Phillippe Aumont News

Thursday was a hectic day for Jake Diekman. The previous night, coaches informed the lefty reliever he'd been called up for his first major-league action of 2013.

A dominant performance from starting pitcher Ethan Martin spearheaded the IronPigs to a 4-1 victory over the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Raiders Friday at FirstEnergy Stadium in Allentown.

On Opening Day, I laid out the blueprint the Phillies would need to follow in order to secure one of the five playoff spots in the National League.

For the critics who said that the Philadelphia Phillies would be an average to below-average team in 2013 before the season...well, you were right.

All it might take, Phillies minor league pitching coordinator Gorman Heimueller said last week when asked about Phillippe Aumont 's struggles, is one good at-bat to turn the talented but erratic right hander around.

It was a clean sweep on Wednesday night as all four of the Blue Jays minor league affiliates in action lost.

Highlight : Zach Miner allowed one run over seven innings and Michael Martinez had four hits, including a homer, knocked in two runs and scored twice to lead the IronPigs to a 5-3 win at Buffalo Wednesday night.

Little has gone right for Hamels this season. He is 1-9 with a 4.86 ERA. But while Hamels has looked frustrated at times, he has said he is not frustrated at all.

Triple-A right-hander Phillippe Aumont thinks so. The Phillies optioned him on May 23 as he struggled with his command.

After struggling with the Phillies this season, relief pitcher Phillippe Aumont was sent down to Lehigh Valley.

IronPigs starter B.J. Rosenberg walked just two of the first 21 batters Gwinnett sent 21 to the plate over the first five innings.

Pitcher Phillippe Aumont #48 of the Philadelphia Phillies walks from the mound after giving up three runs in the eighth inning to the Pittsburgh Pirates at Citizens Bank Park on April 25, 2013 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The IronPigs extended their winning streak to four games Friday night with a 4-0 win over the Norfolk Tides at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown.

The Phillies on Friday recalled Stutes, who replaced Phillippe Aumont in the bullpen.

Ross emptied out another locker Thursday morning when the Phillies recalled reliever Michael Stutes and optioned struggling reliever Phillippe Aumont back to Triple-A. Stutes is 1-2 with two saves and a 3.33 ERA in 20 games for the IronPigs.

The Phillies sent right-handed reliever Phillippe Aumont to Triple-A Lehigh Valley and called up fellow righty Mike Stutes .

May 9, 2013; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz talks with relief pitcher Phillippe Aumont during the seventh inning at Chase Field.

Phillippe Aumont is latest reliever to join the bulllpen shuffle, as the Phillies optioned the burly Canadian to Triple-A Lehigh Valley after Megabus today announced a new set of sales for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays in June, including $5 and $9 seats.

Lee pitched a three-hitter for his 12th career shutout and Delmon Young homered for the second straight game, sending the Philadelphia Phillies past the Miami Marlins 3-0 on Wednesday night.

Justin Ruggiano's sixth inning double put Miami in front and the Marlins' bullpen spun 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of Alex Sanabia to down the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-1, in the opener of a three- game set from Marlins Park.