Minor League Games - Monday, April 10, 2017

[kikutaro]

Lehigh Valley IronPigs (2-3) @ Scranton/WB RailRiders (1-3) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Mark Appel (0-0, -.--) vs. Luis Cessa (0-0, -.--)

Notable

Cameron Perkins 1-4, 2 K
J.P. Crawford 1-4, 3B
Dylan Cozens 1-4, 2 K
Rhys Hoskins 1-3, 2B, BB
Nick Williams 0-3, 2 K

Mark Appel 4.2 IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 2K, game score: 50
Pedro Beato 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 3K

Reading Fightin Phils (1-3) @ New Hampshire Fisher Cats (1-3) 6:05 pm | Gameday
Shane Watson (0-0, -.--) vs. Jon Harris (0-0, -.--)

Notable

Scott Kingery 1-4, R, RBI, SB
Andrew Pullin 2-5, R, RBI, 2 2B, K
Carlos Tocci 2-5, 2 R
Kyle Martin 1-5, R, 3 RBI, HR, K
Chace Numata 3-4, R, 2 RBI, 2 2B, HR, BB
Jiandido Tromp 2-4, 2 R, RBI, 2B, HR, 2 K
Aaron Brown 1-4, 2 K
Malquin Canelo 2-4, R, K

Shane Watson 5.0 IP, 7H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 4K, game score: 38
Alexis Rivero 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 3K

Clearwater Threshers (3-2) @ Lakeland Flying Tigers (3-2) 6:30 pm | Gameday
Alberto Tirado (0-0, -.--) vs. Matt Hall (0-0, -.--)

Notable

Herlis Rodriguez 2-4, RBI, 3B, BB
Cornelius Randolph 2-5, RBI, 2B
Jose Pujols 0-5, 4 K
Wilson Garcia 1-5, 2 K
Deivi Grullon 2-4, R
Jan Hernandez 1-4, R, 2 K
Grenny Cumana 1-4, 2 R, 2B
Emmanuel Marrero 1-3, R, RBI, BB

Alberto Tirado 6.0 IP, 3H, 0R, 0ER, 4BB, 3K, game score: 65
Luke Leftwich 3.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 6K

Lakewood BlueClaws (4-1) @ Hagerstown Suns (3-2) 6:05 pm | Gameday
Nick Fanti (0-0, -.--) vs. Carlos Pena (0-0, -.--)

Notable

Daniel Brito 2-3, R, 2 RBI, 2B, HR, 2 BB, K
Mickey Moniak 1-4, 2 K
Lucas Williams 0-4, 2 K
Cord Sandberg 3-4, R, 2B, K

Nick Fanti 5.2 IP, 4H, 2R, 1ER, 2BB, 5K, game score: 55

(click on the start time for box scores)

[Squire]

Lots of interesting stories today among our starting pitchers : Appel, Watson, Tirado and Fanti

[allentown]

That's a lot of crossed fingers.

[andyb]

There is a case to make for all 4 pitchers to be relievers eventually (though I too am fascinated by all of them).

Appel - lack of success 2nd or 3rd time through the order suggests bullpen even though he has issues pitching out of the stretch.
Watson - velocity is back. Currently has a good curveball but lacks a decent change or 3rd pitch to have a clear starting path.
Tirado - stuff screams closer even if he needs innings to work out his issues
Fanti - Looks like a pretty classic LOOGY though I guess one never knows if a kid develops into a Randy Wolf type and Fanti does miss some bats (which is typical of low minors LHPs).

[andyb]

Baseball Prospectus 10-pack of teams they are excited to see has Lakewood before the paywall. Not sure if Lehigh Valley made the back part of the list.

Baseball Prospectus | Monday Morning Ten Pack: Teams We're Excited To See

[schooldoc]

Nice start in Hagerstown. Brito leadoff HR.

[Squire]

Randolph non-homers. Its 6:48 pm and we already have HRs from Brito, Kyle Martin and Tromp.

[phillychuck]

Brito adds a double, Gamboa and Moniak add singles,Lakewood up 4-0 after 2. The top of their order is really consistently hitting the ball.

Interestingly they've installed Barbier in the cleanup spot playing 1B and DHing. Somebody must suspect something about him that's not obvious in last year's stats to hit him cleanup in that lineup.

[Squire]

Add a Tocci single followed by a Chace Numata HR for Reading. 3 HRs and its a road game.

Maybe it was posturing but last year when we drafted Barbier he said he didn't want to sign but wanted to get into Cal Poly's graduate business school and play another year of college ball. But then he didn't get into the Business School so he signed. At least that's how I recall it.

[phillychuck]

Lakewood loses 5-4, stopped scoring after the second inning and suffered a bad relief outing from Zach Morris. (relief pitching seems to be a problem in our minors right now)

CLW with a 5-0 win -- Randolph and Grullon with multi-hit games, Tirado with a solid start, Leftwich lights out in 3 innings of relief.

Reading holds on for a 9-7 win. Pullin, Tocci, and Numata with multi-hit games, Numata, Tromp, and Martin with HRs.

LV loses 2-0. Appel with a bad 5th inning, six players with 1 hit each for the I-Pigs. Crawford 1/4 with a triple raising his average over .100.