Minor League Games - Thursday, April 6, 2017

[kikutaro]

It's a little early, but I wanted to make sure everything was ready go

Pawtucket Red Sox (0-0) @ Lehigh Valley IronPigs (0-0) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Shawn Haviland (0-0, -.--) vs. Jake Thompson (0-0, -.--)
(postponed: rain)

Reading Fightin Phils (0-0) @ Portland Sea Dogs (0-0) 6:00 pm | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A
(postponed: rain)

Dunedin Blue Jays (0-0) @ Clearwater Threshers (0-0) 7:00 pm | Gameday
Ryan Borucki (0-0, -.--) vs. Zach Eflin (0-0, -.--)

Notable

Zachary Coppola 1-3, RBI, BB, CS
Cornelius Randolph 0-4, R, 2 K
Damek Tomscha 1-4, R, 2B, K
Jose Pujols 1-3, 2 RBI, 2B, K
Emmanuel Marrero 0-2, R, K, SB

Zach Eflin 5.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 6K, game score: 74
Seranthony Dominguez 2.0 IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 1BB, 4K
Jeff Singer 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 3K

Lakewood BlueClaws (0-0) @ Kannapolis Intimidators (0-0) 7:05 pm | Gameday
JoJo Romero (0-0, -.--) vs. Jimmy Lambert (0-0, -.--)

Notable

Daniel Brito 2-5, R, 2 K
Arquimedes Gamboa 2-5, 2 R
Mickey Moniak 2-5, 2 R, K
Darick Hall 2-4, RBI
Lucas Williams 2-5, R, 2 RBI
Cord Sandberg 2-4, R, RBI, 2B

JoJo Romero 4.0 IP, 8H, 4R, 4ER, 0BB, 5K, game score: 41
Zach Morris 2.1 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K

(click on the start time for box scores)

[phillychuck]

Welcome back kikutaro, and an enthusiastic welcome to my favorite thread!

[donaldorc]

Good to see this thread up and running again! And that there were no hitches for kikutaro on the new format.

[julio]

Good to see this thread up and running again!

Amen to that!

And that there were no hitches for kikutaro on the new format.

...or that kikutaro was able to work through any such hitches (my money's on this one!).

[schooldoc]

Jake Thompson (LHV) and Tom Eshelman (REA) are two of Thursday's scheduled starters.

[phillychuck]

Route 222 game:

IronPigs rally past Fightin Phils to take 222 Showcase

Read a report that Lakewood was leading CLW 4-0 early in their game--I can't find more info on that.

[Squire]

Lakewood lineup for tonight

2B Daniel Brito
SS Arquimedes Gamboa
CF Mickey Moniak
1B Darick Hall
3B Lucas Williams
DH Cord Sandberg
LF David Martinelli
C Edgar Cabral
RF Carlos Duran

SP JoJo Romero

[Squire]

Lehigh Valley Lineup

CF Roman Quinn
SS JP Crawford
C Jorge Alfaro
RF Dylan Cozens
1B Rhys Hoskins
LF Nick Williams
DH Cam Perkins
3B Hector Gomez
2B Jesmuel Valentin

SP RHP Jake Thompson

[LoneStarPhan]

Great to see minor league action back.

[phillychuck]

Keep your eye on the weather--it may not be back everywhere.

So Woj doesn't start at Lakewood so that the future hall-of-famers David Martinelli and Carlos Duran can play the corner OF spots while Cord Sandberg DHs.

[Squire]

Reading already postponed

Clearwater lineup

CF Zach Coppolo
LF Cornelius Randolph
1B Damek Tomscha
RF Jose Pujols
DH Wilson Garcia
C Deivi Grullon
3B Jan Hernandez
2B Drew Stankiewicz
SS Emmanuel Marrero

SP RHP Zach Eflin followed by RHP Seranthony Dominguez

[phillychuck]

Randolph in the 2-hole, huh? Must still not be showing in-game power.

[Squire]

Well its hard to argue that Tomscha and Pujols don't have real power. I guess you could put him in the 5 hole instead of Garcia but I think they want to maximize his ABs.

[kmc1019]

Lehigh Valley also postponed as well. I am in Pennsylvania and the day has been a total washout.

[andyb]

Randolph in the 2-hole, huh? Must still not be showing in-game power.

I know there was a little sarcasm there, but the 2-hole might actually be his best place if he is a high OBP, mid-level power guy long term.

[phillychuck]

This season's first minor league hit: Arquimedes Gamboa

[kmc1019]

Two very different performances by tonight's starting pitchers so far:

Eflin - dominant
Romero - dominated

[Squire]

My early take is that we stink.

[bkeich]

Kingery isnt playing?

[bkeich]

Randolph in the 2-hole, huh? Must still not be showing in-game power.

More at bats, sounds good to me. I expect he will eventually show some power, this year and next will really tell a great deal (obviously), but they can hit him anywhere as far as I am concerned. If he starts showing power I would expect him to move more towards the middle, but just as long as he stays healthy and gets ABs that is all that really matters.