Minor League Games - Sunday, May 7, 2017

[kikutaro]

Lehigh Valley IronPigs (15-13) @ Buffalo Bisons (16-10) 12:35 pm | Gameday
Mark Appel (1-2, 7.48) vs. Brett Oberholtzer (0-1, 2.57)

Notable

Dylan Cozens 1-3, R, RBI, HR
Rhys Hoskins 2-3, 2B
Nick Williams 1-2, BB, K

Mark Appel (W, 2-2), 5.2 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 4BB, 5K, game score: 67
Hoby Milner (H, 2), 0.1 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K
Pedro Beato (S, 6), 1.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K

Lehigh Valley IronPigs (16-13) @ Buffalo Bisons (16-11) Game 2 | Gameday
N/A vs. Luis Santos (1-1, 3.75)

Notable

Roman Quinn 1-2, R, 2 BB, SB
Cameron Perkins 1-4, R, 2B, K
Dylan Cozens 1-3, R, RBI, BB, K
Rhys Hoskins 1-3, R, 4 RBI, HR, K
Pedro Florimon 0-3, 2 K

Luis Garcia 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 4K, game score: 56
Cesar Ramos 2.2 IP, 4H, 4R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K
Pat Venditte (W, 2-0), 1.1 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 1K
Michael Mariot (S, 2), 1.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 0K

Reading Fightin Phils (15-11) @ Portland Sea Dogs (15-10) 1:00 pm | Gameday
Brandon Leibrandt (2-1, 2.86) vs. Trey Ball (1-1, 4.15)

Notable

Scott Kingery 2-5, 3 R, RBI, HR, BB, K, SB
Carlos Tocci 1-4, R, BB, K
Andrew Pullin 1-3, 3 R, 2 RBI, HR, 2 BB
Osmel Aguila 1-4, 2 RBI
Kyle Martin 1-4, R, 2 RBI, 2B, BB, K
Chace Numata 1-4, R, BB
Jiandido Tromp 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 3 2B, K, CS
Mitch Walding 1-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, 3 K
Jorge Flores 1-3, 2 RBI, 2B, BB, 2 K

Brandon Leibrandt 2.2 IP, 5H, 7R, 7ER, 3BB, 1K, game score: 20
Joey DeNato (W, 2-1), 3.1 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 3BB, 4K
Mario Hollands (H, 2), 1.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K
Miguel Nunez 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 0K

Clearwater Threshers (19-12) @ Florida Fire Frogs (15-16) 5:05 pm | Gameday
Seranthony Dominguez (3-0, 1.44) vs. N/A

Notable

Cornelius Randolph 1-4, R, 2 RBI, HR, 2 K
Damek Tomscha 1-4, 3 K
Wilson Garcia 1-4, 2B
Deivi Grullon 2-4, 2B
Drew Stankiewicz 1-4, 2B

Seranthony Dominguez 6.0 IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 7K, game score: 51
Edgar Garcia 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 5K
Jacob Waguespack (L, 0-1), 1.2 IP, 4H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 1K

Lakewood BlueClaws (19-12) @ Columbia Fireflies (14-16) 2:05 pm | Gameday
Sixto Sanchez (0-2, 2.79) vs. Harol Gonzalez (1-1, 7.65)

Notable

Carlos Duran 1-4, 2 R, 3B, BB
Mickey Moniak 2-4, R, RBI, BB, K
Darick Hall 2-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 3B, HR
Henri Lartigue 2-4, 3 R, 2B, BB
Cord Sandberg 1-5, R, RBI, 3B, 2 K
Luke Williams 1-4, R, RBI, BB, K
Edgar Cabral 1-4, BB
Jose Antequera 1-3, 2 RBI

Sixto Sanchez (W, 1-2), 5.0 IP, 6H, 4R, 4ER, 1BB, 7K, game score: 51
Harold Arauz (H, 1), 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 3K
Will Hibbs (S, 2), 1.1 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K

(click on the start time for box scores)

[zambonir]

Oberholtzer's better than Appel, huh?

[fish]

Sanchez painting the black with 95 mph fastballs in the first- super easy as advertised.

[allentown]

Allentown wins 1-0 on a surprisingly good 5.2 inning start from Appel (still had walks) and a HR from Cozens.

[schooldoc]

Not Sixto's best today, but he's in line for a win if they can hold it.

[allentown]

Last post should have been walks for Appel. Walks are killers -- Allentown scores 4 runs in the first inning of game 2 on just one hit (a Hoskins grand slam).

[fish]

Sanchez had trouble spotting his secondaries- especially his curve. The curve was a below average pitch today- not especially hard or tight. His change was average- not bad arm action. He was up with both pitches a lot.

[allentown]

Lakewood gets 3 triples on the day, and not from the speedsters (Hall, Sandberg, Duran),

[schooldoc]

Clearwater lost in 10 but Randolph with a HR. Good work from Dominguez, and Edgar Garcia threw well out of the pen.

I'm still not sure Clearwater is the right place for Randolph right now but I suppose they're trying to challenge him rather than the more traditional route of conquering the level before the promotion because he didn't really do that at Lakewood.

[Austinfan]

Hall is starting to look interesting, not overage and coming on after being behind due to injury.

[schooldoc]

Gotta give it up to the Fightins too, coming back from 8-0 down to score 13 unanswered. Scotty Jetpax and Pullin each with their 7th HR, and Tromp making Baseballtown great again with another big day. He has had a handful of monster games in his minor league career.

[nycphils]

JPC with no hits in the twin bill. Hitting .151. Just terribl

[bigegypt0417]

one thing I notice is he's walking more and striking out less.

8 walks and 6 K's in the last 10 games.

[andyb]

one thing I notice is he's walking more and striking out less.

8 walks and 6 K's in the last 10 games.

He has also been really unlucky with a BABIP of .206. Now he does need more hard contact but the stats would not look so bad if his average were .060 points higher and his OPS around 600 which it would be with normal luck.

He has not been good to start the season but it does look like he is righting the ship. I would love to see more XBH which would be the sign of his swing getting back to normal and not just his plate discipline. A 270/350/350 SS is still valuable even if the power does not come. But he is also the youngest guy on the team still so there is plenty of time for the power to come.

[Austinfan]

He's always had plate discipline, the high K rate is worrisome b/c it means he wasn't making contact on hittable pitches.
Getting the K rate down is a good start, then up the XBH rate, first make contact, then make good contact.

[bigegypt0417]

He's always had plate discipline, the high K rate is worrisome b/c it means he wasn't making contact on hittable pitches.

Or he started swinging at bad pitches.