Sunday’s News & Notes

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 5 Syracuse 3 — GAME ONE
• Maya (L, 0-2) 6IP, 9H, 5R, 5ER, 3BB, 5K, 2HR
• Kobernus 3-4, 2RBI, CS
• Rhymes 2-3, RBI
• Rivero 2-3, 2B

Yunesky Maya went the distance in a complete-game loss, while the Chiefs rallied for three runs in their last “ups” but still fell, 5-3. Syracuse strung together four straight singles with one out before Mike Costanzo lined into a double play to end it. Maya gave up nine hits including two solo shots, walked three and struck out five in six innings.

Syracuse 4 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 3 — GAME TWO
• Perry 3⅔ IP, 3H, 3R, 2ER, 3BB, 7K, HR
• Crotta 1⅔ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, K
• Marrero 2-3, 2R, 2HR, BB, 3RBI
• Walters 2-4, SB

Chris Marrero went deep twice and drove in three of the four Syracuse runs as the Chiefs took the nightcap, 4-3, and snapped a five-game losing streak. Ryan Perry struck out seven but walked three in his three and 2/3rds innings of work, and was lifted after 86 pitches. Mike Crotta got the win in relief by retiring all five batters he faced while Erik Davis threw a scoreless seventh to earn his first save of the season.

Harrisburg 4 Altoona 1 — GAME ONE
• Karns (W, 1-1) 7IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 13K
• Bloxom 2-2, R, BB, RBI
• Leon 2-3, R, 2B
• Oduber 1-3, R, HR, 3RBI

After a rough first inning in which Altoona knocked the Senators starter for back-to-back doubles, Nathan Karns flattened the Curve with a career-high 13 strikeouts. The Groovin’ Aruban gave him all the offense he would need with a three-run shot in the bottom of the 2nd, which was just as well because the Senators would only collect five hits total with Justin Bloxom (2-for-2) and Sandy Leon (2-for-3) the other two batters to hit safely.

Altoona 9 Harrisburg 7 (11 inn.) — GAME TWO
• Broderick 3IP, 9H, 6R, 6ER, BB, 6K, HR
• Lehman 2IP, H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Holland 2IP, 2H, 0R, BB, K
• Bloxom 2-5, 2-2B, BB, 5RBI
• Lozaca 2-5, R, RBI

In theory, minor-league doubleheaders are supposed to be easier on the bullpen because there are four less innings to cover. That, of course, goes out the door when the games goes four innings longer, which is what happened in the nightcap as the Senators fell in 11 frames, 9-7. Brian Broderick was knocked for six runs on nine hits, including a three-run blast in the first. Five Harrisubrg relievers combined for just one unearned run over seven innings before Altoona broke through for two in the top of the 11th against Marcos Frias in his second inning of work. Justin Bloxom led the offense with a pair of doubles and five RBI, but as a unit the Senators continue to flail in the clutch, going just 2-for-14 and leaving on 10 men.

Potomac 6 Frederick 0 — GAME ONE
• Hill 7IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 7K
• Keyes 2-3, R
• Miller 2-3, 2R, 2B, RBI
• Taylor 1-3, R, 2B, RBI

Frederick 8 Potomac 2 — GAME TWO
• Turnbull (L, 0-3) 1⅓ IP, 2H, 5R, 5ER, 5BB, K, 0HR
• Meza 1⅔ IP, 5H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 3K, 2-2 IR-S, WP
• Bates 3IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Piwnica-Worms 2-3, R, RBI
• Leonida 2-3, 2B

It was a Charles Dickens kind of night Last Night In Woodbridge

Hagerstown 14 West Virginia 4
• Anderson 4⅓ IP, 5H, 3R, 1ER, BB, 4K
• Hudgins (W, 2-0) 2⅔ IP, H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K
• Miller 3-5, 3R, 2B, 2HR, 3RBI
• Pleffner 3-5, 2R, BB, RBI
• Severino 3-4, BB, 2RBI

After posting a picket fence in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, Hagerstown crashed through the gates for a three-run 5th then a seven-run 6th en route another big win over West Virginia. Every starter got a hit, six of ’em had multiple safeties, with Brandon Miller reversing the curse of the GBI with 10 total bases on a double and two HRs to lead the way. Will Hudgins got the win in relief with an unearned run allowed on one hit over two and a 2/3rds innings pitched. Starter Dixon Anderson went the first four and 1/3rd and gave up five hits, three runs (one earned), one walk, and struck out four.