Winter league reporting on Phillies and former Phillies playing winter league baseball.
Australian Baseball League :
The brunt of the Phillies league contingent plays for the Adelaide Giants.
1/21 : Adelaide 11 (29-11) Brisbane 5 (22-18)
The final regular season game of the season. Cade Fergus hit a two run home run, he also walked twice, stole three bases and scored two runs. Anthony Quirion had two hits and scored twice. Nick Ward hit two sacrifice fly RBIs, walked and scored twice. Josh Bortka pitched an inning (1 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K’s - 19 pitches - 12 strikes).
Here are the final statistics for Adelaide’s Phillies and former Phillies contingent :
Nick Ward - .324/.412/.503 slash line in 38 games (170 PA’s) with a .915 OPS - 8 doubles, 6 home runs, 26 RBIs, 40 runs, 20 BB
Rixon Wingrove - .297/.369/.464 slash line in 35 games (157 PA’s) with a .833 OPS - 11 doubles, 4 HR’s, 31 RBIs, 22 runs, 15 BB
Andrick Nava - .291/.339/.473 slash line in 28 games (118 PA’s) with a .812 OPS - 5 doubles, 5 home runs, 14 RBIs, 8 BB
Kendall Simmons - .276/.315/.460 slash line in 24 games (92 PA’s) with a .775 OPS - 7 doubles, 3 HR’s, 13 RBIs
Cade Fergus - .261/.346/.461 slash line in 37 games (130 PA’s) with a .807 OPS - 6 doubles, triple, 5 HR, 21 RBIs, 13 SB, 14 BB
Anthony Quirion - .208/.271/.321 slash line in 31 games (118 PA’s) with a .592 OPS - 4 doubles, triple, 2 HR’s, 10 RBIs
Lachlan Wells - 6-0 W/L record, 0.94 ERA in 9 starts (47.2 IP) with a 0.73 WHIP, 63 K’s, 7 BB
Braeden Fausnaught - 4-2 W/L record, 2.53 ERA in 10 appearances (6 starts) - 32 IP, 1.53 WHIP, 33 K’s, 16 BB
Josh Bortka - 2-1 W/L record, 4.60 ERA in 13 appearances (15.2 IP) with a 1.66 WHIP, 26 K’s, 11 BB
Cam Wynne - 2-0 W/L record, 4.67 ERA in 14 appearances (17.1 IP) with a 1.79 WHIP, 13 K’s, 11 BB
Austin Ross - 2-0 W/L record, 0.00 ERA in 5 appearances (4.2 IP) with a 1.07 WHIP, 4 K’s, 0 BB
The playoffs start on 1/26 and run thru 1/28 with the top four teams participating. The semifinals will be a best of three series - Adelaide (#1 seed -29-11) will face Melbourne (#4 seed- 21-19) with Adelaide hosting. Perth (#2 seed - 24-15) will face Brisbane (#3 seed - 22-18) with Perth hosting. The two series winners will meet in a best of three championship series slated for 2/2 to 2/4.
Puerto Rico Roberto Clemente League :
The Carolina Giants are playing the Caguas Creoles in the league championship series. Former Phillies minor league outfielder Danny Ortiz has had a strong series for Caguas posting a .370 batting average in 27 AB’s with a .393 OBP.
Mexico Pacific League :
1/20 : Former Phillies outfielder Aaron Altherr hit a three run home run for Naranjeros de Hermosillo in their 8-2 opening game victory of the championship series against Venados de Mazatlán.
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