Wednesday’s News and Notes

The Quick Rundown…

Syracuse Chiefs — OFF DAY
Notes: The Chiefs go home-and-home with the Rochester Redwings for the next four games. They trail first-place Scranton/Wilkes-Barre by 8½ games in the North Division and are 4½ games off the pace for the Wild Card race.

Harrisburg Senators W, 5-3 @ Binghamton (10 innings)
Starting Pitcher: Kown 6IP 7H 3R 3ER 0BB 6K 3HR
Pitching Star: James (W, 7-0) 3IP 0H 0R 0BB 3K
Hitting Star # 1: Espinosa 3-5, 3R, 3HR, 4RBI
Hitting Star # 2: Ivany 1-2, R, HR, 2BB, RBI
Notes: This game remained scoreless through three innings until Binghamton broke the ice with one run in the bottom of the 4^th. Binghamton then added one more in the 5^th and another run in the 6^th to make it 3-1. All three B-Mets runs came on solo HRs. But then Harrisburg started their comeback, pulling to within one with a run in the 7^th and then tying it in the 8^th. With no runs scored in the 9^th this game was off to extras. In the extra frame, Danny Espinosa went deep for the third time on the night, hitting a two-run shot to give the Senators their winning margin of 5-3. Starter Andrew Kown went six innings giving up seven hits, three runs and six strikeouts but got the no-decision. Chuck James pitched three perfect innings for the win, while Cole Kimball struck out the side in the bottom of the 10^th to earn his third AA save.

Potomac 8, Lynchburg 2 — SUSPENDED
Notes: Violent thunderstorms in the area forced this game to be suspended after two complete innings, with Potomac leading 8-2 on a 10-hit barrage that saw them score four runs in each of the first two innings. Play will be resumed next week when Lynchburg visits Potomac for a three-game series in Woodbridge.

Hagerstown Suns W, 2-0 vs. Lexington
Starting Pitcher: Mock 3IP 1H 0R 1BB 3K
Pitching Star: Applebee (W, 3-4) 3⅓ IP 1H 0R 3K
Hitting Star # 1: Ramirez 2-4, R, RBI
Hitting Star # 2: Hague 1-3, R, 2B, 1BB
Notes: Rehabbing Garrett Mock when three strong innings for Hagerstown, allowing just one hit and one walk over three scoreless innings. He also struck out three. Three Suns pitchers followed and combined with Mock to pitch the Suns to a 2-0 shutout against the Lexington Legends. The scoring came very early, with Hagerstown getting its two runs in the bottom of the 1^st on a double by Rick Hague, an RBI single by J.P. Ramirez and two Legends’ errors. Recently promoted GCL standout Adrian Sanchez made his Low-A debut, going 1-for-4.

Vermont Lake Monsters L, 6-3 vs Auburn
Starting Pitcher: Jenkins (L, 2-4) 4⅔ IP 2H 3R 3ER 6BB 2K
Pitching Star: Holland  2⅓ IP 2H 1R 1ER 4K
Hitting Star # 1: Kelso 1-3, R, 3B
Hitting Star # 2: Moldenhauer 1-1, R, 2B
Notes: Vermont began the scoring with a run in the bottom of the 4^th but that seemed to be all that was going in their favor. Auburn struck back with three runs in the 5^th and one more in the 6^th to make it 4-1. In the 8^th Auburn continued their onslaught with two more runs in the 8^th, while the Lake Monsters tried for a comeback in the 9^th with 2 runs but fell short as they lost 6-3. Starter Chad Jenkins went 4⅔ innings giving up two hits, three runs and six

GCL Nationals — OFF DAY
Notes: A 16-2 thrashing of the GCL Marlins only dulls the sting of a team that sports the league’s worst record at 14-22 and has an elimination number of 12 with 20 dates left on the schedule.

DSL Nationals W, 4-1 @ DSL Orioles2
Starting Pitcher: Wander Suero (W, 2-3) 5IP 5H 1R 1ER 3BB 7K
Pitching Star: Adalberto Mieses (SV, 1) 1IP 0H 0R 0BB 0K
Hitting Star #1: Jean Valdez 1-3, 3B
Hitting Star #2: Nelalexfred Ortega 1-3, SB, RBI
Notes: A (presumably) rain-shortened 4-1 win gave the DSL Nationals back-to-back wins in consecutive days for the first time since July 13-14. Sources say that if they win tomorrow, that will be known as a winning streak, which has happened before. A three-run first inning gave the D-Nats all the runs they would need, as starting pitcher Wander Suero went five innings and allowed just one run on five hits and three walks while striking out seven.