Phillies Minor League review: July 18-24

Players of the Week

Player – OF Jiandido Tromp, Clearwater… The 22-year-old Tromp batted .471 (8-17) with a double, three home runs, five RBI, two walks, a stolen base and a 1.059 slugging percentage in seven games. He recorded his first multi-home run game of the season and the fifth of his career on July 20 (2-4, 2 solo HR). The Aruba native has 15 home runs between Clearwater and Lakewood this season, good for the fifth-most among all Phillies minor leaguers. Tromp was signed by the Phillies as an amateur free agent on August 8, 2011.

Pitcher – RHP Sixto Sanchez, GCL Phillies… Sanchez, 17, made two starts for the GCL Phillies, combining to throw 9.0 scoreless innings with one hit and one walk allowed and six strikeouts. He tossed 3.0 scoreless, hitless frames on July 18 and followed that with 6.0 innings of shutout, one-hit ball on July 23. Sanchez has allowed zero earned runs in four of his six starts and one earned run or fewer in all of them. The right-hander ranks second in the Gulf Coast League with a 0.67 ERA (2 ER, 27.0 IP), third in WHIP (6 BB, 14 H) and fourth in lowest opponents’ batting average (.156). Sanchez was signed by the Phillies as an amateur free agent on February 20, 2015.

Lehigh Valley IronPigs – International League North Division…61-41, 2nd place… The IronPigs won six of their seven games, sweeping a three game series with Indianapolis before taking three of four from Louisville. They allowed a total of only seven runs in their six wins, winning twice by shutout. Lehigh Valley is 20 games over .500 for the first time in franchise history.

Top hitting performers – 1B/OF Darin Ruf clubbed three home runs and drove in six runs while batting .333 (7-21). He recorded his second multi-home run game of the season on July 24… OF Cam Perkins went 6-for-14 (.429) with two doubles, three RBI and a run scored in four games… OF Nick Williams doubled, homered twice, drove in five runs and scored five more.

Top pitching performers – RHP David Buchanan made two starts, going 2-0 with a 0.60 ERA (1 ER, 15.0 IP) and 0.80 WHIP (3 BB, 9 SO). He was named International League Pitcher of the Week… RHP Jake Thompson lowered his season ERA to 2.29 after tossing 6.0 scoreless innings on July 20. He has not allowed a run in his last 22.0 innings… RHP Phil Klein posted 0.96 ERA (1 ER, 9.1 IP) in his two starts, striking out 11 batters while walking just two.

Reading Fightin Phils – Eastern League Eastern Division …68-33, 1st place… Reading lost two games of a three-game set with New Hampshire to begin the week, and then split four games with Hartford. Despite their 3-4 record last week, the Fightins still maintain a six-game lead over the second-place Trenton Thunder.

Top hitting performers – OF Andrew Pullin batted .414 (12-29) with a double, two home runs, eight RBI, two walks and seven runs scored in seven games. He has hit safely in 31 of his last 34 …

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