Monthly Archives: May 2012

The IronPigs scored 8 runs in the 9th (tying a franchise record). The hitting was lead by John Suomi (3 run homer) “the $$” who

went 2-4 with 4 RBI and some stellar play at 1st base.  Tuffy Gosewisch (3 run homer) went 3 for 5 with 3 RBI. Kyle Hudson also with a great night 3-5 with 2 RBI. LHV batted around in the 9th plating 8 – even Dave Bush walked and scored. Cody Overbeck also with a great night going 2-4 with 2 RBI. Can’t leave Kyle Hudson out 3-5 with 2 runs scored. LHV went 7-14 with RISP and left only 3 – “How to like all of that”?

Starter Tyler Cloyd went 6 innings and gave up 6 H 3 ER 4 SO and no BB. Phillippe Aumont who garnered the win (and a blown save) pitched 2 giving up 2 H 1 ER, 1 SO and 1 BB. Tyson Brummett finished the 9th 3 up 3 down to give the pigs a split in the series.

LHV will take the long ride home and return to Coca-Cola Park and tomorrow’s game time is 7:05pm against the PawSox. The IronPigs could take the lead in the IL North with a sweep of the Sox – bring the Brooms and the NOISE!

The ‘Pigs are hot at home – let’s hope the bats stay hot! That’s the way to end May!

Click below to hear “The Voice” Matt Provence with the wrap-up. [audio http://www.dccvoip.com/audio/LHV%20Recap%205-31.mp3]

Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Kyle Hudson	CF	5	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	.275
Kevin Frandsen	2B	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.266
Domonic Brown	LF	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.256
John Suomi	1B	4	1	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	.327
1- Tim Kennelly	PR-3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200
Cody Overbeck	3B-1B	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	.276
Steve Susdorf	RF	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.273
Tuffy Gosewisch	C	5	3	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	.250
Andres Blanco	SS	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.208
Tyler Cloyd	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167
a- Michael Spidale	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.279
Phillippe Aumont	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
b- Dave Bush	PH	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222
Tyson Brummett	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

a-Struck out for Cloyd in the 7th. b-Walked for Aumont in the 9th.
1-Ran for Suomi in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Gosewisch (6, Redmond), Overbeck (16, Redmond), Suomi (6, Russell, A).
HR: Suomi (3, 6th inning off Redmond, 2 on, 2 out), Gosewisch (3, 9th inning off Varvaro, 2 on, 2 out).
TB: Suomi 6; Frandsen; Blanco, A; Hudson 3; Gosewisch 7; Susdorf; Overbeck 3.
RBI: Hudson 2 (10), Suomi 4 (9), Overbeck 2 (26), Frandsen (8), Susdorf (6), Gosewisch 3 (12).
2-out RBI: Hudson; Suomi 3; Overbeck; Susdorf; Gosewisch 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Susdorf 2.
SAC: Cloyd.
SF: Overbeck; Frandsen.
Team RISP: 7-for-14.
Team LOB: 3.

FIELDING
DP: 3 (Frandsen-Blanco, A-Suomi 3).

Gwinnett Braves
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Felix Pie	CF	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.255
Collin DeLome	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Ernesto Mejia	1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.314
Christian Marrero	LF	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.259
Joey Terdoslavich	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186
Jose Yepez	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275
Josh Wilson	SS	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.242
Lance Zawadzki	2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.231
Todd Redmond	P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
a- Stefan Gartrell	PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.261
Adam Russell	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Jaye Chapman	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Anthony Varvaro	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

a-Singled for Redmond in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Pie 2 (2, Cloyd, Cloyd), Wilson, Jo 2 (10, Cloyd, Aumont).
TB: Mejia; Gartrell; Marrero 2; Wilson, Jo 4; Pie 4.
RBI: Mejia (40), Marrero 2 (19), Gartrell (31).
2-out RBI: Marrero.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Redmond.
GIDP: Terdoslavich, Wilson, Jo, Pie.
Team RISP: 4-for-10.
Team LOB: 3.

BASERUNNING
SB: Mejia (5, 2nd base off Cloyd/Gosewisch).

FIELDING
E: Zawadzki (1, fielding).

Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tyler Cloyd	6.0	6	3	3	0	4	0	2.47
Phillippe Aumont (BS, 1)(W, 1-0)	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	5.25
Tyson Brummett	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.51

Gwinnett Braves
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Todd Redmond	7.0	5	4	4	1	4	1	2.76
Adam Russell (L, 3-2)	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.57
Jaye Chapman	1.0	5	7	2	1	1	0	3.09
Anthony Varvaro	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3.15

HBP: Yepez, J (by Cloyd).
Pitches-strikes: Cloyd 87-56, Aumont 28-17, Brummett 13-9, Redmond 105-76, Russell, A 23-10, Chapman, J 41-25, Varvaro 9-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Cloyd 9-0, Aumont 2-0, Brummett 1-1, Redmond 8-5, Russell, A 1-1, Chapman, J 2-1, Varvaro 0-1.
Batters faced: Cloyd 23, Aumont 8, Brummett 3, Redmond 27, Russell, A 5, Chapman, J 10, Varvaro 2.
Inherited runners-scored: Chapman, J 1-0, Varvaro 2-2.
Umpires: HP: Jon Merry. 1B: Jeff Gosney. 3B: A.J. Johnson.
Weather: 87 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, Varies.
T: 3:00.
Att: 3,548

Downtown Domonic Brown finally blasted a homer – said it was commin’ a few posts ago! More to come! The rest of the IronPigs lead by Cody Overbeck, Steve Susdorf, Derrick Mitchell, and Tug Hulett finally stopped their 6 game losing streak with timely hitting and decent pitching.

Click below to hear “The Voice” Matt Provence with the wrap-up.

Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Andres Blanco	SS	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.208
Kevin Frandsen	2B	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266
Domonic Brown	LF	5	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	.264
John Suomi	C	5	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.314
Cody Overbeck	1B	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	.271
Steve Susdorf	RF	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	.286
Derrick Mitchell	CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.244
Tug Hulett	3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.286
Tom Cochran	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Jeremy Horst	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
a- Kyle Hudson	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.264
B.J. Rosenberg	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
David Purcey	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Michael Schwimer	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

a-Struck out for Horst in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Suomi 2 (5, Junge, Hughes, D), Overbeck (15, Junge), Hulett (2, Hughes, D).
HR: Brown (1, 6th inning off Junge, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Suomi 4; Mitchell; Frandsen; Brown 6; Susdorf; Hulett 2; Overbeck 2.
RBI: Brown (17), Overbeck (24), Susdorf (5), Mitchell (22), Hulett (3).
2-out RBI: Brown; Overbeck; Hulett.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hulett 2; Rosenberg.
SF: Mitchell.
Team RISP: 3-for-6.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
E: Blanco, A (9, throw).

Gwinnett Braves
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Luis Durango	CF	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.286
Felix Pie	RF	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.235
Stefan Gartrell	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.257
Ernesto Mejia	1B	5	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	.315
Joey Terdoslavich	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.190
Josh Wilson	SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.236
Shawn McGill	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083
Greg Paiml	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212
Eric Junge	P	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Dusty Hughes	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
a- Christian Marrero	PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Jose Lugo	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

a-Singled for Hughes, D in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Mejia (14, Cochran).
3B: Pie (3, Cochran).
TB: Mejia 4; Marrero; Durango; Paiml; Wilson, Jo; Pie 4.
RBI: Mejia 2 (39).
2-out RBI: Mejia.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Terdoslavich; Junge; McGill 2; Wilson, Jo; Pie 2.
Team RISP: 3-for-15.
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING
SB: Durango (23, 2nd base off Cochran/Suomi), Gartrell (5, 3rd base off Cochran/Suomi).

FIELDING
E: Wilson, Jo (11, throw).
PB: McGill (1).

Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tom Cochran	3.0	4	2	2	3	3	0	4.70
Jeremy Horst	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1.93
B.J. Rosenberg (BS, 1)(W, 1-0)	1.2	3	1	0	0	3	0	1.45
David Purcey (H, 4)	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.87
Michael Schwimer (S, 6)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.93

Gwinnett Braves
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Eric Junge	7.0	6	3	2	2	4	1	4.20
Dusty Hughes (L, 0-1)	1.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	4.29
Jose Lugo	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.86

WP: Rosenberg, Hughes, D.
IBB: Susdorf (by Junge).
Pitches-strikes: Cochran 60-33, Horst 40-27, Rosenberg 43-28, Purcey 18-10, Schwimer 9-7, Junge 99-64, Hughes, D 32-19, Lugo 17-12.
Groundouts-flyouts: Cochran 4-1, Horst 4-2, Rosenberg 0-2, Purcey 0-0, Schwimer 2-0, Junge 10-3, Hughes, D 1-1, Lugo 1-1.
Batters faced: Cochran 16, Horst 11, Rosenberg 8, Purcey 3, Schwimer 3, Junge 29, Hughes, D 7, Lugo 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Purcey 1-0.
Umpires: HP: A.J. Johnson. 1B: Jon Merry. 3B: Jeff Gosney.
Weather: 91 degrees, clear.
Wind: 1 mph, Varies.
T: 3:15.
Att: 2,972.

The IronPigs lose their 6th straight and are “Flandayed”  4-0 against the Gwinnett Braves. Two more games in the series before they return to the friendly confines of Coca-Cola Park against the PawSox of all things. Let’s hope the long bus ride home changes LHV’s MoJo.

1^st – Nada

Nothing going on in the first as both teams go 3 up 3 down.

Top 2^nd– RISP

Tuffy toughs one out with an infield single to deep short.

Michael Spidale cutttonn and missed – 1 out

Cody Overbeck grounds out into a 5-4 fielder’s choice just beating out the DP throw to first – 2 out

D. Mitch singles to center – runners on 1^st and 2^nd.

Tim Kennelly grounds into another 5-4 fielder’s choice to end the inning – 3 out

• (0 R – 2 H – 1 RISP)

Bottom 2^nd  – Still Nada

Jose Yepez walked for the Braves’ first base runner and that’s where he remained.

Top 3^rd – 3 up / 3 down

Pat Misch cutttonn and missed – 1 out

Andres “Let’s Go” Blanco grounds out to short – 2 out

Kevin Frandsen – grounds out to short – 3 out

• (0 R – 2 H – 1 RISP)

Bottom 3^rd – Pat Down

A pop-out and two star worthy bunt coverage outs by Misch gives him a second 3 up – 3 down

Top 4 – Bats… silent…

Domonic Brown flies out to deep center – he just missed that one – 1 out

Tuffy Gosewisch pops out to 2^nd – 2 out

Michael Spidale – grounds out to short – 3 out

• (0 R – 2 H – 0-1 RISP)

Bottom 4 – HPB + Error = Runs

Collin DeLome leads off with a HBP

Stefan Gartrell singles and the ball gets under the glove of Spidale – runners now on 2^nd and 3^rd – 0 out

Ernersto Mejia –cutttonn and missed – 1 out

Jeff Terdoslavich reaches on a fielder’s choice bases loaded – 1out

Jose Yepez is hit by a pitch and the Braves lead 1-0 – still loaded – 1 out

Josh Wilson singles to left – 2-0 – still loaded – 1 out

Lance Zawadski hits a “Baltimore Hop with a Kangaroo Hop” for the 2^nd out but another run crosses – Braves 3 – ‘Pigs 0

Yohan Flande grounds out to Blanco – 3 out

Top 5 – Lone Hit

Cody Overbeck cutttonn and missed – 1out

D. Mitch cutttonn and missed – 2 out

Tim Kennelly singles and Pat Misch grounds out to end the inning.

• (0 R – 3 H – 0-1 RISP)

Bottom 5 – Domonic Brown new CF

Joey Terdoslavich singles in Collin DeLome but Domonic Brown erases Stefan Gartrell at third for hs 2^nd outfield assist from CF  – Braves 4 – ‘Pigs nil

Top 6 – Picked

Andres Blanco lines to left – 1 out

Kevin Frandsen grounds out to 2^nd – 2 out

Domonic Brown walks and is subsequently picked – 3 out

• (0 R – 3 H – 0-1 RISP)

Bottom 6 – Down Pat

3 up 3 down for Misch

Top 7 – ‘Pigs ”Flanded”

Yohan Flande ‘Flandes’ Gosewisch, Spidale, and Overbeck in order.

• (0 R – 3 H – 0-1 RISP)

Bottom 7 – They Misched

Misch completes the 7^th retiring Pie, Durango, and DeLome – Braves 4 – ‘Pigs zip

Top 8 – Varvaro uses his… butt?

D. Mitch smacks a liner directly to Collin DeLome – 1 out

Tim Kennelly grounds out off relief pitcher Anthony Vavaro’s back side – 2 out

Steve Susdorf draws a walk.

Andres Blanco a.ka. Andy White {Americanization courtesy  M. Provence} strikes out to end the inning.

• (0 R – 3 H – 0-1 RISP)

Bottom 8 – AhhSanches – Bless you

Relief pitcher Brian Sanches retires Gartrell, Mejia, and Terdoslavich in order to end the inning.

Top 9 – Down and out

Frandsen, Brown and Gosewisch are retired in order to end the game and LHV loses their 6th game in a row to GWI 4-0.

• (0 R – 3 H – 0-1 RISP)

Dishing in a slump…

• The Pigs suffered a walk-off loss for the first time this season and for the first time since 8/21/11 @ IND (3-2) — a span of 65 G.
• The Pigs suffered their worst comeback against them (8-0; 8 R) as well as their worst in the ninth inning (8-3; 5 R).
• RHP Dave Bush had his scoreless streak snapped at 21.0 IP — the 2nd longest for LHV this season (Elarton 22.0) and 3rd all-time.
• C John Suomi went 4-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R — tying career-highs in hits (10x, last: 5/19/09) and with 8 total bases (3x, last: 7/23/04).
• RHP Michael Schwimer allowed a career-high 6 ER (prev. 6 ER last 32 G in IL); his season ERA jumped from 1.08 to 4.15.

“How do you like all that?”

Maybe all the games in Gwinnett will be rained out and played at CCP??

Dishing (Provence Style)

RHP Austin Hyatt assigned to Reading from LHV
INF Tug Hulett promoted to LHV from Reading

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MAY 23 12:01 PM ET
By Gordon Edes | ESPNBoston.com

Podsednik becomes Boston’s 6th CF

BALTIMORE — Scott Podsednik, who wasn’t in the big leagues last season, becomes the sixth center fielder to start a game for the Red Sox as the team plays the series finale against the Baltimore Orioles, which also marks the end of a 20 games-in-20-days stretch for the Sox. Podsednik’s last big-league start came on Sept. 9, 2010, for the Dodgers, who had acquired him from the Royals in a trading-deadline deal. He spent last season playing for Philadelphia’s Triple-A team in Lehigh Valley, and after a spirited attempt to win a job with the Phils in camp this spring — the Phils chose to keep Juan Pierre instead — Podsednik was returned to the Iron Pigs. Clearly dispirited, Podsednik batted just .203 in 22 games, with one extra-base hit in 83 at-bats, and appeared as if he might be at the end of the line. The Sox passed on picking him up earlier, acquiring Marlon Byrd instead, but on May 11 they made a minor-league deal for him, and the change — and the possibility of another big-league opportunity — may have rejuvenated him. Podsednik batted .323 in 9 games for the PawSox with a triple, home run and two stolen bases, was called up Tuesday when Cody Ross and Ryan Sweeney both went on the DL, and appeared as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning of a 4-1 loss, rolling into a force play. With the Orioles starting a right-hander, Jake Arrieta, in Wednesday’s matinee, manager Bobby Valentine decided to start Podsednik in center over Marlon Byrd, who had hit in 10 straight games until going hitless in two at-bats Tuesday night. Byrd is still batting .203 overall after a 3-for-43 start with the Cubs, but has batted .271 in 26 games with the Sox. “We want to see what he has,” Valentine said Wednesday morning. “He’ll work the count, get on base, cause a little havoc, and maybe give us a little dimension we haven’t had for awhile.” Podsednik’s best asset is his speed: He stole a National League-leading 70 bases for the Brewers in 2004, and at age 34 two years ago stole 35 bases for the Royals (30) and Dodgers (5). “I’ve been around long enough to know you just never know,” Podsednik said about landing with the Sox. “One day you wake up in Lehigh Valley, a few days later you wake up in Pawtucket, and a few days later you wake up in Baltimore. That’s the way the games goes, but I’m fortunate and excited.” Byrd has started 23 games in center for the Sox this season. Jacoby Ellsbury started 7, Ryan Sweeney 6, Jason Repko 4, and Cody Ross 3. Meanwhile, Adrian Gonzalez was back in right field for the fourth time in five games. Gonzalez did not handle a single chance Tuesday night — he did not touch the ball at all the entire game — but with the Orioles deploying five left-handed hitters and a switch hitter against Daniel Bard Wednesday, that is unlikely to be the case in this one.