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7/23/24 : Minor League Roundup

International League ( AAA ) - Rochester 4 (14-8,52-43) Lehigh Valley 3 (14-8,48-47)

Innovative Field, Rochester, NY


Summary :


Rafael Marchan singled in the fourth inning and scored on a double by Buddy Kennedy.


Travis Blankenhorn hit a two run home run for Rochester in the 4th inning.


Carlos De La Cruz singled in the fifth inning and scored on a triple by Cal Stevenson.


Buddy Kennedy homered in the 6th inning.


Rochester scored two runs in the 9th inning on a double, three singles and a throwing error (Scott Kingery).


At Bat : 3 R, 9 H, 2 BB, 9 K’s


Buddy Kennedy had a night! - 4 for 5 with two doubles, a home run and single - two RBIs.  Rafael Marchan had two hits (singles) and Cal Stevenson tripled.


On The Hill : 4 R, 10 H, 2 BB, 6 K’s


Kolby Allard pitched 6 innings - 2 R, 5 H, 2 BB, 4 K’s - 85 pitches - 53 strikes.  Michael Rucker pitched two innings - 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K’s - 29 pitches - 18 strikes.  Max Lazar pitched 2/3 of an inning - 2 R - 1 earned, 4 H, 0 BB, 0 K’s - 14 pitches - 11 strikes.


Did Ya Know 🧐 :


DR. PODKOOL: The Doctor is in and Nick Podkul has been delivering.  In his past 17 games, Podkul has a .956 OPS, as he's walked 12 times and swatted four homers.  He has 13 RBI during the stretch too. - Media Notes


Eastern League ( AA ) - Reading 2 (9-13, 40-50) New Hampshire 0 (4-16, 39-54)

Delta Dental Stadium, Manchester, NH


Summary :


Erick Brito was hit by a pitch in the third inning, Justin Crawford singled.  Gabriel Rincones Jr reached on a forceout sending Brito to third base.  Caleb Ricketts hit a sacrifice fly to score a run.


Erick Brito doubled in the 5th inning and scored on a single by Justin Crawford.


On The Hill :  0 R, 5 H, 2 BB, 12 K’s


Lachlan Wells was outstanding - 7 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 1 HB, 1 BB, 11 K’s - 74 pitches - 57 strikes - in his last two starts (counting tonight) he’s thrown 14 scoreless innings allowing seven hits and two walks while posting 14 K’s 😳.   Daniel Harper pitched an inning - 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K - 11 pitches - 10 strikes.  Andrew Schultz closed it - 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 0 K’s - 18 pitches - 9 strikes


At Bat : 2 R, 6 H, 4 BB, 8 K’s, 9 SB


Justin Crawford had three hits (singles), stole two bases and had an RBI.  Erick Brito doubled, walked and stole a base .  Carson Taylor walked twice and stole two bases. Gabriel Rincones Jr stole three bases.  Reading stole a total of nine bases in the game.


Did Ya Know 🧐 :


The Fightin Phils remain in New England and begin a six-game series at the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, on Tuesday night. It is the 6th-of-17 matchups between the teams this season, and sixth-of-11 in Manchester. The Fisher Cats come to Reading for their lone series in Baseballtown from Aug. 13-18. Reading currenly leads the season-series over New Hampshire 3-2, after taking three-of-five in late-June at the Fisher Cats. - Media Notes


South Atlantic League ( High A )  - Jersey Shore 2 (14-11, 52-39) Aberdeen 1 (13-12, 47-44) - ten innings

Lakewood, NJ - Shoretown Ballpark


Summary :


Aidan Miller walked in the third inning, stole second, went to third on a passed ball and scored on a fielding error by Aberdeen’s shortstop.


With two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning  Jalen Vasquez homered for Aberdeen.


The game went into extra innings.


In the bottom of the 10th Emaarion Boyd was the placed runner - he moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by William Bergolla.  With two outs Keaton Anthony singled to left field to score Boyd for the walk-off win!


On The Hill : 1 R, 5 H, 2 BB, 7 K’s


Casey Steward was outstanding - 7 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 4 K’s - 92 pitches - 57 strikes.  Danny Wilkinson pitched an inning - 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K’s - 19 pitches - 12 strikes.  Jack Dallas pitched two innings - 1 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K - 25 pitches - 14 strikes.


At Bat : 2 R, 5 H, 6 BB, 10 K’s


Aidan Miller doubled and walked twice.


Did Ya Know 🧐 :


The BlueClaws host Aberdeen this week, their second visit to ShoreTown this season (the BlueClaws took two of three in the first series of the year). Jersey Shore has made two trips to Aberdeen so far this season and are 4-8 in Maryland. Coming into tonight Aberdeen leads the season series 9-6 and the all-time series 45-38. - Media Notes


Florida State League ( Low A )  - Clearwater (7-17, 50-40) Tampa (11-11, 35-53) - PPD - Rain

George M. Steinbrenner Field, Tampa, FL


Florida Complex League - Phillies 5 (32-25) Yankees 3  (35-22)

Baycare Ballpark , Clearwater, FL


Summary :


The Yankees scored three runs in the first inning on two walk, a single and double.


Rickardo Perez singled in the second inning, Jerffson Peña doubled.  A ground ball by Brahian Silva scored Perez.


In the bottom of the fourth inning Manolfi Jimenez singled, Brahian Silva walked.  Yemil Rosario reached on a fielding error on which Jimenez scored. Jorge Garcia walked.  Juan Villavicencio walked to score a run. Nolan Beltran grounded into a force out at second base which scored a run.  Guillermo Rosario singled to score a run.


On The Hill :  3 R, 6 H, 4 BB, 9 K’s


Wilmer Blanco pitched three innings - 3 R, 4 H, 3 BB, 5 K’s.  Maxwell Hernandez pitched four innings - 0 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 4 K’s.


Defensive Gem :


Left fielder Jorge Garcia made a diving catch in the seventh inning on a sinking liner to record the second out.  Second baseman Yemil Rosario made a sliding stop on a grounder in the first base hole to get the final out of the game.


At Bat : 5 R, 5 H, 3 BB, 7 K’s


Jerffson Peña doubled.  Juan Villavicencio singled, walked and scored a run.


Dominican Summer League -Phillies Red 3 (11-23) NYY Bombers 1 (20-15)

Yankees Complex


Summary :


The Bombers scored a run in the 5th inning on a single, stolen base, throwing error and balk.


Victor Cardoza, Maylerson Casanova and Meylin De Leon singled in the sixth inning.  Samuel Estevez hit a sacrifice fly to score a run.  Cesar Mujica walked.  Adrian Garcia singled to score two runs.


On The Hill : 1 R, 6 H, 1 BB, 11 K’s


Raymon Rosario pitched three scoreless innings - 3 H, 1 HB, 0 BB, 2 K’s.  Naiker Velazquez pitched two innings - 1 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 3 K’s.  Zuher Yousuf pitched three innings - 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 6 K’s 👀,  Naoel Mejia closed it - a perfect inning with two ground outs and a line out.


At Bat : 3 R, 10 H, 2 BB, 6 K’s


Maylerson Casanova (single & double), Meylin De Leon (two singles) and Cesar Mujica (two singles) each had two hits.


Dominican Summer League - Phillies White 5 (14-21) Rangers Blue 3 (19-13)

Phillies Complex


Summary :


Isaac Ramirez tripled in the fourth inning, he scored on a triple by Jaeden Calderon.   Josueth Quinonez was hit by a pitch.  Jorge Julio singled to score a run.  A double steal coupled with a throwing error by the catcher added a third run.


Andres Hernandez singled in the fifth inning, Jaeden Calderon was hit by a pitch.  A wild pitch advanced them.  Josueth Quinonez hit a sacrifice fly to score a run.  Jorge Juliosingled to score a run.

  

A walk and double scored a run for the Rangers in the 8th inning.  They scored twice in the ninth on a walk, hit batter, two wild pitches and double.


On The Hill :  3 R, 6 H, 6 BB, 7 K’s


Joel Heredia pitched five innings - 0 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 5 K’s.  Juan Duarte pitched two innings - 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K. Emmanuel Nunez pitched an inning - 1 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K.  Edwin Castillo pitched 2/3 of an inning - 2 R, 1 H, 1 HB, 2 BB, 0 K’s.  Enderson Jean stranded two inherited runners in 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 BB.


At Bat : 5 R, 7 H, 4 BB, 15 K’s


Jorge Julio went 3 for 4 (singles) with two RBIs.  Jaeden Calderon, Anderson Navas and Isaac Ramirez tripled.


System Transactions :


Lehigh Valley : INF Rodolfo Castro activated from the 60 day IL. UTL Matt Kroon activated from the seven day IL. C Ryan Leitch and INF Nick Podkul transferred to the development list.


Reading : LHP Lachlan Wells activated from development list.  C Arturo DeFreitas placed on the development list.


Jersey Shore : RHP Chuck King activated from the seven day IL.  INF Zach Arnold and RHP Jaydenn Estanista activated from the development list.


Clearwater : C Eduardo Tait, SS Starlyn Caba and OF Ezra Farmer promoted to Clearwater Threshers from the FCL Phillies.  RHP Chase Hopewell placed on the 7 day IL (retroactive to 7/22). RHP Alex Garbrick assigned to roster on rehab assignment (from Jersey Shore). C/1B Kehden Hettiger activated from seven day IL.


DSL : INF/OF Isaac Ramirez reinstated from the 7-day IL.


Happy Day, Happy Baseball ⚾️



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