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Saturday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers
Syracuse Lost, 3-1 vs Rochester,
7:05 p.m.		 Espino (6-8, 3.25) vs.
Wheeler (6-2, 2.75)
Harrisburg Won, 2-1 vs. Richmond,
6:00 p.m.		 Mapes (9-6, 3.24) vs.
Beede (5-5, 3.00)
Potomac Won, 9-8 vs. Winston-Salem,
5:00 p.m.		 Williams (0-3, 4.91) and
Lambert (0-0, 4.63) vs.
Thompson (1-0, 6.55) and
K. Valerio (3-3, 4.70)
Hagerstown Lost, 4-1 vs. Charleston,
7:05 p.m.		 Avila (7-6, 2.73) vs.
Gomez (2-1, 2.83)
Auburn Lost, 10-8 @ State College,
7:05 p.m.		 Y. Ramirez (2-1, 5.85)
Williams (4-1, 2.45)

Late start + LNIW = abbreviated writeups to get this out before 10:30 a.m.
Rochester 3 Syracuse 1
• Cole (L, 6-7) 8IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, BB, 8K, 2HR
• Martinson 1-3, 2B
• Goodwin 1-4, 2B, RBI

A.J. Cole pitched a complete-game loss while the Syracuse offense remains woeful. Brian Goodwin extended his hit streak to six games and broke up the shutout with an RBI double in the 1st. Roster move: J.D. Martin assigned to GCL for MiLB rehab.

Harrisburg 2 Richmond 1
• Whiting 5IP, 4H, R, ER, 3BB, 1K
• Simms (W, 7-4) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Benincasa (SV, 2) 2IP, 1H, 0R, 2BB, 2K
• Soto 1-3, R, 2B, BB
• Ballou 0-1, R, BB, SF, RBI

Shawn Pleffner’s pinch-hit RBI single in the 7th snapped a 1-1 tie as the Senators doubled up the Flying Squirrels again, 2-1.
Roster move: RHP Justin De Fratus assigned from Washington (MLFA, released on 7/14 by Texas).

Potomac 9 Winston-Salem 8
• Mayberry 7IP, 5H, 4R, 2ER, BB, 3K, HR, WP
• Thomas (BS, 1) ⅓ IP, 2H, 4R, 4ER, BB, 0K, HR(GS), HBP
• Estevez (W, 2-4) ⅔ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Vettleson 4-5, 2R, 2HR, 6RBI
• Carey 1-3, R, BB, RBI, SB

Drew Vettleson had a career game Last Night in Woodbridge.
Roster move: LHP Sammy Solis assigned from Washington on MLB rehab.

Columbia 4 Hagerstown 1
• Baez (L, 6-7) 5⅓ IP, 6H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 6K, 2WP
• Johansen ⅔ IP, 0H, 0R, BB, 2K, 2-0 IR-S
• Sagdal 2-4, R, 2B, HR, RBI
• Gutierrez 1-3, BB

Hagerstown dropped its second straight to the Fireflies, who lit up Jacob Howell for two in the 8th en route to a 4-1 win.

State College 10 Auburn 8
• Bogucki 2IP, 8H, 9R, 9ER, 3BB, 1K, HR, HBP, 2WP
• Fuentes 3IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 4K
• Banks 5-6, R, 3RBI
• Ripken 4-5, R, BB, 2RBI
• Johnson 3-5, 3R

Doubledays pounded out 21 hits and scored eight runs, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a 9-0 deficit after two innings as the Spikes won again, 10-8.

11 Commments

  1. Still no Robles after the HBP. Has there been any word on the severity and expected time off?

    1. He was spotted on the field last night, so methinks it’s not bad enough for him to be put on the DL, but I’ve also seen players on the DL with alleged injuries warming up outfielders , so….

  2. Here is an interesting pitcher comparison:

    Player A (Age – 24, Level – AAA): 109.2 IP, 90 K, 35 BB, 1.258 WHIP
    Player B (Age – 24, Level – AAA): 103.1 IP, 90 K, 31 BB, 1.374 WHIP

    Player A is Austin Voth. Player B is A.J. Cole.

    1. I’ m sure Voth’s numbers are a whole lot worse than a month ago.
      Ever since he was bypassed by the F.O. he’ s not been the same.

  3. good pull.

    have to think one cold be gone if a deal is made at the deadline. not as the key piece however. just solid 4-5 starter/mid reliever prospects.

    1. Not listed in the Auburn probables through Tuesday… seems logical to infer that he might be shut down.

  5. Holy cow. 21 hits by Auburn, and not a single one for extra bases. That has to be a record. 32 total hits total in the game, and 31 were singles!

    Also, a wild JD Martin appeared in the GCL last night. What the hell? He’s been out of baseball for 2 years, and then returns to pitch for the GCL? What’s the deal with that?

    Finally, I have to assume the Nats have forgotten about that PTBNL in the Revere/Storen deal. Is there a deadline to announce these sort of things? Even the Turner deal (and they had to make a new rule to avoid it) didn’t take this long…

    1. I read somewhere that the Nats took cash instead of the player in the Revere deal.

      Do we know that it’s the JD Martin?

      I thought that Dunning was listed as the starter a few days ago, but didn’t pitch?

      Banks looks to be heating up. Given that he was a big time college player, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him bumped to Hagerstown.

      1. Wally, I was thinking the same thing. THE J.D. Martin? Can’t be.
        I’d love to see Banks get some AB’s before the instructs.

      2. Well, unless there’s another J.D. Martin who was born on the exact same day in 1983, I’m gonna go with “yes.”

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