Pigs bring the magic in win over Worcester

July 23, 2021 - International League (IL)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs News Release

(Allentown, Pa) - The Lehigh Valley IronPigs (29-40) had plenty of magic in their 11-4 win over Worcester (37-30) on Friday night. The Pigs managed 12 hits and saw every hitter reach base in the victory. The game saw a combined five errors.

Mickey Moniak hit an RBI triple against Connor Seabold (0-1) in the bottom of the first inning to give Lehigh Valley a 1-0 lead. It was Moniak's fifth triple of the season. Worcester tied the game against Tyler Alexander (2-2) in the top of the second inning as Josh Ockimey hit an RBI single to score Chad De La Guerra.

Moniak struck again in the bottom of the third inning against Seabold when he hit a two-run double to give Lehigh Valley a 3-1 lead. The Pigs scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning on two errors - a fielding error by Ockimey and a throwing error by right fielder Yairo Munoz. Seabold, the former Phillies farmhand, pitched 3 1/3 innings and allowed six runs (three earned) off three hits and four walks with one strikeout.

The IronPigs scored two runs against Matt Hall in the bottom of the fifth inning to take an 8-1 lead. Darick Hall hit an RBI single to score Matt Vierling and Logan Moore hit a sacrifice fly to score Daniel Brito. Hall then hit a towering home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Lehigh Valley a 9-1 lead. The home run was his sixth of the season.

Worcester scored three runs in the top of the eighth inning to cut Lehigh Valley's lead to 9-4. Tate Matheny hit a three-run home run against Braden Zarbnisky, who made his triple-A debut. Vierling added two more runs in the bottom of the eighth inning for Lehigh Valley as they took an 11-4 lead.

Alexander allowed just one run over 5 2/3 innings for Lehigh Valley. Jeff Singer pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of Alexander.

The IronPigs and WooSox will play a doubleheader on Saturday with first pitch starting at 4:35 p.m.

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The 2021 IronPigs season is presented by Capital BlueCross.

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