Kleven Named Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Week
BlueClaws pitcher Colin Kleven was named Phillies minor league pitcher of the week for the week of May 14-20, it was announced earlier by the Phillies. Lino Martinez won the previous week’s award, the only two BlueClaws to win Phillies minor league pitcher or player of the weeks so far this year.
Kleven gave up just one earned run over two starts (seven innings, one unearned run at Delmarva on May 14 and five innings, one earned run at Greensboro on May 19) and won two games, his second and third wins of the year.
Below, find the full rundown courtesy of Larry Shenk. Read Larry’s blog here.
Players of the Week
**Pitcher: RHP Colin Kleven, Lakewood. 2-0, 0.75 ERA for 2 starts, 12 innings, 9 hits, 2 runs (1 earned), 4 walks, 11 strikeouts. In 4 starts this month, 2-1, 1.96 ERA. For the season, 3-3, 3.38 ERA, 8 starts. The 21-year-old was a 33rd round selection in 2009 out of R. E. Mountain High School in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, and signed by Tim Kissner.
**Player: INF-OF Carlos Alonso, Clearwater. Led organization with a .545 average for 6 games, 12 hits, 5 runs scored and 10 RBI. He had multi-hits in each of his last 5 games. Raised his average from .299 to .360. Alonso has started at second base, shortstop, third base and left field. The 24-year-old was selected in the 32nd round of the 2010 draft out of the University of Delaware and signed by Paul Murphy.
Team reports below:
Team reports:
Lehigh Valley IronPigs, International League North Division
5-3, 3rd place . . . Set a franchise record with 38 consecutive scoreless innings that included four straight shutouts starting Tuesday. Two were back-to-back 1-0 decisions, a game-winning hit by 1B Cody Overbeck and a successful suicide squeeze by 3B Tim Kennelly . . . INF Kevin Fransden, .360, in 7 games, hitting safely in 6 of those games . . . RHS Scott Elarton (5-1) won his 4th in a row on Wednesday (1-0), stretching his scoreless streak to 22 innings, He’s allowed 1 run in the 4 wins . . . RHS Dave Bush (3-3) won the next night, 1-0, with 7 scoreless innings . . . LHS Pat Misch (3-5) won both starts, allowing 1 run in 10 innings . . . RHS Tyler Cloyd (4-1) tossed 6 shutout innings in the 4-0 Tuesday win and then lost his first game on Sunday, 5 runs in 6 innings . . . RHR B. J. Rosenberg has a streak of 12.1 scoreless innings . . . LHR Jeremy Horst, an 11.2 scoreless streak . . . Saves went to LHR Joe Savery (#2), Horst (1), RHR Michael Schwimer (5) and RHR Tyson Brummett (1).
Reading Phillies, Eastern League Eastern Division
2-4, 2nd place . . . 2B Cesar Hernandez, hit .400 in 6 games with a club-high 10 hits and organization-high 5 steals. Ended the week on an 8-game hitting streak; batting .370 this month . . . RF Jiwan James, .382 for 6 games, also ended on an 8-game streak . . . 1B Darin Ruf started in LF on Friday, the 11th time in his minor league career he’s played that position . . . SS Troy Hanzawa is hitting .352 this month, raising his average to .319 . . . RHS Jonathan Pettibone (3-4) split 2 decisions, allowing 3 earned runs in 12 innings; his win came on Sunday . . . RHS Julio Rodriguez gave up 1 earned run in 7 innings but wasn’t involved in the 3-2 loss on Saturday; leads organization with a 1.88 ERA . . . Other win went to RHR Michael Cisco, 3 scoreless innings on Wednesday . . . RHR J. C. Ramirez recorded his 2nd save in that game.
Clearwater Threshers, Florida State League North Division
3-4, tied for 2nd . . . 3B Cody Asche, .370 in 7 games with a club-high 10 hits, 3 doubles and 8 RBI. He’s hit in 19 of his last 20 games. For May, .397 . . . SS Edgar Duran hit a walk-off home run on Wednesday . . . 1B Jim Murphy and Ruf share the organization-high with 31 RBI . . . RHR Juan Sosa (1-2) had a blown save and a win on Wednesday . . . LHS Jesse Biddle (2-2) won the next night, 1 run in 6 innings . . . LHS Adam Morgan (2-4) won on Sunday, 0 hits, 5.2 innings, 1 unearned run, 7 walks, 8 strikeouts; leads organization with 68 strikeouts . . . LHS Austin Wright, no decision on Friday, 1 run, 7 innings . . . RHR Colby Shreve, 3 appearances, 5 scoreless innings . . . RHR Tyler Knigge got his 1st save of the season on Sunday. Gave up 2 runs on April 27 and hasn’t allowed a run since (15 innings) . . . LHR Bryan Mordada, tossed 3 scoreless innings in his Clearwater debut on Saturday, extending his scoreless streak to 11 innings, including Lakewood.
Lakewood BlueClaws, South Atlantic League North Division
4-3, tied for 5th . . . Lakewood is 15-4 when scoring at least 4 runs; 1-21 when scoring 3 or fewer runs . . . 1B-3B Harold Martinez, .333, for 7 games . . . 3B Maikel Franco has hit in 9 of his last 11 games, going from .216 to .232 . . . 1B Kelly Dugan, out with a sprained right ankle since April 20, returned on Tuesday and had a pair of hits . . . Aaron Altherr is hitting .442 as the DH; .171 when he starts in the outfield . . . Wins, other than 2 by Kleven, went to RHR Michael Nesseth (3-1) with 3 scoreless innings on Wednesday and LHS Lino Martinez (3-2), 1 run, 6 innings on Sunday . . . RHR Colton Murray allowed an earned run on Sunday, his first since April 18; he had gone 14.2 scoreless innings . . . Saves: Nesseth, 1st in pro ball on Saturday, Murray (1) and RHR Matt Campbell (3).
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