Lehigh Valley IronPigs (17-16)
Pitching Highlights:
Alan Rangel – 2 GS, 10 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 9 K, 2 HBP, 2 HR
Bryce Wilson – 1 GS, 5 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Charles King – 1 GS, 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
Ryan Cusick – 1 GS, 3.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 4 K
Jean Cabrera – 1 GS, 3 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, K,
Hitting Highlights:
Sergio Alcantara – 5 G, 3 for 14, R, 2 RBI, 4 BB, 7 K
Otto Kemp – 6 G, 5 for 20, 3B, 4 RBI, 0 BB, 5 K, CS
Carter Kieboom – 5 G, 7 for 17, 3 R, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 4 K
Brutal week for
the IronPigs who went 1-5 with no particular notable highlights. Jean Cabrera’s issues continue and are quite troubling who sports a line of 24 IP, 32 H, 22 ER, 16 BB, 19 K in the early season. You got to hope he and the org can turn him around.
Reading Fightin Phils (13-13)
Pitching Highlights:
Adam Seminaris – 2 GS, 10 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, 3 HR
Kyle Brnovich – 1 GS, 3.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, HR
Gabriel Barbosa – 1 GS, 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, HR
Braydon Tucker – 1 GS, 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, BB, 3 K
Luke Russo – 1 GS, 5.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
Hitting Highlights:
Dante Nori – 5 G, 8 for 26, 3 R, 4 2B, 5 RBI, 3 BB, 3 K
Aroon Escobar – 6 G, 7 for 25, 4 R, 2 B, HR, 7 RBI, BB, 2 K, 3 SB
Carons DeMartini – 5 G, 7 for 22, 4 R, HR, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 5 K, SB
Raylin Heredia – 6 G, 7 for 26, 4 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 0 BB, 8 K, CS
Bryan Rincon – 6 G, 7 for 21, 7 R, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 8 BB, 3 K, 3 SB, CS
Alex Binelas – 5 G, 3 for 19, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 9 K
Austin Murr – 6 G, 6 for 22, 6 R, 3 2B, RBI, 2 BB, 6 K
Dylan Campbell – 6 G, 7 for 22, 3 R, 4 2B, 3 RBI, 3 BB, 6 K, CS
Huge week at the plate for the Fightins, especially Bryan Rincon who has often struggled in doing so. Rincon hasn’t hit above .250 since 2023 in a brief stint at Jersey Shore. He is now slashing .256/.387/.477 with 4 HR, 9 RBI with 17 walks to 22 strikeouts in 86 at-bats. Aroon Escobar with a big week as well, mashing 2nd HR of the season and Carson DeMartini adding his 4th. While he may not have been as hot this week at the plate, Alex Binelas still had time to hit his org leading 9th homer.
Jersey Shore BlueClaws (14-12)
Pitching Highlights:
Mavis Graves – 2 GS, 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Ryan Degges – 1 G, 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K
Luke Gabrysh – 1 G, 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K, 2 HBP
Guissepe Velasquez – 1 G, 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, BB, K, HBP
Ryan Dromboski – 1 GS, 5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 9 K, WP
Reese Dutton – 1 GS, 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB, 6 K, HR
Sam Highfill – 1 G, 3.1 Ip, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, BB, 2 K, 2 HR
Hitting Highlights:
Brady Day – 2 G, 2 for 6, HR, 3 BB, 0 K, 3 SB
John Spikerman – 5 G, 4 for 12, 5 R, 2B, RBI, 8 BB, 4 K, 8 SB, 2 CS
Devin Saltiban – 5 G, 4 for 21, 2 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, BB, 9 K, 2 SB
Carter Mathison – 5 G, 4 for 16, 3 R, 3B, HR, 3 RBI, BB, 6 K, 3 SB
Jose Colmenares – 6 G, 6 for 21, 3 R, 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 6 BB, 4 K, 2 SB, 4 CS
Luke Davis – 4 G, 3 for 14, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 4 K
It is always a pleasure when John Spikerman can actually stay on the field and is healthy because he is capable of putting up lines like you see above. This season he is sporting a .298/.485/.383 line with 16 BB to 12 K and 12 stolen bases. Luke Gabrysh has quietly had a nice season so far, striking out 27 to just 4 walks in 18.1 innings. Gabyrsh is a 23 year old local kid (Wilmington, DE) and St. Joes University product.
Clearwater Threshers (16-11)
Pitching Highlights:
Cody Bowker – 2 GS, 5 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB, 10 K, 2 HR, HBP
Zuher Yousuf – 1 GS, 4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Brad Pacheco – 1 GS, 4 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, BB, 5 K, HR
Tanner Gresham – 1 GS, 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Gage Wood – 1 GS, 4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, BB, 6 K, HR
Gabe Craig – 2 G, 2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB, 5 K, HR
Wen-Hui Pan – 2 G, 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K
Sean Youngerman – 1 G, 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, BB, 2 K, WP
Hitting Highlights:
Robert Phelps – 4 G, 4 for 17, 4 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 6 K, SB
Griffin Burkholder – 4 G, 1 for 17, 2 R, BB, 7 K, SB
Alirio Ferrebus – 5 G, 8 for 21, R, 3 2B, 4 RBI, BB, 4 K
Manolfi Jimenez – 5 G, 5 for 16, 6 R, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB, 4 K, CS
Jaeden Calderon – 4 G, 2 for 14, 4 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 5 K, 3 SB
Nathan Humphreys – 4 G, 4 for 16, 4 R, 2B, 2 RBI, 5 BB, 3 K, CS
Nolan Beltran – 5 G, 7 for 15, 9 R, 2B, HR, 7 RBI, 5 BB, 1 K, 2 SB
Matthew Ferrara – 5 G, 5 for 20, 6 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 4 K, SB
Juan Villavicencio – 5 G, 4 for 18, 5 R, 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 6 BB, 8 K, 2 SB, CS
Will Vierling – 3 G, 3 for 12, R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 3 BB, 3 K
A dominant week for Clearwater who went 5-1 and were absolutely blasting them out of the park. Beltran, Calderon, Jimenez, Phelps and Vierling all hit their first homer of the season. Ferrara, Humphreys and Villavicencio added their 3rd each. Despite no homers this week, Alirio Ferrebus pumped his season line to .326/.394/.535 through 86 at-bats. Gage Wood looked more like himself this week with another solid outing.
