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Friday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers
Syracuse Won, 5-2 vs. Rochester,
5:05 p.m.		 TBD and Hill (3-3, 4.68) vs.
Rogers (7-5, 3.04) and TBD
Harrisburg Lost, 5-1 vs. Erie,
7:00 p.m.		 Pivetta (AA debut) vs.
Turley (8-5, 2.75)
Potomac Won, 3-2;
Won, 4-2		 @ Winston-Salem,
7:00 p.m.		 A. Williams (A+ Debut) vs.
Dykstra (3-6, 3.95)
Hagerstown Won, 10-8 vs. Delmarva,
7:05 p.m.		 Bach (2-1, 3.21) vs.
Long (2-3, 4.50)
Auburn Postponed @ Batavia,
7:05 p.m.		 J. Rodriguez (0-2, 7.07) vs.
Holloway (1-1, 3.18)


Syracuse 5 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 2
• Billings (W, 5-3) 5IP, 7H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 3K, HBP
• Martin (H, 2) 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Valverde (SV, 7) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Ramsey 4-4, R, RBI, 2SB
• Keyes 2-5, R, 2B
• Gwynn 1-3, R, BB, 3RBI

The Chiefs scored in three of the first five innings to take the series finale vs. the RailRiders, 5-2. Bruce Billings earned his fifth win with five innings of two-run ball, giving up seven hits, two walks, and fanning three. Rafael Martin and Paul Demny combined for three scoreless innings of relief before Jose Valverde came on to lock down the 9th with his seventh save. Tony Gwynn Jr. drove in three while Caleb Ramsey notched his second four-hit game in less than a week to lead the Syracuse offense.
Roster moves: C Craig Manuel reassigned from Potomac.

Richmond 5 Harrisburg 1
• Spann (L, 2-1) 6IP, 11H, 4R, 4ER, BB, 5K
• Davis 2IP, 3H, R, ER, BB, 2K
• Skole 1-2, BB
• Vettleson 1-4, RBI

A four-run 2nd was too much for Harrisburg to overcome as they dropped the series finale to Richmond, 5-1. Matt Spann was charged with those four runs gutted out six innings while losing his first AA game. He finished with 11 hits allowed, one walk, and struck out five.
Erik Davis closed out the game with one run let in over two innings. The Senators were limited to just five hits, with Matt Skole the only batter to reach base twice.
Roster moves: RHP Colin Bates placed on the three-day TIL; IF Adrian Sanchez reassigned from Potomac.

Potomac 3 Lynchburg 2 — GAME ONE
• Valdez 5IP, 6H, 2R, 2ER, BB, 6K, WP
• Dupra (W, 1-0) 2IP, 0H, 0R, BB, 1K
• Kieboom 1-2, R, BB
• Wooten 2-3, R, RBI

Potomac rallied for three in the bottom of the 7th to walk off with a 3-2 win in the opener. Phillips Valdez started and went the first five innings, letting in both Lynchburg runs on six hits and a walk while striking out six. Brian Dupra got the win in relief with two scoreless frames. Khayyan Norfork’s two-out single was the gamewinner as the P-Nats got three of their six hits in their final turn at the plate.

Potomac 4 Lynchburg 2 — GAME TWO
• Simms (W, 5-5) 7IP, 5H, 2R, 1ER, BB, 1K
• Mesa 3-4, 2B
• DeBruin 2-2, RBI

Potomac didn’t wait until the 7th to get the decisive three-spot, which they put up in the 5th in Game Two to snap a 1-1 tie. They held off a late charge from Lynchburg to complete the doubleheader sweep, 4-2. John Simms went the distance, allowing both Hillcats runs on five hits with one walk and one whiff over seven innings. Narciso Mesa singled twice and doubled once to go 3-for-4 and lead the P-Nats attack.
Roster moves: C Matt Reistetter, IF Cody Dent reassigned from Hagerstown.

Hagerstown 10 Delmarva 8
• M. Sanchez 2IP, 4H, 5R, 4ER, 0BB, 0K, HR
• Cooper (W, 2-2) 2+ IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 3K
• Napoli (SV, 4) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Carey 2-3, R, 2-2B, 2BB, 2RBI, CS
• Page 2-3, R, BB, 2RBI
• Read 2-4, 2B, 2HR, 2RBI

The Suns scored nine runs over 5th, 6th, and 7th innings to dig themselves out of a 6-1 hole and take a 10-6 lead. The Shorebirds rallied for two in the 9th but fell, 10-8. Mario Sanchez started but was sent packing after two innings, dinged for five runs on four hits, including a three-run HR in his second and final inning. Andrew Cooper got the win in relief while David Napoli stranded a runner in the 9th and shut the door for his fourth save. D.K. Carey, Matthew Page, and Raudy Ready each had two hits and two RBI for Hagerstown.
Roster moves: OF Matthew Page promoted from Auburn.

Auburn vs. Batavia — PPD
Rain postponed the middle game of the away-home-away series between the Doubledays and Muckdogs. They’ll make it up next month when Batavia visits the weekend before the NYPL All-Star break.

9 Commments

  1. Austen Williams’ move up will be an interesting watch for me. second only to Giolito going to AA in 10 days.

  2. Does anyone have a good scouting report on Williams? He’s sort of come out of nowhere this year after a mediocre start at Auburn last summer. He looks like a typical Rizzo draftee, a big hoss college arm. He only became a starter in his junior year is college, which I hope means low mileage on the arm.

      1. Thanks. Interesting stuff. Since someone in the organization just worked a miracle with Strasburg’s mechanics, let’s hope the collective wisdom can get Williams straightened out as well.

  3. Williams is one of those guys who has bought into the organization pitching philosophy. He is not afraid to throw strikes and go after hitters. So it is not so much his stuff as his maturation as a pitcher and approach.

    The Nats are accumulating outstanding minor league pitching depth. If there is any serious consideration to trades for Zobrist types, it is likely to be starting pitchers like Williams in the same vein as Ivan Pineyro was sent to Chicago for Hairston a few years ago. The better the return, the more likely the player is an Austin Voth type. But the cupboards are stocked and I am sure that rival major league GMs know this as well. When a player like Nathan Karns works out as he has, it reflects well on the system’s developmental capabilities and Rizzo’s approach to trade quality for quality.

    1. I’ve been saying for two years that Voth is going to end up with the A’s. I’m not wishing him away, but he seems like the less-than-overpowering guy who still gets a lot of K’s, which is the type Billy Beane seems to collect while unloading the hard throwers like Treinen.

      1. The Twins collect those guys, too, except without the K’s. See, e.g., Tommy Milone who ended up in Minneapolis by way of Oakland.

  4. GG or whomever. Am I off base thinking Zach Wright
    And John Wooten were East Carolina teammates
    Together ?

  5. Congrats yo AAron Laffey getting the call to
    Colorado.
    Hmmmm auburn scores 13 runs with one sole
    extra base hit.

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