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Thursday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers
Syracuse Won, 9-5 vs. Lehigh Valley,
7:05 p.m.
Bleier (3-1, 2.78) vs.
Biddle (2-2, 4.88)
Harrisburg Lost, 8-4 @ Reading,
7:05 p.m.
Simms (1-1, 4.91) vs.
Pivetta (0-3, 7.56)
Potomac Won, 8-2 vs. Winston-Salem,
12:05 p.m.
Dickson (1-2, 4.24) vs.
Heidenreich (12-2, 2.67)
Hagerstown Lost, 3-2 @ Augusta,
7:05 p.m.
Amlung (2-1, 3.73) vs.
M. Reyes (7-4, 2.28)
Auburn Lost, 2-0 @ Tri-City,
7:00 p.m.
J. Rodriguez (2-5, 5.36) vs.
Thornton (4-0, 3.32)


Syracuse 9 Lehigh Valley 5
• Espino (W, 5-5) 5IP, 9H, 5R, 5ER, BB, 2K, HR
• Walters (H, 2) 3IP, 4H, 0R, 0BB, 4K
• Burriss 2-5, R, 2B, 2RBI
• Martinson 1-3, 2B, 2BB, 2RBI
• Butler 2-4, 2R, 2B, 2RBI

Syracuse continues to roll as a five-run 4th powered them past Lehigh Valley, 9-5. Paolo Espino started and got the Jack Morris win with five runs allowed over five innings on nine hits and a walk. P.J. Walters settled things down with three scoreless for his second hold. Every starter had at least one hit in the 12-hit night, with Emmanuel Burriss, Jason Martinson, and Dan Butler each having two hits and two RBI.

Reading 8 Harrisburg 4
• Purke 5IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 2K
• Harper (L, 2-2) ⅓ IP, 3H, 3R, 2ER, 0BB, 0K, HR
• Davis 1⅔ IP, 2H, 0R, BB, 3K, 2-1 IR-S
• Difo 2-3, R, 3B, BB, HR, 3RBI

The Fightins once again threw haymakers at the Sens ‘pen, connecting for three in the 6th as Reading knocked out Harrisburg, 9-5. Matt Purke got the no-decision with five innings of three-run ball, giving up six hits, no walks, and striking out two. Bryan Harper took the loss with three runs charged on three hits, including a home run. Wilmer Difo was one-man wrecking crew as he walked, tripled, homered, and drove in three runs. The rest of the lineup went 3-for-27.
Roster moves: 2B Reegie Corona reassigned from Potomac; OF Derrick Robinson placed on the 7-Day DL.

Potomac 8 Winston-Salem 2
• Lopez (W, 6-7) 7IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 11K
• Johansen 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Keller 2-3, R, BB, RBI, SB
• Mesa 2-4, R, 2RBI
• Norfork 1-3, R, BB, RBI

Reynaldo Lopez struck out a career-high 11 batters while tossing seven shutout innings in an 8-2 Potomac win over Winston-Salem. Lopez allowed just two hits and walked none while earning his sixth win. Every batter in the lineup hit safely with Alec Keller leading the pack with two singles, a walk, a run, an RBI, a stolen base, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Augusta 3 Hagerstown 2
• Reyes 6IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, BB, 6K, HR
• Brinley (L, 1-1) ⅔ IP, 2H, R, ER, BB, 0K
• Marmolejos-Diaz 2-4, 2B
• Read 1-4, R, 2B

Hagerstown and Augusta locked up in in a pitcher’s duel that Augusta won with a walkoff single in the 9th, 3-2. Luis Reyes made one mistake, a two-run HR in the 4th, over six innings for a no-decision. He gave up four hits and a walk and struck out six. Ryan Brinley took the loss as he let in the gamewinner on a walk and two singles in the 9th. “Orange” Marmolejos-Diaz matched his line from Tuesday, going 2-for-4 with a double to lead the Suns’ four-hit effort, with both runs scoring on sacrifice flies.

Tri-City 2 Auburn 0
• Hearn (L, 1-4) 3⅔ IP, 4H, R, ER, 4BB, 2K, HBP, WP
• Ramos 1⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K, 3-0 IR-S
• Florentino 1-3, BB, CS
• Encarnacion 1-3, SB

The ValleyCats scratched out single runs in the 1st and 7th innings while blanking the Doubledays for a 2-0 win. Taylor Hearn gave up just one run on four hits but left with two out in the 4th after walking the bases loaded. David Ramos stranded them and got the last out of the 4th and then pitched a scoreless 5th. The offense was limited to five hits and two walks with Darryl Florentino the sole batter to reach base twice with a single and a walk.

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