Lehigh Valley (8-7) Lost to Pawtucket, 6-5. Zach Eflin settled down after a 5 run first. The IronPigs battled back to tie behind Tommy Joseph’s 3 RBI. But the Sox broke the tie in seventh and held on to win. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 4/22/2016
Garcia Dominant in Threshers 2-1 Victory; April 22, 2016
Elniery Garcia entered Friday’s game against the Brevard County Manatees with a 2-0 record and 0.00 ERA. He allowed his first run of the season, but pitched seven, three-hit innings before turning a 1-1 game over to the bullpen. Jesen Therrien closed out the Manatees and the Threshers pushed across a run to notch their 11th win. Continue reading Garcia Dominant in Threshers 2-1 Victory; April 22, 2016
Box Score Recap – 4/21/2016
Lehigh Valley (8-6) collected 17 hits in a 10-2 victory over Syracuse. Adam Morgan picked up his first win with 6 strike outs in 7.0 innings. Hoby Milner mopped up with 5 strike outs in 2.0 innings. Every starter had at last one hit. Six IronPigs had multi-hit games Pigs, including Cedric Hunter with 3 and Morgan with two. Tommy Joseph hit his second HR. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 4/21/2016
Casimiro Picks up Third Win as Threshers Sweep Daytona; April 21, 2016
The Threshers completed a three-game sweep of the Daytona Tortugas behind six shutout innings from Ranfi Casimro. The right hander was lifted after a 24-pitch sixth inning. Alexis Rivero and Victor Arano combined to complete the shutout over the last three innings. The Threshers pushed across an unearned run on Kyle Martin’s RBI single in the bottom of the sixth, just in time to make Casimiro the pitcher of record. The win was Casimiro’s third in as many starts. Continue reading Casimiro Picks up Third Win as Threshers Sweep Daytona; April 21, 2016
Box Score Recap – 4/20/2016
Lehigh Valley (7-6) swept Syracuse 3-2 and 5-4 in a pair of seven inning games.
Game One. Jake Thompson picked up his first win. He gave up 2 runs on 6 hits in 6.0 innings. Edward Mujica picked up his third save. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 4/20/2016
Imhof Records First Win as Threshers Beat Daytona, 4-2; April 20, 2016
In game two of a three game series against Daytona, Matt Imhof shutout the Tortugas over six innings of one-hit ball. Miguel Nunez was touched for a meaningless two-out, two-run home run in the ninth, but Imhof recorded his first win of the season. Continue reading Imhof Records First Win as Threshers Beat Daytona, 4-2; April 20, 2016
Eshelman Records First Win as Threshers Beat Daytona, 4-1; April 19, 2016
In a rematch of the 2015 FSL North Division Playoff, the Threshers got a measure of revenge against the team that eliminated them when Tom Eshelman shut down the Daytona Tortugas, 4-1. Continue reading Eshelman Records First Win as Threshers Beat Daytona, 4-1; April 19, 2016
Box Score Recap – 4/19/2016
Lehigh Valley (5-6) Lost to Syracuse 3-2. David Buchanan earned the loss. Will Venable had 2 RBI.
Box Score Recap – 4/18/2016
Lehigh Valley (5-5) Beat Syracuse 5-1. Mark Appel went 6.0 innings and gave up one run while striking out six. Luis Garcia stranded two inherited runners in the seventh. Andrew Knapp and Darnell Sweeney hit home runs.
XST at the Complex; April 18th, 2016
I felt well enough today to venture over to the Carpenter Complex for a few innings of live baseball. I was rewarded with 5 innings of Bailey Falter and Nick Fanti for my effort.
The XST groups have been working out for almost two weeks now. They began playing games last Monday. Today was the first time I was able to make it to the Complex since ST broke around April 1st. Continue reading XST at the Complex; April 18th, 2016
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