Wednesday was a tough night for the Phillies affiliates as Lakewood, Clearwater and Reading were all defeated. In East Lake, Ohio, the BlueClaws got off to a great start, thanks to a 5 inning no hit performance from Darren Byrd. 4th inning RBI's from Karl Bolt and Freddy Galvis gave the 'Claws a 2-0 advantage, and when Dominic Brown singled in Tim Kennelly in the 7th, Lakewood was looking good. Ben Pfinsgraff took over for Byrd and pitched a scoreless 6th and 7th before allowing 2 runs in the 8th, Joe Rocchio getting out of that jam. Rocchio could not finish it off, however, allowing the Captains to score twice in the 9th without recording an out, and the evening that started so promising, ended with a 4-3 Captains win. The loss dropped the BlueClaws 6 games behind the Captains. They will go at it again Thursday night, Jacob Diekman (1-3) gets the ball.
Down the interstate from Lake County, Reading was in Erie with Antonio Bastardo on the mound. Reading built a 6-2 lead after 5, but Bastardo tired in the 6th and the Seawolves scored 4 times to tie the game. Josh Outman gave up the go ahead run and the R-Phils never recovered, losing the game 8-7. Greg Golson (.320, single, double, RBIs #30 &31), Lou Marson (.345, 2 singles, 2 runs scored, RBI #32) and Joey Hammond (.329, 2 singles and a walk) all had 2 hits for Reading.
In Clearwater, the Threshers were dominated by Dunedin pitcher Robert Ray, who threw a complete game, striking out 11 Threshers and giving up just an unearned run, with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth, as the Blue Jays beat Clearwater again, 8-1. Dunedin has hit 4 home runs in each game I have been to. We will try again tonight, Andrew Cruse will make the start.
Lena and I were joined by Carlos Monasterios last night, who saw us and sat with us for the whole game. Carlos says he is still a few weeks away from returning to the action.
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