Phillies Prospects Throw No-Hitter for Class A Lakewood
Two roommates pitched a no-hitter for the Phillies Single-A club Saturday night
Nick Fanti and Trevor Bettencourt are unranked on the Phillies top 30 prospects list, but their efforts on Saturday night will certainly garner much attention.
Twenty-year-old Nick Fanti took the mound for the Lakewood BlueClaws for the fifth time this season. He’s coming off his worst start of the season, allowing three runs in six innings of work, which is far from shabby for a Single-A prospect.
After 8 2/3 innings with a career-high nine strikeouts the lefty was pulled from a no-hitter, leaving the final out for his roommate. Trevor Bettencourt came in and blew away the final batter, recording Lakewood’s first no-hitter since 2013.
Fanti, a 31st round draft pick in 2015 out of high school, is a fast riser among the Phillies young pitching prospects. Through 25 games in rookie and Single-A ball Fanti has a 1.72 ERA supporting a 10-1 record.
Bettencourt, two years Fanti’s elder, was a 25th round draft pick the year after Fanti out of the University of Cal, Santa Barbara. Like Fanti, the righty Bettencourt has seen early success in his professional baseball career. Starting in Williamsport last year and graduating to Lakewood in 2017, Bettencourt has a .93 ERA in eight starts.
Jeb Stefan, Ramon Oviedo, and Chris Burgess pitched Lakewood’s last no-hitter against Rome in 2013.
Lakewood is off to an impressive start this season with an 18-12 record behind first-overall pick Mickey Moniak’s strong bat. The 18-year-old outfielder is hitting .289 over his past 10 games, and is still searching for his first home run of the season.
The BlueClaws face Columbia for the second game of a three-part series at 2:05 on the road.