Larry Shenk’s Phillies Minor League Report: 6/13/19

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Lehigh Valley, International League North Division

**IronPigs (32-30) rallied for a 3-2 walk-off win over the Gwinnett Stripers at Coca-Cola Park. Scored single runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings . . . Third straight victory . . . LV goes for a sweep, 7:05 tonight.

Pitching: Three relievers combined for four hitless, scoreless innings . . . ND for starter Drew Anderson, 5-4-2-2-0-6 . . . Josh Martin, 2-0-0-0-0-3 . . . Josh Tols, 1-0-0-0-0-1 . . . WP: Alexis Rivero (2-1), 1-0-0-0-0-0.

Hitting: RF Lane Adams doubled with two out in the ninth and scored on 2B Ali Castillo’s ground ball, walk-off single to center field . . . Castillo singled with two out in the eighth and scored the tying run on SS Andrew Romine’s double . . . Damek Tomscha’s sacrifice fly accounted for the seventh-inning run . . . Castillo, 2-4, his third straight two-hit game . . . Romine, 2-4 . . . C Deivy Grullon, 2-4, run.

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Reading, Eastern League Eastern Division

**Fightin Phils (35-27) dropped their second straight to the Erie Sea Wolves, this time, 2-1 . . . Series ends, 7:10 tonight at FirstEnergy Stadium. Adonis Medina (4-2), riding a four-game winning streak . . . Reading remains in third place, 1 game out of first.

Pitching: LP—Mauricio Llovera (2-3), 6-6-6-2-2-2-8, hit batter; both runs in T3 . . . Aaron Brown, 2-1-0-0-1-1 . . . Jeff Singer, 1-1-0-0-0-1.

Hitting: 3B Austin Listi, 3-4, run, HR (7), RBI; streak of six consecutive hits ended with a strikeout to end the game. After hitting .081 in 18 April games, Listi is .389 in 12 June games.

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Clearwater, Florida State League North Division

**Threshers (36-29) defeated the St. Luce Mets, 7-2, in a 10:30 morning game called after a 30-minute rain delay with one out in T7 . . . Series finale and last game of the first half, 7 tonight . . . All-Star Game on Saturday night in Jupiter . . . Second half starts Monday night in Bradenton.

Pitching: WP—Julian Garcia (5-4), 6-3-2-2-4-5, HR, wild pitch . . . Kyle Arjona, .1-1-0-0-0-1.

Hitting: 13 hits included six doubles . . . 2-3-4-5 batters in the lineup each had two hits . . . CF Roman Quinn, 2-3, walk, run, double . . . 3B Alec Bohm, 2-4, two runs, RBI; lifted Clearwater average to .313 . . . DH Jhailyn Ortiz, 2-4, two runs, two doubles, two RBI . . . LF Madison Stokes, 2-4.

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Lakewood, South Atlantic League North Division

**BlueClaws (25-41) handed the host Hagerstown Suns a 9-4 loss, salvaging one win in the three-game series . . . Francisco Morales (1-3), 7:05 tonight in Asheville, the first of a four-game series that concludes the first half.

Pitching: ND for starter Jhordany Mezquita, 4.1-5-2-2-2-5, HR, two wild pitches . . . Ismael Cabrera, .2-0-0-0-0-1 . . . WP: Dominick Pipkin (3-1), 3-3-0-0-1-0 . . . Rafi Gonnel, 1-0-2-2-2-0.

Hitting: Leading, 2-1, after three innings, the Claws put the game away scoring five times in T4; two-run triples by 3B Cole Stobbe and 2B Luis Garcia keyed the big inning . . . Stobbe, 2-4, walk, two runs, double, triple, three RBI . . . CF Ben Pelletier, 2-5, run, double, two RBI . . . DH Abrahan Gutierrez, 2-3, two walks, double, RBI . . . C Rafel Marchan, 2-5, run, double.

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Williamsport, New York-Penn League Pinkney Division

**Crosscutters open their 76-game season at home 7:05 Friday night, hosting State

College . . . Williamsport will use a five-man piggy-back rotation similar to Lakewood . . . Gustavo Armas will start the season opener and will be followed by Junion Tejeda.

 

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**Gulf Coast League season opens June 24 at Carpenter Complex.  Phillies again will field two teams, East and West.

 

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