Good lord, a clean sweep of the Phillies organization yesterday. Even the kids on the minor league level were getting shelled.
Worcester 19, Lehigh Valley 0
El.
Oh.
El.
The IronPigs were just bad in every which way you can think of. The hitting? Bad – only three hits on the game, but at least one of them was a double! Thanks Tommy Pham! The pitching? Atrocious – Steward Berroa got into the game and let in fewer runs than the first, second or third pitcher for the IronPigs. At least Alex McFarlane had
a clean inning! You know who didn’t? Chase Shugart at the big league level.
An all around forgettable night.
Richmond 6, Reading 2
Carson DeMartini homered, continuing a solid year for him in something of a bounceback for his prospect status. It was only his fifth home run of the year, but considering how last year, he wasn’t very good, we’ll take it. That was pretty much the only offense on the night as the Fightin’ Phils were stifled by the Flying Squirrels pitching staff. Brayden Tucker had a rough night pitching, allowing five runs in 3 2/3 innings, but what was nice to see was Mavis Graves pitching two innings of scoreless relief. Since the team converted him to relief, he has had three solid outings in a row in the month of August, a good sign that perhaps the transition is going well for him.
Frederick 3, Jersey Shore 1
Robert Phelps had a three hit night for the BlueClaws, yet the only run they could muster was an RBI single by Devin Saltiban as they ran into a duo of Kyson Witherspoon and Evan Yates that each went four innings for the Keys and kept the Jersey Shore offense in check. Tanner Gresham had a good night pitching for the BlueClaws, going five innings and only giving up one run, striking out eight for his troubles, but Micah Ottenbreit had a rough sequence in the seventh in which he allowed a double, RBI single, wild pitch then another RBI single to give Frederick two more runs that they needed for the win.
Tampa 4, Clearwater 2
Completing the sweep of the organization, the Threshers lost to the Tarpons by only five hits on the night, two from Matthew Ferrera, not nearly enough to back a pitching staff that actually, all things considered, wasn’t too bad. Matthew Fisher was on the mound to start and gave up only a solo home run over four innings, striking out six. A cavalcade of relievers allowed the remaining three runs, but without an offense that wasn’t doing much, it didn’t really matter. The two runs they did score came in the eighth when Romeli Espinosa tripled, scored on a single by Victor Cardoza, who then scored when he made his way to third and came in on a sacrifice fly by Jack Hopko.
Not the greatest showing for the Phillies system.
