Pig Playoff Preview – Weather Info

The Pigs made the playoffs!! Now what?

First things first, the Pigs will play two home games at The Coke on Wednesday and Thursday then move to Pawtucket for potentially 3 games there. It is a best of 5 series.

Looking at how the IronPigs could fare in the playoffs, lets take a look at their last few games vs. Pawtucket. (Game results with key players on opposing team)

Pawtucket

July 18th – The Pigs lost this game in Pawtucket by a score of 1-4.

Lavarnway – 3 for 4 with a HR and 3 RBI *Now on Boston’s active roster.

Duckworth – Pitched 5 shutout innings. Listed on 7 day DL but expected to start during playoffs.

July 19th – The Pigs lost this game by a score of 2-7.

Lavarnway – 2 for 3 with 3 RBI including a HR. *Now on Boston’s active roster.

Lars Anderson – 2 for 4 with 2 RBI.

July 20th – The Pigs lost this game by a score of 1-2.

This was a tied game into the 9th when Schwimer allowed a run.

July 21st – The Pigs won this game 5-4.

Lavarnway, Luna and Expostio had a good game on this day.

This is the game where we saw Tony Pena pitch.

*While not the “star” of any of these games, outfielder Che-Hsuan Lin had hits in each game. Look for him to perform well.

July 26th – Pigs won 8-7
This was by far the best game I have ever seen. The game went into the 10th inning tied, Pawtucket scored once and the Pigs twice in the bottom of the inning to win.

Lin, Nava, Lavarnway, Anderson, Luna and Burmudez all had multi-hit games.

July 27th – Pigs win 4-1.

July 28th – Pigs lost 1-2

July 29th – Pigs lost 3-4
Duckworth beats the Pigs again.

So out of these 8 games the Pigs won 3 and lost 5. Not the best outlook for a 5 game series but with Lavarnway up in Boston, these one run games could move in the Pigs favor.

Here are the pitching probables for the Lehigh Valley vs. Pawtucket IL Playoff series beginning on Wednesday (Subject to change):

WED: RHP Dave Bush (1-2, 3.91) vs. RHP Matt Fox (10-4, 3.96)

THU: LHP Ryan Edell (5-5, 3.27) vs. RHP Tony Pena, Jr. (9-6, 3.56)

FRI: RHP Brian Bass (8-10, 3.81) vs. RHP Alex Wilson (1-0, 3.43)

SAT: RHP Scott Mathieson (2-2, 3.28) vs. TBA @ PAW

SUN: RHP Nate Bump (5-9, 4.97) vs. TBA @ PAW

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Now for the weather. Forecasts call for a 50% chance of rain on Wednesday evening. Also looking at the possibility of rain on Thursday.

The Round One schedule for home games appears below:

Round One: International League Divisional Series

Game A: Wednesday, September 7 at 7:05 p.m.
Game B: Thursday, September 8 at 7:05 p.m.

Please make note of the following Playoff Information:

The gates at Coca-Cola Park will open at the regular times:

– Club & Suite Entrance (West Gate): 5:30pm

– AT&T Plaza Entrance (East Gate): 5:45pm

In the event of a postponement due to weather on Wednesday, the IronPigs would host playoff games on Thursday and Friday. If this were to occur, Game A would shift to Thursday and Game B would shift to Friday.

If the IronPigs win the best-of-five Divisional Series against Pawtucket, they will host the following games during the Governors’ Cup:

Round Two: International League Championship Series (Governors’ Cup)

Game D: Thursday, September 15 at 7:05 p.m.
Game E: Friday, September 16 at 7:05 p.m. (if necessary)
Game F: Saturday, September 17 at 6:35 p.m. (if necessary)

Also, we lost Pete Orr who was called up to the Phillies.

That’s all I got.. Go Pigs!

OinK!