Minor League Games - Monday, August 20, 2018

[kikutaro]

Lehigh Valley IronPigs - Off

Reading Fightin Phils (60-65) @ Harrisburg Senators (63-61) 6:30 pm | Gameday
Felix Paulino (3-1, 5.46) vs. César Vargas (1-1, 4.91)

Final
Reading 7, Harrisburg 6

Notable

Malquin Canelo 3-4, 2 R, 2B, BB, SB
Cornelius Randolph 2-5, R, RBI, SB
Adam Haseley 1-4, R, BB, K
Austin Listi 1-3, R, RBI, 2 BB, K
Damek Tomscha 2-4, R, RBI
Jose Pujols 2-4, R, 4 RBI, HR, BB, K

Felix Paulino (W, 3-1), 5.2 IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 4BB, 3K, game score: 59
Josh Tols (H, 5), 1.1 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K
Edgar Garcia 2.0 IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 2K

Clearwater Threshers - Off

Lexington Legends (70-53) @ Lakewood BlueClaws (78-47) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Charlie Neuweiler (2-2, 4.82) vs. Will Stewart (8-1, 2.11)

Final
Lexington 6, Lakewood 5

Notable

Matt Vierling 2-5, R, 2 RBI, HR, 2 K
Jake Scheiner 1-3, R, BB, K
Jhailyn Ortiz 1-5, R, 2B, 2 K
Nick Maton 1-3, RBI, BB
Madison Stokes 2-4, 2 RBI
Jose Antequera 0-4, 2 K

Will Stewart 5.0 IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 4K, game score: 57
Luis Cedeno (BS, 2), 2.0 IP, 2H, 2R, 1ER, 2BB, 3K
Zach Warren (L, 3-2), 2.0 IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 1BB, 6K

Williamsport Crosscutters (24-33) @ State College Spikes (27-31) 5:35 pm | Gameday
James McArthur (2-0, 0.71) vs. Jacob Schlesener (2-3, 2.77)

Final
State College 3, Williamsport 0

Notable

Ben Aklinski 1-4, 3 K
Jake Holmes 1-3, BB, CS
Ben Pelletier 0-4, 2 K
Brayan Gonzalez 0-4, 2 K

Manuel Silva (L, 1-4), 4.0 IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 3K, game score: 42
Jose Jimenez 3.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 3K

Williamsport Crosscutters (25-36) @ State College Spikes (31-31) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Francisco Morales (3-3, 6.13) vs. Diego Cordero (2-3, 4.41)

Final
State College 5, Williamsport 4

Notable

Ben Aklinski 2-4, R, 3B
Brayan Gonzalez 0-4, 4 K
Seth Lancaster 2-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 3B, HR, BB
Jesse Wilkening 1-3, RBI, BB

James McArthur 3.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K, game score: 60
Austin Ross 2.0 IP, 2H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K
Abdallah Aris (L, 2-4), 1.1 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 3BB, 0K

GCL Phillies East (27-22) @ GCL Blue Jays (22-26) 12:00 pm | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Final
GCL Phillies East 9, GCL Blue Jays 4

Notable

Nicolas Torres 0-3, R, 2 BB, K, SB
Juan Aparicio 0-4, 2 R, RBI, 2 K
Jack Zoellner 1-4, 2 R, RBI, HR, BB, K
Jose Rivera 2-2, R, RBI, BB
Carlos De La Cruz 3-5, R, RBI
James Smith 2-4, R, 3 RBI, 2 2B, BB

Victor Santos (W, 6-1), 5.0 IP, 7H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 4K, game score: 43
Kyle Arjona 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K
Bailey Cummings 2.0 IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 4K

GCL Pirates (24-23) @ GCL Phillies West (28-22) 12:00 pm | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Final
GCL Pirates 11, GCL Phillies West 7

Notable

Yerwin Trejo 2-5, R, 3B, K
Luis Garcia 2-4, R, 4 RBI, SB
Stoney O'Brien 2-3, R, RBI, BB
D.J. Stewart 0-4, 3 K
Luis Rojas 3-4, R, 2 RBI

Ben Lively 1.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K, game score: 48
Mario Sanchez 2.0 IP, 6H, 4R, 4ER, 0BB, 1K
Ethan Evanko 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 2K
Jose Conopoima (BS, 1)(L, 1-2), 3.0 IP, 3H, 5R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K

DSL Mets1 (43-24) @ DSL Phillies Red (28-38) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Final
DSL Mets1 4, DSL Phillies Red 2

Notable

Freddy Barreto 2-3, R, K

Nicoly Pina 4.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 3BB, 4K, game score: 62
Hernando Mejia (H, 2), 2.0 IP, 3H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K
Yosmel Naranjo (BS, 4)(L, 2-4), 2.0 IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 2K

DSL Phillies White (36-31) @ DSL Mets2 (31-35) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Final
DSL Mets2 4, DSL Phillies White 2

Notable

Jevi Hernandez 2-5, K, SB, 2 CS
Wilbert Garcia 2-4, R, K, SB, 2 CS
Mani Boekhoudt 0-3, K, SB
Ellian Rondon 1-2, BB, K, SB

Juan Geraldo 4.0 IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 5K, game score: 57
Maikel Garrido (L, 0-1), 2.0 IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 1K
Osvaldo Arauz 2.0 IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 1BB, 0K

(click on the start time for box scores)

[Squire]

Bohm not in either GCL lineup today. Perhaps moving back to Williamsport but no guarantees

[andyb]

Lively did an inning of rehab. Was figuring he might go on the 60-day DL to make room for someone like Eickhoff in Septermber. Maybe not if he is pitching again. Eickhoff has been cautiously good to the point that I think he will definitely be back, even if it is only long relief.

[Squire]

Victor Santos surrenders his 4th BB of the season

[zambonir]

I think it was Gelb who said teams almost never put minor leaguers on the 60-day, not that they couldn't afford to give him the pay and service time (especially if he was going to get a September call-up anyway).

Eickhoff says he's still got tingling, I remain skeptical, but I guess they will be forced to put him on the 40 (barring another setback) regardless.

[nycphils]

Seems doubtful...he now knows it’s carpal tunnel so not going to damage anything further so it’s just pain/tingling management and he got a cortisone shot so it’s seems under control in spite of a bit of continued tingling.

[zambonir]

I don't think he has a firm diagnosis. But I guess if he can go, they'll throw him out there (spot start or long relief). Those 40 spots are still tight though, with Florimon also coming back.

[Squire]

Bohm re-added to Williamsport roster

[schooldoc]

Not a surprise I don't think, but I can tell you pretty definitively that RHP Will Hibbs is back in Florida.

I sat next to him on a flight from Philly to Tampa this morning. He was up with Lehigh Valley over the weekend and pitched Sunday after Tom Eshelman imploded and they didn't have anybody else. If the Pigs could have scored a man from third with none out in the bottom of the 9th, Hibbs would have got himself a W. Instead, he had to go back out and pitch the 10th...and we know what happened there.

I just thought it worth noting that he was a super-nice guy. Although he's had his frustrations this year (injury, being shuttled from team to team as a fill-in guy of sorts, up-and-down performance), he was happy to talk ball for a bit with an eager fan sitting next to him before we took off and after we landed. I didn't bug him much during the flight as he clearly wanted to tune out for a bit. Nonetheless, he made himself a new fan today.

[phillychuck]

Pujols with a 2-run single and a 2-run HR so far tonight. Haseley 1/3 with a BB.

Bohm 0/4 with a K after coming back to WMPT. Might take a while for him to recover from his beaning. That was a nasty hit-by-pitch.

[nycphils]

Carlos de la Cruz with a 3-hit night, now slashing .306/.360/.489 in the GCL.

[allentown]

Randolph 2 for 5, putting his August OPS at .674 for the month, following a very nice July in a season in which his first 3 months can only be called awful. Perhaps a sign of improvement, but as a LF more improvement is needed. In my mind, still a bust as a first rounder, but at least he has been decent the second half of the season -- progress has to start somewhere. Back to Reading next season as a 22-year old, which isn't too old for a HS kid in AA.

[nycphils]

The best thing you can say about Randolph is that he’s got a good eye and good bat to ball skills - he walks a lot and doesn’t K that much.

What he lacks is power - that is suppressing his BA and SLG. If he was undeveloped physically you might feel OK that it will come - however, by all accounts even though he’s only 21 he doesn’t have a lot of projection left. That can only mean bad things and, as a result, I’m not optimistic.

[Squire]

Perhaps....though he was batting .185 before he got hit in Williamsport.

[phillychuck]

While I'd like to see Bohm raking, half-seasons after the draft are pretty meaningless. If he's hitting .230 in Lakewood in July next year I'll start to get worried. Until then, while I'm disappointed for sure, I'm trying to be patient.

[andyb]

If he is in Lakewood next July I'll be worried. I would be somewhat worried if he does not start next year in Clearwater. High first round college picks that are not raw are not supposed to go to Low A in their first full season.

[phillychuck]

If he's in Lakewood in July hitting .300 with a 950 OPS I'd be OK with it. To me that means he could have probably handled CLW if the Phils had put him there.