~ 2021 Fightin Phils Game Notes
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~ 2021 FIGHTIN PHILS GAME NOTES- Hartford Yard Goats(10-25) vs Reading Fightin Phils(10-25) RHP Karl Kauffmann vs RHPMark Appel Sunday, June 13th, 2021 at FirstEnergy Stadium- Reading, PA Radio : rphils.com/radio First Pitch: 6:45 UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE STARTERS Monday, June 14th OFF Tueday, June 15th vs Harrisburg 7:05 TBD vs TBD Wednesday, June 16th vs Harrisburg 7:05 TBD vs TBD 2021 BY THE NUMBERS ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Total The R-Phils collectively played their best game of the season last night, Record 10-25 defeating the Yard Goats 8-1. The fireworks began early for Reading, Home: 7-10 as six of their eight runs came in the first three innings. Eight of the ten Road: 3-15 R-Phils hits were for extra bases, as Matt Vierling and Dalton Guthrie left vs NorthEast: 6-5 the yard, Jack Perkins and Guthrie hustled for triples, and Luke Miller, vs SouthWest: 4-20 Jack Conley, Madison Stokes, and Jorge Bonifacio all ripped a double. vs Hartford in 2021: 4-1 The pitching was dominant as well, as Perkins only allowed the only run vs Hartford at FirstEnergy Stadium: 0-0 vs Hartford at Dunkin’ Donuts Park: 3-1 of the game via a solo homerun. Perkins went four strong, followed by Series Record (W-L-T) : 1-5-0 Kyle Dohy, Braden Zarbnisky and Billy Sullivan who all went scoreless. H / R Series (W-L-T) : 1-2-0/0-3-0 Sweeps / Swept / Splits : 0/1/0 FIGHTIN’S BATS HEATING UP: Tuesday : 1-5 Heading into the series, the R-Phils as a team were hitting for a .202 May : 4-20 Wednesday : 2-3 batting average with a .339 slugging. This series however, the R-Phils June : 6-4 are the best hitting team in the Double-A Northeast with a .303 average Thursday : 1-4 July : and a .553 slugging, which gives them a league-leading .925. Some Friday : 2-2 August : monster performances throughout the stretch from guys like Bryson Saturday : 1-6 September: Stott’s two-homerun game or Madison Stokes 4 for 5 at the plate have Sunday : 1-4 gotten the entire offense clicking, bringing the team’s season totals to a .216 average with a .369 slugging. REGULAR SEASON FACTS SULLIVAN STAYS SCORELESS: STAT TOTAL HOME/ROAD Day Games 1-6 0-3/1-3 Since Billy Sullivan has gotten the call from Jersey Shore, he has been Night Games 9-20 7-8/2-12 everything the team could hope and more, as the right-hander recorded Royal Blue Jersey 1-3 1-2/0-1 Pinstripe 3-3 3-3/0-0 yet another scoreless appearance with Reading. Allowing just one walk Black Throwback 1-2 1-2/0-0 Los Luchadores 2-3 2-1/0-2 to two strikeouts in his inning of work, the Delaware native has now Hot Dogs 0-2 0-2/0-0 Road Gray 3-10 0-0/3-10 come into the game six times for the Fightins and kept the score at what Navy R-Phils 0-2 0-0/0-2 it was when he entered. Through 8.2 innings, Sullivan has only allowed Score 1st 4-6 4-3/0-3 Opp Scores 1st 6-19 4-8/2-11 four hits and four walks. Won in Last AB 0-1 0-0/0-1 vs RHP 9-15 7-10/2-5 BIG LEAGUE CLUB WATCH: vs LHP 1-10 0-0/1-10 Starter 6+ IP MLB - On Saturday, the Phillies walked it off for the third consecutive Starter 7+ IP game, 8-7 against the Yankees. Philadelphia applied the offense early, Starter 8+ IP Score 5+ Runs 9-6 6-2/3-3 as they knocked New York’s starter out of the game after only record- Score less than 5 1-19 1-8/0-11 Outhit Opp. 7-4 5-2/2-2 ing one out and allowing four runs. A back and forth contest saw the Outhit by Opp. 2-20 2-7/0-13 Yankees tie it at seven in the ninth, which sent it to extras. After Archie Same # of Hits 1-1 0-1/1-0 Extra-Innings 0-2 0-0/0-2 Bradley kept New York scoreless in the tenth, the red-hot Jean Segura Doubleheaders (W-L-T) Comeback Wins brought an end to this game with an RBI single to win it off Aroldis Chap- 1-Run Games 2-6 2-4/0-2 man. 2-Run Games 2-5 2-2/0-3 Leading After 6 9-5 6-2/3-3 Trailing After 6 0-19 0-7/0-12 ON THIS DAY IN BASEBALLTOWN HISTORY: Tied After 6 Leading After 7 9-4 6-2/3-2 June 13, 2001: At Reading, Adam Walker throws the first nine inning Trailing After 7 0-21 0-8/0-13 no-hitter in R-Phils history and extends his streak of consecutive no-hit Tied After 7 Leading After 8 8-3 5-1/3-2 innings to 18 as the Phils blank New Haven, 4-0. Walker also did not Trailing After 8 0-19 0-8/0-11 walk a batter as the Ravens only baserunners came via a hit batsman Tied After 8 Commit 0 Errors 6-9 3-3/2-6 and two errors. Commit 1-2 Errors 4-14 3-6/1-8 Commit 3+ Errors 0-2 0-1/0-1 ON THE MOUND FOR THE FIGHTIN PHILS 2 #36 Mark Appel HT: 6-5 WT: 220 BATS/THROWS: R/R PRO EXPERIENCE: 6th Season AGE: 29 (Born 7/15/91) ACQUIRED: Traded from HOU on December 12, 2015 2017 SEASON STATISTICS W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP AVG LHV/ GCL PHI 5-4 5.14 19 17 84.0 92 51 48 9 54 60 1.738 .281 2021 Game Log W-L ERA H R ER IP BB SO + Former Number 1 overall pick in 2013 0-0 3.38 3 3 1 2.2 2 4 +Drafted three times, twice in first 10 picks 0-0 (‘pen) 1.93 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 +Has not pitched since 2017 0-1 5.68 3 3 3 1.2 3 0 +Ranked Pre-2014 #17, Pre-2015 #30, and Pre-2016 #70 prospect 0-1 6.72 6 4 4 3.0 4 3 in MLB 0-1 (‘pen) 7.71 4 2 2 2.1 1 4 +Futures Game selection in 2015 0-1 6.89 5 2 2 4.0 1 3 +AFL All-Prospects Team selection in 2014 2017- LHV/ GCL PHI +5.27 ERA in 82.0 IP with LHV +8.1 IP SHO with 8 SO on 6/19/17 vs PAW +RHB hit .245 against, LHB hit .331 +Pitched 5IP or more in 11 of 16 starts +27.2% scoreless start % +0ER in 2 appearances with GCL PHI 2016- LHV +4.46 ERA in 38.1 IP +RHB hit .284 agaisnt, LHB hit .242 +Only reached 6th inning once in 8 appearances APPEARANCE NOTES May 8th (7:05) vs ERIE: Threw 56 pitches...Faced 14 batters...Induced 2 2015- FRN/COR groundouts...Allowed one stolen base...Two hit batters... +4.48 ERA in 68.1 IP with FRN May 13th (6:35) vs BOW: Was second out of the ‘pen, got a clean start in +10 SO in 7.0 IP on 8/1/15 vs ALB the fourth...Threw 37 pitches...Faced 9 batters...Induced 3 groundouts... +7.36 ERA in May, 3.79 ERA rest of season May 20th (6:35) at AKR: Threw 51 pitches...Faced 13 batters...Induced 3 groundouts and 2 flyouts...one wild pitch for a run...Two hit batters +4.26 ERA in 63.1 IP May 27th (5:05) vs RIC: Threw 66 pitches, 37 strikes... faced 16 battters... 1 +Best record and most wins of professional career stolen base allowed... 4 earned on 6 hits June 2nd (7:05) at SOM: In relief... 4 SO to 1 BB... 57 pitches, 37 strikes... Pitch Repertoire 11 batters faced... 2 earned on 4 hits +Fastball June 8th (7:05) vs HFD: Longest outing of season... 2 earned on 5 hits... -60/60 both runs via 2-run homerun in final inning of appearance... 3 SO to 1 BB +Slider -60/60 +Chageup -45/45 2021 NORTHEAST LEAGUE NUMBERS Season Highs (Starts) Career Highs TEAM RECORD IN STARTS : 2-4 4.0 IP 6/8 vs HFD IP 8.1 IP on 6/19/17 vs PAW RUN SUPPORT : 8 6 on 5/27 vs RIC H 13 on 7/10/14 vs INE FIRST-INNING ERA : 3.75 4 on 5/27 vs RIC R 10 on 5/31/14 vs RCQ LAST HR ALLOWED : 6/8 vs HFD 4 on 5/27 vs RIC ER 10 on 5/31/14 vs RCQ CS / SB / CS % : 1/2/33% 1 on 6/8 vs HFD HR 3 on 5/31/14 vs RCQ PICKOFFS : 4 on 5/27 vs RIC BB 6 on 5/24/17 vs IND ERRORS / THROWING / FIELDING : 4(x2) Last on 5/27 vs ERIE SO 10 Last on 8/1/15 vs ALB FIGHTIN PHILS POSITION PLAYERS 3 ,29 5 SO JORGE BONIFACIO OF FREE AGENT- 2021 SANTO DOMINGO, DR 27 LAST GAME: 2 for 4 THIS SERIES: 3 for 15 +Signed out of DR in 2010 by Kansas City Royals organization CURRENT/ LONGEST HIT STREAK 1/2 Last HR: 6/6 vs SOM +Hit .296 in 69 games in first professional season CURRENT/ LONGEST ON-BASE STREAK: 1/3 +Made Single-A debut at age 19, Double-A at age 20 Series Results: +Broke Spring Training with Royals in 2017 Signed by PHI on May 15, 2021 +Career .247 BA with 21 homeruns in 187 games with Royals Against Richmond..