Minor Leagues: IronPigs win as Barfield goes deep

ALLENTOWN - Josh Barfield ripped a three-run homer in the first inning to spark Lehigh Valley past Gwinnett, 8-6, in the International League on Sunday.

Richmond 3, Reading 2

READING - Cody Overbeck lofted his league-leading 12th home run, but the Phillies lost in the Eastern League.

Trenton 6, Portland 1

TRENTON - Bradley Suttle's a two-run homer in the first led the Thunder to the Eastern League win.

Lakewood 7, West Virginia 3

CHARLESTON, W.Va.- Anthony Hewitt, Domingo Santana and Edgar Duran hit homers to lead the BlueClaws in the South Atlantic League.

Elsewhere. Michael Mariot (5-0) pitched 31/3 innings of one-hit relief to lead Wilmington past Myrtle Beach, 3-1, in the Carolina League. . . . Camden pitchers recorded 12 strikeouts, but the Riversharks fell to the Road Warriors, 8-4, in the Atlantic League . . . Trevor May struck out seven in four innings as Clearwater beat Jupiter, 6-3, in the Florida State League.

Gwinnett 010 002 300 - 6 12 1

Lehigh Valley 403 000 10x - 8 9 0

WP: Feierabend (3-2). LP: Hoover (0-1).

Sv: Mathieson (2). HR: G–Nelson (4), Gartrell (7); LV–Barfield (4). A: 9.939.

Richmond 020 000 010 - 3 7 0

Reading 000 000 200 - 2 5 0

WP: Tanner (1-4). LP: Ramirez (5-3). Sv: Stoffel (7). HR: Rich–Christian (2); Read-Overbeck (12). A: 6,617.

Portland 001 000 000 - 1 7 1

Trenton 330 000 00x - 6 9 1

WP: Arbiso (3-1). LP: imentel (0-6). Sv: Schmidt (3). HR: T–Suttle (5) A: 5,133.

Lakewood 220 003 000 - 7 13 0

West Virginia 000 010 002 - 3 9 0

WP: Buchanan (6-2). LP: Fuesser (1-1).

HR: L–Duran (2), Hewitt (5), Santana (5). A: 2,473.

Myrtle Beach 010 000 000 - 1 7 2

Wilmington 001 000 02x - 3 9 0

WP: Mariot (5-0). LP: Wieland). A: 5,051.

Road Warriors 240 000 011 - 8 11 0

Camden 000 030 100 - 4 6 1

WP: Frias (1-0). LP: Johnson (0-3). A: 3,090.

Clearwater 002 200 200 - 6 11 0

Jupiter 100 200 000 - 3 9 1

WP: Cloyd (3-1). LP: Olmos (2-3). Save: Friend (16). A: 475.