Thursday’s News & Notes

Pawtucket 5 Syracuse 4
• Rosenbaum 6IP, 4H, 4R, 3ER, 2BB, 6K
• Lowe (L, 3-1) ⅔ IP, 2H, R, ER, 0BB, K, HR
• Espinosa 3-5, R, SB
• Walters 2-4, RBI

Pawtucket got to starter Danny Rosenbaum early to tske a 4-1 lead after two. The Xavier product settled down to go six innings, allowing four hits total and two walks while fanning six. The Chiefs rallied for three in the 7th, capped by a two-run single by Josh Johnson to take Rosenbaum off the hook. Alas, a solor HR served up by Mark Lowe in the bottom of the 8th proved to be the gamewinner as the PawSox took the game, 5-4.

Harrisburg 2 Altoona 0
• Cole (W, 4-2) 7IP, 4H, 0R, 2BB, 7K
• Grace (H, 4) 1+IP, 3H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Burns 2-4, R, 2SB
• Jeroloman 1-3

The Senators reduced their magic number to one with 2-0 shutout of the Curve. A.J. Cole threw seven scorelss inning and struck out sewven to win his fourth game. He walked two and allowed four hits. Three relievers combined for the two innings of relief, with Tyler Herron getting his fourth save. Billy Burns once again wreaked havoc on the basepaths, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases as Harriburg was otherwise held to just four hits total. Roster moves: RHP Matt Swynenberg activated from the 3-Day Temporary Inactive List; RHP Aaron Barrett placed on the 7-Day DL

Potomac 8 Winston-Salem 7 (11 inn.) — COMP.
• Schwartz 3⅔ IP, 6H, 4R, 1ER, BB, 3K, HR
• Rauh (BS, 1) 3IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 3K, HR
• Holt (W, 5-0) 2IP, 2H, 0R, BB, 0K
• Keyes 2-5, 3R, 2HR, BB, 2RBI
• Nieto 2-5, R, 2-2B, BB, 2RBI
• Taylor 2-5, R, 2-2B, BB, RBI

Kevin Keyes’s 2nd HR of the game in the 11th gave the P-Nats the 8-7 win and cinched the 2nd half title. Greg Holt got the win in relief of starter Blake Schwartz, who went three and 2/3rds and gave up four runs on six hits and a walk when the game was first played on July 11th. Brian Rauh was the de facto starter when the game resumed last night but fell victim to a three-run HR by Dash catcher Kevan Smith, which tied the game at 7-7 in the 7th. Keyes, Adrian, Nieto, and Michael Taylor combined for six of the 12 Potomac hits and five RBI while scoring five times.

Winston-Salem 5 Potomac 0 — GAME TWO
• Mooneyham (L, 0-2) 5IP, 4H, 5R, 3ER, 3BB, 3K
• Wort 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, K
• Keyes 2-3
• Oduber 1-2, SB

Brett Mooneyham’s second High-A start went better than the first, but he still took the loss as the Dash shut out the P-Nats, 5-0. The 23-y.o. southpaw gave up all five Winston-Salem runs on four hits and three walks while getting three K’s. Potomac was held to five hits, with Kevin Keyes going 2-for-3 to lead the way.

Hagerstown 4 Lakewood 0
• Bacus (W, 1-0) 6IP, 1H, 0R, 4BB, 2K
• Harper (SV, 1) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Renda 2-3, 2R
• Ramos 2-4, R, 2B, 2RBI

Dakota Bacus walked four, but worked around them with six scoreless innings of one-hit ball to win his Nats debut, 4-2. Hagerstown twice put up crooked numbers in support of the “White Ninja,” as Shawn Pleffner and “Help Me” Wander Ramos connected for RBI singles in the 1st. Tony Renda (2-for-3) led off the 5th with a single and came in on a Ramos double while Mike McQuillan drove in Ramos with a single. Bryan Harper closed out the game with a scoreless 9th for the save.

Auburn 2 weqBatavia 0 — GAME ONE
• Giolito 5IP, 4H, 0R, BB, 5K
• Grisz (W, 1-0) 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, K
• Foat 2-3, 2B, RBI
• Gunter 1-3, RBI

Lucas Giolito appears to have found his stride, turning in another five scoreless innings in a 2-0 Auburn shutout of Batavia. The 19-y.o. gave up four hits and walked one while striking out five. The Doubledays, however, didn’t score until the bottom of the 6th, when back-to-back-to-back singles by James Yezzo, Matt Foat, and Cody Gunter with one out plated two. Ben Grisz got the win, pitching the 6th and 7th innings with one hit and one strikeout. Folks interested in seeing some video on Giolito (hey, that rhymes!) should visit Auburn Citizen beat writer Jeremy Houghtaling’s YouTube collection.

Batavia 3 Auburn 0 — GAME TWO
• Selsor (L, 0-5) 5IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 3K
• Medina 1IP, 1H, 0R, BB, 2K
• Yezzo 1-3, 3B
• Mastes 1-2

The Muckdogs put up runs in the 1st, 3rd, and 5th while returning the shutout favor with a 3-0 win over the Doubledays in the nightcap. Casey Selsor lost for the fifth time, allowing all three Batavia runs on six hits and no walks while setting down three on strikes. The Auburn offense was limited to just four hits and no walks, with James Yezzo the sole Doubleday to get past first base as he tripled with one out in the 4th and watched as the next two batters failed to send him home.

GCL Nationals 4 GCL Cardinals 0
• Young 2IP, 1H, 0R, BB, 2K
• Ott (W, 3-0) 1⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, K
• Derosier (SV, 2) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Marmolejos-Diaz 3-4, R
• Abreu 3-4, 2-2B

The G-Nats got win #49 with a 4-0 shutout of the G-Cards. Seven pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout with Chris Young starting and going two innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out two. Travis Ott was awarded the win by retiring all four batters he faced, following Young. Matt Derosier earned the save with a perfect innings in the 8th and 9th. Jose “Orange” Marmolejos-Diaz and Osvaldo Abreu both went 3-for-4 as the G-Nats pounded out 12 hits total.