Phillies Minor League Report: Knapp hits walkoff for Reading

Here's how the Phillies' minor league teams fared on Friday, June 26:

Lehigh Valley IronPigs – Triple A

Chad Billingsley pitched five innings of one run baseball, but the IronPigs bullpen gave up 10 runs in four innings to drop a 11-5 decision to Louisville. Billingsley exited the game with a 4-1 lead having gave up five hits and striking out four. Louisville struck with three runs in the seventh, six in the eighth and another in the ninth to pull out the win.

Chris McGuinness and Russ Canzler were the only IronPigs to have multiple hits on the night, Canzler having two RBI's. Gabriel Lino had the other three RBI's thanks to a double with the bases juiced in the first inning.

Louisville and Lehigh are back in action at 6:35 p.m. on Saturday.

Reading Fightin Phils – Double-A

Andrew Knapp has had quite the week. After being called up from Clearwater, he was officially initiated as a Fightin Phil with a walkoff hit in the bottom of the ninth to give Reading a 4-3 win over Akron. Knapp singled to center and Kelly Dugan scored the winning run. J.P. Crawford hit his first home run since early June in the win.

The pitching effort for Reading was by committee with no pitcher throwing more than 2.2 innings. Ethan Martin gave up a bulk of the runs against Reading, allowing two runs in just one inning on the mound.

Reading hits the road to start a series with Portland at 6:00 Saturday evening.

Clearwater Threshers – Class A-Advanced

Despite making it close at the end, Clearwater inched away with a 5-4 victory over Dunedin at home on Friday night. The Threshers carried a 5-0 lead into the eighth inning but gave up three in the eighth and one in the night to make things close.

Victor Arano finally got his first win of the year, improving to 1-7 on the season. He went seven innings and did not give up a run. He allowed just four hits.

The Threshers had a good game offensively as a team, racking up 10 hits on the night. Rhys Hoskins had the best night, accounting for a two run homer.

Clearwater travels to Charlotte to start a series on Saturday at 7:00 p.m.

Lakewood BlueClaws – Class A

Lakewood got on the board early, scoring five runs in the first three innings to propel them to a 6-3 win over Hickory. The only other run the BlueClaws scored was an insurance run in the top of the ninth inning.

Cord Sandberg had a great day at the plate. He was 3-for-4 at the dish with four RBI's. He scored two runs and had a homer and a double to lead the offense.

Ranfi Casimiro got the start and the win for the BlueClaws. He went five innings and gave up three runs, but just two of them were earned. The bullpen came in and did not give up a run in relief, only allowing one hit.

Lakewood and Hickory do battle again on Saturday night at 7:00 p.m.