Lehigh Valley

TYLER CLOYD had another strong outing Thursday and improved to 3-0 at Triple A Lehigh Valley and 6-0 overall on the season. Cloyd went six innings, allowing one run on three hits with six strikeouts and one walk in the IronPigs' 5-1 win at Indianapolis. He was an emergency starter on Opening Day for Lehigh Valley and pitched six perfect innings. He then returned to Double A Reading. Thursday's outing was his second since being promoted. In the three starts overall for Lehigh Valley, he has a 0.90 ERA, allowing two runs in 20 innings.

Almost as soon as horse trainer Tony Dutrow bought the filly for $95,000 in 2010, his wife Kim knew the name. She could only be Grace Hall. One of her owners was Mike Caruso, the three-time NCAA champion Lehigh wrestler from the mid-1960s, a man whose high school and college record was 141-1. Then as now, the Lehigh wrestling venue was intimidating Grace Hall, named after Eugene Grace, the president of Bethlehem Steel and a great Lehigh baseball player. "I've lived in Bethlehem the last 50 years since I came to Lehigh," said Caruso, who went to St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, N.J. He was on the Lehigh board of trustees for 14 years.

READING - He is saying all the right things, not walking with his head down, intent on fulfilling the vast promise that once made him the most desired Phillies prospect and one of the best in baseball. If Domonic Brown is disappointed at starting the season at triple-A Lehigh Valley instead of being with the Phillies, he sure isn't showing it with his words or actions. "It's not really tough for me - it's part of the game," Brown said before Tuesday's exhibition game at Reading.

ALLENTOWN - Luke Carlin hit a two-run home run, and Joe Martinez struck out 13 as the visiting Columbus Clippers downed the IronPigs, 6-2, putting Lehigh Valley on the brink of elimination. After capturing the first game of the best-of-five series, the IronPigs have dropped two straight. They will host Game 4 on Friday. Martinez, a righty, went seven innings and allowed just one run on three hits.     The IronPigs threatened in the eight as the go-ahead run reached base before Josh Barfield flied out to end the rally.

ALLENTOWN - The IronPigs took a commanding lead over the visiting Pawtucket Red Sox with 3-2, extra-inning win in Game 2 of their best-of-five International League Division Series. Lehigh Valley rightfielder Brandon Moss was the difference, driving all three of the IronPigs' runs on three hits, including the game-winner in the bottom of the 10th inning. He also had a homer in the second for the IronPigs' first run. Lehigh Valley won Thursday's Game 1, 4-2, in Coca-Cola Park.

Playing at: Lehigh Valley (AAA) Position: Shortstop. Age: 21. Born: Nov. 14, 1989, in Punto Fijo, Falcon, Venezuela. Height: 5-10. Weight: 170. Bats: Both. Throws: Right. How acquired: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, July 2, 2006. This season: Started in Reading and moved up to Lehigh Valley on Aug. 2. Galvis is hitting .318 in 19 games at Triple A heading into last night . . . Was hitting .273 with a career-high eight homers in 422 at-bats in Reading . . . Generally batting at the bottom of the order for Lehigh Valley, where his 21 hits include 18 singles, two doubles and a triple.

For the second time in a month, Jack Cust was released by a major-league club when the Phillies cut their ties with the outfielder on Saturday. In six games with Lehigh Valley, Cust hit .250 with a home run and two RBIs in 20 at-bats. Believed to be an option for the Phillies as a lefthanded bat off the bench, Cust was signed to a minor-league contract a week after being released by Seattle on Aug. 4. A native of Flemington, N.J., the 32-year-old said he enjoyed the opportunity to play close to home.

  DURHAM, N.C. - Matt Moore struck out 10 in 62/3 innings to lead the Durham Bulls past the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, 6-4, in the International League on Sunday. Binghamton 7, Reading 4 BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Juan Lagares was 3 for 3 with three RBIs as the Mets beat the Phillies in the Eastern League. Altoona 3, Trenton 2 ALTOONA, Pa. - Greg Picart's homer in the seventh lifted the Curve past the Thunder in the Eastern League.   Lehigh Valley 000 000 211 – 4 8 0 Durham 013 010 01x – 6 10 2 WP: Moore (3-0)

  MANCHESTER, N.H. - Carlos Rivero went 3 for 3 with three doubles and Paco Figueroa was 3 for 4 with two doubles and a pair of RBIs as the Reading Phillies overpowered the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, 10-6, in the Eastern League on Sunday. Buffalo 7, Lehigh Valley 1 ALLENTOWN - Pat Misch gave up three hits in seven innings as the Bisons won in the International League. Richmond 5, Trenton 0 TRENTON - Clayton Tanner allowed only four hits in eight shutout innings while striking out eight in the Eastern League win. Lakewood 6, Kinston 1 KINSTON, N.C. - Anthony Hewitt went 2 for 4 with a homer to lead the BlueClaws in the South Atlantic League.