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Andrew Painter Continues To Work Toward Call Up As Iron Pigs Beat Durham

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Published22 Aug 2025

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Allentown, PA: We are at the point of the season where we see if certain players from the minor leagues get called up or not. This is what we could see with the Philadelphia Phillies, as they could call up top prospect Andrew Painter from the Lehigh Valley IronPigs.

The Deadline for MLB Players to be called up to the MLB roster & be eligible for the playoffs is August 31.

On Friday night from Coca Cola Park, Andrew Painter would get the start for the IronPigs as they took on the Durham Bulls, who are the Triple-A affiliates of the Tampa Bay Rays.

 

Lineup:

How the game went:

2 batters into the game, we would have a delay as the home plate umpire would take a foul ball off his mask. The delay would last 15 minutes as they changed umpires.

Once the delay was over, Andrew Painter would have a 20-pitch first inning, which included 2 strikeouts. Painter would be in control for innings 2 through 4  but the  5th inning saw him throw 35 pitches (though he allowed just 1 run and finished the inning with back-to-back strikeouts).

Tonight would be the first time that Andrew Painter would throw 90 pitches with the Iron Pigs.

Final line: 5 innings, 1 run, 4 hits, 4 walks, 5 strikeouts, 90 pitches, 57 for Strikes, 22 batters faced.

One of the 5 strikeouts for Painter in the game:

Breakdown of the pitch locations for Andrew Painter’s start tonight:

 

 

 

 

The Iron Pigs would win the game 5-2. The big plays were a 5-run 6th inning, which was led by a 2 2-run single by Otto Kemp that would score Johan Rojas & Justin Crawford.

Postgame:

Otto Kemp:

Andrew Painter:

What is next:
We now wait and see if the Phillies make the call-up of certain players, such as Andrew Painter or Justin Crawford, by August 31, If not done by then, they will be ineligible for postseason play.

 

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