Scores scores and more scores.
Lehigh Valley wins 8-4.
Another scoreless inning for Mathieson
Reading loses 3-2.
Brown: 1/4
Naylor with a decent start; 7 IP – 2 ER – 5 H – 0 BB – 5 K
Clearwater loses 6-3.
Gose: 1/5
Overbeck: 2/4
BJ Rosenberg is back
Lakewood loses 4-3.
Singleton: 1/2, 2B, 2 BB (7 BB in 8 games)
Pettibone: 5 IP – 2 ER – 4 H – 0 BB – 3 K
Another 3-4 week for Lehigh Valley, who are now 16, -24, 8.5 games behind division leading Scranton in the Northern Division of the International League.
League Leaders, thru 5/19; Hitting: DeWayne Wise is leading the league in triples (5); Cody Ransom is tied for 3rd in homers, is 3rd in the league in strikeouts (49)and is 10th in RBIS (26); John Mayberry is tied for 9th in homers (6); Rich Thompson is 3rd in the league in average (.337). Pitching: Nate Bump is tied for 5th in Wins (4), tied for 4th in the league in starts (8), 3rd in IP (51), 5th in WHIP (1.12) and 4th in ERA (2.29); Scott Mathieson is 6th in the league in saves (6). Ryan Vogelsong is 8th in the league in strikeouts(43). Continue reading Lehigh Valley Weekly Report
The season opener for the VSL Phillies is today. The league started yesterday but with 7 teams in the league it was the Phillies that got the bye on day one. Last year the team was a disappointing 27-42, though it should be noted that 8 players from that team plus newly signed Venezuelan LHP Lino Martinez were present in minor league spring training and in line to make their GCL debuts this summer.
A roster has been posted on the minor league site here: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ros&cid=661
Recap: Lakewood went 4-2 on the week, losing the first two, then winning four straight against Greenville and Greensboro. They are currently 21-16, 1.5 GB of Hickory in the SAL North. Lots of noteworthy performances this week with Jonathan Singleton homering in his SAL debut and another pair of great starts by Nick Hernandez, including a near no-no on Sunday afternoon. Continue reading Lakewood Weekly Report (5/10-5/16)
The weekly notes column returns after a 2 week break, and I’m actually going to change things up a bit in terms of the way I attack this weekly writeup. I’m going to try and make the piece a bit more uniform every week, adding distinct sections that make it easy for me to write this in chunks and then publish it on Sunday night/Monday morning every week. All of the formatting should make sense as we progress through. So let’s just get right to it.
A look at the ‘Pigs weekend with a few notes below.
Friday–Another night with little offense as Lehigh Valley opened a series against Gwinnett and were shut out 3-0. Three early runs by Gwinnett off of starter Joe Savery, and the fact that the ‘Pigs couldnt move a runner past second base all night led to the loss. After giving up 3 runs in the first inning, Savery (0-3) settled down, but his line was a fairly typical line, 6IP 4H 3ER 5BB 3K. John Mayberry was 2-4 for Lehigh Valley who left 13 runners on base and have now fallen to 8 games below .500. Continue reading ‘Pigs Weekend Update
Brad Lidge was placed on the DL once again with right elbow inflammation, retroactive to May 9, after making just 4 appearances for the Phils. Called up from Lehigh Valley to take his roster spot is LHP Antonio Bastardo, who has allowed just 1 hit, and no earned runs in his 5 appearances in Lehigh Valley since being sent down a couple of weeks ago. Bastardo has struck out 8 in 3.2 innings or work for Lehigh Valley.
Update: The corresponding Lehigh Valley roster move has RHP Alex Concepcion been activated from the DL (turf toe).
One more notable transaction today, Reading reliever Chance Chapman was placed on the DL with a Right Oblique Strain. P Tyson Brummett, who has been exclusively in releif this year, and quite well for CLearwater was called up to Reading.
