Minor League Games - Sunday, May 20, 2018

[kikutaro]

Lehigh Valley IronPigs (23-17) @ Syracuse Chiefs (19-21) 1:05 pm | Gameday
Drew Anderson (0-0, 5.79) vs. César Vargas (0-4, 4.35)

Notable

Dean Anna 1-4, RBI, BB
Alexi Amarista 1-5, R, 2 K
Joey Meneses 1-4, R, BB, 2 K
Dylan Cozens 2-5, RBI, K
Trevor Plouffe 1-3, 2 R, 2 BB, K
Andrew Pullin 1-3, R, 2 RBI, HR, BB
Logan Moore 1-3, RBI, BB

Jerad Eickhoff 3.0 IP, 4H, 2R, 1ER, 1BB, 0K, game score: 42
Mark Leiter Jr. (W, 1-0), 1.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K
Brandon Leibrandt (H, 1), 3.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 2K
Hoby Milner (H, 5), 1.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 3K
Pedro Beato (S, 13), 1.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K

Reading Fightin Phils (15-24) @ Erie SeaWolves (17-24) game 2 (makeup of 5/19 ppd (rain)) | Gameday
Franklyn Kilomé (1-2, 6.11) vs. Joe Navilhon (0-0, 0.00)

Notable

Zach Coppola 0-2, BB, 2 K
Cornelius Randolph 1-3, 2 K

Franklyn Kilome (L, 1-2), 4.2 IP, 5H, 4R, 4ER, 4BB, 1K, game score: 39

Reading Fightin Phils (15-23) @ Erie SeaWolves (16-24) 12:35 pm | Gameday
JoJo Romero (1-4, 5.70) vs. Spencer Turnbull (2-4, 4.39)

Notable

Malquin Canelo 2-4, R, 2 SB
Damek Tomscha 0-4, 3 K
Zach Green 2-4, R
Cornelius Randolph 1-3, R, BB, K
Jan Hernandez 2-3, RBI, K
Austin Bossart 1-3, R, 3B, 2 K

JoJo Romero (W, 1-4), 6.0 IP, 4H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 8K, game score: 63
Seth McGarry (S, 3), 1.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K

Clearwater Threshers (16-25) @ Florida Fire Frogs (16-23) 11:00 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A
(postponed: rain)

Lakewood BlueClaws (22-19) @ Greensboro Grasshoppers (18-21) game 2 (makeup of 5/18 ppd) | Gameday
Damon Jones (2-2, 2.31) vs. Dustin Beggs (1-0, 4.76)

Notable

Dalton Guthrie 0-3, 2 K
Quincy Nieporte 2-3
Danny Mayer 0-2, 2 K

Damon Jones (L, 2-2), 5.0 IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 4BB, 8K, game score: 56

Lakewood BlueClaws (22-18) @ Greensboro Grasshoppers (17-21) 1:00 pm | Gameday
Spencer Howard (3-3, 4.45) vs. Edward Cabrera (1-3, 4.09)

Notable

Daniel Brito 3-3, SB
Gregori Rivero 0-3, 2 K

Spencer Howard (L, 3-3), 4.1 IP, 9H, 7R, 7ER, 2BB, 5K, game score: 22

(click on the start time for box scores)

[schooldoc]

Quick recap...

Lehigh Valley wins
Reading splits
Clearwater washed out
Lakewood swept

Eickhoff rehabbed today for LHV, only 3 innings and 43 pitches. Not sure if that was the plan or not, but Jerad seems to have a long way to go if he is to bump one of the Phils' current starters. Leibrandt with 3 more shutout innings; he now has the IronPigs' franchise record at 29.2 consecutive scoreless innings.
Good to see Cozens with 2 hits and an RBI.

Romero delivered 6 strong innings for his first win, including 8 k's. Perhaps he has turned a corner. Kilome, on the other hand, with another inconsistent effort. Canelo with probably the best day offensively for Reading with three hits over the two games.

Lakewood....ugh. Not much to see there. Howard hit hard. Lakewood managed just 6 hits in 14 innings of play in the sweep. Their offense is terrible.

[harrisburghusker]

Best system to the worst in the span of 1 season??

The bust brothers with another collar

[phillychuck]

The bust brothers didn't play--CLW had a double rainout. The boxscore is from the previous suspended game.

[tom81]

Ok so what’s really going on with Brandon Leibrandt? 3 ip. 0 hits and 1 B.B. On the year 27 ip, 0 er, 13 hits, 4 B.B.

[phillychuck]

Very interesting question about Leibrandt. Wonder if he's throwing a new pitch, or just in a really good groove right now?

He's been written up previously as a "crafty lefty" who has a 87-90 mph fastball (cutter), a good curve, and an exceptional change. Similar arsenal to his father.

He reportedly improved the curve significantly last season. I'd love to see him starting rather than relieving, but I don't know who he bumps from the LV rotation.