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7/11/24 : Minor League Roundup

International League ( AAA ) - Lehigh Valley 8 (10-5,44-44) Buffalo 6 (4-11,41-48)

Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park


Summary :


Three walks, a sacrifice fly and two doubles scored four runs for Buffalo in the 1st inning.


Buddy Kennedy singled in the bottom of the first, he scored on a double by Darick Hall.


Scott Kingery homered in the second inning, his 17th of the season.


Three walks and a sacrifice fly scored a run for Buffalo in the third inning.


Cal Stevenson singled in the bottom of the third, Buddy Kennedy doubled.  Darick Hall grounded out to score Stevenson.  Carlos De La Cruz singled to score Kennedy.


Cal Stevenson doubled in the 5th inning, Buddy Kennedy singled. Darick Hall grounded out to score Stevenson.  Carlos De La Cruz doubled to score Kennedy.


Cal Stevenson tripled in the seventh inning and scored on a double by Buddy Kennedy.


A walk, balk and single scored an 8th inning run for Buffalo.


Aramis Garcia homered in the bottom of the 8th.


At Bat : 8 R, 12 H, 1 BB, 9 K’s


Buddy Kennedy had four hits (two singles, two doubles, three runs scored).  Cal Stevenson had three hits (single, double, triple, three runs scored.  Carlos De La Cruz had two hits (single & double). Darick Hall doubled and walked posting three RBIs. Scott Kingery homered.  Aramis Garcia homered.


On The Hill :  6 R, 6 H, 8 BB, 14 K’s


Mick Abel pitched 3.2 innings - 5 R, 3 H, 7 BB, 4 K’s - 92 pitches - 47 strikes.  Tyler McKay pitched 2.1 innings - 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 6 K’s - 37 pitches - 26 strikes.  Andrew Bellatti pitched an inning - 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K - 19 pitches - 11 strikes.  Yunior Marte pitched an inning - 1 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K’s - 21 pitches - 12 strikes.  Tyler Gilbert pitched a perfect ninth inning to close it - 1 K - 9 pitches - 7 strikes - 4th save.


Did Ya Know 🧐 :


The 'Pigs took another series win, grabbing four of six from SWB last week. It was the third straight series (full week) win for the 'Pigs and they've now won five of their past six series as well. - Media Notes


Eastern League ( AA ) - Akron 7 (12-3,49-35) Reading 2 (4-11,35-48)

Reading, PA - First Energy Stadium


Summary :


Josh Breaux homered in the second inning.


A double, walk and double scored a run for Akron in the fourth inning.  Another walk and single scored two more.


Caleb Ricketts homered in the sixth inning.


A walk, single, fielding error, triple and balk scored four runs for Akron in the 8th inning.


On The Hill :  7 R, 9 H, 6 BB, 8 K’s


Jean Cabrera pitched five innings - 3 R, 4 H, 4 BB, 3 K’s - 86 pitches - 50 strikes.  Noah Skirrow pitched 2.2 innings - 3 unearned R, 2 H, 2 BB, 3 K’s - 55 pitches - 36 strikes.  Andrew Schultz pitched 1/3 of an inning - 1 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 1 K - 12 pitches - 8 strikes.  Dominic Pipkin pitched a scoreless inning - 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K - 7 pitches - 6 strikes.


At Bat : 2 R, 7 H, 4 BB, 10 K’s


Caleb Ricketts had two hits (single & HR).  Josh Breaux homered.  Trevor Schwecke and Robert Moore doubled.


Defensive Gems :


Right fielder Ethan Wilson made a couple nice catches early in the game including a diving snare in the third inning.


South Atlantic League ( High A )  - Jersey Shore 3 (9-9, 47-37) Hudson Valley 2 (8-9,41-41)

Lakewood, NJ - Shoretown Ballpark


Summary :


Justin Crawford singled in the first inning, advanced on a pickoff throwing error and scored on a single by Aidan Miller.


A walk, single, ground out and single scored a run for HV in the second inning.


Justin Crawford tripled in the third inning, he scored on a single by Aidan Miller.


A double and single scored a run for HV in the seventh inning.


Justin Crawford singled in the eighth inning, went to second on a ground out by Aidan Miller and scored on a single by Keaton Anthony.


On The Hill : 2 R, 5 H, 6 BB, 8 K’s


Casey Steward pitched six innings - 1 R, 3 H, 4 BB, 5 K’s - 99 pitches - 59 strikes. Mason Ronan pitched an inning - 1 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 1 K - 24 pitches - 14 strikes.  Andrew Walling closed it - two innings - 0 R, 0 H, 2 BB, 2 K’s - 36 pitches - 19 strikes - he got the W and is now 7-0.


At Bat :  3 R, 8 H, 0 BB, 7 K’s


Justin Crawford (two singles & triple, two runs scored) had three hits. Aidan Miller (two singles, two RBIs) and Keaton Anthony (two singles) each had two hits.


Did Ya Know 🧐 :


Coming into tonight the BlueClaws had won three in a row and five of their last six games.  It was their fifth

three-game winning streak of the season. They enter the day in fourth place, four games behind first place

Greensboro in the SAL North. - Media Notes


Florida State League ( Low A )  - Clearwater (6-12,49-35), Palm Beach (11-6, 48-35) - two games

Jupiter, FL - Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium


Game One : Palm Beach 5 Clearwater 4 - eight innings


completion of 7/10/24 suspended game


Summary :


A walk, single, sacrifice bunt, single, hit batter and triple scored four runs for Palm Beach in the third inning.


Pierce Bennett singled in the fourth inning, Dakota Kotowski walked.  They both scored on a three run home run by Diego Gonzalez.


The game went into rain delay last night with two outs in the top of the fifth inning.  It was eventually suspended and continued from this point today.


Pierce Bennett singled in the sixth inning, stole second and scored on a single by Diego Gonzalez.


The contest was scheduled for seven innings - it went into extra frames.  Palm Beach scored the walk off game winner in the bottom of the 8th with a sacrifice bunt to move the placed runner to third and s sacrifice fly to score him.


On The Hill : 5 R, 3 H, 3 BB, 10 K’s


Enrique Segura pitched three innings - 4 R, 3 H, 2 BB, 5 K’s - 71 pitches - 44 strikes.  Brandon Beckel pitched an inning - 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K - 12 pitches - 8 strikes.  Jake Eddington pitched three scoreless innings - 0 H, 1 BB, 4 K’s - 43 pitches - 27 strikes.

Luis Avila pitched 2/3 of an inning - 1 unearned R, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 K’s - 4 pitches - 2 strikes.


At Bat : 4 R, 8 H, 2 BB, 6 K’s


Pierce Bennett had two hits (singles).  Dakota Kotowski doubled.  Diego Gonzalez singled and hit a three run home run,he posted four RBIs.  Yemal Flores singled and walked.


Game Two :  Clearwater 7 Palm Beach 4 - seven innings


Summary :


Devin Saltiban homered in the first inning.


Chase Adkison homered in the bottom of the first inning for Palm Beach.


Raylin Heredia tripled in the third inning, he scored when Devin Saltiban (walked) stole second and a fielding error occurred on the play.


A walk, wild pitch and three singles scored three runs for Palm Beach in the fourth inning.


Avery Owusu-Asiedu singled in the fifth inning, went to third on two wild pitches and scored on a single by Raylin Heredia.  Pierce Bennett doubled to score Heredia.


Dakota Kotowski homered in the sixth inning.


Clearwater loaded the bases in the top of the seventh with three walks.  Avery Owusu-Asiedu hit a sacrifice fly to score a run.

Raylin Heredia and Devin Saltiban were hit by pitches - that scored another run.


On The Hill : 4 R, 6 H, 5 BB, 11 K’s


Mavis Graves pitched three plus innings - 4 R, 6 H, 2 BB, 4 K’s - 73 pitches - 45 strikes.  Jonh Henriquez pitched two innings - 0 R, 0 H, 2 BB, 4 K’s - 37 pitches - 21 strikes.  Drew Garrett pitched two innings - 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 3 K’s - 31 pitches - 17 strikes.


At Bat : 7 R, 7 H, 6 BB, 10 K’s


Raylin Heredia (single & triple) and Devin Saltiban (single, home run, walk) each had two hits. Pierce Bennett doubled.  Dakota Kotowski homered.  Jared Thomas walked three times.


Did Ya Know 🧐 :


The Threshers had games delayed due to weather on back-to-back days for the first time since May of 2023 in Port St. Lucie.. - Media Notes


Florida Complex League - Phillies (26-21) Blue Jays (10-37)  - PPD - Rain

BayCare BallPark , Clearwater, FL


Dominican Summer League -Phillies Red 6 (8-18) Tigers1 5 (12-13)

Tigers Complex


Summary :


Samuel Estevez was hit by a pitch in the fourth inning, he stole second and scored on a single by Esterling Rodriquez.


A double and single scored a run for the Tigers in the bottom of the 4th.


Adrian Garcia doubled in the sixth inning.  A wild pitch sent him to third.  Meylin De Leon walked.  Samuel Estevez singled to score Garcia.  Esterling Rodriquez doubled to scour a run.  Cesar Mujica hit a sacrifice fly to score a run.


A single, fielders choice and single scored a run for the Tigers in the seventh inning.


Esterling Rodriquez and Yadimir Fuentes walked in the ninth inning,  David Freitas singled.  Renair Manrique doubled to score two runs.


A walk, three singles and a fielding error scored three Tigers runs in the bottom of the ninth.


On The Hill : 5 R, 10 H, 5 BB, 10 K’s


Pedro Peralta pitched four innings - 1 R, 4 H, 2 BB, 5 K’s.  Yael Arias pitched two innings - 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K.  Zuher Yousuf pitched two plus innings - 4 R, 5 H, 2 BB, 4 K’s.  Fernando Ramos pitched an inning - 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 K’s


At Bat : 6 R, 7 H, 4 BB, 14 K’s


Esterling Rodriquez (single & double, two walks) and Samuel Estevez (two singles) each had two hits. Adrian Garcia and Renair Manrique doubled.  Manrique had two RBIs.



Dominican Summer League - Phillies White 1 (10-16) Twins 0 (15-11) - seven innings

Phillies Complex


Summary :


Denilson Aguila singled in the third inning, stole second and third and then scored on a throwing error by the Twins catcher.


On The Hill : 0 R, 3 H, 0 BB, 6 K’s


Hanfermin Vargas pitched six innings - 2 H, 0 BB, 5 K’s.  Richard Reyes went one inning - 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K


At Bat : 1 R, 2 H, 3 BB, 6 K’s


Victor Cardoza doubled.


System Transactions :


Lehigh Valley : OF Ruben Cardenas has requested and been granted his release in order to sign with the Samsung Lions of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO).


Reading :  RHP Konnor Ash (11) reinstated from the Development List.  RHP Robinson Pina placed on the Development List.


Happy Day, Happy Baseball ⚾️



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