Minor League Games - Monday, June 19, 2017

kikutaro 2017-06-19 04:48:48 UTC #1

Lehigh Valley IronPigs (46-24) @ Pawtucket Red Sox (34-33) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Mark Appel (4-3, 5.71) vs. Shawn Haviland (3-4, 3.36)

Notable

Cameron Perkins 1-4, R, 2 RBI, HR
Pedro Florimon 1-4, 2 K
Rhys Hoskins 2-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR, BB
Nick Williams 2-4, R, K
Brock Stassi 1-3, BB, K

Mark Appel (W, 5-3), 8.1 IP, 5H, 0R, 0ER, 3BB, 8K, game score: 82

Reading Fightin Phils - Off

Bradenton Marauders (36-29) @ Clearwater Threshers (37-31) 7:00 pm | Gameday
Bret Helton (3-0, 3.88) vs. Franklyn Kilome (3-2, 2.60)

Notable

Mark Laird 2-5, R, RBI, 2B
Damek Tomscha 2-4, RBI
Cornelius Randolph 1-3, BB, 2 K, SB
Deivi Grullon 1-4, R, 2 K
Herlis Rodriguez 1-2, 2 BB, K
Drew Stankiewicz 1-3, R, BB
Emmanuel Marrero 2-4, RBI

Franklyn Kilome (W, 4-2), 5.0 IP, 5H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 4K, game score: 57
Ranfi Casimiro (H, 4), 3.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 6K
Jeff Singer (S, 13), 1.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K

Lakewood BlueClaws - Off

Williamsport Crosscutters (1-0) @ State College Spikes (0-1) 7:05 pm | Gameday
N/A vs. Sam Tewes (0-0, -.--)

Notable

Malvin Matos 0-5, 3 K
Josh Stephen 1-5, R, 3B
Jhailyn Ortiz 1-2, 3 R, RBI, 2B, 3 BB
Greg Pickett 2-5, R, 3 RBI, HR, 3 K
Cole Stobbe 1-3, 2 R, RBI, HR, BB, 2 K
Jesus Henriquez 1-4, R, 2 RBI, 2B, K
Jonathan Guzman 1-3, BB, CS
Juan Luis 2-4, R, RBI

Kyle Young (W, 1-0), 5.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 6K, game score: 70
Andrew Brown 2.0 IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 4K
Luis Ramirez 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K

DSL Phillies White (9-5) @ DSL Rojos (8-6) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Notable

Juan Mendez 2-4, K
Yerwin Trejo 1-3, K, SB
Juan Herrera 1-1, 2B

Bryan Alcala (L, 0-1), 4.0 IP, 2H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 3K, game score: 50
Ruben Aponte 3.0 IP, 2H, 1R, 0ER, 1BB, 4K

DSL Nationals (4-9) @ DSL Phillies Red (6-8) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Notable

Christian Valerio 0-3, BB, K, SB
Enny Rondon 1-4, R, 2B, K
Jose Rivera 2-4, RBI, 2B, K, SB
Luiggi Mujica 0-2, BB, K, SB

Antonio Canizales (L, 1-1), 5.0 IP, 2H, 1R, 0ER, 4BB, 0K, game score: 55
Roimy Mendoza 2.1 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K

(click on the start time for box scores)

Squire 2017-06-19 15:10:47 UTC #2

Apparently Kyle Young is starting tonight for the Williamsport Crosscutters

phillychuck 2017-06-19 16:49:25 UTC #3

Love when the short-season leagues start. Something to dream on...

andyb 2017-06-19 17:30:27 UTC #4

Pre-draft preview from Matt Winkelman. Guessing he will do a part 2 once all the draft signees get placed:

Squire 2017-06-19 23:02:51 UTC #5

Seriously....look at the Williamsport lineup. I'm swooning

andyb 2017-06-19 23:33:11 UTC #6

And maybe we do have a decent 3B prospect.

schooldoc 2017-06-19 23:35:55 UTC #7

Early HR's tonight: Hoskins & Perkins for LHV, Stobbe for WPT

Squire 2017-06-19 23:38:07 UTC #8

Stobbe's HR was 428

Squire 2017-06-19 23:58:32 UTC #9

Ortiz with a walk and a double. Pickett with a 2 run HR

schooldoc 2017-06-20 01:11:09 UTC #10

Eight shutout innings for Mark Appel, throwing nearly 70 percent strikes. Good for him.

Update: for some reason, Wathan sent him out for the 9th and he allowed 2 of 3 batters to reach. Now he's being lifted after 119 pitches. He was at 104 I believe to start the inning.

Slinging_Southpaw 2017-06-20 01:25:18 UTC #11

8.1 innings 119 pitches, 79 strikes.

schooldoc 2017-06-20 02:05:37 UTC #12

Great 3-0 night!

Random thought: Minor league pitching moves I'm ready to see in 2nd half:
Romero to Clearwater
Taveras to Reading

Austinfan 2017-06-20 02:09:29 UTC #13

That Williamsport team could be pretty awesome when Haseley joins up with a couple other college players.
The pitching has been solid all season throughout the system, despite a few "fails."
Appel had a heck of a game (I think Wathan wanted to give him a shot at a complete game shutout for his confidence), maybe they tweaked something?

Philsmania 2017-06-20 02:34:54 UTC #14

Five out of Appel's last six starts have been respectable, though this is the first one to go beyond six innings.

Austinfan 2017-06-20 03:11:39 UTC #15

Last 5: 31 IP 25H 16BB 22K 2.32 ERA
Still ugly, but if he's gone back to the two seamer that made him a #1 pick out of Stanford, there's hope.
Houston had him focus on the 4 seamer to up his velocity, but as Ashby showed, a slower two seamer with movement you can control is superior to a straight line FB.

rkeden 2017-06-20 03:42:16 UTC #16

How about moving Will Hibbs up from Lakewood? 21 games with a .98 ERA...36 innings, 11 hits, 12 walks and 38 SOs. 9 saves in 10 opportunities. He is just too good for the South Atlantic League. Let's challenge him.

bigegypt0417 2017-06-20 12:37:36 UTC #17

Ortiz ended up walking 3 times...that's a nice night for a young kid.

andyb 2017-06-20 13:56:43 UTC #18

Appel has been decent the last month. For him it has been more about repeating his delivery and his mechanics. One note about last night - he really had a pretty bad defense behind him. Alfaro might be the only one who could be considered plus defensively. A Stassi-Perkins-Cozens outfield does not have a whole lot of range. Makes the outing look even more impressive.

andyb 2017-06-20 14:11:37 UTC #19

One other note on Williamsport. It was somewhat notable that Luis Encarnacion was not in the lineup even at DH (Juan Luis). I am guessing Pickett has passed him on the depth chart or they are going to do a L/R platoon. But I also thought that they were going to give Encarnacion at least one more shot and a player like Luis could easily be in Lakewood (he is 21).

andyb 2017-06-20 15:02:27 UTC #20

Mitch Rupert's game report:
http://www.sungazette.com/sports/local-sports/2017/06/cutters-open-with-a-victory/

Look at the links below and there are additional articles on the manager, pitching and hitting coaches, and on Kyle Young.