Felix Reyes extends hitting streak to 10 as IronPigs fall 6-4

Felix Reyes kept making the kind of case Triple-A is built around. Even in a 6-4 loss to Rochester on Sunday afternoon at Coca-Cola Park, Reyes collected three hits and pushed his hitting streak to 10 games, a run that has turned him into more than just a name in the box score.

Lehigh Valley’s comeback bid fell short, but Reyes again supplied the most convincing offensive evidence on the IronPigs’ side. The 25-year-old right fielder from Bani, Dominican Republic, is listed at 6-foot-3 and 195 pounds, and his season line now sits at 12 hits in 44 at-bats, with three home runs, eight RBIs and a .273 batting average. For a club trying to sort out who can help now and who might be part of the next call-up picture, that kind of steady production carries more weight than one isolated hot night.

The streak also gives the IronPigs a player evaluation point that matters beyond the final score. Reyes had already homered in the April 7 series opener against Rochester, and he entered Sunday after going 2-for-4 the day before to extend the streak to nine. By the time the series ended, he had put together another three-hit game and left Lehigh Valley with a reason to keep watching his bat closely.

Rochester, meanwhile, left Allentown with the series win and a record back above .500 at 8-7. Lehigh Valley dropped to 9-6. The IronPigs did get a strong pitching note of their own, with four bullpen arms combining for 6.2 innings of shutout relief, but the early damage and Rochester’s better finish were enough to decide the finale.

That is the Triple-A tension in its clearest form: a team can lose the game, yet still produce a player who looks closer to a real answer than a temporary streak. Reyes has not just been spraying singles through a losing stretch. He has hit for average, shown some power, and kept the line moving every day, which is exactly the kind of run that gets noticed when Philadelphia starts looking down the organizational ladder.