Minor League Games - Tuesday, May 30, 2017

kikutaro 2017-05-30 03:58:34 UTC #1

Lehigh Valley IronPigs (35-16) @ Indianapolis Indians (28-22) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Jake Thompson (2-4, 5.68) vs. Tyler Eppler (3-2, 2.70)

Notable

Cameron Perkins 3-5, R, RBI, 2B, HR, K
J.P. Crawford 2-4, R, RBI, 2B, BB
Jorge Alfaro 0-5, 3 K
Dylan Cozens 2-5, R, 3B
Rhys Hoskins 1-4, 2 RBI, K
Nick Williams 1-3, BB, K
Pedro Florimon 2-4, 2 R, RBI, HR, K
Hector Gomez 0-2, 2 K

Jake Thompson (L, 2-5), 5.1 IP, 9H, 7R, 4ER, 1BB, 5K, game score: 30

Portland Sea Dogs (23-23) @ Reading Fightin Phils (24-23) 6:35 pm | Gameday
Jalen Beeks (5-1, 2.13) vs. Drew Anderson (3-2, 5.14)

Notable

Scott Kingery 2-5, R
Carlos Tocci 2-5, K, CS
Andrew Pullin 2-5, K
Jiandido Tromp 0-4, RBI, BB, 2 K
Kyle Martin 0-4, 2 K
Malquin Canelo 0-4, 2 K

Drew Anderson 7.0 IP, 3H, 2R, 1ER, 2BB, 8K, game score: 74
Jesen Therrien 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 4K
Miguel Nunez (L, 0-4), 1.0 IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 0K

Florida Fire Frogs (22-30) @ Clearwater Threshers (28-24) 7:00 pm | Gameday
Ricardo Sanchez (2-5, 3.80) vs. Cole Irvin (3-5, 3.20)

Notable

Zachary Coppola 0-3, BB, 2 K
Cornelius Randolph 2-4
Damek Tomscha 0-2, 2 BB, K
Deivi Grullon 2-4, R, 2B
Jose Pujols 0-3, 2 K
Herlis Rodriguez 1-3, 2B, BB

Cole Irvin (L, 3-6), 6.0 IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 5K, game score: 63
Luke Leftwich 2.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K

Lakewood BlueClaws (31-21) @ Greensboro Grasshoppers (27-24) 7:00 pm | Gameday
Ranger Suarez (3-1, 2.01) vs. LJ Brewster (4-2, 2.92)

Notable

Daniel Brito 1-3, 2 R, 3 BB, K
Arquimedes Gamboa 1-4, RBI, 2B, 2 BB
Mickey Moniak 1-5, 2 R, RBI, HR, BB
Darick Hall 1-4, RBI, 2B, BB, K
Brett Barbier 2-4, 2 R, 2 K
Cord Sandberg 2-5, R, RBI, 2B, K
Henri Lartigue 1-5, 2 RBI
Luke Williams 1-4, K, SB
Carlos Duran 0-4, BB, 2 K

Ranger Suarez (W, 4-1), 6.0 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 4BB, 4K, game score: 59
Trevor Bettencourt (H, 1), 1.2 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 5K

(click on the start time for box scores)

andyb 2017-05-30 14:34:28 UTC #2

Phuturephillies XST update:

Comments note that Ortiz was back playing yesterday so it looks like we dodged the dual Moniak Ortiz set of injuries.

bkeich 2017-05-30 14:56:16 UTC #3

Funny to read the writeup about Kyle Young, pitcher who is 7'.

The Reds also had a minor league pitcher from Holland who was 7' a couple years ago in AA (Pensacola) where I lived. He wasnt at all what you expected, he was a soft tosser, junk baller who was trying to get by on guile and deception. Like the writeup here the implication with him is that the long arms and legs just make it that much harder to be consistent. It is easy to think of Randy Johnson, but you also have to remember that when Johnson was younger he had horrendous control, basically throwing the ball very hard and somewhere between the dugouts. Will be interesting to see if Young, who is throwing in the low 90s can develop and get that extreme velocity with the deception that comes with being so tall.

My great grandfather was a minor league pitcher in the 20s and 30s who was 6'8" (which then was circus worthy). Oddly enough he was also not a hard thrower, he was one of the few allowed to throw a spitball because he was grandfathered in (in the minors, not the majors, which he never made it to).

schooldoc 2017-05-30 22:22:19 UTC #4

As anticipated, Nava is DH'ing and batting 2nd for Reading tonight.

Reading might need the hired help from Nava tonight, as Portland's starter is 4-0 with a 0.00 ERA against them this season.

bigegypt0417 2017-05-31 00:07:21 UTC #5

HR for Moniak

teabag259 2017-05-31 00:07:38 UTC #6

Moniak with a bomb.

allentown 2017-05-31 02:27:45 UTC #7

Lakewood gets the only win on the farm, a good start for Ranger Suarez.

Squire 2017-05-31 02:44:40 UTC #8

We went 1-3 tonight record wise but it was a really good night.

Philsmania 2017-05-31 02:51:30 UTC #9

Another two hits for Crawford. Now up to .208.

allentown 2017-05-31 14:38:18 UTC #10

It looks like he may be turning things around. The thing to do with Crawford is to forget the .208 and think of all his stats as post-April, with a mulligan for April. The same with Williams and Cozens. It's how they play the rest of the season that counts, not the total-season stats.

andyb 2017-05-31 14:44:20 UTC #11

Some first hand observations on Crawford here. The assessment is that his timing got out of sync and he really needs to settle on a swing and get the footwork right. But he appears headed in the right direction.