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Monday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers
Syracuse Lost, 7-2 @ Toledo,
7:00 p.m.		 McGregor (3-4, 3.93) vs.
Belfiore (2-7, 6.59)
Harrisburg Lost, 5-2 @ New Britain,
6:35 p.m.		 Bleier (3-1, 3.46) vs.
Evans (2-1, 3.71)
Potomac Lost, 6-5 @ Carolina,
7:00 p.m.		 Simms (2-4, 4.29) vs.
Furney (0-3, 7.20)
Hagerstown Lost, 4-1 OFF DAY N/A


Pawtucket 7 Syracuse 2
• Fister (L, 0-1) 3⅔ IP, 7H, 2R, 1ER, 0BB, 6K, HR, HBP
• Grace 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, K
• Martinson 2-4, R, HR, RBI
• Gwynn 2-4

The PawSox put up four (yes, a grand slam) against A.J. Cole in relief to break open a 2-1 game and cruised to 7-2 win to split the two-game series. Doug Fister made the rehab start and gave up two runs on seven hits over three and 2/3rds innings while striking out six. The Chiefs managed just six hits, with two apiece by Tony Gwynn Jr. and Jason Martinson, who connected for team-leading seventh HR with a solo shot in the 4th.
Roster move: RHP Manny Delcarmen released, RHP Doug Fister added to roster for MLB rehab.

Trenton 5 Harrisburg 2
• Solis (L, 0-1) 1IP, 5H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 0K
• Bates 6IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, BB, K, HR
• Hague 2-4, R
• Severino 2-4, 2B, 2RBI

Sammy Solis returned to action and was strafed for three runs on five hits in his lone inning of work, as Trenton scored in each of the first three innings to cruise to a 5-2 win and three-game sweep. Colin Bates, the originally announced starter, threw six innings of two-run relief, with one walk and one strikeout. Pedro Severino drove in both Senators runs with two-out double and went 2-for-4 overall as Harrisburg compiled nine hits and one walk total on the afternoon.
Roster move: LHP Sammy Solis added to roster for MLB rehab.

Salem 6 Potomac 5
• Giolito (L, 1-4) 6IP, 11H, 6R, 5ER, 0BB, 8K, WP
• Mapes 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Wooten 2-3, 2-2B, BB, 2RBI
• Martinez 2-4, R, RBI
• Bostick 3-5, 2R, RBI, SB

Potomac rallied from a 4-1 deficit to take a 5-4 lead but had no answer for single runs in the 5th and 6th innings to drop the series finale, 6-5. Lucas Giolito gave up all six runs on 11 hits over six innings. He walked none and struck out eight while losing for the fourth time in six starts. John Wooten continues to swing a hot bat, connecting for two doubles, driving in two, and drawing a walk to reach base three times, as did Christopher Bostick, who went 3-for-5 with two runs scored.

Greensboro 4 Hagerstown 1
• Rodriguez (L, 1-4) 4IP, 6H, 4R, 3ER, 2BB, 2K
• Orlan 2IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Lopez 2-4, 2-2B
• Dent 1-3, BB

The clutch eluded the Suns as they outhit the Grasshoppers 8-7 but lost the game, 4-1. Jefry Rodriguez failed to pitch five innings for the seventh time in eight starts, charged with all four Grasshopper runs on six hits and two walks over four innings. R.C. Orlan, Sam Johns, and David Napoli combined for four scoreless innings in relief. Carlos Lopez doubled twice to lead the Hagerstown hit column, but did not score as the team was just 1-for-12 with RISP and stranded nine baserunners total.

Trea Turner Update
A 1-for-5 night dropped Turner’s batting average to .322 but extended his latest hit streak to five games.

13 Commments

  1. Jeez, I’m looking for some bright light in Nat’s world, but it’s not easy. The major league team is unimpressive in a poor division. The minor league teams are doing very poorly, I imagine worse than any minor league system in baseball. (Don’t know that for sure, but would bet on it.). Our two top pitching prospects are getting knocked around. None of our position players are being particularly impressive with the exception of Difo.
    On the glass half full side the Souza trade is looking good. But still, Jeez.

  2. Totally agree with Jeeves. We are now at the time where we’re going to have to start paying the “core” at the MLB level, which it doesn’t seem we’re going to do much of. The thought of the following replacements in the future has me more than a little concerned based on recent performance (although encouraged by Ross’ outing). Still believe in Giolito, but where are the blue-chippers? Oh wait, we’re going to address bats in this draft….nevermind. 😉
    Span > Taylor
    Fister > Cole/Giolito
    Zimmermann > Ross

    Couple that with the Werth, Zimmerman, Strasburg, Desmond, the entire bullpen save (pun?) Storen underperforming, it makes for a scary glass half-empty scenario! God forbid we can’t extend Harper!!!!!!

  3. Jeeves,

    The minor league cabinet is pretty empty at present. The MLB team is the most boring team I have yet to witness in 50+ years of watching baseball.

  4. Anybody else wondering why the FO is so high on Solis? Obviously rehab starts can be comparable to Spring Training. Aside from his 10 starts in POT in 2011, has he done much else? I understand he has dealt with some injuries, just wondered if anyone could provide some insight into why the organization thinks so highly of him other then a 2nd Rd draft pick. As a casual observer, I was just wondering if I was missing something.

    1. He was expected to be a fast riser through the minors, but injuries derailed him. So even though he’s got less than 200 IP under his belt now in his 6th season, his stuff is still pretty advanced. And now that they seem to have given up on using him as a SP, there’s no need to stretch him out and re-build his stamina.

  5. Agreed Nats Guy. The Nats are boring this year. And like you, I’ve been into baseball for many years, even watched Don Larson pitch his perfect game in the World Series … at least when I got a few breaks from the corn field. Obviously, I watched it on TV, but still, it was exciting, not like the present version of the Nats.
    To be honest it’s Matt Williams who I find particularly boring. He’s incapable of thinking outside the box. I suppose his support for his players no matter what is laudable, but predictable … same mantra day after day.

  6. Let’s wait until Fister and SS get back and we see
    The five guys rotate every week .
    The beach could use Ben Zobrist
    Other teams are boring too remember

  7. They weren’t too boring a couple of weeks ago. Harper sure makes up for a lot.

    Nor were they boring when Rafael Soriano was giving us heart attacks last year, and then with the audacity to untuck!

    I’m no fan of Williams, but when the players start playing to capability, we’ll feel differently.

  8. Not about Matt Williams, Forensicane. But about the rest … likely. But a lot that is being said now was said in 2013. The difference now is the division we are in. Because of that, I think we’ll win the NL east

  10. Seems to me as if the nationals had made some very poor decisions. Keeping guys around that haven’t proven themselves simply because they have the money invested in them and on the other hand, releasing guys that have a proven track record. They do this to themselves so I’m fine with seeing the organization struggle because it’s what they bring to themselves through their process of how the properly want to conduct business. For instance, you see them give all the chances in the world to a guy who no one can see in the major leagues but they signed him for a good amount of money but has been injured for all of his career but guys like Richie Mirowski who year after year proved himself and he gets injured and tries to make a comeback and instead of working with him like they do everyone else, it’s not worth the time to them, or worth the minor league salary they’re getting paid, so they feel the need to release him. These young men put in a lot of work and these organizations year after year create their own struggles. But then again they don’t care about what happens at the minor league level because there will always be a guy to replace one another. Organizations pride themselves on certain qualities and I don’t see anything here for the Nationals to pride themselves over, not one.

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