Minor League Games - Wednesday, April 12, 2017

[kikutaro]

Lehigh Valley IronPigs (3-4) @ Scranton/WB RailRiders (2-4) 6:35 pm | Gameday
Jake Thompson (0-1, 34.71) vs. Brady Lail (0-0, -.--)

Notable

Roman Quinn 0-5, 3 K
Jorge Alfaro 1-5, R, RBI, HR, K
Dylan Cozens 0-3, R, BB, 2 K
Rhys Hoskins 2-3, R, 2B
Nick Williams 2-4, R, 2B, K
Jesmuel Valentin 2-4, R, RBI, 2B
Hector Gomez 1-4, R, RBI, 2B, K
Logan Moore 1-4, 2 RBI, 2 K

Jake Thompson 2.1 IP, 7H, 6R, 6ER, 3BB, 2K, game score: 18
Mark Leiter 2.2 IP, 5H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 8K
Cesar Ramos 2.0 IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 3K

Reading Fightin Phils (2-4) @ New Hampshire Fisher Cats (2-4) 10:35 am | Gameday
Tom Eshelman (0-0, 1.93) vs. Sean Reid-Foley (0-1, 5.40)

Notable

Scott Kingery 1-4, R, 3 RBI, HR, 2 K
Andrew Pullin 2-4, 2 2B, K
Kyle Martin 0-4, 2 K
Mitch Walding 1-4, 2B, 2 K
Jiandido Tromp 1-3, R, 2B, BB, CS
Malquin Canelo 1-2, R, BB

Tom Eshelman 5.1 IP, 8H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 4K, game score: 43

Clearwater Threshers (5-2) @ Lakeland Flying Tigers (3-4) 6:30 pm | Gameday
Seranthony Dominguez (0-0, 0.00) vs. A.J. Ladwig (1-0, 0.00)

Notable

Cornelius Randolph 1-3, R, 2 BB, 2 K
Damek Tomscha 2-5, 2 R, 2B, K
Jose Pujols 1-5, RBI, 3 K
Wilson Garcia 2-5, 2 RBI
Emmanuel Marrero 3-4, R, 2B, 3B

Seranthony Dominguez 6.0 IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 10K, game score: 77
Ranfi Casimiro 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K

Lakewood BlueClaws (4-3) @ Hagerstown Suns (5-2) 6:05 pm | Gameday
JoJo Romero (0-0, 9.00) vs. Tyler Watson (0-1, 5.79)

Notable

Daniel Brito 2-5, R, 2 RBI, HR, K
Mickey Moniak 1-4, BB, 2 K
Brett Barbier 1-4, 3 K
Alex Wojciechowski 1-3, BB, K
Lucas Williams 0-4, 2 K
Henri Lartigue 2-4, K
Carlos Duran 0-2, R, 2 BB

JoJo Romero 5.0 IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 3BB, 6K, game score: 61

(click on the start time for box scores)

[Squire]

Early Morning Game woohoo.

Lineup

2B Scott Kingery
DH Andrew Pullin
CF Carlos Tocci
1B Kyle Martin
C Chace Numata
3B Mitch Walding
LF Jiandido Tromp
RF Aaron Brown
SS Malquin Canelo

SP RHP Tom Eshleman

[bkeich]

Gotta love those early season ERAs... 34.71 is pretty unique. As I once told my Aunt on what has infamously become known as "3 cousins arrested day" in my family, "tomorrow will be better".

[miker]

Pullin with two more doubles already. He may be too good for this league.

[andyb]

Kingery with his 2nd HR also - and they have not even played at home in Reading yet.

We really could have some decent trade possibilities if we want to trade a young 2B at some point. No idea whether Kingery is our best fit long term, but his prospect status seems to be rising off a good spring training and decent start to the season.

[rkeden]

Went to Manchester for "brunch". Kingery hit a ball over a 12 foot high fence at about 400'. Made me look like a genius a I had just said "Watch this fellow--He is on a fast track to the bigs". One pitch later, he knocked the cover off the ball! I said to him "Me and Babe Ruth". Now I can spend the rest of the day being a duffis.

Reading's squad can really hit. Even their outs were shots. I was impressed with Eshleman who, as we know, has good control but doesn't blow anyone away. (No radar gun at 10:30 AM. It sleeps in!). He did have a number of Fisher Cats players flailing. The other player who was a pleasant surprise was Numata. He does everything well. Obviously well coached. Could add 20 pounds probably as he is listed at 175 and it seemed a bit generous. Good looking catcher.

I left to go back to work after 5 innings. Nice brunch break if you are hard of hearing. The park was filled with school kids and the screech volume was up there. But they were having fun and that is all that matters. I did too!

[Squire]

Crazy lineup for Lakewood tonight

SS Daniel Brito (yes shortstop)
CF Mickey Moniak (moves up one spot in the batting order)
1B Brett Barbier
LF Alex Wojciechowski
DH Cord Sandberg
3B Lucas Williams
C Henri Lartigue
2B Danny Zardon (yes 2B)
RF Carlos Duran

SP LHP JoJo Romero

[Patchmk88]

Probably want to move Brito to SS since Crawford is such a failure

[phillychuck]

I left to go back to work after 5 innings.

Jinx!

[phillychuck]

BTW, I think Jake Thompson is hurt. There was no time all last year when he was giving up hits at the rate he has over the first two games.

[andyb]

They moved Brito to SS yesterday also when Gamboa was out. I guess they are not really looking at Lucas Williams there as was rumored. And Brito keeps hitting BTW. The HRs probably stop when they get home to Lakewood, but the kid looks like a serious offensive prospect now.

Seranthony is looking pretty good tonight. Sleeper whose stuff does compare with guys like Medina but just developed a little more slowly.

[phillychuck]

Crawford gets the night off. Valentin at SS.

CLW the only winner.