IronPigs welcome prospects in roster churn, keep winning
How goes it, there, Sebastian Valle? (photo courtesy: Cheryl Pursell)
There have been many roster changes of late—too many to enumerate here. But two in particular, we welcome top Phillies prospects catcher Sebastian Valle and pitcher Jon Pettibone. Last night saw both contribute in big, big ways. Pettibone got the start—his second, both on the road, with the ‘Pigs—and went 6 innings, allowed 4 hits yielding 3 runs with 2BB/7K for the win. Valle introduced himself with a two-run single for his first AAA hit Thursday night, and added his first AAA home run last night to pace the Pigs to a 7-3 win. Also notable in last night’s game: The “SS” Steve Susdorf with two doubles and Cody Overbeck with a two-run double. Most of this came off old friend Nelson Figueroa and Red Sox fan favorite Daniel Bard.
The IronPigs have won both games in which Valle got a big hit. We’re going to need this kind of help this month for our playoff push. Welcome also 2B “Hail” Cesar Hernandez—also a prospect—who joins us from Reading. He had been hitting .304 in Reading, and has hit .417 in his short time with us.
The ‘Pigs come home on Wednesday, with Cloyd scheduled to start for Harley Davidson Night, the start of the Battlefield Challenge, and a sock and underwear drive by the ‘Pigs’ Wives.
Stay tuned, we’ll try to get some cool stuff up around here shortly.
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What a difference a couple hours makes: The ‘Pigs were leading 5-0 when I was writing this post, but managed to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory to lose 6-5. Starter Cochran gave up three, JC Ramirez did OK, as did DeFratus, but control continues to allude Aumont–and Diekman didn’t have it either.
Now, speculation is that Cloyd will be called to Philly for the Wednesday start, right on schedule for him. Good for him, bad for ‘Pigs…
But that’s the thing about baseball; there’s another game tomorrow. We’ll get ’em then, and pigs will fly…