Phillies Minor League Roundup - June 11, 2015

Weekend Probables:

LHV: Adam Morgan, Joely Rodriguez, Phillippe Aumont
REA: Tom Windle, Aaron Nola, Ben Lively
CLR: Victor Arano, TBD, TBD
LWD: Chris Oliver, Elneiry Garcia, TBD

Norfolk 4, Lehigh Valley 3

Severino Gonzalez - 4.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 3 GB, 5 FB
Jake Diekman - 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, K
Brian Bogusevic - 1 for 4, RBI, K
Domonic Brown - 0 for 4, 2 K
Tyler Henson - 1 for 4, R, K
Gabriel Lino - 2 for 3, 2 RBI, K

Gonzalez struggles en route to his 3rd loss. He seems to be alternating both good/bad starts in AAA this season. The Iron Pigs were getting 1-hit through 7 innings before scoring 3 run in the 8th. Lino continues to impress and contributed to the 3-run 8th with a two RBI single.

Reading 8, Altoona 7 (18 innings)

Zach Eflin - 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 6 K, 4 GB, 4 FB
Brock Stassi - 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, 3 K
Roman Quinn - 2 for 8, 2 R, BB
J.P. Crawford - 2 for 8, R, BB, K
Aaron Altherr - 1 for 6, R, 2 BB, K, CS, picked off
Brock Stassi - 4 for 8, 2 RBI, BB, 3 K, SB
Cam Perkins - 1 for 7, 2 RBI, BB, K
Art Charles (PH) - 1 for 1, HR, 3 RBI

Well, if you stuck around to watch this one through the end, you witnessed a hell of a finale. Zach Eflin left the game with a 3 run lead. Hoby Milner would give up 5 earned runs in the 6th and the newly activated Ryan O'Sullivan gives up two in the 7th. The day looked grim until Art Charles hit his 6th HR which would tie the game up in the bottom of the 9th. Nefi Ogando, Lee Ridenhour, Stephen Shackleford, Adam Loewen and Colton Murray would provide 8.1 innings of scoreless relief until...well they ran out of pitchers. Brock Stassi would take the mound for the last 3 innings and amazingly doesn't allow a hit. Fortunately, Altoona ran out of pitchers as well, whom which loaded the bases and walked in the winning run. All bow to your hero, Brock Stassi.

Clearwater 4, Bradenton 2

Matt Imhof - 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 6 GB, 3 FB
Yacksel Rios - 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, BB, K, WP
Andrew Pullin - 0 for 5, 2 K
Andrew Knapp - 1 for 4, R, HBP
Dylan Cozens - 1 for 4, 2B
Harold Martinez - 0 for 2, R, RBI, BB, K
Aaron Brown - 1 for 4, HR, 2 RBI
Willians Astudillo - 2 for 4, R, 2B
Angelo Mora - 1 for 4, 2 K (missed catch error)
Emmanuel Marrero - 1 for 4, RBI

Matt Imhof comes of the DL and earns his 2nd win of the season. He was able to throw 53 of his 80 pitches for strikes. Aaron Brown hit his 3rd HR and Astudillo plays in his first game since May 30th. Also some sad news, Leibrandt is now on the DL, which might explain why he has struggled his last few starts.

Lakewood 7, Lexington 6 (11 innings)

Ranfi Casimiro - 6 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 K, 2 HR, 6 GB, 4 FB, WP (missed catch error)
Scott Harris - 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, BB, K, WP
Nick Rodesky - 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, K
Alexis Rivero - 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 K, HR
Manny Martinez - 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 K
Malquin Canelo - 3 for 6, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 K
Cord Sandberg - 1 for 5, R, 2B, BB (outfield assist, home)
Carlos Tocci - 3 for 5, R, HR, BB, SB, CS
Rhys Hoskins - 0 for 5, 2 K, HBP
Deivi Grullon - 1 for 5, RBI, K, HBP (passed ball)
Jiandido Tromp - 1 for 5, R, 3 K
Herlis Rodriguez - 1 for 5, R, 2 K
Derek Campbell - 2 for 5, 2B, RBI, 2 K
Grenny Cumana - 1 for 4, R, 2B, RBI, SB

More free baseball! Harris and Rivero both commit the "blown save", but Rivero gets the "W" anyway! Isn't it a wonderful and well meaning stat! Martinez picks up his 1st save of the season. Canelo goes 3 for 6 and hits his 3rd HR. He is doing some very special things right now. Tocci blasts his 2nd HR of the season and steals his 14th base. He is still hitting .329/.393/.438 on the season. Hoskins with the rare 0fer.