Minor League Games - Saturday, May 5, 2018

[kikutaro]

Lehigh Valley IronPigs (14-13) @ Rochester Red Wings (11-13) 1:05 pm | Gameday
Tom Eshelman (1-3, 7.11) vs. Zack Littell (1-0, 0.00)

Notable

Collin Cowgill 0-4, 2 K
Danny Ortiz 0-4, 2 K
Dylan Cozens 1-3, 2B, BB, K
Mitch Walding 0-1, 3 BB, K
Joey Meneses 2-4, 2B
Andrew Pullin 0-3, BB, 3 K
Logan Moore 0-4, 2 K

Tom Eshelman (L, 1-3), 6.1 IP, 12H, 8R, 6ER, 4BB, 2K, game score: 18

Richmond Flying Squirrels (15-12) @ Reading Fightin Phils (10-15) 6:15 pm | Gameday
Shaun Anderson (4-1, 2.38) vs. Franklyn Kilomé (1-0, 4.98)

Notable

Malquin Canelo 2-3, 2 R, RBI, HR, BB, SB
Zach Green 2-4, RBI
Cornelius Randolph 3-4, 2 RBI, 2 2B
Jiandido Tromp 0-4, 2 K
Emmanuel Marrero 1-4, 2 K

Franklyn Kilome 4.0 IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 6K, game score: 59
Tyler Viza (L, 0-1), 2.0 IP, 7H, 4R, 4ER, 0BB, 1K

Dunedin Blue Jays (11-17) @ Clearwater Threshers (11-18) 6:15 pm | Gameday
Angel Perdomo (0-1, 0.69) vs. Sixto Sanchez (1-2, 4.71)

Notable

Austin Listi 0-3, R, BB, 2 K
Darick Hall 2-4, R
Mickey Moniak 0-4, 4 K
Edgar Cabral 1-4, R, 2B
Jose Pujols 1-4, 3 RBI, 3B, 3 K

Sixto Sanchez (L, 1-2), 4.0 IP, 7H, 4R, 4ER, 1BB, 3K, game score: 39
Felix Paulino 2.0 IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 2K
Blake Quinn 2.0 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 1K

Lakewood BlueClaws (15-14) @ Columbia Fireflies (16-13) 6:05 pm | Gameday
Connor Brogdon (1-1, 3.63) vs. Anthony Kay (1-1, 3.42)

Notable

Jake Scheiner 1-5, 2 R, RBI, HR, 2 K
Nick Maton 1-3, RBI, BB, K
Colby Fitch 1-4, R, 2B, K
Danny Mayer 1-4, R, RBI, HR, 2 K
Gregori Rivero 2-2, R, BB, CS
Kevin Markham 2-4, R, 2 RBI, 2B, 3B, K, CS

Connor Brogdon 5.0 IP, 6H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 5K, game score: 60
Jonathan Hennigan (BS, 1), 1.0 IP, 2H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K
Luis Ramirez (L, 0-4), 0.1 IP, 2H, 5R, 5ER, 2BB, 1K

(click on the start time for box scores)

[Austinfan]

Eshelman has fallen apart.
Cozens is quietly having a solid season, and Walding is holding his own.

[allentown]

Totally brutal game for Eshelman. We had two Menesseses in the lineup and both are hitting above .300 on the season.

[andyb]

Kilome was good but pulled after 4 and 53 pitches. Hope it was a rain delay or something like that. 3 hits for Randolph also.

[phillychuck]

0 for the organ-I-zation tonight, with a really brutal loss in Lakewood. Sixto with another mediocre start. Hall 2/4, both singles. Randolph had 2 doubles in his 3 hits. Up to .200 now.

[gmwannabe]

Andy, in today's reading eagle the article states that kilome was really dealing. Best start of the season and he took a comebacker to his pitching hand. didn't sound too serious, who knows. he wanted to continue but the swelling was increasing. Good sign that he was on his game, warmer weather seems to help him. hopefully, the paper will keep us updates.
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[phillychuck]

Comebacker to the pitching hand with increasing swelling doesn't sound "not too serious" to me. Makes me worry that a top pitching prospect who was actually doing reasonably well might have experienced a setback.

[Austinfan]

Guy who's not getting much attention is Canelo, .300 with 4 HRs - it is Reading, but he was always a good D, undersized LA player who looks like he's added strength the last couple years. While a .236 ISO isn't sustainable, his ISO has been gradually increasing - as has his BB%.

2015: Lakewood .155/Clearwater .073
2016: Clearwater .084
2017: Reading .113
2018: Reading .236
BB
2015: Lakewood 7.3/Clearwater 5.9
2016: Clearwater 6.1
2017: Reading 9.6
2018: Reading 10.8

At 23, he's at an age where you'd expect him to have filled out.
.390 BABIP isn't sustainable (his norm was .300) but added power could explain part of the jump.

[DougLindsay]

He's been awful in the field this season.