Wednesday’s News & Notes

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 6 Syracuse 4
• Voth (L, 4-4) 5IP, 8H, 6R, 4ER, 3BB, 0K, HR
• Runion 2⅔ IP, 1H, 0R, BB, 0K
• Bostick 2-4, R, HR, 3RBI
• Skole 1-3, 2R, BB

The RailRiders railroaded Austin Voth for six runs in five innings and held off the Chiefs for a 6-4 win. Voth walked three, struck out none, and gave up eight hits, including a home run in his final inning to lose for the fourth time. Sam Runion and Koda Glover combined for four scoreless innings of relief. Christopher Bostick drove in the final three Syracuse runs with homer and a single while Matt Skole, Jason Martinson, and Pedro Severino each had a single and a walk to pace the eight-hit, five-walk offense.
Roster moves: RHP Rafael Martin optioned from Washington.

Harrisburg 13 Bowie 10
• Valdez (W, 2-1) 5⅔ IP, 8H, 5R, 4ER, BB, 5K, HR, WP
• De Los Santos (SV, 4) ⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K, 1-0 IR-S
• Difo 4-5, 2R, 2B, HR, 7RBI, E(19)
• Pleffner 3-4, 2R, 2-2B
• Stevenson 2-4, 3R, BB, RBI, SB

Wilmer Difo had a touchdown and an extra point while the Harrisburg bullpen held Bowie to a field goal and recovered the onside kick in the final two minutes for a 13-10 victory. Philips Valdez won for the second time with five runs (four earned) on eight hits and a walk over five and 2/3rds innings. He struck out five and left with a 9-5 lead. Difo singled twice, doubled, and homered to drive in 7RBI while Shawn Pleffner, who’s been killing it in June (.415/.458/.547), went 3-for-4 with two doubles to lead the Sens’ 15-hit assault. The BaySox rallied for three in the 9th before Abel De Los Santos came on to strike out the final batter and earn his fourth save.
Roster moves: RHP Wander Suero activated from 3-Day TIL.

Potomac vs. Winston-Salem – PPD
For the second time in the second half, rain washed away a P-Nats game and pushed it to another game in another series. They’ll make this one up when Winston-Salem returns to Potomac next month with a twi-night doubleheader on Saturday, July 23rd.
Roster moves: RHP Whit Mayberry assigned from Washington. FYI: He’s from Alexandria, VA, not Mt. Airy, NC.

Lakewood 12 Hagerstown 5
• Rodriguez (L, 6-3) 2⅔ IP, 9H, 7R, 7ER, 2BB, 2K
• Dickey 3IP, 3H, R, ER, BB, 5K, 2-0 IR-S
• DeBruin 2-3, 2R, 2B, 2BB
• La Bruna 1-2, R, 2BB
• Wiseman 2-5, R, 2B, HR, 3RBI

Lakewood scored seven times in the first three innings and it turned out to be the margin of victory in a 12-5 win over Hagerstown. All-Star Jefry Rodriguez was knocked for those seven scores on nine (9) hits and two walks over two and 2/3rds innings to lose for the third time. Robbie Dickey stranded two and let in a run of his own over three innings, but the rest of the Suns relievers were pinched for four runs in the 7th to put the game away. Grant DeBruin celebrated his 26th birthday with a single, a double, and two walks While Rhett Wiseman homered and drove in three to lead the Suns offense.

Mahoning Valley 9 Auburn 5
• Acevedo (L, 0-2) 5IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, BB, 3K
• Cespedes 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Brandt 2-3, 2-2B, 2RBI
• Barrera 1-3, R, BB, HR, RBI

The Scrappers put up crooked numbers in three consecutive innings and withstood two errors to give away four runs in the 7th to the Doubledays in a 9-5 triumph. Carlos Acevedo hit the wall in his fifth and final inning with three runs allowed on six hits and a walk to lose for the second time. Mahoning Valley made hay against Maximo Valerio, Nick Conner, and Phil Morse for six runs in the 6th and 7th before Angher Cespedes stopped the bleeding with a scoreless 8th. Sixth-round pick Tres Barrera drew the only Auburn walk and hit his first professional HR while Clayton Brandt doubled twice and drove in two to account for three of the four Doubleday hits.