International League ( AAA ) - Lehigh Valley 6 (5-4) Durham 4 (3-6)
Durham, NC - Athletic Park
Summary :
Scott Kingery walked to lead off the second inning, moved to second on a Simon Muzziotti single, to third on a ground out and scored on a sac fly by Jordan Qsar.
Jordan Qsar doubled in the fifth inning and scored on a double by Dalton Guthrie.
Weston Wilson walked in the sixth inning, advanced on a single by Scott Kingery and scored on a double by Simon Muzziotti.
Esteban Quiroz and Vimael Machin walked in the seventh inning - Quiroz scored on a Weston Wilson single.
Durham scored a run in the bottom of the seventh on a home run by Kyle Manzardo.
Jordan Qsar homered in the top of the 8th inning. Durham scored three in the bottom of the 8th - the key blow a two home run by Jonathan Aranda.
Weston Wilson homered in the ninth inning.
On the Hill : 4 R, 6 H, 2 BB, 1 HB, 11 K’s
LH Christopher Sanchez - 4 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 1 HB, 6 K’s - 52 pitches - 31 strikes - Sinker (90-94 mph), Slider, Curve, Changeup
RH Noah Skirrow - 3 2/3 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 0 BB, 3 K’s - 73 pitches - 48 strikes - FB (89- 93 mph), Cutter, Curve, Changeup
LH Jakob Hernandez - 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 1 K - 28 pitches - 16 strikes - FB (89-92 mph), Curve
RH Trey Cobb - 1/3 IP - struck out only batter faced - 3 pitches - 3 strikes - Sinker (91 mph), Sweeper
At the Bat : 9 H, 7 BB, 12 K’s
Jordan Qsar was 2 for 4 (double & HR). Simon Muzziotti, Weston Wilson and Scott Kingery each had two hits. Wilson homered, Muzziotti and Dalton Guthrie doubled. Vimael Machin and John Hicks each drew two walks.
Boxscore :
Eastern League ( AA) - Hartford 8 (2-2) Reading 6 (0-4)
Reading, PA - First Energy Stadium
Summary :
Johan Rojas singled in the bottom of the first inning, stole second base and scored on a single by Oliver Dunn. Carlos De La Cruz walked, McCarthy Tatum singled to score Dunn.
Hartford scored twice in the third inning on a hit batter, single and RBI double by Hunter Goodman.
Matt Kroon hit a two run home run in the bottom of the third scoring Baron Radcliff (walked) in front of him.
Julio Carreras and Bladimir Restituyo hit solo home runs in the seventh for Hartford.
Three singles, a walk, double and fielder error scored four runs for Hartford in the 8th inning.
Baron Radcliff crushed a long long home run to right field to lead off the bottom of the 8th. Wendell Rijo walked, went to second on a wild pitch and subsequently scored on a fielding error.
On the Hill : 8 R - 7 earned, 11 H, 2 BB, 9 K’s
LH David Parkinson - 5 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 0 BB, 5 K’s - 74 pitches - 49 strikes
RH Tyler McKay - 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 0 K’s - 22 pitches - 12 strikes
RH Braden Zarbnisky - 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 0 K’s - 19 pitches - 11 strikes
RH Andrew Schultz - 1 IP, 4 R - 3 earned, 4 H, 1 BB, 2 K’s - 26 pitches - 18 strikes
RH Max Kuhns - 1 perfect IP - 2 K’s - 10 pitches - 8 strikes
At the Bat : 9 H, 5 BB, 7 K’s
Johan Rojas (two singles) and Oliver Dunn (single & double) each had two hits and a walk. Rojas stole two bases, Dunn one. Matt Kroon had two hits (single,HR) and two RBIs. Baron Radcliff homered.
Boxscore :
South Atlantic League ( High A ) - Greensboro 13 (3-1) Jersey Shore 9 (1-3)
Lakewood, NJ - ShoreTown Ballpark
Summary :
Tsung-Che Cheng led off the game for Greensboro with a triple. Three walks scored him. Jase Bowen doubled to score three more. A sac fly scored a fifth run.
Greensboro scored two more in the third inning on two hit batters, a single and a ground out.
Tsung-Che Cheng hit a two run home run for Greensboro in the fifth inning.
Two walks and a hit batter loaded the bases for Jersey Shore in the bottom of the 5th, a wild pitch scored a run and two ground outs scored two more.
A hit batter, two walks and two singles scored three more Greensboro runs in the sixth inning.
Jamari Baylor (singled) scored on an RBI single by Nick Ward in the bottom of the sixth.
Greensboro scored another run in the 8th on an RBI double by former Phillies minor leaguer Abrahan Gutierrez.
Three walks loaded the bases for the BlueClaws in the ninth inning, Nick Ward then scored on a passed ball. Two bases loaded walks scored two more runs. Jamari Baylor singled to score a run. Another walk scored a fifth run 🙃. Greensboro used three pitchers in the inning with the third hurler (Cy Nielsen) coming in to strike out the last two batters and end the game.
On the Hill : 13 R, 12 H, 11 BB, 11 K’s
LH Gabriel Cotto - 2/3 IP, 5 R, 2 H, 3 BB, 1 K - 28 pitches - 10 strikes
RH Carlos Francisco - 2 1/3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 2 K’s - 35 pitches - 18 strikes
RH Carlos Betancourt - 2 1/3 IP, 4 R, 2 H, 3 BB, 3 K’s - 49 pitches - 25 strikes
RH Chase Antle - 1 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 2 BB, 2 K’s - 35 pitches - 19 strikes
RH Alex Garbrick - 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 2 K’s - 28 pitches - 17 strikes
RH Rodolfo Sanchez - 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 1 K - 14 pitches - 9 strikes
At the Bat : 5 H, 13 BB, 10 K’s
Jamari Baylor had two hits. Nick Ward had a single and two walks. Marcus Lee Sang walked three times. Rixon Wingrove walked three times as well. Troy Schreffler walked twice. The BlueClaws had no extra base hits.
Boxscore :
Florida State League ( Low A ) Clearwater 6 (3-1) Fort Myers 0 (2-2)
Clearwater, FL - BayCare Ballpark
Summary :
Gabriel Rincones Jr singled in the second inning, stole second base, went to third on a fly out and scored on a wild pitch.
Emaarion Boyd doubled in the third inning and scored on a subsequent fielding error by Fort Myers left fielder.
Chad Castillo doubled in the sixth inning and scored on a single by Gabriel Rincones Jr.
Otto Kemp walked in the seventh, advanced to third on a single by Erick Brito and scored on a ground out.
Gabriel Rincones Jr singled in the 8th inning, Bryan Rincon walked. Jordan Viars doubled to score them both.
On the Hill : 0 R, 3 H, 3 BB, 11 K’s
RH Alex Rao - 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K’s - 27 pitches - 14 strikes - Sinker (92-94 mph), Slider, Splitter, Cutter
RH Jaydenn Estanista - 3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 3 K’s - 40 pitches - 27 strikes - FB (92-96 mph), Sinker, Slider, Curve
LH Andrew Walling - 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 3 K’s - 32 pitches - 20 strikes - FB (90-95 mph), Slider
LH Wesley Moore - 1 perfect IP - 2 K’s - 13 pitches - 9 strikes - Sinker (92-94 mph), Curve, Changeup
RH Orion Kerkering - 1 perfect IP - 1 K - 13 pitches - 12 strikes - Sinker (97-99 mph), Slider, Curve
At the Bat : 9 H, 2 BB, 5 K’s
Gabriel Rincones Jr was 3 for 4 with an RBI. Emaarion Boyd, Chad Castillo and Jordan Viars each doubled, Viars had two RBI’s
Boxscore :
Player Development Center Training - Carpenter Complex
Thirteen pitchers threw side bullpen sessions on the seven mounds in front of the David Montgomery Training Center and on the pitching lab mound, pitchers who threw today - Christopher Soriano (lab), Erubiel Armenta, Nicoly Pina, Jace Vines, Oswald Medina (lab), Mavis Graves, Christian McGowan, Micah Ottenbreit, Jose Peña (lab), Guissepe Velasquez and Noah Song
Estibenzon Jimenez threw a live BP session on Ashburn Field.
Simulated Game : Five Innings
Albertus Barber (two innings), Ty Collins (one inning) and Matt Seelinger (two innings) pitched for the home team while Jonathan Petit (two innings), Seth Nightingale (two innings) and Daniel Mejia (one inning) pitched for the visitors.
Barber threw really well, both his fastball and slider had great life, Albertus struck out five batters. I like the arm slot that Nightingale delivers his pitches from, hides the ball well as it’s a long armed delivery with what seems a bit below three quarters release - ball gets on hitters quickly, he’s got decent velocity. Mejia showed a slow hook today that had hitters swinging thru it.
Matt Alifano had the lone extra base hit of the day, a double. Center fielder Yhoswar Garcia ran down a well hit ball to the left center field gap to take extra bases away from Ezra Farmer who came to camp this year having obviously spent a good bit of time in the weight room, the Phillies off-season strength and conditioning training program is a game changer for those who take advantage of it. Ricardo Rosario made another good catch in center field, the club has a good group of defenders with wheels in the outfield, other than pitching I think outfield and catching are the areas with the most depth.
Jhailyn Ortiz is here for a bit to get re-acclimated before re-joining the Iron Pigs.
Happy Day, Happy Baseball ⚾️
Alex Rao, Andrew Walling, Orion Kerkering, Gabriel Rincones Jr, Jaydenn Estanista - all photos except Rincones Jr taken by Rebecca Alexander, Rincones Jr photo taken by Casey Burns
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