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Thanks to timely hits, IronPigs win 12th straight

While the Phillies continue to lose (3-11 in May following a 9-3 loss Wednesday to Texas), the Lehigh Valley IronPigs continue to win. The Pigs took their 12th straight Wednesday after beating Rochester 11-8.

Down 4-1 early, the Pigs climbed back to tie it in the third on a J.P. Crawford RBI single and a couple RBI outs. But Rochester went back up 8-4, as starter Ricardo Pinto got roughed up (eight runs off nine hits in three innings).

Still the Pigs kept coming back, with Nick Williams, Roman Quinn and Rhys Hoskins homering to tie it at 8-8 by the eighth. Crawford’s third RBI single of the game (3-for-5, 4 RBI, R) gave the Pigs the lead in the 11th, and stellar pitching by Pat Venditte and Pedro Beato locked it down.

The IronPigs – now 26-13 with a four-game lead in the International League’s North Division – will try for 13 straight in the series finale Thursday against Rochester. First pitch is 1:35 p.m.

FYI: Next week’s Phillies Nation Podcast (live Monday) goes deep on the IronPigs with PR and radio voice Matt Provence.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.