Phillies Minor League Roundup, July 28, 2012

Syracuse 6, Lehigh Valley 4

J.C. Ramirez 3.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 0 HR
Domonic Brown 1 for 3, 2B, BB

Reading 5, New Britain 4 (Game 1 of doubleheader - 7 innings)

Trevor May 5.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 8 GB, 2 LD, 6 FB (1 pop)
Jiwan James 2 for 4
Cody Asche 0 for 4
Cesar Hernandez 1 for 3
Darin Ruf 2 for 3, 2B, HR
Leandro Castro 1 for 3, K
Sebastian Valle 0 for 0, BB

Reading 6, New Britain 0 (Game 2 of doubleheader - 7 innings)

Julio Rodriguez 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 8 K, 5 GB, 3 LD, 4 FB (2 pop)
Cody Asche 2 for 4, 2 K
Cesar Hernandez 2 for 3, 2B, 3B, K
Darin Ruf 0 for 1, 2 BB, K
Sebastian Valle 0 for 2, K, SF, threw out 1 of 2
Leandro Castro 1 for 3, HR

May and Rodriguez have both been struggling badly of late, so it's noteworthy that they both pitched relatively well yesterday. May's K/BB doesn't look all that much better than usual, but FWIW, three of his walks occurred in the 6th over his final stretch of four batters before he was pulled. He was doing much better over the first 5.

Clearwater 4, Jupiter 3

Austin Wright 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 0 HR, 10 GB, 4 LD, 5 FB (1 pop)
Brian Schneider 0 for 4
Zach Collier 1 for 4
Cameron Rupp 0 for 4, 2 K, threw out 1 of 2
Anthony Hewitt 1 for 4, 3B, K
Harold Martinez 2 for 3, BB, CS, error
Edgar Duran 1 for 3, BB

Wright's performance level has fluctuated this year, but July has been an "up" month for him. In 33.2 IP, 30 H, 3 HR, 16 BB, 32 K, 2.41 ERA.

Lakewood 2, West Virginia 0

Hoby Milner (7th round) 5.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K, 7 GB, 0 LD, 7 FB (4 pop)
Luis Paulino 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Kenneth Giles 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Tim Carver (19th round) 2 for 4, K
Kelly Dugan 0 for 3, BB
Maikel Franco 1 for 4, 2B
Brian Pointer 4 for 4
Josh Ludy (8th round) 0 for 4, K

Milner has struggled since being promoted to Lakewood, but this was his best game as a BlueClaw. Interestingly, he was a relief pitcher for the University of Texas this year before the draft. I have no idea whether the Phillies actually like him as a starter or whether this is just for 2012 only.

Short season team stats after the jump...

Hudson Valley 5, Williamsport 3

Luis Gonzalez GS, 4.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 0 HR, 3 GB, 2 LD, 7 FB (2 pop)
Ulises Joaquin 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 0 HR (first game back from DL)
Ramon Oviedo 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K
Roman Quinn 0 for 3, HBP, error
Mitch Walding 1 for 4, K
Fudgie Greene 1 for 3, K, SF
Christopher Serritella (4th round) 1 for 4, 2B, K, error
Cameron Perkins (6th round) 0 for 2, 2 BB, 2 K, error
Yan Olmo 1 for 4, SB
Logan Moore 0 for 3, BB, error, PB
Tyler Greene 0 for 4, 2 K
Zach Taylor (12th round) 0 for 1

GCL Phillies 3, GCL Yankees 1

Andrew Anderson (21st round) GS, 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 1 K, 5 GB, 2 LD, 1 FB (1 pop)
Yoel Mecias 4.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 9 GB, 2 LD, 6 FB (2 pop)
Keivi Rojas 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 0 GB, 0 LD, 0 FB
Carlos Tocci 1 for 2, K, SB
Andrew Pullin (5th round) 0 for 3, BB, K
Zach Green (3rd round) 0 for 4, K
William Carmona (11th round) 0 for 3, BB
Dylan Cozens (2nd round) 0 for 3, K
Steven Golden (13th round) 1 for 2, SH, 2 SB

It's only GCL, but this Keivi Rojas has been very impressive this year: 11 G, 23.2 IP, 15 H, 1 HR, 2 BB, 33 K, 1.90 ERA. He's righthanded, Venezuelan, and 19 years old. I wonder if they'll try him out as a starter at some point, or if his skill set is better suited for relief for whatever reason.