Minor League Camp :
On field BP and fielding and side Bullpens : Mick Abel, Christian McGowan, Sam Aldegheri, Jake Eddington, Cristian Hernandez, Jean Cabrera, Mavis Graves
Grapefruit League Game Thirty-One :
Rays 6 Phillies 3
Clearwater, Florida
JT Realmuto hit a two run home run in the first inning. Tampa scored two in the fourth on a walk, double and single.
Cristian Pache and Brandon Marsh singled in the fifth, they both advanced on a passed ball. Casey Martin hit a sacrifice fly to score Pache.
Alex Jackson homered for the Rays in the sixth to tie the game at three apiece. The Rays scored three runs in the ninth on a walk, sacrifice bunt and three singles.
At the Plate : 3 R 7 H, 2 BB, 12 K’s
JT Realmuto hit a two run home run
Pitching Notes : 6 R, 9 H, 4 BB, 9 K’s
LH David Buchanan - 4 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 1 BB, 4 K’s - 66 pitches - 45 strikes - four seamer (90-92 mph), sinker, cutter, sweeper, change up, curve
LH Gregory Soto - 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 BB, 1 K - 21 pitches - 13 strikes - sinker (97-100 mph), four seamer, slider
RH Jeff Hoffman - 1/3 IP - retired only batter he faced - 5 pitches - 2 strikes - four seamer (95 mph), slider
LH Jose Alvarado - 1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K - 12 pitches - 9 strikes - sinker (97-99 mph), cutter
RH Seranthony Dominguez - 1 perfect IP, 1 K - 7 pitches - 6 strikes - sinker (97-98 mph), four seamer, slider
RH Luis Ortiz - 1 perfect IP, 2 K’s - 9 pitches - 8 strikes - four seamer (93-95 mph), sinker, sweeper, slider, change up
RH Efrain Contreras - 1 IP, 3 R - 2 earned, 3 H, 1 BB, 0 K’s - 17 pitches - 10 strikes - four seamer (90-93 mph), sinker, curve, slider, cutter
Minor League Camp Call-Ups for the game :
Pitchers : David Buchanan, Efrain Contreras, Zach Haake, Daniel Harper, Danny Wilkinson
Catchers : Lou Albrecht, Ryan Leitch
Infielders : Keaton Anthony, Diego Gonzalez, Casey Martin, Kendall Simmons
Outfielders : Cade Fergus, Baron Radcliff
Pitchers David Buchanan, Efrain Contreras, DH Lou Albrecht, Ryan Leitch (C), Keaton Anthony(1B), Casey Martin(SS), Kendall Simmons (2B) and Baron Radcliff (LF) all played in the game.
Final Grapefruit League record : 9-15-7 - the seven ties are a Grapefruit League record (at least from 2006 forward).
The Spring Training 16 game home attendance this year was 150,850 which is the third highest in Phillies ST history. Average attendance per game was 9,428.
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