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Thursday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers
Syracuse Won, 3-2 (13 inn.) @ Scranton/Wilkes-Barre,
6:35 p.m.		 Espino (8-6, 3.21 in ’15)vs.
Cloyd (0-0, 2.25)
Harrisburg Lost, 5-1 vs. Reading,
6:30 p.m.		 Simms (0-0, 1.80) vs.
Jannis (0-2, 5.54 in ’15)
Potomac Won, 7-4 vs. Wilmington,
7:05 p.m.		 Estevez (0-0, 3.38) vs.
Fernandez (0-0, 2.08)
Hagerstown Won, 8-0 @ Delmarva,
7:05 p.m.		 J. Rodriguez (0-1, 10.80) vs.
C. Jones (0-0, 0.00)


Syracuse 3 Buffalo 2 (13 inn.)
• Voth 6IP, 3H, 0R, 0BB, 6K
• Davis (W, 1-0) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Martinson 2-5, R, HR, 2RBI
• Sizemore 2-6, BB, RBI

Jason Martinson homered in the 8th to tie while Scott Sizemore’s RBI single in the 13th sent the Chiefs fans home happy with a 3-2 win. Austin Voth baked a half-dozen donuts on the Syracuse scoreboard (hey, NBT and Dunkin’ – no free advert… aw, dammit) with six scoreless innings and just three hits allowed with no walks and six whiffs. Pedro Severino, along with Martinson and Sizemore, had two hits while Matt Skole and Brian Goodwin both walked twice to lead the Chiefs’ ten-hit, eight-walk effort.

Binghamton 5 Harrisburg 1
• Williams (L, 0-1) 6IP, 8H, 2R, 2ER, BB, 4K
• Lee 1IP, 0H, 0R, BB, K
• Ballou 2-3, BB
• Kieboom 2-3, BB

Uh, oh – better call AAMCO for the Harrisburg offense, as they were able to get into 1st and 2nd gear but struggled in the clutch in a 5-1 loss to the B-Mets. The Sens left on ten men while collecting ten hits and five walks, led by Ike Ballou and Spencer Kieboom, as each man reached base three times with two singles and a walk. Austen Williams turned in a quality start of two runs on eight hits over six innings but suffered the loss. He struck out four and walked one.

Potomac 7 Lynchburg 4
• Valdez (W, 2-0) 5IP, 7H, 4R, 4ER, BB, 6K, 2HR, WP
• Orlan (H, 1 ) 2IP, H, R, ER, BB, K
• Ward 2-4, R, BB, RBI
• Norfork 2-3, 2-2B, BB, SB

Potomac piled on five early and scored two late as they took the series finale from Lynchburg, 7-4. Phillips “Exxon” Valdez won for the second time in two starts, though with a Jack Morris line of four runs on seven hits, including two homers, and one walk over five innings. R.C. Orland and Koda Glover both spun two scoreless (and hitless) innings for the hold and save, respectively. Khayyan Norfork doubled twice and Drew Ward singled twice and both walked once to pace the P-Nats offense.

Hagerstown 8 Lakewood 0
• Hearn ⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K, 1BF
• Torres (W, 1-0) 3⅔ IP, 1H, 0R, 2BB, 2K
• Rivera (H, 1) 4IP, 1H, 0R, BB, 3K
• Schrock 4-4, 3R, BB
• Gutierrez 3-5, 2-2B, 3RBI
• Agustin 2-4, R, HR, 2RBI

The Suns ‘pen answered the call for help early and turned in a combined two-hit shutout, 8-0. Starting pitcher Taylor Hearn was hurt (ankle) on a 3-1 putout of the first (and only) batter he faced. Luis Torres followed with three and 2/3rds of one-hit, two walk relief and was awarded the win, though Mariano Rivera III was a little bit better with four scoreless and just two baserunners allowed. Max “For Those About To” Schrock saluted the bench five times from first base as he walked once and singled four times while Kelvin Gutierrez singled once and doubled twice as the Hagerstown lineup pounded out 12 hits total.

10 Commments

  1. I don’t know if he is any good, other than his current .355 average, but I am jealous that the Lakewood Blue Claws have a center fielder named Jiandido Candido Tromp.

  2. First of all, I’ve yet to thank Luke this season for the daily recaps, which are an essential part of the mornings for many of us. Certainly more encouraging to read than the political wrap-ups! Anyway, thank Luke for your continuing effort on this. It is much appreciated.

    Hope Hearn is OK. Sounds like he got his surfboard-sized feet tangled while covering first. There’s no reason to rush him back, as you don’t want a pitcher landing wrong.

    In relief at Hagerstown, it’s very good to see the long scoreless stint by Rivera. I keep hoping they’ll give him another look as a starter, and four innings certainly gets him stretched out.

    Drew Ward continues his strong start on his second tour of the Carolina League. Perhaps the light bulb has clicked on for him.

    Terrific start by Voth in his AAA debut. He’s very much the forgotten guy in the wake of the Giolito hype machine. Keep an eye on May 14 with the MLB club, the double-header with the Marlins with the rescheduled game from last Friday. It’s possible that the Nats just give the second start to Petit. But if they call up someone for that game, who would it be? Cole? Voth? Giolito? Jordan?

    1. +1+1 to this. Luke, I know this is a huge burden for you but you single handedly make it possible for us to follow the minor league teams … if you ever need coverage or someone to write these for you while you’re on vacation or something let me know. I covered once for Brian at NFA for a week and it gave me a very good perspective of the time commitment it takes to do these posts…

  3. For all the talk about Giolito, Voth just continues to pitch well and pile up K’s with his “mediocre” stuff.

    For all the talk about Robles, Agustin looks pretty good so far in his first year of full season ball and is only six months older than Robles.

    1. It’s nice to have depth in prospects, isn’t it? And it’s not like Giolito and Robles have been terrible.

      Even before the season Sickels ID’d Agustin as a “breakout candidate” for 2016.

  4. Boo on the “Exxon” moniker linked to Phillips Valdez. Why label/link him to the 2nd worst environmental disaster in US history? I know that it was in jest but I think that we can come up with something else a bit more positive.

  5. Winning puts everyone in a good mood, and sends us running to the NP.

    Who will be the first minor league player to 20 RBI? to 20 SB? Bets?

    Syracuse – Voth (and Williams) as the first to go 6. And did Voth ever. Nice to know that in addition to knowing how to pitch, he is one of the very few high Nats prospects who really have no arm injury history, let alone TJ. Rafael Martin bides his time and waits for that next chance. Erik Davis getting high leverage innings.

    Harrisburg – Williams did not embarrass himself. Fish did. Paging Orlan.

    Potomac – Glover for 35 pitches. They aren’t stretching him out, but they aren’t holding him back, either. Norfork making his bid to get into that HB lineup.

    Hagerstown – Hell of an effort by Torres/Rivera. Schrock just another of those proving themselves to be overlooked. Tillero another. Gutierrez (not Franco), and Page (held back vs. Carey). Agustin had trouble getting into the GCL starting lineup just last year. Now look at him — and batting ninth. Bautista once did, too.

    Nats minor affiliates – 2 E, 3 SB
    Opponents, 1 E, 1 SB

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