Minor Leagues: IronPigs triumph; R-Phils earn shutout
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Lehigh Valley IronPigs scored four runs in the top of the ninth to beat the Charlotte Knights, 5-1, in an International League game on Friday night. Jeffrey Larish and Erik Kratz each hit a two-run homer in the ninth.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Lehigh Valley IronPigs scored four runs in the top of the ninth to beat the Charlotte Knights, 5-1, in an International League game on Friday night. Jeffrey Larish and Erik Kratz each hit a two-run homer in the ninth.
Reading 2, Richmond 0
RICHMOND, Va. - Derrick Mitchell singled in two runs in the fourth and the Phillies shut out the Flying Squirrels in an Eastern League game.
Trenton 7, New Hampshire 6
TRENTON - The Thunder scattered 17 hits and beat the Fisher Cats in an Eastern League game.
Greensboro 4, Lakewood 3
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Grasshoppers rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat the BlueClaws in a South Atlantic League game.
St. Lucie 010 020 001 0 - 4 10 0
Clearwater 101 000 200 1 - 5 11 0
WP: Friend (1-1). LP: Kaplan (1-3). HR: StL–Den Dekker (3). C–James (3), Castro (7). A: 2,336.
Reading 000 230 000 - 5 8 0
Richmond 000 000 000 - 0 5 1
WP: Hyatt (6-3). LP: Surkamp (3-3). A: 7,227.
Lehigh Valley 010 000 004 - 5 7 1
Charlotte 000 000 001 - 1 5 0
WP: Worley (3-2). LP: Harrell (4-3). HR: LV–Belliard (3), Kratz (10), Larish (12). A: 5,466.
New Hampshire 203 000 100 - 6 9 1
Trenton 003 011 20x - 7 17 3
WP: Hall (5-3). LP: LaMura (3-4). Save: Norton (5). HR: NH–McDade (7), Hechavarria (4). A: 6,406.
Lakewood 000 200 001 - 3 10 1
Greensboro 200 000 002 - 4 7 0
WP: Ojala (3-1). LP: Sosa (2-1). A: 7,684.
Potomac 000 010 202 - 5 12 2
Wilmington 001 000 000 - 1 7 1
WP: Selik (1-4). LP: Lafferty (1-2). A: 6,291.
Bridgeport 018 000 000 - 9 10 0
Camden 010 000 000 - 1 9 1
WP: Pike (2-1). LP: Johnson (0-5). A: 6,834.