Minor League Games - Monday, May 29, 2017

[kikutaro]

Louisville Bats (16-33) @ Lehigh Valley IronPigs (35-15) 1:35 pm | Gameday
Cody Reed (1-2, 4.08) vs. Mark Appel (2-2, 7.59)

Notable

Cameron Perkins 2-4, R, 2B, K
Daniel Nava 2-2, R, RBI, 2B, BB
Jorge Alfaro 3-4, RBI, 2B
Dylan Cozens 2-4, RBI, 2 K
Taylor Featherston 1-3, BB

Mark Appel (W, 3-2), 5.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 2K, game score: 64
Adam Morgan (H, 3), 2.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K
Pedro Beato (S, 15), 2.0 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 1K

Reading Fightin Phils (24-22) @ New Hampshire Fisher Cats (19-30) 1:35 pm | Gameday
Brandon Leibrandt (3-2, 4.57) vs. Jon Harris (2-4, 6.12)

Notable

Scott Kingery 3-4, 2 R, RBI, 2B, HR, BB, K
Andrew Pullin 0-2, RBI, 2 BB, 2 K
Angelo Mora 1-3, R, BB
Mitch Walding 1-4, RBI, 2B, 2 K
Chace Numata 2-4, 2B, K
Aaron Brown 1-4, 2 K

Brandon Leibrandt 5.2 IP, 8H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 5K, game score: 51
Joey DeNato (W, 3-1), 0.2 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 0K
Colton Murray (S, 1), 2.2 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 5K

Clearwater Threshers - Off

Lakewood BlueClaws (30-21) @ Greensboro Grasshoppers (27-23) 4:00 pm | Gameday
JoJo Romero (2-1, 2.20) vs. Dylan Lee (3-4, 4.21)

Notable

Daniel Brito 1-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR, K
Mickey Moniak 1-5, R, 2 RBI, 3B, K
Darick Hall 2-4, 3 R, RBI, 2B
Brett Barbier 3-4, R, RBI
Cord Sandberg 1-4, RBI, 2B, K
Henri Lartigue 2-5, R, 3 RBI, HR
Luke Williams 1-5, R, SB
Carlos Duran 2-3, 2 R, 2 BB

JoJo Romero (W, 3-1), 5.1 IP, 7H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 8K, game score: 52
Mauricio Llovera 2.2 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 1K

(click on the start time for box scores)

[schooldoc]

Lakewood's game recap from tonight says JoJo Romero will pitch for the BlueClaws.

Waiting for Sixto...

[phillychuck]

Crawford has raised his BA 50 points since May 7th (151-->201) and hit 19/71 over that time with 13 walks. That's a .268 average with a .381 OBP. Two doubles and 2 HRs over that span. He's hitting .314 since May 15th with a .426 OBP.

[Soloman_grundy]

Pigs are fun... but we've seen this before. Little spurts from guys then they quickly go back into witness protection. Love to see williams, crawford, and Quinn finally take off.

[schooldoc]

No Quinn, no JP, and no Nick Williams in today's starting lineup. But hey, it's Daniel Nava rehab assignment time. Hooray for that.

Nava-Perkins-Cozens in the outfield and pitcher hitting 9th, no DH.

[andyb]

Reading kind of did it the entire season last year, so it is reasonable to think that this LHV team is different and there will be sustained offense unless there are promotions.

[allentown]

Yeah, disappointing to sit 3 starters, especially Crawford and Williams. I would never sit guys while they are on a hot streak.

[rkeden]

Kingery with another big game, including #16. Needs a triple to hit for the cycle. Pullin just scored him with the tie-braking run in the 7th. 52 degrees and a bit windy. I'm glad BR and I chose yesterday!

[harrisburghusker]

The IPs are ridiculous...imagine that lineup with Kingery at 2B

[zambonir]

That's unfortunate for the fans on Memorial Day. But, day game after a night game before a road trip. Seems like most managers put the least amount of thought into that kind of decision - we often see that kind of "Sunday" line-up on the big club too.

[fish]

While the stat line looks ok for Appel, he looked like a mess on the mound. I haven't seen a guy fall off the mound like that since Mitch Williams. Either someone is doing him a huge disservice by not trying to overhaul his delivery, or he isn't taking to coaching.

[phillychuck]

Appel actually pitched pretty well. Probably his best outing of the year.

[Squire]

A really good day.

[bigegypt0417]

brito with a HR and moniak with a triple.

[andyb]

Romero is pretty good again for Lakewood too. None of them are great prospects at this point but it is nice to have a rotation with 4 mostly age appropriate left handed starters do well. With guys that throw 90-92 nothing is certain in development, but there are lots of examples of left-handers having success at that velocity. Romero probably has the best stuff of the bunch at the moment but he is more about his athleticism and repeating his delivery. Suarez and Fanti also clearly miss bats even if they don't throw hard.

[allentown]

True, but I think it risks disrupting a hot streak to 'rest' a hot bat on the bench. These are young players who really don't need a rest, especially since it wasn't at all a hot day. Crawford and Williams didn't start the year well, which is putting it mildly for Crawford, so when they start turning things around, I'd just let them go out every day, while the hot streak continues.

[schooldoc]

I was surprised to see 3 regulars sitting today. But I think they're being careful with Quinn given his injury history. Then with no DH spot, they had to fit Nava in today. And Perkins deserves his share of playing time, too. Assuming all are healthy, I'd expect the 3 sitting today to be back tomorrow night. But no DH in Indy either, so somebody among RQ, DC, NW, CP, or possibly Hoskins has to sit.

If he needs another rehab game, I'd be mildly surprised if they make Nava go out to Indianapolis with the IronPigs. He'll either stay home and play for Reading or re-join the Phils. See ya later, Ty Kelly.

[fish]

Through nearly the same number of at bats Moniak has nearly identical numbers at Lakewood as he did in the GCL. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

[zambonir]

I don't disagree with you, I am just guessing Wathan had already decided on his line-up yesterday, maybe he'd even already told the players who'd be resting/playing today. It's silly to be locked into that if you have reason to change plans but if so I guess we can also surmise that Wathan doesn't believe in hot streaks.

Ty Kelly is probably leaving for the next pitcher (having given that spot to Kendrick for now) so who else goes for Nava, a reliever?

[bigegypt0417]

19 year old on low A...nothing to complain about.