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Phillies Minor League review: Aug. 1-7
- Updated: August 8, 2016
Players of the Week
Player – OF Dylan Cozens, Reading… The 22-year-old Cozens batted .367 (11-30) with a double, two triples, five home runs, 14 RBI, three walks, a stolen base and a 1.033 slugging percentage in seven games. In two games from August 3-4, he combined to go 7-for-9 with two triples, five home runs, 12 RBI, a stolen base and seven runs scored. His three home runs and seven RBI on August 3 were both career highs, and his four hits tied a career best. Cozens leads all of professional baseball with 103 RBI and ranks second with 32 home runs. He leads the Eastern League in slugging (.611), extra-base hits (67), total bases (253) and runs scored (90). Cozens, who was also named Eastern League Player of the Week, was selected by the Phillies in the second round of the June 2012 draft.
Pitcher – LHP Adam Morgan, Lehigh Valley… Morgan, 26, was named both Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Week and International League Pitcher of the Week after going 2-0 with a 1.23 ERA (2 ER, 14.2 IP), 0.55 WHIP (2 BB, 6 H) and 17 strikeouts in his two outings. He tossed 6.0 shutout innings on August 1, and then struck out 11 batters in a career-high 8.2 innings on August 6. He has allowed three earned runs or fewer in seven of his eight outings and is averaging just over one strikeout per inning pitched (52 SO, 50.1 IP). Morgan was selected by the Phillies in the third round of the June 2011 draft.
Lehigh Valley IronPigs – International League North Division…70-45, 2nd place… The IronPigs took four of their seven games, bookending their week with two wins to start and two to finish. They allowed only five total runs in those four wins while scoring 26.
Top hitting performers – 1B/OF Darin Ruf went 7-for-23 (.304) with a double, home run, two RBI, five walks and a .429 on-base percentage… OF Nick Williams homered twice, drove in three runs and scored a team-high five… OF Cam Perkins batted .294 (5-17) with a triple, two RBI, two walks and two runs scored.
Top pitching performers – LHP Adam Morgan pitched in two games, combining to go 2-0 with a 1.23 ERA (2 ER, 14.2 IP) and 17 strikeouts. He was named Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Week and International League Pitcher of the Week… RHP Ben Lively also went 2-0, holding Scranton/Wilkes-Barre scoreless over 8.0 innings on August 2 and tossing 6.1 innings of one-run ball in his next start.
Reading Fightin Phils – Eastern League Eastern Division …76-38, 1st place… Reading went 5-2 in their seven games, winning four straight in the middle of the week. Three times they scored 12 runs or more, and they also tossed two shutouts as they maintain a four-game lead in the division.
Top hitting performers – OF Dylan Cozens was named Phillies Minor League Player of the Week after batting .367 …
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