Players of the Week

Co-Player – INF Alec Bohm, Lakewood… Bohm, 22, batted .417 (10-24) with four doubles, two home runs, five RBI, two walks and a 1.295 OPS in six games for Lakewood. He was promoted to Clearwater following the week, but still ranks third in the South Atlantic League in batting average (.367), OPS (1.036) and hits (29), and is tied for ninth in walks (12). Bohm was selected by the Phillies in the first round (3rd overall) of the June 2018 draft.

Co-Player – INF Jose Gomez, Clearwater… The 22-year-old Gomez recorded a hit in more than half of his at-bats, batting .545 (12-22) with three doubles, six RBI, three walks and a .600 on-base percentage in six games. He had three three-hit games and five multi-hit games overall, raising his average from .143 to .348. Gomez was acquired in the July 2017 trade that sent reliever Pat Neshek to Colorado.

Pitcher – RHP Spencer Howard, Clearwater… The 22-year-old struck out a career-high 11 batters over 5.2 scoreless innings on April 23 vs Florida. He allowed four hits and no walks in that outing. In four starts this season, he is averaging 13.50 SO/9.0 IP (30 SO, 20.0 IP) with a 1.00 WHIP (4 BB, 16 H). The California native was selected by the Phillies in the second round of the June 2017 draft.

Lehigh Valley IronPigs – International League North Division… 16-6, 1st place

Top hitting performers:

C Rob Brantly – .692 AVG (9-13), 2 2B, RBI, 3 BB, 3 R, three 3-hit games
• Is batting .469 (15-32) over his last 10 games since April 13

C Deivy Grullon – .312 AVG (5-16), 2B, 2 HR, team-high 7 RBI, 1.083 OPS
• Entered play today with the highest batting average (.397) in the International League this season

OF Lane Adams – .278 AVG (5-18), 3 HR, 6 RBI, 3 BB, .435 OBP, 1.213 OPS

OF Shane Robinson – .440 AVG (11-25), 2B, RBI, 5 BB, 5 R

Top pitching performers:

LHP Cole Irvin – 1-0, 0.00 ERA (6.0 IP), 7 SO, .150 OPP AVG
• Entered play today with the 3rd-lowest ERA (1.82) in the International League this season

RHP Nick Pivetta – 1-0, 3.75 ERA (5 ER, 12.0 IP), 23 SO, .182 OPP AVG
• Struck out 14 of the 24 batters he faced on April 28 vs Buffalo

LHP Ranger Suarez – 1-0, 2.84 ERA (2 ER, 6.1 IP), 7 SO

Reading Fightin Phils – Eastern League Eastern Division… 11-8, 3rd place

Top hitting performers:

INF Ali Castillo – .364 AVG (8-22), 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 4 BB, .462 OBP

1B Darick Hall – .652 SLG, 3 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 BB, 15 total bases

INF/OF Luke Williams – .333 AVG (6-18), 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB

Top pitching performers:

RHP JD Hammer – 0.00 ERA (5.1 IP), 5 SO, .118 OPP AVG

LHP Jakob Hernandez – 1-0, 0.00 ERA (4.1 IP), 0 H, 5 SO

RHP Luke Leftwich – 0.00 ERA (3.0 IP), 0 H, 6 SO
• Has allowed just 1 hit (.026 OPP AVG) in 12.2 scoreless innings this year; has 19 strikeouts to 3 walks

RHP Ramon Rosso – 1.80 ERA (1 ER, 5.0 IP), 6 SO
• Entered play today with the 2nd-lowest ERA (0.89) in the Eastern League this season

Clearwater Threshers – Florida State League North Division… 10-14, T-3rd place

Top hitting performers:

INF Jose Gomez – .545 AVG (12-22), 3 2B, 6 RBI, 3 BB, 1.282 OPS

INF Dalton Guthrie – .320 AVG (8-25), 4 XBH (3 2B, HR), 4 RBI, 6 R

1B Madison Stokes – .316 AVG (6-19), 2B, 3 B, 2 BB

OF Matt Vierling – .609 SLG, 2 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB, SB

Top pitching performers:

RHP Connor Brogdon – 0.00 ERA (4.0 IP), 4 SO, .077 OPP AVG, 0.25 WHIP

RHP Julian Garcia – 1.80 ERA (2 ER, 10.0 IP), 0 BB, 12 SO, 0.90 WHIP

LHP Jonathan Hennigan – 2 SV, 0.00 ERA (3.0 IP), 5 SO, 0.00 WHIP
• Has a 12.0-inning scoreless streak to start the season; has 17 strikeouts to just 1 walk

RHP Spencer Howard – 0.00 ERA (5.2 IP), 0 BB, 11 SO, .190 OPP AVG
• Has struck out 30 of the 78 batters he has faced this season

LHP Kyle Young – 1-0, 1.50 ERA (1 ER, 6.0 IP), 0 BB, 6 SO

Lakewood BlueClaws – South Atlantic League Northern Division… 8-16, 7th place

Top hitting performers:

INF Alec Bohm – .417 AVG (10-24), 6 XBH (4 2B, 2 HR), 5 RBI, 2 BB

C Rafael Marchan – .429 AVG (9-21), 3 2B, 3 BB, 1.000 OPS

INF Jonathan Guzman – .346 AVG (9-26), 2B, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB, active 10-game hitting streak

1B Matt Kroon – .316 AVG (6-19), 3B, RBI, 3 BB, SB

Top pitching performers:

RHP Ben Brown – 0.00 ERA (3.0 IP), 1 BB, 6 SO

RHP Colton Eastman – 1-0, 1.80 ERA (1 ER, 5.0 IP), 7 SO, .118 OPP AVG, 0.60 WHIP

LHP Ethan Evanko – 0.00 ERA (4.0 IP), 1 H, 0 BB, 4 SO

LHP Ethan Lindow – 0.00 ERA (3.1 IP), 1 H, 7 SO