An abridged version of the Lehigh Valley Weekly Report, with a full report coming out on Monday or Tuesday with the end of the Lehigh Valley season.

8/31/09–Lehigh Valley broke their three game losing streak with a 4-1 win over Pawtucket in their return home on Monday evening.  Andrew Carpenter (11-5) started and was very strong, going 7 innings and giving up just a run on six hits.  He walked two and struck out four.  Pawtucket took an early 1-0 lead, which Lehigh Valley answered in the fifth inning on a Sac Fly by Jason Ellison.  An RBI double in the 6th by John Mayberry gave the ‘Pigs a 2-1 lead, which they added to in the 7th with two more runs on another two run single by Andy Tracy.  Steven Register came in to pitch a perfect nonth, earning his 7th save.  Mayberry, Furmaniak and Tuffy Gosewisch all had two hits for Lehigh Valley, while Andy Tracy broke out of his recent slump with a 3-4 night. Continue reading Lehigh Valley Weekly Report →

8/29/09-After a rainout Friday night in Syracuse, Lehigh Valley played two on Saturday with Gustavo Chacin getting the start in Game One.  Neither team could muster any offense until Chacin allowed a grand slam to Ian Desmond, giving the Chiefs a 4-0 lead in the 4th inning. That hit was all Syracuse needed as the ‘Pigs managed just three hits, getting shutout for the tenth time this season. Chacin threw a complete game (although the game was shortened due to minor league doubleheader rules) going 6 innings and giving up 4 runs on 3 hits.  He walked 4 and struck out 1.  The only notable offensively for Lehigh Valley was John Mayberry was was 2-3 with a double. Continue reading ‘Pigs Weekend Update →

A good week for Lehigh Valley going 5-2, although with 12 games left in the International League season, Lehigh Valley is at 64-68, in 4th place of the Northern Division of the International League, 9 games behind division leading Scranton.

‘Pig Leaders–Andy Tracy is 4th in the league in runs (71); leads the league in walks (68), 2nd in RBI’s (85)and 2nd in homers (24); Mike Cervenak is 9th in hits (122) and 4th in RBI’s (74); Rich Thompson is 7th in triples (5) and 6th in stolen bases (26).  On the mound, Drew Carpenter is 4th in the league in Wins (10), 8th in ERA (3.33), 3rd in IP (143.1), 5th in strikeouts (115) and 3rd in homers allowed (17); Kyle Kendrick is 9th in ERA (3.38) and 4th in WHIP (1.19). Continue reading Lehigh Valley Weekly Report →

8/21/09–Andy Tracy continued swinging a very hot bat, leading Lehigh Valley to their 9-1 victory over Scranton on Friday evening. Tracy was 3-4 with 2 runs scored, a homer (24) and 3 RBI’s, and hit his 4th homer over the last three games. Kyle Kendrick (7-7) started and was very strong, going 6 innings, and giving up just a run on 3 hits. It was a night when the ‘Pigs hit in the clutch, going 7-17 with RISP, with Mike Cervenak and Jason Ellison helping lead the way, both with multi hit games.

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Pretty much an awful week for Lehigh Valley, who went 2-5 and are now at 59-66, 11.5 games behind division leading Scranton as well as  11.5 games out of the wild card spot with less than 3 weeks left in the season.

‘Pig hitting leaders include Andy Tracy who is 5th in runs (67), 2nd in homers (23), 2nd in RBI’s (81), and leads the league in walks (63) ,as well as  Rich Thompson who is 6th in triples (5) and 7th in stolen bases (24). Lehigh Valley pitching leaders include Drew Carpenter who is 4th in wins (10), 4th in ERA (3.20), 3rd in innings (138), 3rd in homers allowed (17), and 5th in strikeouts (111)  Kyle Kendrick is 9th in WHIP (1.21).

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8/07/09–Terry Tiffee had a huge night going 4-4 with a double in the ‘Pigs 4-0 win over Scranton.  Gustavo Chacin (7-3) continued pitching well in his quest for a major league rotation spot next year, going six shutout innings, giving up just 5 hits.  He walked 3 and struck out 5.  A Paul Hoover RBI double got Lehigh Valley on the board in the 4th and a sacrifice fly by Hoover tacked on another run for the ‘Pigs in the 6th.  A two run 7th featuring RBI singles by Tiffee and John Mayberry put the game away for Lehigh Valley.  Both Mike Cervenak and Rich Thompson added two hits apiece. Continue reading ‘Pigs Weekend Update →

A middle of the road, 3-3 week for Lehigh Valley, who now stand at 54-57, 9 games out of first place in the Northern Division of the International League.  ‘Pig league leaders include Andy Tracy who is 8th in runs (57), 4th in homers (18), 2nd in RBI’s (67),  and leading the league in walks (52).Mike Cervenak is 8th in RBI’s (57).  On the mound, Andrew Carpenter is 3rd in the league in wins (9), 7th in ERA (2.72), 7th in IP (119), 9th in WHIP (1.20) and 9th in strikeouts (94). Kyle Kendrick is 5th in starts (20) and 8th in IP (118). Continue reading Lehigh Valley Weekly Report →