Seven games, six wins and a whole whack of dominant pitching.
There may be something to that 'inflated offense in the PCL' thing after all. The 51s showed they don't miss Brett Lawrie, at least not yet, in scoring 17 runs on 18 hits. Virtually everyone had a big game but I'll let you sift through the non-prospects. On the actual prospect front, David Cooper was 2-for-5 with his 44th double of the season. Adam Loewen chipped in three hits, three RBI, a walk, a stolen base, and his 40th double.
Scott Richmond started and sucked. He lasted four innings and allowed nine runs. From there the bullpen was actually quite effective highlighted by Winston Abreu who struck out four over two frames.
The prospects did some good prospecty things in this one. Anthony Gose was 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored while Adeiny Hechavarria was 0-for-2 but walked three times which is encouraging as he'd drawn just 21 free passes before last night. He's actually hitting .311 over his past ten games. Travis D'Arnaud was 1-for-4 with a walk.
Chad Jenkins had his good stuff on Thursday going six innings and allowing a run on three hits and a walk. He struck out three.
Sean Ochinko was the star of this one going 3-for-5 with three doubles, three runs scored, and two RBI. Bradley Glenn smacked his 22nd homer.
Check out Ryan Tepera's last ten starts. With but one exception he alternates shutouts with blowouts. It's pretty awesome. Last night was the shutout night. Tepera went seven and allowed just four hits and a walk against seven strikeouts. If your local bookie takes High-A ball action, go with a Dunedin loss and the over on August 9th.
Not much here. The top guys all had one hit apiece (five hits, four doubles overall) but Marcus Knecht stood out by going 1-for-1 with four walks.
Marcus Walden allowed a run on four hits and three walks in five innings. He struck out three.
Not a bad night on the farm when you've gotta get to Short Season A-Ball to find the first defeat. The Canadians managed just four hits, three of them doubles. Roan Salas had one of them.
Blake McFarland started and allowed all four runs (three earned) on eight hits in 5.2 frames.
Kevin Pillar was the star of this one going 3-for-5 with a homer and two RBI.
Mitchell Taylor continued to impress going five perfect innings and striking out seven. Over his past two starts, the 19 year-old has allowed one hit in 11 innings and struck out 16.
GCL Phillies 3 GCL Blue Jays 4
Andrew Burns and Seth Conner had three hits each. Conner's line included a pair of doubles and walk for good measure.
Joe Musgrove had his best professional start to date going three perfect innings and striking out four. Just in case you thought the Jays didn't have enough decent pitching prospects in the lower levels.
DSL Tigers @ DSL Blue Jays- Postponed (like always)
Three Stars:
3rd Star: Joe Musgrove- 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
2nd Star: Ryan Tepera- 7 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
1st Star: Mitchell Taylor- 5 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
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