Saturday, 7/16/21 : Minor League Roundup

International League ( AAA ) - Lehigh Valley 6 ( 48-41 ) Charlotte 0 ( 33-56 )

Charlotte, NC - Truist Field

Lehigh Valley leads series 3 games to 2

Summary :

Donny Sands homered in the 4th for the game’s first run.   Josh Ockimey doubled and scored on Chris Sharpe’s double.

Will Toffey hit a two run home run in the 5th scoring Scott Kingery ( singled ).

Josh Ockimey hit a solo home run to right field in the sixth.

Will Toffey singled in the 7th, advanced on a passed ball and scored on a single by Josh Ockimey.

On The Hill :

LH Ricardo Sanchez - 7 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 0 BB, 6 K’s - 83 pitches - 58 strikes

LH Zach Warren - was announced prior to rain delay but didn’t pitch - prior warmup & delay bumped him

RH Michael Kelly - 2 perfect IP - 1 K - 27 pitches - 16 strikes

At Bat : 12 H, 2 BB, 8 K’s

Josh Ockimey had three hits including a double and home run, scored twice and had three RBIs.  Will Toffey, Donny Sands & Dalton Guthrie each had two hits.  Sands and Toffey homered, Chris Sharpe doubled.   

Josh Ockimey - file photo - Cheryl Pursell

Eastern League ( AA ) - Reading 2 ( 39-47, 10-7 ) New Hampshire 0 ( 38-48, 7-10 ) - 7 + innings

Reading, PA - First Energy Stadium

Summary :

Jhailyn Ortiz doubled to score Johan Rojas ( singled ) in the first inning.

Reading loaded the bases in the 7th on two singles ( Jack Conley & Jonathan Guzman ) & a walk ( Simon Muzziotti ).  Wendell Rijo walked to force in a run.

Sebastian Espino got New Hampshire’s first hit of the game with one out in the 8th inning, a single.

The game went into rain delay at that point. At around 11 PM the game was called.

On The Hill :

RH Bubby Rossman - 3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 BB, 6 K’s - 52 pitches - 34 strikes

RH Adam Everett - 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 2 K’s - 28 pitches - 20 strikes

RH McKinley Moore - 2 perfect IP, 4 K’s - 26 pitches - 17 strikes posted 98/99 mph fastballs 🔥

RH Braden Zarbnisky - 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K - 12 pitches - 8 strikes

At Bat : 9 H, 4 BB, 4 K’s

Jhailyn Ortiz had two hits including a double - it’s his sixth straight multi hit game.  Jack Conley had two hits, Simon Muzziotti tripled.

Bubby Rossman in tonight’s game

South Atlantic League ( High A ) - Jersey Shore ( 30-55, 5-14 )  Aberdeen ( 54-32, 11-9 ) - doubleheader

Aberdeen, MD - Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium

Game One : Aberdeen 6 Jersey Shore 0

Summary :

Aberdeen scored two runs in the 3rd inning - John Rhodes hit a two RBI double.

Collin Burns hit a three run home run for Aberdeen in the 4th inning.  They added a run in the sixth inning.

On The Hill :

RH Dominic Pipkin - 5 IP, 5 R, 6 H, 4 BB, 3 K’s - 81 pitches - 51 strikes

RH Carlos Francisco -  1 IP, 1 unearned R, 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K - 15 pitches - 11 strikes

At Bat :  2 H, 3 BB, 8 K’s

Game Two : Jersey Shore 4 Aberdeen 1

Summary :

Uziel Viloria hit a home run in the third inning, the first hit of the game.

DJ Stewart doubled and Baron Radcliff walked in the 6th, they both scored on a double by Casey Martin.

Carlos De La Cruz walked in the top of the 7th and scored on a double by Rixon Wingrove.

Aberdeen scored a run in the bottom of the 7th on a walk, hit batter, wild pitch and ground out.

On The Hill :

RH Andrew Painter - 4 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 9 K’s - 56 pitches - 41 strikes

RH Albertus Barber - 2 perfect IP - 1 K - 23 pitches - 13 strikes

RH Andrew Schultz - 1 IP, 1 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 1 HB, 1 K - 22 pitches - 11 strikes

At Bat : 8 H, 5 BB, 5 K’s

Casey Martin had two doubles, DJ Stewart had two hits including a double. Rixon Wingrove doubled.

Andrew Painter - file photo - Mark Wylie

Florida State League ( Low A ) - Clearwater 5 ( 41-44, 6-14 ) Fort Myers 1  (48-33, 7-10 )

Fort Myers, FL - Hammond Stadium

Summary :

Kendall Simmons doubled in the 4th inning and scored on a double by Arturo De Freitas.

Fort Myers scored a run in the fourth inning on a single by Noah Cardenas.

Wilfredo Flores singled in the 5th inning, stole second base and scored on a double by Leandro Pineda.

Marcus Lee Sang singled in the 6th, stole second, went to third on a single by Arturo De Freitas and scored on a single by Andrik Nava.

Leandro Pineda doubled in the 7th inning, went to third when Kendall Simmons reached on an error and scored on a ground out. Arturo De Freitas singled to score Simmons.

On The Hill :

RH Jean Cabrera - 4 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 1 BB, 4 K’s - 66 pitches - 40 strikes

LH Gabriel Yanez - 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 3 K’s - 36 pitches - 24 strikes

RH Brett Schulze - 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 2 K’s - 31 pitches -  19 strikes

RH Rodolfo Sanchez - 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K - 16 pitches - 10 strikes

At Bat : 11 H, 1 BB, 8 K’s

Arturo De Freitas had three hits including a double. Leandro Pineda doubled twiceWilfredo Flores had two hits.  Kendall Simmons doubled.

Florida Complex League

Phillies 2 ( 11-17 ) Tigers 0 ( 8-21 )

@ Carpenter Complex - Roberts Field

Summary :

A pitching and defense clinic today in a briskly played ( 2 hours, 8 minutes ) nine inning game.

The only runs were scored by the Phillies in the 6th inning -  Nikau Pouaka-Grego walked and went to second on a single by Felix Reyes.   A wild pitch moved them both up a base.  Jordan Viars hit a sacrifice fly to deep center field to score Pouaka-Grego and move Reyes to third base.  Rickardo Perez singled to score Reyes.

The Phillies used four pitchers in the game , RH Jaydenn Estanista was outstanding - he was consistently in the mid 90’s with his fastball with riding life and off set it with a mid seventies hook that just wasn’t fair - best we’ve seen him throw - afterwards I told him that it was an excellent outing as he went into the clubhouse.  I’ve said before to keep his name in mind, with outings like today that becomes more evident 👍.

On The Hill :

LH Samuel Aldegheri - 1 perfect IP - 1 ground out, two fly outs - 2nd rehab appearance - threw well

RH Cam Bedrosian - 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K’s

RH Jaydenn Estanista - 4 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 1 HB, 5 K’s

RH Estibenzon Jimenez - 3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K’s - retired all 9 batters faced - FB touched 94

At Bat : 6 H, 1 BB, 5 K’s

Felix Reyes had two hits, Jackie Pertuz doubled.

Notes :

RHP Jose Pena Jr was hit by a line drive off the bat in yesterday’s game but fortunately he’s ok, we talked with him today and he was able to deflect it off his glove thereby avoiding a direct blow to his head.  After the break he will resume his normal routine and spot in the pitching lineup.

The complex will be closed till Wednesday - FCL play resumes on the 21st - the Phillies will visit the Jays in Dunedin.

Some game action from today

Dominican Summer League

Tex Red 5 ( 11-19 ) Phillies Red 4 ( 18-11 )

Summary :

The Phillies scored a run in the second on three consecutive singles with the RBI hit going to Jorge Mendez.

Luis Pelegrín singled in the 4th inning, stole second and third - scored on a passed ball.   Yoangel Ramos reached base on a strikeout/wild pitch, Jorge Mendez singled.   They both advanced on a wild pitch, Ramos then scored on another wild pitch and Mendez scored on a throwing error by the Rangers catcher.

Tex Red loaded the bases in the 6th on two walks and a single, a single by Erick Alvarez scored two.  They added single runs in the 7th, 8th and 9th.  Yeremi Cabrera tripled in the 7th and scored on a single, Juan Diaz doubled in the 8th and later scored on a throwing error and Jaiker Garcia triple in the 9th and later scored on a groundout.

On The Hill :

RH Jeffrey German - 5 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 4 K’s

LH Edwar Chirinos - 1 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 2 BB, 3 K’s

LH Ronny Ramirez - 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 2 K’s

RH Edgar Zuniga - 2 IP, 2 R - 1 earned, 2 H, 1 BB, 0 K’s

At Bat : 7 H, 8 BB, 12 K’s

Luis Pelegrín & Jorge Mendez each had two hits.  Aroon Escobar doubled and Jose Leanez tripled.

Phillies White 9 ( 18-11 ) Tigers1  6 ( 11-18 )

Summary :

The Tigers scored two in the first on a home run by Josue Briceno.  Nomar Fana hit a two run home run for them in the second inning.

Leonardo Rondon singled in a run for the Phillies in the third inning. 

The Phillies scored four runs in the 4th, one on a wild pitch, one on an RBI single by Erick Barria and two on an RBI single by Leonardo Rondon.

Juan Villavicencio hit a three run home run in the sixth inning.

Manolfi Jimenez & Jorge Garcia singled in the 8th, Jimenez later scored on a ground out.

Abelado Lopez hit a two run home run for the Tigers in the 9th inning.

On The Hill :

RH Eliecer Bata - 4 IP, 4 R, 6 H, 0 BB, 1 K

RH Douglas Mijares - 4 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 5 K’s

RH Saul Teran - 1 IP, 2 R, 1 H, 2 BB, 2 K’s

At Bat :  15 H, 7 BB, 6 K’s

Leonardo Rondon was 4 for 6 ( all singles ) with three RBIs.  Juan Villavicencio, Manolfi Jimenez, Erick Barria & Brahian Silva each had two hits.  Barria doubled and Villavicencio homered ( 2nd of season ).  Villavicencio also had 3 RBIs.