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Minor Leagues: Pitching Dominant In Tuesday’s Action

Despite the pitching woes with the big club, there’s a full-scale pitching revolution in the minor leagues. And Jason Knapp has now taken the reins.

Lakewood: Knapp was flat out scorching, throwing seven innings of one-hit ball while whiffing 14 and walking one. The 14 Ks tied a franchise record. The BlueClaws lost.

Lehigh Valley: Carlos Carrasco took the hill yesterday against Syracuse and pitched very well. His final line: 7 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 10 K, BB. He was throwing a no-hitter until the seventh inning, but got burned by Ryan Langerhans and Seth Bynum. The IronPigs did lose the game.

Reading: Tyson Brummett went 7.2 innings, giving up a run on five hits. He struck out five and walked none. In relief, Antonio Bastardo threw 1.1 scoreless inning. The R-Phils won, 3-1.

Clearwater: Then there’s Kyle Drabek. Currently stunning the Florida State League, the former first-round draft pick stepped in during the second inning (Mike Zagurski opened the game with a scoreless inning) and slung straight hash for 6.2 frames. He gave up no runs, four hits and two walks while striking out 10. Drabek is 3-0 with a 0.96 ERA, 26 strikeouts and five walks.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.