Minor League Games - Wednesday, May 31, 2017

[kikutaro]

Lehigh Valley IronPigs (36-16) @ Indianapolis Indians (28-23) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Tom Eshelman (2-0, 1.82) vs. Cody Dickson (4-2, 4.94)

Notable

Cameron Perkins 0-4, BB, 2 K
J.P. Crawford 0-3, R, 2 BB, K
Jorge Alfaro 2-5, R, RBI, 2B, 3 K
Dylan Cozens 2-4, R, 3 RBI, 2B, 3B, BB, 2 K
Rhys Hoskins 2-5, R, RBI, 3B, SB
Nick Williams 1-5, 3 K
Taylor Featherston 1-3, R, 2 BB, SB
Jorge Flores 1-5, RBI, 2 K
Tom Eshelman 1-4, R, 2 K

Tom Eshelman (W, 3-0), 9.0 IP, 5H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 7K, game score: 89

Portland Sea Dogs (23-24) @ Reading Fightin Phils (25-23) 5:15 pm | Gameday
Trey Ball (1-4, 5.23) vs. Tyler Viza (2-3, 5.95)

Notable

Osmel Aguila 0-3, 2 K
Jiandido Tromp 3-3, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR
Kyle Martin 1-2, R, 2 RBI, HR, BB, K
Mitch Walding 2-3, 2 R, RBI, 2B, HR
Malquin Canelo 2-2, RBI, 2B, CS

Tyler Viza (W, 3-3), 6.0 IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 5K, game score: 57

Portland Sea Dogs (23-25) @ Reading Fightin Phils (26-23) 3:33 am | Gameday
Taylor Grover (1-1, 6.90) vs. N/A

Notable

Scott Kingery 1-4, 2B, 2 BB, K
Andrew Pullin 2-6, 2 R, RBI, 2B, HR
Kyle Martin 0-4, BB, 3 K, SB
Angelo Mora 3-5, R, 2 RBI, HR, K, SB
Jiandido Tromp 1-5, 2B, 2 K
Mitch Walding 1-5, R, 3B, 3 K
Osmel Aguila 1-5, RBI, 2B, 2 K
Nick Rickles 2-5, 2 K

John Richy 4.0 IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 4K, game score: 52
Alexis Rivero 2.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 1K
Yacksel Rios 3.0 IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 0K
Austin Davis 3.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K
Joey DeNato (W, 4-1), 1.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 1K

Florida Fire Frogs (22-31) @ Clearwater Threshers (29-24) 12:00 pm | Gameday
Touki Toussaint (1-6, 6.80) vs. Alberto Tirado (3-3, 4.38)

Notable

Zachary Coppola 3-4, R, 2B, 3B
Mark Laird 2-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B
Damek Tomscha 1-3, 2 R, 2B, BB, K
Deivi Grullon 1-5, 2 RBI, 2B, 2 K
Cornelius Randolph 2-4, RBI
Herlis Rodriguez 1-3, R, RBI, 2B, 2 BB
Drew Stankiewicz 1-4, R, 2 RBI, HR, 2 K
Austin Bossart 1-3, R, BB
Grenny Cumana 1-3, R, BB, SB

Alberto Tirado 5.0 IP, 4H, 5R, 3ER, 4BB, 4K, game score: 37
Harold Arauz (W, 1-0), 3.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 3K

Lakewood BlueClaws (31-22) @ Greensboro Grasshoppers (28-24) 12:00 pm | Gameday
Adonis Medina (1-4, 2.98) vs. Michael King (3-3, 3.83)

Notable

Mickey Moniak 0-2, 2 R, 2 BB, K
Darick Hall 2-3, R, 3 RBI, 2B, HR, BB, K
Henri Lartigue 1-4, 2B

Adonis Medina (L, 1-5), 5.0 IP, 7H, 5R, 4ER, 3BB, 4K, game score: 39
Ismael Cabrera 2.0 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K

(click on the start time for box scores)

[Squire]

Rough starts so far for both Tirado and Medina.

[Patchmk88]

Randolph with a hit and Moniak with two walks. What the hell happened to Brito? He has fallen off significantly.

[fish]

Brito is so aggressive that early in the season he seemed to be swinging early to avoid a breaking ball. I think that transitioned into bad guessing.

[gmwannabe]

Coppy is tearing the cover off the ball. soon time for some challenges for some prospects to see if they are legit. move 'em up. .352 and still climbing!
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[andyb]

Andrew Knapp's little brother goes deep against Lakewood.

[bigegypt0417]

Randolph with another multi-hit game...

[Soloman_grundy]

Roman Quinn? MIA two days in a row

[schooldoc]

Quinn hasn't played since Sunday. Something's up.

[Austinfan]

Yeah, Coppola has great speed and shows he knows how to get on base. Time to send him to Reading.

[Austinfan]

Arano with a scoreless inning. Bullpen depth in the farm system just got deeper.
Tromp with 2 HRs, I'm not sold on him, but he has nice tools, player who has to show progress all season to make the 40 man roster.

[schooldoc]

Reading into extras in game 2, have not scored in 2 innings against an outfielder taking the mound. This, and they have a morning game tomorrow.

[California_Dreamin]

Pullin with his 12th home run in the 13th off outfielder Jesse Barfield Jr. gives the R-Phillies a sweep of the double header and a 4-1 night down on the pharm.

Only loser was Lakewood. Highlights...5 hit complete game shutout for Eshelman in a 6-0 win. Hoskins and Cozens were at it again, not with the home runs but with extra base blows that put the game away. Tromp with a 2 home run night and another outstanding relief outing from Austin Davis, a guy I recall was highly touted when drafted and has not disappointed since turning pro.

In an organization crying for a solid lefty out of the bullpen, Davis is a guy to keep an eye on going forward. Clearwater also was a winning, rallying from a 5-1 deficit to an eventual 8-5 win. By the way, speaking of Clearwater, I think the lineup of Coppola, Laird, Tomscha, Grullon, Randolph and Rodriguez is a pretty decent 1-6 order.

By the way, organizational record is 122-85, a .589 winning percentage and not bad for some teams that at least to me appear either age appropriate or young at all levels.

One more thing....if the Phils did A] demote Franco and B] promote Kingery they could trot out an everyday lineup of Alfaro, Hoskins, Kingery, Crawford, Franco, Williams, Quinn and Cozens, with Perkins in reserve. Sheeesh, that lineup would almost be better than the one the Phils trot out daily.

And who in the heck would bat 8th with that lineup, I am guessing Kingery, only the guy who leads ALL of the minor leagues in home runs! Let me take a stab...Quinn, Crawford, Hoskins, Cozens, Franco, Williams, Alfaro and Kingery. Good Lord.

[tom81]

I'd probably flip flop Crawford and Kingery, but hey I really like that lineup!

[bigegypt0417]

Dylan Cozens is slowly bringing his BA to a respectable level and is k'ing a little less. Although it's still early it seems he keeps disproving those who watch him and believe the next level is the one where he'll flame out...

[rkeden]

Dylan is now tied for the league lead in Home runs, and RBIs. and second in triples. Clearly, the SO's have to come down before his next step up but his May was outstanding, hitting .330 even with his strikeouts. He is 23 and has made this important jump seemingly seamlessly. I wonder if Stairs has worked with him at all? .

[allentown]

That is a strong Allentown lineup, where the guys are almost all hitting at the moment, although some have endured terrible slumps. Quinn hasn't played in several days -- might be hurt? Really, Pullin also deserves to be at Allentown. I think our farm is very age appropriate. Kingery is the base-stealer in an upper minors cast of many reasonably fast guys who just aren't particularly good on the bases, so he would be my leadoff.