Lehigh Valley (12-10) Postponed, rain.  David Buchanan (0-1, 4.58 ERA) tomorrow against the Pawtucket Red Sox.

Reading (14-9) Lost to Portland 7-6.  The bull pen blew a 5-3 lead in the ninth, and a 6-5 lead in the tenth.  Rhys Hoskins homered.

• Pinto – 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K.
• Ramos – 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 HBP.  Blown Save.
• Bleich – 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K. Blown Save and Loss.
• 4 runs were unearned, errors by Pinto, Hoskins, Brown, and Mora.
• Quinn (.244) went 2-4 with a triple, 2 BB, and an RBI.
• Marrero (.263) went 2-3 with 2 doubles, 3 BB, and an RBI.
• Hoskins (.256) went 1-5 with a HR (5) , BB, and RBI.
• Cozens (.259) went 2-4with a BB, RBI, and SB (6).
• Valentin (1) and Quinn (3) were CS.
• Moore (.167) went 0-3 with a BB and 3 K.
• Jake Fox was the starting catcher.

Clearwater (16-8) Beat Lakeland 4-2.  Tyler Viza struck out a career-high 11 batters in 6.1, one-run innings.  Malquin Canelo belted his first home run.

• Viza – 6.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 11 K, 91 pitches, 59 strikes, FB 90-92, t93, 94 mph.
• Only 12 of 22 first pitch strikes (54.5%).
• Victor Arano inherited 2 runners with one out and struck out 2 batters.
• He benefited from a rarely called automatic strike that ended the inning.  The batter stepped out of the box, and didn’t return when directed by the umpire.
• Joely Rodriguez also stranded 2 inherited runners.
• Alexis Rivero earned his second save but gave up a lead off HR in the ninth.
• Kingery (.275) went 2-4 with an RBI and SB7).
• Sandberg (.308) went 2-4.
• Tocci stole his fourth base.
• Canelo (.234) went 2-3 with a HR (1) and RBI.
• Tocci started in RF, Rodriguez in CF.
• Rodriguez left the game during his at bat, Tocci moved to CF, Sandberg to RF, and Campbell entered the game and played LF.

Lakewood (6-16) Postponed, rain.  Double header tomorrow, Jose Taveras (0-1, 1.72) in game one and Franklyn Kilome (0-3, 15.83) in game two.

Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.

Lehigh Valley (12-10) Beat Buffalo 3-2.  Alec Asher pitched great in his debut and got the win.  Edward Mujica nothced his seventh save.  Nick Williams, Andrew Knapp, and Alfredo Marte picked up RBIs. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 4/30/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (11-10) Lost to Buffalo 2-1.  Mark Appel went 5.1 innings (93 pitches) and gave up one earned run.  Edward Mujica took the loss.  Tommy Joseph continued his torrid hitting with 2 more hits. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 4/29/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (11-9) No game scheduled.  Mark Appel (3-0, 1.62 ERA) is scheduled to start Friday.

Reading (13-7) No Game scheduled.  Alec Asher (1-2, 3.20 ERA) is scheduled to start Friday.

Clearwater (15-6) Beat Daytona and took two of three from the Tortugas.  The Threshers received five solid innings from John Richy in his first start after coming off the DL.  Cord Sandberg provided an early lead with his first home run of the season.  The Threshers broke a 1-1 tie with 4 runs in the sixth, making Richy the eventual game winner. Victor Arano and Alexis Rivero made the lead stand up, albeit not without some late innings drama. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 4/28/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (11-9) Beat Scranton 2-0.  Zach Eflin pitched 6.1, four hit innings.  Colton Murray stranded 2 inherited runners.  Edward Mujica picked up his sixth save.  Tommy Joseph homered in the ninth to extend the lead. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 4/27/2016 →

Terrible trend last night among the affiliates.  Everybody found a way to lose late.  Lehigh Valley and Clearwater scored late only to lose in walk offs.  Reading gave up late runs after forging a tie to lose.  And Lakewood blew a lead late and lost in extra innings.  But the Phillies beat that Nats, so there’s that.

Lehigh Valley (10-9) Tied the game in the top of the ninth only to lose 4-3 in ten innings to Scranton.  Reinier Roibal got the start in a “bull pen game” when Adam Morgan’s start was skipped.  Andrew Knapp and Taylor Featherston hit home runs.   Continue reading Box Score Recap – 4/26/2016 →

Lehigh Valley (10-8) Fell behind early and lost to Scranton, 5-2.  Jake Thompson lasted 5.0 innings and gave up 5 runs in the second and third innings.  He allowed eight hits and struck out six.  He walked none.  Nick Williams hit his first home run. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 4/25/2016 →