Written by Larry Shenk - graciously substituting for the week 👍⚾️
International League
Lehigh Valley IronPigs (9-9) at Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (7-10), PNC Field.
Summary
Rained out. Rescheduled as doubleheader on April 29.
Eastern League
Reading Fightin Phils (4-11) at New Hampshire Fisher Cats (8-7), Delta Dental Stadium
Summary
Rained out. Rescheduled as doubleheader on April 28.
South Atlantic League
Jersey Shore BlueClaws (6-10) at Aberdeen IronBirds (11-5), Ripken Stadium
Final
IronBirds 10, BlueClaws 2
Summary
Loss snaps Jersey Shore’s 4-game winning streak, 2nd loss in last 7 games . . . Winners jumped off to 4-0 lead after 3 innings . . . Aberdeen 3B Coby Mayo led the offense, 2 HR (#3-4), 4 RBI . . . BlueClaws got both runs in top of the 4th . . . IronBirds put the game away with 3 in the 6th and 8th.
Hitting
Claws held to a double, 3 singles and 2 walks; 14 strikeouts . . . First run in the fourth came on a double steal by SS Casey Martin (2nd base) and CF Johan Rojas (home). 3B McCarthy Tatum doubled in the other run in the inning . . . Jersey Shore leads the minors with 47 stolen bases. Rojas 13-for-13.
Pitching (IP-H-R-ER-BB-SO)
Griff McGarry, 2.1-3-3-3-1-4, 2 HR. LP (0-1)
Ethan Lindow, 2.2-3-1-1-2-4
Carlo Reyes, 1-4-3-3-1-1
Jonathan Hughes, 1-1-0-0-0-2
Andrew Baker, 1-3-3-3-1-1, HR
McGarry had thrown 3 perfect innings over his first 2 starts. Has 12 strikeouts in 5.1 innings. In 29.2 pro innings, 55 S0.
Florida State League
Clearwater Threshers (8-8) at Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (10-6), Hammond Stadium
Final
Threshers 7, Mighty Mussels 3
Summary
Clearwater’s 7th straight win; allowing 9 total runs . . . Winners jumped out to a 3-0 lead in top of first; SS Hoa Yu Lee doubled in 2 runs, stole third and scored on a throwing error by the pitcher . . . Lee, 19 years old, and CF Yhoswar Garcia, 20, had biggest games of young careers. Combined for half of Clearwater’s 14 hits.
Hitting (AB-R-H-RBI)
Yhoswar Garcia, 5-2-4-1, 4 SB (#7-8-9-10)
Hoa Yu Lee, 5-3-3-3, 2B (#2), HR (#1), SB (#5)
3B Freylin Minyety, 4-0-2-1
Pitching (IP-H-R-ER-BB-SO)
Oswald Medina, 4-5-2-1-1-2
Victor Lopez, 2-1-1-1-1; WP (3-0)
Alex Garbrick, 2-1-0-0-1-2
Rodolfo Sanchez, 1-0-0-0-0-2
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