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Monday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers
Syracuse Won, 7-6 OFF DAY N/A
Harrisburg Lost, 3-2 @ Trenton,
7:00 p.m.		 Fedde (1-2, 1.80) vs.
Adams (3-0, 0.82)
Potomac Lost, 5-4 @ Down East,
7:00 p.m.		 Reyes (1-3, 4.91) vs.
Pena (1-1, 3.07)
Hagerstown Won, 22-4 OFF DAY N/A

Syracuse 7 Norfolk 6
• Ross (W, 1-1) 6IP, 7H, 5R, 5ER, 3BB, 2K, HR
• Martin (SV, 2) ⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K, 3-0 IR-S
• Joseph 4-5, 2R, 2B, RBI
• Goodwin 2-5, R, HR, 3RBI
• Snyder 2-4, R, HR, 3RBI

Syracuse took an early 5-0 lead and managed not to blow it to end a five-game losing streak with 7-6 win over Norfolk. Greg Ross got the Jack Morris win with five runs allowed on seven hits and three walks over six innings while striking out two. Rafael Martin came on with the bases loaded in the 9th and got the final out for the save, his second. Corbin Joseph went 4-for-5 with a double and an RBI while both Brian Goodwin and Brandon Snyder homered and drove in three to lead the Chiefs offense.

Altoona 3 Harrisburg 2
• Long (L, 2-3) 5⅔ IP, 9H, 3R, 3ER, BB, 3K, HR
• Suero 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Abreu 2-4, R, 2B, 3B, RBI
• Keller 1-3, 2B

The Curve got to Jaron Long for three in the 3rd and held the Sens to just two for 3-2 win in the series finale. Long let in all three runs on nine hits, including a home run over five and 2/3rds. He walked one and struck out three. R.C. Orlan got the last out of the 6th and stranded a runner while Wander Suero tossed two scoreless to keep thing close. Osvaldo Abreu doubled, tripled, scored a run, and drove in a run while Alec Keller doubled in three trips to the plate. Harrisburg was held to just six hits total and went 1-for-10 with RISP.

Salem 5 Potomac 4
• Crownover 5IP, 3H, R, ER, BB, 3K, HR
• Held (L, 0-1) ⅔ IP, 1H, R, ER, 2BB, 0K
• Lowery 1-3, R, 2B, BB, 2RBI
• Agustin 1-3, R, 2B, BB, RBI

The Potomac ‘pen couldn’t hold a 3-1 lead, giving two in the 8th and the gamewinner in the 9th in a 5-4 loss to Salem. Matt Crownover did his part with five innings of one-run ball on three hits and a walk while fanning three. Sam Held took the loss as he gave up back-to-back one-out walks then a two-out double to take the loss. Jake Lowery and Telmito Agustin both went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, and a run scored but the P-Nats managed only six hits

Hagerstown 22 Lexington 4
• Ramirez 4IP, 1H, 0R, 2BB, 1K
• Fuentes (W, 1-0) 3⅓ IP, 8H, 4R, 3ER, 0BB, 2K, 2HR
• C. Kieboom 5-7, 4R, 2B, 3HR, 5RBI
• Noll 5-7, 3R, 2-2B, HR, 4RBI
• Tillero 5-7, R, 2B, 2RBI
• Corredor 5-6, 3R, 2B, 3B, BB, RBI

The Suns set a Sally Lg. record with 30 hits in a 22-4 debunking of the Legends. Four players had five hits, including Carter Kieboom, who hit three home runs and drove in five. Aldrem Corredor was a HR shy of the cycle and reached base six times. Yonathan Ramirez started and pitched four scoreless innings, allowing a hit and two walks. Steven Fuentes gave up all four runs on eight hits, including two homers, over three and a 1/3rd innnings to get credit for the win. David Ramos mopped up with his fourth scoreless outing in 18 appearances at Low-A since 2014.

14 Commments

  1. It seems that Adan Eaton will be on the 60-day DL. This opens a spot on the 40-man, yes? If so, who do you see as the most likely addition to that roster? I apologize if this was brought up previously.

    1. He will be eventually but no need to move him there until they need the spot. I’m guessing the addition will be something need based at the time, like re-calling Grant Green, or adding a non-40man veteran MLFA signee like Brandon Snyder or Neal Cotts (not that any of these guys are meriting the spot at the moment).

      If we have some roster stability for a while, I could also see later in the year call ups for some AA talent; Stevenson covering in CF if Taylor falters, or Fedde covering in the rotation if we have an injury. But, no rush on starting either of those guys’ service clocks.

  2. The Nats will wait until June (to delay arbitration), but if Stevenson keeps playing well, he will come up as a platoon option with MAT. Before that happens, they may make some additional moves with their 40 man. Also, the Nats will need to either put Jose Marmolejos back on the 40 man or expose him to other clubs when he gets activated.

  4. Brian Goodwin gradually warming up after a weak ST & start to the year. Someone recently noted how that might have allowed Bautista to leapfrog him for the callup, but have to believe there will be more chances this year as the Nats try to figure out how to replace Eaton. Hope he can keep up the steady improvement so he can take advantage of the next shot.

    1. Think there are questions about whether Goodwin can play CF defense at an acceptable MLB level.

      1. True true as tweety bird always said
        Stevenson later year / dog says of summer

  6. Stevenson to Syracuse
    Ballou to Harrisburg
    Robles activated for Potomac (Dale Carey to DL)

      1. Luke, I hope your MASN gig brings more traffic to the site . Both you & Todd are THE places to go for smart dialogue.

    2. Pretty exciting stuff, let’s see how Spiderman handles the veteran soft tossers in AAA.

  7. Possibly some web-page problems persisting: mainly iOs based, I think….

    At home this weekend, I tried to view this on both my iphone and ipad. On my ipad, the page persisted on Sunday’s news and notes, and refreshing didn’t bring up the Monday post. Moving to my iphone instead, I could view the Monday post (with what appeared to be 6 comments), but clicking on the comments changed the view, but didn’t show any comments.

    It was only when I came into work today (and used IE) that I can see and comment on the full Monday post.

    Something cache related? I didn’t try clearing out my iphone or ipad (as I have tons of cookies I’d loose relating to other sites), but I guess the point is that it seems there is something not happening in the background that should be (and that is on IE)?

    Anyone else getting the same problem?

    1. I flushed the cache (sounds dirtier than it means, no?) on my dashboard here; that should help too. Unfortunately, calling GoDaddy is risking getting sold even more add-ons, so I prefer to go to them only when something is completely broken.

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