Larry Shenk’s Phillies Minor League Report: 6/15/19
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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 (32–33) lost, 13–6, to Columbus before a sellout crowd of 10,100. The Clippers drilled three homers in a nine-run first inning and added three more long balls later in the game . . . Game two, 6:35 tonight.
Pitching: Starter Tyler Viza was the loser (0–6), 0, 6–6–6–1–0, 3 HR, wild pitch . . . Josh Toll, one of five hurlers, is the only one who didn’t give up a run, 3–0–0–0–0–5.
Hitting: Pigs offense included 13 singles, one double and 12 runners left on base . . . 2-hit games included RF Ali Castillo, C Deivy Grullon, CF Jan Hernandez, DH Rob Brantly, 1B Damek Tomscha, SS Malquin Canelo . . . Grullon and 1B Jose Anteguero, 2 RBI each . . . Castillo has five consecutive two-hit games; hitting .350 in last 10.
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Reading, Eastern League Eastern Division
**Fightin Phils (37–27) pinned a 3–1 loss on the Senators in Harrisburg and moved into a first-place tie . . . With three games left in the first half: Trenton .581, Reading .578 . . . Game two, 6:00 tonight.
Pitching: Four pitchers held the Senators to four singles . . . Starter JoJo Romero turned in his best performance to pick up the win (1–3, 3–5 overall), 7–3–0–0–1–8; retired 13 in a row at one point . . . Jakob Hernandez, 1–0–0–0–1–2; 10 consecutive scoreless innings . . . Connor Brogdon, .2–1–1–0–2–2 . . . SV: Jeff Singer (1), .1–0–0–0–0–1; big strikeout to end the game with runners on second and third.
Hitting: C Austin Bossart, 2–4, double, RBI . . . 2B Raul Rivas, 2–4, RBI . . . CF Roman Quinn, first rehab game in AA, 0–4, RBI, hit by pitch . . . RF Mickey Moniak, 1–4, walk, run, career-high seventh triple; leads EL in triples.
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Clearwater, Florida State League North Division
**Threshers (36–30) have six players on the North squad for tonight’s All-Star Game in Jupiter, RHR Grant Dyer, LHS Damon Jones, 3B Alec Bohm, SS Nick Maton and OFs Simón Muzziotti and Matt Vierling . . . Second half starts Monday night in Bradenton.
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Lakewood, South Atlantic League North Division
**BlueClaws (27–41) pulled out a dramatic 7–6 win in 11 innings in Asheville . . . Tied the game with a four-run T9; each team scored in the 10th. Claws won the game with two in the 11th . . . Won previous game, 4–3, scoring three runs in T9; prior to that, the Claws were 0–31 when trailing after eight . . . Third straight win . . . 6:05 tonight in Asheville.
Pitching: Claws used five pitchers . . . Starter Kevin Gowdy, 4.2–6–3–3–1–2, HR . . . WP: Ismael Cabrera (3–0), 2–1–1–0–2–2 . . . SV: Luis Carrasco (1), 1–0–0–0–0–2.
Hitting: Offense had nine hits and drew nine walks . . . RF Luke Miller 2–6, run, RBI, HR (#3) in T9 . . . 1B Jake Holmes cleared the bases with a double to left-center to tie the game in T9 . . . SS Jonathan (sacrifice fly) and C Rafael Marchan (single) drove in the two 11th-inning runs . . . 2B Luis Garcia, 2–6.
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Williamsport, New York-Penn League Pinkney Division
**Crosscutters (0–1) lost the season opener, 4–3, to the visiting State College Spikes . . . Cutters had a runner on third with one out in B9 but couldn’t score . . .Five different players committed seven errors that contributed to two unearned runs . . . 7:05 tonight in State College.
Pitching: Starter Gustavo Armas was the loser, 3–4–3–1–1–1, wild pitch.
Hitting: 3B D.J. Stewart, 2–4, two doubles . . . CF Julio Francisco, 2–5, RBI . . . 2B Logan Simmons, 1–2, walk, double, two RBI . . . SS Nicholas Torres, 1–2, two walks, three runs.
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Gulf Coast League
**Season opens June 24 at Carpenter Complex . . . Phillies again will field two teams, East and West.
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