Phillies Minor League Review: May 26 - May 31
Players of the Week
Pitcher - RHP, Tyler Knigge, Reading ... 1 G, 1-0, 0.00 ERA (0 ER, 3.0 IP), 0 BB, 1 H, 4 SO … Knigge earns Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Week honors for the 1st time in his career … Knigge has not allowed an earned run in his last 21 innings pitched. During that span Knigge has allowed just 14H and 4BB while striking out 14. Knigge's streak earned him a promotion to Lehigh Valley on Sunday … The 6-foot-4 Oregon native was signed in the 12th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft out of Lewis & Clark State College.
Player - OF, Leandro Castro, Lehigh Valley … 8 G … Batted .345 (10-29), .387 OBP, .448 SLG %, 4 R, 3 2B, 2 BB 2SB … Castro is honored as Phillies Minor League Player of the week for the 1st time in his professional career … Having hit safely in 16 of his last 20 games played going into tonight, Castro is batting .298 (20-67) in that span … The Dominican Republic native was signed as a non-drafted free agent on March 7, 2007.
Lehigh Valley IronPigs - International League North Division… 29-28, 5th place… 4-4 for the week … INF Ronny Cedeno hit .400 (8-20) HR, 2b, 4 RBI and has hit safely in 16 of his last 18 games and hitting .381 during that time … OF Leandro Castro hit .345 (10-29) 3 2B, 2 SB … UTL Tyler Henson hit .310 (9-29) HR, 2B … Henson has hit safely in 9 of his last 12 games, Henson leads the pigs with 12 2B's this year … OF Tyson Gillies, C Cameron Rupp, and 1b Jim Murphy all added HR's for the pigs this week … LHP Cesar Jimenez threw 2 scoreless innings before being promoted to Philadelphia this week, he extended his scoreless innings streak to 15 innings … RHP Philippe Aumont was also called up to the big leagues after tossing 3 scoreless innings this week in Lehigh … Aumont struck of 4 and allowed just 1 hit … RHP Chris Bootcheck picked up a win in his only start going 7 innings allowing just 1 run … RHP Ethan Martin threw 3 scoreless innings this week - Martin has a 1.69 ERA over his first 8 appearances in AAA … RHP Ken Giles was 2 for 2 in save opportunities this week - Giles now has 4 saves on the year for LV.
Reading Fightin Phils - Eastern League Eastern Division … 29-25, 3rd place … 1-6 for the week … OF Cam Perkins hit .389 (7-18) on the week with a HR and 2 2B - Perkins is hitting .342 with 19 2B and 3 HR on the season - Perkins' 19 2B's leads the eastern league and his .342 AVG ranks 4th … 2b/OF Albert Cartwright and 2b Carlos Alonso both added HR for Reading this week … RHP Colton Murray threw 3.2 scoreless innings allowing just 1 hit and striking out 4 - since being promoted to reading Murray has not allowed an earned run over his first 12 IP … RHP Tyler Knigge threw 3 scoreless innings and picked up a win in his only appearance for reading this week - Knigge has not allowed an earned run over his last 21 IP, … RHP Ryan O'Sullivan allowed just 1 run over 6.2 relief innings, he has allowed just 2 ER over his last 20 innings (0.90 era) … LHP Jesse Biddle made 1 start on the week allowing 2 ER over 6.2 innings.
Clearwater Threshers - Florida State League North Division… 12-43, 6th place… 2-4 for the week … 1b Art Charles hit his team leading 13th double and also hit his 3rd home run of the season … C Andrew Knapp hit his first HR of the year … INF KC Serna had 7 hits on the week including 2 2B's … LHP Adam Loewen made one start allowing just 1 ER over 4.2 innings … RHP Lee Ridenhour allowed just 1 hit and struck out 6 over 4.2 scoreless innings out of the pen … RHP Jordan Guth picked up a win and a save in 3 relief outings this week, the save was Guth's 4th on the season.
Lakewood BlueClaws - South Atlantic League North Division - 20-34, 6th place … 1-6 for the week … C/1b Willians Astudillo led the claws with 8 hits on the week including 2 2B's - Astudillo leads the team with a .341 batting average and only has 9 strikeouts in 182 AB's … OF Sam Hiciano had 6 hits including his 6th HR of the season … SS JP Crawford had 4 hits and 3BB's on the week - Crawford is hitting .322 on the year with 27BB and 28K … RHP Jon Prosinski picked up a win in his only start this week - Prosinski did not allow an earned run over 6 IP … RHP Julio Reyes threw 3.1 scoreless innings out of the pen , allowing just 1 hit … LHP Cody Forsythe picked up his 8th save of the year - Forsythe did not allow a run over 3 appearances this week.