FINAL MINOR LEAGUE REPORT

Fightin Phils and Trenton Thunder (Yankees) begin playoffs Wednesday in Reading’s FirstEnergy Stadium. Tickets: https://www.milb.com/reading

Eastern Division Series (best-of-5)
**Game #1: Wednesday, 7:00 p.m., at Reading. Spencer Howard vs. Clarke Schmidt.

**Game #2: Thursday, 7:00 p.m., at Reading. David Parkinson vs. Rony Garcia.

**Game #3: Friday, 7:00 p.m., at Trenton. Adonis Medina vs. Miguel Yajure.

**Game #4: Saturday, 6:00 p.m., at Trenton*

**Game #5: Sunday, 1:00 p.m., at Trenton*
*If necessary

Regular Seasons End
Final four minor league games for Phillies yesterday. Three ended in last at-bats, two in pain and other by rain.

Lehigh Valley, International League North Division
**IronPigs (66–74) scored in T10 to take a lead only to see Pawtucket’s CF Cole Sturgeon belt his third home run of the game, a 2-out, 2-run walk-off home run to end the season, 5–4 . . . Lehigh Valley finished fifth in the division.

Hitting: C Rob Brantly, 1–5, 2 runs, HR (6), 2 RBI. HR gave the Pigs a 3–2 lead in T8. LV out-hit the Red Sox, 9–6, but left 12 runners on base.

Pitching: Damon Jones, 6–4–2–2–2–3, HR (Sturgeon in B5) . . . Fernando Salas, 1–0–0–0–0–0 . . . JD Hammer, 1–1–1–1–0–1, HR (Sturgeon in B8) . . . Josh Tols (L, 1–1), 1.2–1–2–1–0–1, HR.

Reading, Eastern League Eastern Division [39–28, 2nd place, 1st half]
**Fightin Phils (41–31) tied the game in T9 in Trenton but lost in the bottom of the inning on a walk-off single, 8–7 . . . Winners of the second half, the Fightins’ overall record of 80–59 was best in the league.

Hitting: 3B Alec Bohm, 2–5, 2 runs, HR (14, 21 overall), 3 RBI . . . RF Cornelius Randolph, 2–5, 2 runs, HR (10), RBI; tied the game in T9 with a 2-out homer, fourth in his last 9 games . . . LF Josh Stephen, 2–4, RBI . . . CF Luke Williams, 1–4, 2 runs, 3 stolen bases, finishing with a career-high and organization-high 30; caught just 9 times. “Mr. Versatility” as he played 1b-2b-ss-3b, lf, cf, rf; drafted in 2015 as a 3b out of high school.

Pitching: Colton Eastman, 4–6–5–5–2–0, 2 HR . . . Edubray Ramos, 1–2–2–2–0–0, 2 HR . . . Jonathan Hennigan, 1–0–0–0–0–0 . . . Grant Dyer, 1–1–0–0–0–1 . . . Aaron Brown, 1–0–0–0–1–2 . . . Garrett Cleavinger (L, 3–2), .1–2–1–1–1–0.

Clearwater, Florida State League North Division, 68–68, 2nd place
**Season and playoffs canceled by hurricane Dorian. Finished with second-best division record which would have qualified the Threshers for a postseason berth as a wild card entry.

Lakewood, South Atlantic League North Division [29–41, 1st half]
**BlueClaws (29–39) used a 6-run T4 en route to a 10–5 win over the Suns in Hagerstown . . . Overall record was 58–80, seventh in the division.

Hitting: 2B Cole Stobbe, 2–5, 2 runs, HR (15), 2 RBI; HR came on first pitch of the game; played 1B-2B-3B-LF-RF during the season . . . RF Ben Pelletier, 3–4, 3 runs, JR (13), RBI . . . C Juan Aparicio, 3–4, 2 doubles, run, 3 RBI.

Pitching: Manuel Silva, 4–3–1–1–2–3 . . . Josh Hendrickson (W, 1–1), 3–4–4–0–0–3, HR . . . Mark Potter, 1–0–0–0–1–2 . . . Albertus Barber, 1–1–0–0–0–0; did not allow a run in 11 Lakewood appearances (12.1 innings); 2 runs overall in 20.2 innings across 3 levels in rookie pro season.

Williamsport, New York-Penn League Pinckney Division
**Crosscutters (32–43) wound up in a 3–3 tie against the State College Stripes. Game was halted by a bolt of lightning in B9 with Williamsport about to come to bat. After a 30-minute delay, the game was called because of rain, ending the season with a tie and fifth place in the division . . . Cutters were 22–16 in second half after 10–27 first half.

Hitting: Cutters had 8 singles, 2 each for LF Jake Holmes and 1B Rudy Rott. Holmes (11) and DH Johan Rojas (11) stole bases. Led league with 6 triples in 42 games while also sharing the Gulf Coast League in triples, 5, in 18 games.

Pitching: Leonel Aponte, 2–4–2–2–0–2 . . . Rafi Carvajal, 4–0–0–0–0–6 . . . Hsin-Chieh Lin, 3–3–1–1–0–7.

Gulf Coast League
Season and playoffs canceled by hurricane Dorian . . . Phillies West (31–15), champions of the North Division . . . Phillies East (21–27), fifth place in same division.

Arizona Fall League
Phillies prospects on the Scottsdale roster include RHP Spencer Howard, RHP Connor Seabold, LHP JoJo Romero, 3B Alec Bohm, OF Mickey Moniak, INF Nick Maton. Season: September 18 to October 26.