Phillies Minor League Review
April 28 - May 4
Players of the Week
Pitcher - RHP, Perci Garner, Reading ... 1 G, 1-0, 0.00 ERA (6.0 IP), 2 H, 2 BB, 9 SO … Garner set a career-high with SO in his only start this week (previous: 8 SO, 7/13/13 with CLR vs Dunedin) … Garner has allowed 3 ER or less in all 6 starts this season and 2 ER or less in 5 of 6 … He 3-1, 2.98 ERA (8 ER, 29.0 IP) through 6 starts … Garner was selected by the Phillies in the 2nd round of the June 2010 draft out of Ball State University and signed by Nate Dion.
Player - SS, J.P. Crawford, Lakewood … 6 G… Batted .440 (11-25), .500 OBP, .680 SLG %, 5 R, 3 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB, SB … Crawford has hit safely in 8 straight including a 4-for-5 game on 5/4 at Asheville … Through 81 career minor league games Crawford is batting .313 (95-304) with 21 SB and 48 walks to 51 strikeouts … Crawford, 19, was selected by the Phillies in the 1st round (16th overall) of the June 2013 draft out of Lakewood High School and signed by Demerius Pittman.
Lehigh Valley IronPigs - International League North Division… 15-14, 4th place… 4-2 for the week… LV finished the week winning 4 straight games … IronPigs closed out their week on Sunday by hitting a season-high 4 HR in an 11-7 win at Gwinnett … 1B Jim Murphy batted .300 (6-20), 2 HR, 2 2B … Murphy has hit safely in 12 of his last 13 games … INF Reid Brignac hit .412 (7-17), 3 2B, 4 BB ... Brignac has hit safely in 7 of his last 8 games … 3B/1B Maikel Franco hit .300 (6-20), 3 2B, HR … Franco has gone 17-for-56 (.304 AVG) since 4/20 after starting the year in a 6-for-54 slump (.111 AVG) … INF/OF Tyler Henson went 4-for-5, 2 HR, 7 RBI in LV's win 5/4 at Gwinnett … Henson's 2 HR and 7 RBI tied a LV franchise record … RHP David Buchanan earned the win in his only start going 6.0 IP, 7 H, ER, BB, 6 SO … Buchanan is 8-2 since joining LV last season … RHP Luis Garcia tossed 2.0 scoreless innings while recording 2 saves … Garcia has not allowed an ER through 12.2 IP this season and dating back to last season has not allowed an ER over his last 19.0 IP with LV … RHP Jonathan Pettibone picked up a win in his only start as he struck out 5 and allowed 1 ER over 5.0 innings … RHP Seth Rosin picked up his 2nd SV of the year on 5/4 at Gwinnett … Rosin totaled 3 scoreless appearances with 5 SO and only 1 H allowed during the week … RHP Phillippe Aumont tossed 3.0 scoreless innings and allowed only 1 hit with 4 SO.
Reading Fightin Phils - Eastern League Eastern Division…14-12, T-3rd place… 3-3 for the week … OF/1B Cam Perkins led the Fightins with 10 hits on the week, including 2 2B which brings his season total to 11, T-1st in the Eastern League … INF Cesar Hernandez batted .308 (8-26), 2B, 2 HR … Hernandez is batting .341 (28-82) with a .914 OPS through 20 games for Reading … C Tommy Joseph returned from the DL and went 4-9 (.444), 2 R in 2 G with a 3B and HR … 1B/DH Chris Serritella went 5-for-12 at the plate (.412), 2B, 2 HR and 4 RBI in 5 G … 2B Carlos Alonso hit .333 (8-for-24), 3 2B … POTW RHP Perci Garner picked up the W in his only start and is now 3-1, 2.48 ERA (8 ER, 29.0 IP) through 6 starts … Garner has held opponents to a .190 average (19-100) … RHP Severino Gonzalez went 7.0 IP, 1 ER, 5 SO, picking up the win in his only start … RHP Ken Giles recorded his 7th SV and totaled 6 SO in 3.0 IP … Giles is averaging 17.36 SO/9.0 IP (27 SO, 14.0 IP) through 12 appearances this season.
Clearwater Threshers - Florida State League North Division… 5-22, 6th place… 0-4 for the week… Clearwater was rained out 3 straight days (5/1-3) including back-to-back doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday … OF Peter Lavin batted .333 (6-18) and belted his 3rd HR of the season … 3B Harold Martinez tallied 4 hits, 3 of which were for extra bases (2 2B, HR) … OF Brian Pointer connected on his 1st HR of the season, 4/30 vs Brevard County … INF KC Serna batted .398 (7-18), 2 2B … RHP Jordan Guth tossed 3.0 scoreless innings in relief … RHP Colin Kleven was activated from the DL and allowed 1 ER over 3.2 IP … RHP Ramon Oviedo struck out 2 over 2.0 scoreless innings.
Lakewood BlueClaws - South Atlantic League North Division - 12-17, 6th place… 5-1 for the week… Lakewood scored 46 runs over 6 games (7.67 runs per game) … POTW J.P. Crawford batted .440 (11-25), 3 2B, HR, 3 BB, 0 SO … Crawford has hit safely in 8 straight including a 4-for-5 game on 5/4 at Asheville … Through 81 career minor league games Crawford has 48 walks to 51 strikeouts … OF Dylan Cozens, 19, was honored as the South Atlantic League Player of the Week as he batted .435 (10-23), 4 2B, 3B, HR, 6 RBI (.826 SLG) … Cozens finished the week with 3 straight multi-hit games … 1B Willians Astudillo hit .400 (10-25), 5 2B, 3B, HR, 8 RBI (.800 SLG) … Astudillo is batting .393 on the season and has hit safely in 20 of 23 games this year … 2B Andrew Pullin batted .381 (8-21), 2 2B, 2 HR with an team-best 9 runs scored … 3B Mitch Walding was activated off the DL and hit .360 (9-24), 2 2B … OF Samuel Hiciano batted .381 (8-21), 4 2B, 2 HR … C Delvi Grullon hit his 1st HR for LWD … RHP Drew Anderson was activated off the DL and picked up the win in his only start tossing 5.2 innings of 1 run ball with 7 SO … RHP Alejandro Arteaga made 2 starts, picking up a win in both games including a 6.0 inning CG … LHP Cody Forsythe and RHP Ulises Joaquin each picked up a SV for LWD.