Larry Shenk’s Phillies Minor League Report: 6/23/19
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“The Baron” is the former Philadelphia Phillies head of community relations, a role in which he served the organization for more than four decades. Larry is also a 2018 inductee to the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame.
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Lehigh Valley, International League North Division
**IronPigs (34–38) lost, 10–9, in Columbus when the Clippers scored 3 in B9 for a walk-off victory . . . Road trip continues in Syracuse, 6:35 tonight.
Pitching: Drew Anderson started and exited early apparently with an injury, 1.1–1–1–1–1–0, wild pitch . . . Five pitchers followed with only Austin Davis and Fernando Salas pitching scoreless baseball, 2 innings each. LP: Yacksel Rios (1–3) BS, 2) fanned 1st 2 batters in B9 and then was tagged for 3 runs on 3 hits, and a walk.
Hitting: Pigs had 11 hits but struck out 15 times . . . Trailing, 7–0, after four innings, LV scored 6 runs in T5 . . . Three homers continued the rally: LF Lane Adams (12), tied the game in T8 and RF Nick Williams (#1) and 1B Austin Listi (2, 9 overall) went back-to-back with two out in T9 to take the lead . . . Williams and Listi each had 2 hits as did CF Jan Hernandez (2–5), 2 RBI and C Rob Brantly (2–5), 2 RBI . . . Five errors cost the Pigs 3 unearned runs.
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Reading, Eastern League Eastern Division [39–28, 2nd place, 1st half]
**Fightin Phils (3–3) also lost in walk-off fashion, a 2-run homer in B9 gave the Sea Dogs a 4–3 win in Portland . . . Fightins open a 3-game series in Trenton, 7 o’clock tonight.
Pitching: Damon Jones was impressive in his 2nd AA start, no decision, 6–2–0–0–2–7 . . . Jeff Singer (BS, 2), 1.2–2–2–2–1–1, HR . . . LP: Aaron Brown (2–3) .2–1–2–2–0–0, HR. With 1 out, Brown hit a batter who was down in the count, 0–2. Two pitches later Luke Tender hit his 2nd HR of the afternoon, setting off a celebration.
Hitting: 1B Alec Bohm hit his 1st AA home run (8th overall) in T6. Trailing, 2–1, in T8, CF Mickey Moniak homered to tie the game (#4). C Henri Lartigue’s 2nd hit of the afternoon drove in a run that gave Reading a 3–2 lead in T9.
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Clearwater, Florida State League North Division [36–30, 2nd place, 1st half]
**Threshers (5–2) rallied from a 7–0 deficit but fell short, 7–5, against the visiting Daytona Tortugas . . . Clearwater scored 4 in the B8 and 1 in the B9, ending the game with a strikeout and 2 runners on base . . . Threshers won the series, 3–1 . . . League-wide day off today.
Pitching: Starter Colton Eastman took the loss (4–3), 6–6–4–4–2–8, 2 HR, wild pitch . . . Tommy Hunter pitched the 7th inning, 1–0–0–0–0–1 . . . The bullpen’s consecutive scoreless innings streak ended at 22.2 in T8.
Hitting: 3B Madison Stokes, 3–5, run, 2 RBI . . . SS Dalton Guthrie, 3–4, run, double; finished the series 10–14.
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Lakewood, South Atlantic League North Division [29–41, 1st half]
**BlueClaws (2–2) put up a 4-spot in B8 for a come-from-behind win over West Virginia, 7–4, and a split in the 4-game series to start the 2nd half . . . Claws travel to Salisbury, MD, for series with the Delmarva Shorebirds that starts at 7:05 tonight.
(Note — the BlueClaws played as the Medusas de Lakewood as part of MiLB’s Copa de la Diversion initiative).
Pitching: Manny Silva started, no decision, 5–2–1–1–2–3 . . . WP: Ethan Lindow (4–2), 3–4–3–3–0–8 . . . SV: Mark Potter (4), 1–1–0–0–0–1.
Hitting: 3B Seth Lancaster, 2–3, double, 3 runs, 3 RBI, stolen base; won the game with a 2-run double . . . SS Luis Garcia, 2–3, 2 runs, double, 3 RBI . . . DH Hunter Stovall, 1–3, run, 2 RBI . . . CF Malvin Matos, 2–4, double.
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Williamsport, New York-Penn League Pinkney Division
**Crosscutters (2–8) lost their 6th in a row, 6–1, to the Batavia Muckdogs who won the game with a 5-run T8 . . . Six-game road trip starts tonight in Auburn, 7:00.
Pitching: No decision for starter Luis Cedeno, 4–3–1–1–1–5 . . . LP: Leonel Aponte (0–1), charged with 4 of the 5 runs in the 8th.
Hitting: 13 strikeouts by the offense . . . Five different Cutters had 1 hit each . . . CF Corbin Williams, 6th stolen base.
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Gulf Coast League
Season opens today . . . Games are played at 12 noon (10 a.m. on Saturdays). League-wide day off every Sunday.
**East: Tigers East, 12 noon at Carpenter Complex.
**West: travels to Tampa to play Yankees East, 12 noon.
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