The Newest Member of the Ironpigs

With Joe Savery joining the Phillies this week and Tyler Cloyd set to replace Roy Halladay in the Phillies starting rotation on Friday, the Ironpigs needed some pitching help.  On Tuesday the Phillies signed 27 year old left-handed pitcher Bobby Bramhall and assigned him to AAA.

Bramhall actually pitched at Coca-Cola Park earlier this year when he was a member of the Syracuse Chiefs.  On April 13th he entered a game in the 7th inning and threw a perfect inning, retiring Cesar Hernandez, Cody Asche and Darin Ruf on groundballs.   It was a game the Ironpigs won 6-0 behind the pitching of Adam Morgan.

Bramhall was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2007 out of Rice University where he was a teammate of Joe Savery, the guy he is replacing on the Ironpigs roster.   Like Savery, Bramhall is considered a good hitting pitcher, playing several games in the outfield and at DH while in college.   He has occasionally been used as a starting pitcher but he has been most effective facing left handed hitters coming out of the bullpen.

After missing the entire 2011 season due to Tommy John surgery, he pitched primarily for AA Jacksonville in the Southern League where he was 1-2 3.23 in 28 games.  In 61 innings pitched he allowed 50 hits, walked just 18 and struck out 61 batters.    It shouldn’t take too long until he sees his first action with the Ironpigs.

Here’s a good story from the Rice Owls official website:

http://www.riceowls.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/040407aaa.html

The Indianapolis Indians and 240 Pounds of Cole

The Lehigh Valley Ironpigs had a taste of the Indianapolis Indians last week and came away with 3 losses and just 1 win.   The month of April came to an end with Indianapolis as the only team in the International League to reach the 20 win mark.  Their 20-7 record tops the Durham Bulls, leaders of the South Division with an 18-8 record and the North leading Buffalo Bisons at 17-7.

But if you think the Ironpigs saw the best that the Indianapolis Indians have to offer, you have another thing coming because on Friday night the Indians will be dishing out 240 pounds of Cole at Coca-Cola Park.   In the June, 2011 Major League player draft, the Pittsburgh Pirates had the first pick and selected 6’4″ 240 pound right-handed pitcher Gerrit Cole from UCLA.  Cole almost went unsigned but just 15 minutes before the August 15, 2011 signing deadline, an $8 million bonus was enough to get him to put his name on a Pirates contract.

While at UCLA, Cole combined with current Cleveland prospect Trevor Bauer to form the best 1-2 pitching combination in college baseball.  In 2010 Cole was 11-4 at UCLA while Bauer was 12-3 leading UCLA to a 51-17 record, best in school history.   After Cole was selected number 1 in the 2011 draft, Trevor Bauer was selected two picks later.   Bauer has already pitched in the majors, starting 4 games with Arizona in 2012.  He was then involved in a big off-season trade that brought him to Cleveland where he just made his 2nd start of 2013, beating the Phillies Wednesday night.  Meanwhile, Gerrit Cole is still waiting to make his big league debut.

Because of the late signing in 2011, Gerrit Cole didn’t make his minor league debut until the 2011 Arizona Fall League and then he began 2012 at Class A Bradenton where he went 5-1 2.55 before being promoted to AA Altoona in the Eastern League.  He went 3-6 2.90 in AA and finished the 2012 season with 1 start in Indianapolis.  He has made 5 starts with Indianapolis in 2012 and is currently 2-1 with a 2.31 ERA, but he has walked 15 in 23.1 innings which is a bit surprising because last year he walked just 45 in 132 innings.  The scouting reports say he has a fastball that can reach 98 mph which goes well with a good hard slider.  His curveball and changeup aren’t quite in the same category as his power pitches but they are improving.  Besides being the number 1 prospect in the Pirates organization, he is also rated the 9th best prospect in all of baseball according to mlb.com and 7th best by Baseball America.   If he continues to pitch well it won’t be long until he makes his first start with the Pirates, but, on Friday night he’ll be matched up against Tyler Cloyd in the Lehigh Valley.   He’ll become the first pitcher who was selected first in the MLB Draft to start a game at Coca-Cola Park since Kris Benson pitched for the Ironpigs in 2008 and Bryan Bullington started a game for the Buffalo Bisons on August 11, 2008, coincidentally against Benson.  Cole, Benson and Bullington were all drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Game 1 of the 4 game series on Thursday with the Indianapolis Indians is Dance Team Night and the game begins at 7:05.  Fireworks will follow the 7:05 game on Friday night while the 6:35 game on Saturday is Hispanic Heritage Night in celebration of Cinco de Mayo.  The first 3,000 adults 21 and older will receive a free Ironpigs Margarita glass courtesy of Metro PCS.  The series finale on Sunday is at 1:35 and the first 3,000 adults 18 and older will receive an Ironpigs baseball cap courtesy of the National MS Society.  It looks like it’s going to be a nice spring weekend so come out and cheer for the Ironpigs.

The Fastest Man in Baseball

Beginning Saturday evening, the Louisville Bats will be the opponents of the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs in 8 of their next 12 games.  Much of the success of the Louisville Bats this year has to be credited to their pitching staff which has the 2nd best team ERA in the International League.  But, the Bats currently have the worst hitting team in the International League with their team batting average at .201,  just barely above the Mendoza line.   Outfielder Felix Perez (.275) is the only player hitting over .240 with old friend Jason Donald next at .238.  Louisville has scored the fewest runs, they have the fewest hits, the fewest RBI’s, the lowest on base percentage and the lowest slugging percentage in the league.  However, even with the poor team offensive numbers, they can score runs in other ways, mainly because of one man.

At the top of their batting order is 22 year old switch hitting outfielder Billy Hamilton, the #1 prospect in the Cincinnati Reds organization.  In case you don’t know him, Billy Hamilton was the 2nd round draft pick (57th overall) of the Cincinnati Reds in the 2009 player draft.  He began last season playing in the California League where he hit .323 and stole an amazing 104 bases in just 82 games.  But he didn’t stop there.  He was promoted to the AA Southern League where he played in 50 more games.  In those 50 games he hit .286 and stole an additional 51 bases giving him a 2012 stolen base total of 155 in 132 games.  Everyone has heard the baseball phrase, “a walk is as good as a hit”, but in the case of Billy Hamilton, quite often a walk will turn into a triple because he is going to run and he is going to run often.

It could be advantageous to the Ironpigs that they are facing Louisville while they are in the midst of a team hitting slump.   The lack of hitting has also affected Billy Hamilton as he is hitting just .213 in 75 at bats this year, but even with the low average he still has stolen 14 bases in 15 attempts this year which easily tops the International League in both categories.

I have mixed feeling going into the upcoming 8 games against Louisville.  As an Ironpigs fan I always want to see our team win.  But at the same time, as a baseball fan, I want to see Billy Hamilton run.  Maybe we can win and throw him out a few times when he tries to steal.  That would be perfect.

The Herd is Coming To Town

The Buffalo Bison, newly affiliated with the Toronto Blue Jays, come to the Lehigh Valley fresh off a 27 run/29 hit game vs. the Syracuse Chiefs on Thursday.   They are the top hitting team in the league with an amazing team batting average of .333, a team on base percentage of .406, a slugging percentage of .531 and an OPS of .937.  They also lead the International League in home runs with 16, runs scored (85) and RBIs (82).  That averages out to 7 runs a game.   Those numbers sound more like a slow pitch softball team than a professional AAA baseball squad.

Their #1 catcher is 26 year old LH hitting Josh Thole.  The former Mets backstop was traded to Toronto in the deal that sent Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey north of the border.   He had 4 hits in the landslide win on Thursday, raising his season batting average to .393 with an OBP of .485.  He has 8 RBIs this year and he is backed up by veteran catcher Mike Nickeas.

At first base the Bisons have old Ironpigs nemesis Mauro Gomez.  Gomez is hitting .364 and 6 of his 8 hits this year have been for extra bases (3 doubles and 3 home runs).  Also playing first base is veteran Luis Jimenez.  Luis played for Tacoma in the PCL last year and after 12 games with Buffalo this year he is hitting .353 with 3 home runs and 13 RBI, thanks mainly to a 5 hit game on Thursday with a HR and 8 RBIs.

Things don’t get any easier at second base as leadoff hitter Jim Negrych comes to the Lehigh Valley with a .515 batting average and 2 HR.  He has at least 1 hit in every game he has played this year.  Mike McCoy and Eugenio Velez are the utility guys and can play just about anywhere on the field.  Velez is hitting .344 with 2 HR while McCoy is chugging along with a .261 average.

Veteran Andy LaRoche is at third base and the veteran RH hitter has had his share of big hits against the Ironpigs while wearing a Pawtucket uniform.  Andy hit his 4th HR of the 2013 season on Thursday and comes to the Lehigh Valley with a .279 average and 11 RBI.   25 year old Ryan Goins is the primary shortstop for Buffalo and he is hitting a solid .314.  He doesn’t draw walks but he doesn’t strike out much either.  Facing right handed pitching, his batting average is nearly 100 points higher than it is against lefties.  He is rated the 18th best prospect in the Blue Jays farm system.  Shortstop Munenori Kawasaki recently got the call to the big leagues when Jose Reyes had to be placed on the DL.

In the outfield, the mighty Bison have veteran Ryan Langerhans to go with youngsters Moises Sierra and former highly touted Phillies farmhand Anthony Gose.   The left-handed hitting Langerhans hit is first 2 homeruns of 2013 on Thursday and upped his batting average to .333.   The 230 pound right handed hitting Sierra had 6 hits in Thursday’s slugfest which raised his batting average to .395.  Speedster Anthony Gose checks in with a .289 average and has only 2 stolen bases this season.   One thing the Buffalo offensive attack seems to lack is overall team speed.  They have 7 stolen bases this year with Eugenio Velez leading the team with 3.

A rainout and a doubleheader this week has the starting pitching a bit jumbled but it appears veteran righthander and former Ironpigs pitcher Dave Bush will start on Friday against Ethan Martin.   Bush was in the majors with Toronto but was sent to Buffalo on April 9th.  He has made 1 start for the Bisons and defeated Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, allowing just 1 unearned run in 5 innings.  Another veteran who has been solid this year has been Claudio Vargas.  He has made 2 starts this year and is 1-0 1.64 but has just 11 innings pitched.  Justin Germano pitched well with Pawtucket last year and threw 8 shutout innings in a win over the Ironpigs on June 30th.  He is 2-1 in 3 starts with Buffalo this year but his ERA is 8.44.   42 year old Miguel Batista has made 2 starts this year after signing as a free agent just 2 weeks ago but he has yet to make it through 3 innings in either start.  His ERA is 12.00.  Another of their starters, Ramon Ortiz, got called up to Toronto earlier this week.  Edgar Gonzalez has also started a game for the Bisons but his ERA is 11.25.  They also have Todd Redmond currently on the DL and it’s not known at this time when he will return to action.  They have plenty of veterans in their bullpen including 2011 Ironpigs lefty Juan Perez.  Other familiar names in their bullpen include Brad Lincoln, Buddy Carlyle, Bobby Korecky, Alex Hinshaw and Neil Wagner.  Mickey Storey appears to have the best power arm in the bullpen with 12 strikeouts in 9.2 innings this year while Neil Wagner leads the team with 2 Saves.  Also, Alex Hinshaw has not allowed a run this year in 5 appearances covering 6 innings.  He has 8 strikeouts but has also walked 8.   Perez and Hinshaw are the only 2 lefties on their staff.

It appears the best way to beat the Buffalo Bisons is to come out swinging and score as many runs as possible because it looks like they will score their fair share of runs.  Overall, the Bisons are 8-4 and in their 4 losses their opponents have scored a total of 42 runs.   They are coming off a 4 game sweep at Syracuse including the record setting 27-9 win over Syracuse on Thursday.   Impressive as that is, I have to assume that the 19 mph wind blowing out to left field helped with some of that production.  Buffalo has lost to Syracuse twice this year and once each to Rochester and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.   Hopefully the young Ironpigs pitching staff will be up to the task this week and slow down the hottest hitting team in the league.

Previewing The PawSox

The Pawtucket Red Sox come to the Lehigh Valley undefeated after winning 4 straight against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.  Their offense appeared to be too much for SWB as the PawSox averaged 7.5 runs per game in the 4 game series, with their lowest single game output being 6 runs in a 6-2 win on Sunday.   And just like 2012 when they won the International League title, they seem to score runs in bunches in the late innings.  15 of their 30 runs this year have come in the final 2 innings.  They come to the Lehigh Valley with plenty of familiar names on their squad plus a few new highly touted prospects.

Coming into the 2013 season the Pawtucket starting rotation was expected to be Steven Wright, Allen Webster, Chris Hernandez, Terry Doyle and Rubby De La Rosa.  So far they have stayed in that order so it appears De La Rosa will start game 1 vs. B.J. Rosenberg on Monday and then they’ll go back to the top of the rotation with Wright vs. Cloyd on Tuesday and Webster vs. Pettibone on  Wednesday.
Let’s look at what to expect.
Behind the plate is Ryan Lavarnway, a name very familiar to Ironpigs fans.  Lavarnway took the International League by storm in 2011 when he was promoted from Double-A.  In 61 games for the PawSox he hit .295 with 18 homeruns.  He followed up his breakout 2011 season by again hitting .295 in 2012 with 8 homeruns before being promoted to Boston, but he was a disappointment with the Red Sox, hitting just .157 in 46 games.   With the acquisition of Mike Napoli and David Ross by the Red Sox this year to go with Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Lavarnway found himself back in Pawtucket to begin the 2013 season.  Through the first 4 games he is 4-13 .308 with 3 RBIs and is still looking for his first 2013 homerun.

Lars Anderson is long gone from the Red Sox organization so first base is now being manned by Brandon Snyder.  Snyder was a former 1st round pick by the Orioles and played in 40 games for the Rangers last year, hitting .277 with 3 HR.  The Rangers let him go at the end of spring training and he was signed by the Red Sox just days before the beginning of the 2013 season.  He has played against the Ironpigs before as a member of the Norfolk Tides in 2010 and 2011.  He is hitting just .222 through 4 games but has 1 HR and 5 RBI.  Other infielders to watch include Brock Holt, a 24 year old middle infielder who was acquired from the Pirates as part of the Joel Hanrahan deal in December, Jonathan Hee, beginning his 2nd year with the Paw Sox and Jonathan Diaz a middle infielder coming over from the Toronto organization.  Rounding out their infield is veteran switch hitting third baseman Drew Sutton, returning to the PawSox after playing for Gwinnett and Indianapolis in 2012. He also spent time with the Rays and Pirates during the 2012 season.

The outfield is solid with the addition of RH Bryce Brentz, the #7 prospect in the Boston organization.  Brentz is just 24 and was a 2010 1st round draft pick by the Red Sox.  In 2011 he hit .306 with 30 HR between Class A Greenville and Class A+ Salem.  In 2012 he played mostly in AA with Portland and hit .296 with 17 HR.   Through 4 games this year he is hitting a cool .368.  Left-handed hitting Justin Henry joins Pawtucket after playing for Toledo last year where he hit .300.  He is hitting a solid .375 with 1 HR this year.  Jeremy Hazelbaker is another LH bat who got his feet wet with the PawSox last year after spending most of the year in AA where he hit .273 with 19 HR.  He is hitting .353 with 2 HR after 4 games this year.

Rubby De La Rosa, the scheduled starting pitcher in game 1, is a 24 year old coming off Tommy John surgery.  He pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2011 and had a 4-5 record with an ERA of 3.71.  His injury occured on July 31, 2011 while pitching for the Dodgers.  He pitched very little in 2012 and was acquired by the Red Sox in the deal that sent Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez to the Dodgers.   28 year old Steven Wright, the Game 1 starter for the PawSox switched to throwing knuckleballs in 2011 while in the Indians organization.  He was a combined 10-7 2.54 in the minors in 2012.  His knuckleball is thrown harder than the average knuckler, making his style similar to R.A. Dickey.   Allen Webster threw 5 scoreless innings in his first start this year.  The 23 year old was another player acquired by Boston in the big trade last year with the Dodgers.  MLB lists him as the #4 prospect in the Red Sox organization and Baseball America lists him at #49 on their list of baseball’s top minor league prospects.  The 23 year old has a career minor league record of 34-25 3.39.   It appears the Ironpigs won’t see starters Chris Hernandez and Terry Doyle in this series but Hernandez was 5-12 3.26 in AA & AAA last year and lost to Tyler Cloyd 2-1 on August 2nd,  while Doyle was 6-3 2.83 with Charlotte in 2012.  The PawSox bullpen is deep and is led by Chris Carpenter, no, not that Chris Carpenter.  This one came from the Cubs and was acquired by the Red Sox as compensation for the Cubs signing GM Theo Epstein away from Boston.  In 2 innings pitched this year Carpenter has 6 strikeouts.   Also part of the bullpen for Pawtucket is former Ironpigs pitcher Oscar Villarreal.  Oscar allowed 3 runs in 2 innings against SWB on Friday night but was the beneficiary of a big 5 run 8th inning by the PawSox resulting in a win for Oscar.  Rounding out the bullpen are Jose De La Torre,  Pedro Beato,  Graham Godfrey,  Anthony Carter,  Alex Wilson and Ryan Rowland-Smith.
Let’s hope the Ironpigs come out swinging Monday night and put a few notches in the loss column of the 2013 Pawtucket Red Sox.   Oink!

International League North:
Pawtucket:  4-0
Buffalo…..:  3-1
Syracuse..:  3-1
Ironpigs…:   1-3
Rochester:   1-3
RailRiders:   0-4

Meet The 2013 Syracuse Chiefs

The 2013 International League season begins on April 4 with a four game series at home vs. the Syracuse Chiefs, Triple-A team of the 2012 N.L. East Division Champion Washington Nationals.   Here’s a look at the team that will be facing our Lehigh Valley Ironpigs.  (Players of interest are marked with a **)

Starting Pitchers:
Yunesky Maya, 31 year old RH pitcher from Cuba.  He is beginning his third season with Syracuse and was 4-9 5.00 in 2011 and 11-10 3.88 in 2012.
Tanner Roark, 26 year old RH pitcher, he was 6-17 4.39 with Syracuse in 2012.
Ryan Perry, 26 year old RH pitcher, he was a former 1st round draft pick by the Tigers and was traded to the Nationals for Collin Balester in December, 2011.  He has a 6-6 career big league record, mostly with Detroit and he split time between AA Harrisburg and AAA Syracuse in 2012, going a combined 3-5 3.07.
Ross Ohlendorf, A veteran 30 year old righty, he has a career major league record of 18-32 with the Yankees, Pirates & Padres.  He was 4-4 for the Padres in 2012 and 5-4 in AAA.
Danny Rosenbaum, A 25 year old LH pitcher drafted by the Nationals in the 22nd round in 2009.  He was 8-10 3.94 in 26 starts with AA Harrisburg in 2012.

Bullpen:
Erik Davis,  A 26 year old RH reliever, he spent the majority of 2012 at AA Harrisburg where he went 7-3 2.52 with 5 Saves.  He had 69 strikeouts in 64.1 innings pitched.
Jeff Mandel, A 27 year old righty, drafted by Washington in 2007 out of Baylor University.  He was 4-4 4.66 in AA last year and 6-5 2.58 with Syracuse.  He was used mostly as a starter last year.
Ryan Tatusko, 28 year old RH pitcher.  He pitched at AA Harrisburg in 2012 where he went 4-5 3.50.  His best year was 2010 when he was 12-3 in AA.
J.C. Romero,  A familiar face from the Phillies bullpen, the now 36 year old lefty has a career big league record of 34-28 with a 4.16 ERA.  He is best remembered by Phillies fans for winning game 3 and the clinching game 5 of the 2008 World Series vs. the Tampa Bay Rays.

Jeremy Accardo, Another veteran, the 31 year old righty spent time with the Indians and Athletics in 2012.  He has a career big league record of 10-20 4.30 and has 38 career Saves.
Fernando Abad, A 27 year old lefty from the Dominican Republic, he has pitched parts of the past 3 seasons with the Houston Astros.  He was 2-0 with 2 Saves in the Pacific Coast League last year.
Mike Crotta, A 28 year old RH pitcher,  he missed the entire 2012 season after undergoing surgery for a stress fracture in his elbow in April, 2012.  He pitched in 15 games for the Pirates in 2011.
Patrick McCoy,  A 24 year old southpaw, he spent all of 2012 with Harrisburg in the Eastern League where he was 7-3 3.70, all out of the bullpen.  He also had 2 Saves.

Catchers:
Jhonatan Solano,  The 27 year old catcher played briefly with the Nationals in 2012 and hit .314 in 12 games.  He hit .250 at Syracuse last year.
Carlos Maldonado, The 34 year old veteran catcher also spent most of 2012 at Syracuse where he hit .210 with 6 homers.

Infielders:
**Chris Marrero, The 24 year old RH first baseman was a 1st round draft pick by the Nationals in 2006.  He had 109 at bats with the Nationals in 2011 but a torn hamstring in the winter leagues caused a major setback in 2012.  He spent all of last year at 5 different minor league levels and hit just .244 with Syracuse with 0 HR.  Still, the power potential is there and MLB.com has him rated as the #12 prospect for the Nats.

**Jeff Kobernus, A 2nd round pick in 2009, the 24 year old RH hitting second baseman is among the fastest players in the Nationals farm system.  He hit .282 with 42 SB at Harrisburg in the Eastern League in 2012.  He is rated the #16 prospect for Washington.
Carlos Rivero,  The big third baseman hit 15 HR at Reading and 1 with the Ironpigs in 2011 and then played all of 2012 with Syracuse where he hit .303 with 10 HR.  He is still only 24.

**Zach Walters, The 23 year old switch hitting shortstop is rated the #14 prospect in the Washington farm system.  He played at 3 minor league levels in 2012 and hit a combined .266.  He was acquired from Arizona for Jason Marquis on July 30, 2011 and is considered an above average shortstop with a strong arm.  Walters hits best from the left side but doesn’t have much power.  His versatility is a big plus and he can play well at any infield position.
Will Rhymes, The 30 year old LH hitting second baseman has played in the big leagues for the Detroit Tigers in 2010-2011 and with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2012.  He has a lifetime big league average of .266 but hit just .256 last year in 46 games with the Durham Bulls.

Mike Costanzo, The 29 year old LH hitting corner infielder/outfielder made his big league debut with Cincinnati in 2012 but had just 1 hit in 18 at bats.  He was originally drafted by the Phillies and once hit 27 homeruns in a season with Reading.  He hit .262 with 9 HR at Louisville in 2012.

Outfielders
**Corey Brown,  The 27 year old LH hitting outfielder is one of the most dangerous hitters in the International League.  He was a former first round draft pick by Oakland out of Oklahoma State University and in 2012 he hit .285 with 25 HR and 71 RBI with Syracuse.  He also stole 18 bases.  You will usually find him batting either first or third in the Syracuse lineup.

**Eury Perez,  If Corey Brown doesn’t bat leadoff for Syracuse this year it’s because of the presence of Eury Perez.  The 22 year old right-handed outfielder from the Dominican Republic is the #7 prospect for the Nationals according to MLB.com.  He was a member of the Dominican team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.  He doesn’t have much power but he hit .299 with 26 stolen bases and Harrisburg last year before moving up to Syracuse where he hit .333 with 20 stolen bases.  He is considered an above average centerfielder with a strong arm.

**Micah Owings,  At the age of 30, the former pitcher with a career 32-33 big league record has decided to try to convert to an outfielder.  He has always been a good hitter and has a lifetime major league batting average of .283 in 205 at bats. He also has 9 homeruns at the major league level.  With those kind of numbers, most experts feel if he can do an adequate job in the outfield he should eventually make it back to the big leagues.
Jimmy Van Ostrand, The 28 year old RH hitting outfielder was a member of Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic.  He was signed by Washington out of Independent League baseball last year and played at Harrisburg where he hit .310 with 10 HR.

SECTV2 To Televise 24 Reading Fightin’s Games

Great news for Phillies fans.  In addition to 162 televised Philadelphia Phillies games on various networks and 72 Ironpigs home games on Service Electric Cable TV2, the 2013 baseball season will also give us 24 games of the Reading Fightin’ Phils courtesy of Service Electric TV2.   That’s a total of 258 televised games of the Phillies and their top 2 farm teams on local television this year.

Here is the list of Reading games to be shown on Service Electric Cable:

Friday, April 12:  Erie SeaWolves at 7:05 PM
Monday April 15:  Harrisburg Senators at 6:35 PM
Tuesday April 16:  Harrisburg Senators at 6:35 PM
Saturday April 27:  New Hampshire Fisher Cats at  6:05 PM
Sunday April 28:  New Hampshire Fisher Cats at 1:35 PM
Monday April 29:  Portland Sea Dogs at 6:35 PM
Tuesday April 30:  Portland Sea Dogs at 6:35 PM
Friday May 10:  Akron Aeros at 7:05 PM
Saturday May 11:  Akron Aeros at 6:35 PM
Sunday May 12:  Akron Aeros at 1:35 PM
Wednesday June 19:  Portland Sea Dogs at 7:05 PM
Thursday June 20:  Portland Sea Dogs at 7:05 PM
Friday June 21:  Richmond Flying Squirrels at 7:05 PM
Saturday June 22:  Richmond Flying Squirrels at 6:35 PM
Saturday July 13:  New Hampshire Fisher Cats at 6:35 PM
Sunday July 14:  New Hampshire Fisher Cats at 1:35 PM
Monday July 15:  Trenton Thunder at 7:05 PM
Tuesday July 16:  Trenton Thunder at 6:05 PM
Friday July 26:  New Britain Rock Cats at 7:05 PM
Saturday July 27:  New Britain Rock Cats at 6:35 PM
Sunday July 28:  New Britain Rock Cats at 6:05 PM
Monday July 29:  Erie SeaWolves at 7:05 PM
Wednesday August 28:  Richmond Flying Squirrels at 7:05 PM
Thursday August 29:  Richmond Flying Squirrels at 7:05 PM

A great big thank you to our friends at Service Electric Cable for providing their subscribers with such great regional sports coverage.    We’ll see y’all at the ballpark, but when we’re not there in person you can be sure we’ll be watching a ballgame on TV2.