Phillies MLR 5/2/19: Adam Haseley hits his 3rd homer of the season

Weekend Probables:

LHV: Nick Pivetta, Cole Irvin, Drew Anderson
REA: Tom Eshelman, Ramon Rosso, Adonis Medina
CLR: TBD, TBD, TBD
LWD: Dominic Pipkin, Victor Santos, TBD

Lehigh Valley 4, Syracuse 2

JoJo Romero - 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, 6 GB, 4 FB
Malquin Canelo - 2 for 5, 2B, K
Mitch Walding - 0 for 1, R, 2 BB, SB
Deivy Grullon - 1 for 4, RBI, K

Heck of a time for JoJo Romero to break out of his sluggish start with his best performance of the season. The 6 IP and 7 strikeouts were season-highs, as well as the season-low 1 earned run. The outing lowered his ERA two full runs down to 6.94, in case you didn’t know how things were going. Seth McGarry relieved him and made his LHV debut. Edgar Garcia picked up the save and has 22 strikeouts to 5 walks in 15 innings this season. Gift Ngoepe hit his 2nd HR of the season, a two-run shot in the 6th. Damek Tomscha added his first of the season, a solo-bomb in the 4th. Mitch Walding was lifted from the game in the 5th inning. Malquin Canelo keeps unexpectedly hitting as his average crept up to .300 for the season.

Reading 9, Akron 6 (10 innings)

Mauricio Llovera - 6 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, BB, 7 K, 2 HR, 4 GB, 3 FB
Mickey Moniak - 3 for 6, R, 2 RBI, 3 K, 2 SB
Luke Williams - 0 for 4, R, 2 BB, K
Adam Haseley - 2 for 4, 3 R, HR, 3 RBI, K
Austin Listi - 4 for 6, R, 2B, 3 RBI, K
Darick Hall - 0 for 4, RBI, K, HBP
Cornelius Randolph - 1 for 5, 3 K
Arquimedes Gamboa - 0 for 1, 2 R, 4 BB, K, 2 SB, CS
Josh Stephen - 0 for 5, 3 K

The good for Mauricio Llovera? He walked a season-low 1 batter last night! The bad? He gave up a season-high 7 hits and 5 earned runs. The offense behind him was impressive, including Adam Haseley’s 3rd HR of the season. Mickey Moniak ripped off his first three-hit game of the season and his first multi-hit effort since April 15th. The Fightin’s had the lead in the bottom of the 9th, but Aaron Brown gave up the game-tying run to force extras. Austin Listi delivered a bases-loaded clearing double to regain the lead in the 10th.

Fort Myers 4, Clearwater 3 (GM1 of DH, 7 innings)
Fort Myers 1, Clearwater 0 (GM 2 of DH, 7 innings, makeup of 5/1 ppd)

Anthony Requena - 5.1 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, HR, WP, HBP, 7 GB, 3 FB
Colton Eastman - 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 7 K, WP, 5 GB, 2 FB
Simon Muzziotti - 2 for 4, R, K
Alec Bohm - 1 for 7, R
Madison Stokes - 0 for 3, K
Matt Vierling - 2 for 6, R, 3B, RBI, 2 K
Jhailyn Ortiz - 0 for 3, 3 K
Jake Scheiner - 2 for 4, RBI, BB, K, HBP
Edgar Cabral - 1 for 3, RBI
Nick Maton - 0 for 6, K
Daniel Brito - 0 for 3
Dalton Guthrie - 1 for 3, 3B
Colby Fitch - 1 for 3
Rodolfo Duran - 1 for 2
Danny Mayer - 0 for 2, 2 K
Ben Aklinski - 1 for 2

The offense just really couldn’t get it going yesterday. After opening up the season with two really good starts, Requena has followed it up with three underwhelming ones. He didn’t take the loss, but saw his ERA rise to 3.46 (from 3.05). Colton Eastman made a strong Clearwater debut last night, but didn’t come away with a win. The 22 year old righty has 32 strikeouts to 3 walks in 26 innings across two levels.

Lakewood 10, West Virginia 0

Tyler McKay - 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 K, WP, 4 GB, 5 FB
Hunter Stovall - 1 for 3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB
Matt Kroon - 2 for 5, 2 R, 2 2B, K, SB
Abraham Gutierrez - 3 for 5, 2 R, 2 RBI
Malvin Matos - 3 for 5, 2 R, 2 2B, 3B, 3 RBI
Ben Pelletier - 0 for 3, R, 2 K, 2 HBP
Jonathan Guzman - 3 for 5, R, 2 RBI
Jake Holmes - 1 for 4, 2B, K
Cole Stobbe - 0 for 3, BB, 2 K
Yerwin Trejo - 1 for 4, RBI, K

Tyler McKay has been a bit of a disaster this season, but not last night! He went a season-high 5 IP and giving up a season-low two hits and zero earned runs. The offense combined for 14 hits behind him and scored 10 runs despite only going 3 for 17 with RISP. Abraham Gutierrez has been impressive in the early going, slashing .365/.389/.423 in 52 at-bats.