Phillies Minor League Roundup - June 16, 2016

Weekend Probables:

LHV: Ben Lively, GM1 James Russell, GM2 Severino Gonzalez, David Buchanan
REA: Nick Pivetta, Will Morris, Ricardo Pinto
CLR: All-Star Break
LWD: Jose Tavares, Luke Leftwich, Tyler Gilbert
WIL: Adonis Medina, Ranger Suarez, Seranthony Dominguez

Lehigh Valley 2, Gwinnett 1 (11 innings)

Jake Thompson - 8 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 9 GB, 5 FB
J.P. Crawford - 1 for 4, K, HBP
Andrew Knapp - 2 for 5, RBI, BB, 2 K
Brock Stassi - 0 for 4, BB, 2 K
Cam Perkins - 1 for 5, 3 K
Darnell Sweeney - 1 for 3, BB (throwing error)

Jake Thompson has been very good as of late, only allowing 1 earned run in his last 3 starts (21 IP). Despite the effort last night, it had to go into extra innings. With 2 outs and the bases loaded, Andrew Knapp hit a single to score Emmanuel Burriss to win the game in the bottom of the 11th. Knapp is batting .317 in his last 10 games. J.P. Crawford now has a 5-game hitting streak.

Reading 5, Hartford 3

Mark Leiter - 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB, 5 K, HR, 2 WP, 7 GB, 1 FB
Joely Rodriguez - 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R
Jesmuel Valentin - 3 for 5, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI (throwing error)
Harold Martinez - 0 for 5, K
Dylan Cozens - 1 for 3, R, RBI, BB, K
Rhys Hoskins - 0 for 4, 2 K
Angelo Mora - 1 for 4, R, K
Osmel Aguila - 1 for 3, R, 2B, RBI, HBP
Joel Fisher - 1 for 3, 2B (throwing error)

Mark Leiter improved to 3-0 in Reading after struggling in his last start. Reading was down 3-0 before entering the 4th inning. Jesmuel Valentin got the 3-run inning started with a solo blast, his 4th HR of the season and second in as many games. Valentin is certainly knocking on the door for a AAA call-up. With a hit and walk yesterday Dylan Cozens improved his season line to .294/.371/.595 in 252 at-bats.

Dunedin 4, Clearwater 0

John Richy - 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, HR, 2 GB, 5 FB
Victor Arano - 3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, K, HR
Alexis Rivero - 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, K
Carlos Tocci - 1 for 3, BB, K, SB
Andrew Pullin - 2 for 3, 2B, BB, K
Scott Kingery - 1 for 3, BB, K
Kyle Martin - 0 for 4, 2 K
Zach Green - 0 for 4, 2 K
Mitch Walding - 0 for 4, 4 K
Chace Numata - 0 for 3, K (throwing error)
Malquin Canelo - 0 for 3, 2 K
Cord Sandberg - 0 for 3, K

John Richy was demoted back to Clearwater after a fairly disastrous AA campaign. He wasn't terrible last night, but still picked up his 2nd loss with Clearwater. The Thresher offense combined for only 4 hits and struck out 15 times. Carlos Tocci stole his 10th base.

Lakewood 5, Kannapolis 4

Drew Anderson - 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 K, HR, 7 GB, 6 FB
Edgar Garcia - 3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 K, WP
Zachary Coppola - 2 for 5, R, SB, CS, picked off
Jiandido Tromp - 1 for 4, 2B, BB, 2 K
Josh Tobias - 2 for 5, 2 RBI, K
Jose Pujols - 1 for 4, R, 3B, 2 K
Austin Bossart - 2 for 4, R, RBI
Grenny Cumana - 1 for 3, R, 2B, HBP
Brendon Hayden - 2 for 3, RBI, BB, CS
Carlos Duran - 1 for 4, R, 2B, RBI, K
Emmanuel Marrero - 1 for 3, 2 K

Drew Anderson strikes out a season-low 2 batters, but allows no walks for the first time. It's only been 5 starts, but Anderson could very well work his way into the Clearwater lineup this summer. Zachary Coppola doesn't miss a beat since coming back from the DL. He is 5 for 14 since his return. Tromp extends his hitting streak to 11 games.