Minor League Games - Sunday, April 7, 2019

[kikutaro]

Rochester Red Wings (1-3) @ Lehigh Valley IronPigs (3-1) 1:35 pm | Gameday
Zack Littell (0-1, 10.38) vs. Ranger Suárez (1-0, 0.00)

Final (Top 9)
Lehigh Valley 7, Rochester 0

Notable

Phil Gosselin 3-3, R, 2 BB
Jan Hernandez 2-5, R, RBI, 2B, K
Dylan Cozens 1-3, 2 R, 2 BB, K, SB
Andrew Romine 2-4, R, 4 RBI, HR
Lane Adams 0-4, 2 K
Deivy Grullon 2-4, R, RBI, HR, K
Damek Tomscha 0-4, 2 K
Malquin Canelo 2-4, R, 2 K, CS

Ranger Suarez (W, 1-0), 5.0 IP, 4H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 6K, game score: game_score
Edgar Garcia 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 3K
Austin Davis 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K

Reading Fightin Phils (3-1) @ Portland Sea Dogs (1-3) 1:00 pm | Gameday
Bailey Falter (0-1, 6.75) vs. Darwinzon Hernandez (1-0, 0.00)

Final (Top 9)
Portland 6, Reading 0

Notable

Adam Haseley 0-4, 3 K
Mickey Moniak 0-4, 4 K
Darick Hall 0-4, 3 K
Henri Lartigue 0-3, BB, 2 K
Ali Castillo 2-4, K, SB
Grenny Cumana 1-2, BB, K

Bailey Falter (L, 0-1), 5.1 IP, 9H, 5R, 4ER, 0BB, 5K, game score: game_score

Clearwater Threshers (1-3) @ Dunedin Blue Jays (3-1) 1:00 pm | Gameday
Andrew Brown (0-0, -.--) vs. N/A

Final (Top 9)
Dunedin 2, Clearwater 1

Notable

Nick Maton 1-4, BB, K, 2 SB
Roman Quinn 0-3, 2 K
Danny Mayer 1-4, R, 2 K
Madison Stokes 2-4, 2 2B, 2 K

Kyle Young (L, 0-1), 4.0 IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 3K, game score: game_score
Gustavo Armas 2.2 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 3K

Hickory Crawdads (3-1) @ Lakewood BlueClaws (1-3) 1:05 pm | Gameday
John King (0-1, 12.00) vs. Francisco Morales (0-0, 4.15)

Final (Top 9)
Lakewood 6, Hickory 2

Notable

Jonathan Guzman 1-4, BB, 2 K, SB
Alec Bohm 1-5, R, RBI, 2B, 2 K
Luis Garcia 1-3, R, 2B, BB, K
Malvin Matos 1-4, 2 R, RBI, K
Matt Kroon 2-4, RBI, K
Rafael Marchan 2-3, R, 2 RBI, 2B, BB, CS
Carlos De La Cruz 1-4, RBI, 3 K, CS
Cole Stobbe 1-3, R, BB, 2 K, SB
Yerwin Trejo 2-4, 2B, K

Francisco Morales 4.1 IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 5K, game score: game_score
Victor Santos (W, 1-0), 4.0 IP, 4H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K

(click on the start time for box scores)

[Squire]

For what it's worth, it seems Kyle Young is starting for Clearwater and Francisco Morales is starting for Lakewood

[schillingfan]

Looking at the in progress, every one of our teams as o runs while the others have 2-5 runs. Ugh.

[Squire]

I think you were looking at the wrong boxes...lehigh Valley scored 4 in the first and Lakewood scored 3 in the first.

[Squire]

Moniak and Haseley today go a combine 0-8 with 7Ks

[Squire]

Alec Bohm with his first hit of the season. He's started 1-13. Is there an American Legion team we can assign him to so that he can succeed somewhere?

[schillingfan]

Thanks I was bummed tha t Suarez had apparently gotten Ed bombed.

[gmwannabe]

i'll give it a week yet, but Haseley is either bored with his second trip thru AA or over matched in his second trip thru AA. hope it's the former. good to see morales with a pretty good start.
gm

[Philsmania]

Haseley started slow last year as well. Got going pretty well after two weeks, though.

[phillychuck]

Got a combo game in Lakewood today. Victor Santos pitched 2-hit, shutout ball over the last 4 innings to get the win. Morales pitched well for 4.1, but didn't last long enough to get the win, with a reliever getting the 0.2 innings in between.

[nycphils]

For Reading, it was an abysmal day - Haseley (.118 avg) with 3 Ks and Moniak with 4 Ks in 4 ABs...at least the pitcher was Darwinzon Hernandez, the Red Sox #4 prospect with a 98 MPH fastball and two above avg breaking balls (according to MLB Prospect Pipeline), but if they can’t hit good stuff in Reading, what chance in the majors?

[andyb]

That was nice outings for both Morales and Santos. Figure they will do lots of tandem starts in the low minors all year where they probably would prefer outings in the 70-80 pitch range and want to keep more arms on potential starting tracks.

Santos is the latest in our modest stuff/extreme control line of young pitchers. He could do very well in Lakewood but have more trouble at higher levels.

[allentown]

but if they can’t hit good stuff in Reading, what chance in the majors?

It's a learning experience. That's why they are at Reading -- to learn to hit good stuff. Reading is a hitters park, but the weak pitchers get weeded out each step up the ladder to AA. Howard did a lot better with off-speed stuff at the end of his Reading stay than at the beginning. We knew these guys were less than finished products.