Friday’s News & Notes

Pawtucket 2 Syracuse 0
• Maya (L, 8-8) 6IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, BB, 9K
• Crotta 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, K
• Johnson 2-4
• Watts 1-3, 2B, BB

Pawtucket got to Yunesky Maya for two runs in the 1st while the Syracuse bats were stifled all night for a 2-0 shutout loss. The 32-y.o. Cuban gave up back-to-back-to-back singles to open the game, then two more singles over the next five frames for a quality start but his eighth loss. He walked one and struck out nine. Syracuse managed just six hits and four walks with Josh Johnson the sole multihit Chief and Chris Marrero drawing two of the four bases on balls.

Altoona 4 Harrisburg 1
• Hill 7IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, BB, 5K, 2HR
• Swynenberg 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, K
• Goodwin 1-4, R
• Bloxom 1-4, RBI

Ricky Hague was ruled to have interfered an would-be fielder’s choice to end the game on a double play as the Senators fell to Altoona, 4-1. Roughly a half hour later, the Senators learned they had clinched a playoff spot with Richmond’s 9-8 loss to Reading. Taylor Hill gave up two solo shots and three runs total on six hits and a walk over seven innings, but lost for the 7th time at AA. Harrisburg was held to just four hits, three of which came in the 9th as did the sole walk (Hague).

Winston-Salem 6 Potomac 1
• Solis (L, 2-1) 4⅔ IP, 9H, 6R, 6ER, 3BB, 2K, HR
• Dupra 2⅓ IP, 1H, 0R, 2BB, 2K, 3-1 IR-S
• Manuel 3-4
• Ramsey 1-3, BB

The Dash pounded the P-Nats yet again at BB&T park, 6-1. Sammy Solis gave up all six on nine hits and three walks over four and 2/3rds for his first loss. Brian Dupra let in one of three and combined with Travis Henke for three and a 1/3rd scoreless innings of relief but the Potomac bats were largely silent. Craig Manuel had three of the six P-Nats hits in his High-A debut. Adrian Sanchez drove in the lone Potomac run with a sacrifice fly in the 5th.
Roster moves: IF Cutter Dykstra placed on Temporary Inactive List; C Craig Manuel reassigned from Hagerstown.

Hagerstown 14 Lakewood 1
• Voth (W, 1-0) 6IP, 2H, R, ER, BB, 5K
• Self (H, 3) 2IP, H, 0R, 2BB, 4K
• Piwinica-Worms 3-6, 2R, 2B, RBI
• Perez 2-5, R, HR, 5RBI
• Perrott 2-2, R, 2RBI

The Lakewood relievers were among the folks that got hammered at the Muni on Thursday night, giving up 12 unanswered runs in 14-1 Hagerstown win. The Blue Claws pitchers were lit up for 13 hits when they could find the plate, as they also issued 12 walks. Austin Voth got the win with six innings of one-run, two-hit pitching with just a walk allowed and five strikeouts while Derek Self and Cody Davis combined for three shutout innings and six strikeout to finish the game. Will Piwinica-Worms led the hit column with a 3-for-6 night while Stephen Perez drove in five on a 2-for-5 effort, including a three-run HR in the six-run 8th inning.
Roster move: C Geoffrey Perrott reassigned from the GCL.

Mahoning Valley 2 Auburn 1
• Pivetta 5IP, 5H, R, ER, 2BB, 3K
• Mudron (L, 0-3) 2IP, 2H, 1R, 0ER, BB, 3K
• J.C. Valdez 1-3, R, 2B
• Masters 1-3, RBI

Mahoning Valley edge Auburn in a 2-1 pitcher’s duel. Starter Nick Pivetta gave up one run on five hits and two walks over five innings. He struck out three but got the no-decision. Mike Mudron took the loss, the gamewinner coming in on a passed ball in the 7th. Jean Carlos Valdez doubled in the second and scored on a Dave Masters two-out single as the Doubledays were held to five hits and one walk.

GCL Nationals — CNCLD
Rain denied the G-Nats the chance for 50 wins, but cemented the record for best winning percentage in any domestic league at .845 (the 1992 DSL Blue Jays went 68-2). The playoffs begin today with the G-Nats hosting the G-Pirates, with the winner advancing to the Finals against the winner of the G-Yankees2 and G-Red Sox.