider on the fourth pitch of his final at bat in the eighth inning.  All three hits came off four-seam fastballs.  So, in three games he has gone 4-10 with a HR (1), BB, RBI, and 4 K.  Now for the bad news.  The Phillies won’t see a left-handed starter until the Cubs’ series assuming we get Lester (5/27-29). although there might be DH opportunities in the Tiger’s series (5/23-25). Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/17/2016 →

Tommy Joseph got his first major league hit Monday night.  He lined a single to center in his third at bat leading off the sixth inning.  He went 1-4 with a strike out, and made a couple nice catches on line drives headed for the RF corner.

Lehigh Valley (19-18) Lost to Syracuse, 5-4.  Mark Appel pitched well thru his first five innings when he allowed just two walks and a single.  He ran out of gas in the sixth when he gave up 3 runs and turned the inning over to James Russell with one on and two out. Russell walked the bases loaded before getting the final out.  The IronPigs took the lead in the bottom of the inning, but Seve Gonzalez blew the save opportunity.  Edward Mujica came on in the ninth in a non-save situation and earned the loss.  Darin Ruf homered in his first IronPigs’ start. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 5/16/2016 →