Tuesday’s News & Notes
| Team | Yesterday | Today | Probable Pitchers |
| Syracuse | Won, 5-2 | vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 6:35 p.m. |
O’Sullivan (1-1, 3.26) vs. C. Adams (5-2, 2.12) |
| Harrisburg | Lost, 5-3 | vs. Reading, 6:00 p.m. |
Estevez (2-0, 3.18) and TBD vs. Anderson (5-3, 3.68) and TBD |
| Potomac | Won, 4-3 | @ Myrtle Beach, 7:05 p.m. |
Borne (3-2, 1.61) vs. Alzolay (6-1, 2.83) |
| Hagerstown | Won, 1-0 | @ Delmarva, 7:05 p.m. |
Sharp (3-5, 3.86) vs. Muckenhirn (3-6, 4.68) |
| Auburn | Lost, 4-3 | OFF DAY | N/A |
Syracuse 5 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 2
• Jackson 4IP, 0H, 0R, 3BB, 3K
• Satterwhite (BS, 1); W, 1-3) 3IP, 5H, R, ER, 0BB, 5K, HR
• De Aza 2-2, R, BB
• Burriss 2-3
• Kieboom 1-2, R, BB, 2RBI
• 1:44 rain delay
The Chiefs rallied for three in 7th and the bullpen didn’t implode for a 5-2 win over the RailRiders. Starter Edwin Jackson walked three and fanned three and threw four scoreless innings. The win went to Cody Satterwhite after coughing up the tying run in the 6th. Spencer Kieboom delivered two runs with an RBI single while Alejandro De Aza reached base three times with two singles and a walk to lead the Syracuse offense.
Reading 5 Harrisburg 3
• Crownover (L, 0-3) 8IP, 5H, 4R, 4ER, 3BB, 5K, HR
• Brinley 1IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K
• Keller 2-5, R, HR, RBI
• Read 3-4, R, HR, 2RBI
Reading scored five unanswered runs to overcome an early 3-0 Harrisburg lead and take the series opener, 5-3. Matt Crownover went a season-high eight innings and allowed four runs on five hits, including a Taylor Hill, and three walks. He struck out five but lost for third time at AA. Ryan Brinley gave up an unearned insurance run on an error, a single, and a sac fly. Alec Keller and Raudy Read both homered and combined for five of the eight Sens hits and drove in all three runs.
Myrtle Beach 4 Potomac 3
• Sanburn (W, 3-1) 7IP, 6H, 0R, BB, 9K
• Mendez (SV, 9) ⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Mejia 3-4, 2B, 2RBI, SB, CS
• Masters 1-4, R, HR, 2RBI
The P-Nats built a 4-0 lead and nearly gave it all away in the 9th, but survived for 4-3 win over the Pelicans and stop a three-game slide. Nolan Sanburn pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing six hits and a walk while fanning nine for his third win. Dakota Bacus went off the rails in the 9th after scoreless 8th as four hits and an error plated three runs. Gilberto Mendez cam on to get the last out by way of the K and earned his ninth save. Bryan Mejia singled twice and doubled once while David Masters homered to account for all four RBI and four of Potomac’s nine hits.
Hagerstown 1 Delmarva 0
• C. Pena (W, 4-3) 7IP, 3H, 0R, 0BB, 6K
• Peterson (S, 6) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Johnson 2-4, R, SB
• Noll 1-3
Daniel Johnson confirmed his Sally Lg. player of the Week award with a single, a steal of third, and the games’s only run scored as Hagerstown edged Delmarva, 1-0. Carlos Pena got the win with seven scoreless innings, three hits allowed, no walks, and six whiffs. A.J. Bogucki got the hold as he worked around a hit in the 8th while Tommy Peterson pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for hix sixth save. Johnson led the Suns hit column with two hits while Jake Noll and Jakson Reetz both singled to account for the total of four.
Williamsport 4 Auburn 3
• Turnbull 3IP, 2H, 0R, BB, 3K
• Chu (L, 0-1) 4IP, 5H, 4R, 4ER, 3BB, 4K, HR
• Ramirez 2-4
• Encarnacion 1-3, R, HR, BB, 2RBI
The Crosscutters got four in the 7th to fell the Doubledays and prevent an Auburn sweep. Kylin Turnbull made his second rehab start and tossed three scoreless innings, giving up a walk and two hits while striking out three. The loss went to Gilberto Chu as he was tagged for the four Williamsport runs in his fourth inning of work. He allowed five hits and three walks and struck out four. Joshual Ramirez singled twice while Randy Encarnacion walked and homered to pace the Auburn offense. Roster move: 1B-3B Matt Skole assigned from Syracuse for MiLB rehab.
Funny how S. Kieboom has handled his ‘promotion’. He was playing generally terrible baseball in Harrisburg, then got promoted because of Severino’s injury, and has seemingly found himself again, batting .360/.429/.560. It’s only been 8 games, but maybe we’ve found a decent alternative to Jose Lobaton. I’m not sure how much longer the Nats can justify his .144 AVG.
I’m starting to think that we are going to see Edwin Jackson on the big club again as a long man. It makes sense for Rizzo to try anything he can, I guess.
I think they also wanted starter insurance considering the ups and downs both Ross and Roark have had, plus the possibility of injury to the other guys (perish the thought!). Cole and Voth haven’t exactly been doing much to prove they would be ready, and the Fedde reliever experiment continues.
Speaking of relievers, Austin Adams hasn’t given up a run in his last eight outings, during which he has K’d 14. He’s got to get a look with the big club sooner or later, right? Meanwhile, Solis struggled again last night for Syracuse . . . as Grace did for the big club.
Agree that Jackson was signed as a potential starter. Nats have been very lucky to have only needed to start someone other than Max, Stras, Gio, Tanner or Joe, for 4 games all season:
– The Guthrie debacle (he has been released)
– Jacob Turner two starts (Nats seem to feel he is better suited for the pen)
– AJ Cole (he has a 5.75 ERA and 1.6 WHIP in AAA; hard to be confident in that option)
The time is coming when a Nats starter is going to need to sit, and the Nats have no one in the wings that can be reliably counted on. Jackson has been added to the mix as a potential 5th starter, and would call him the front-runner to step into the rotation if Jackson can string together a handful of decent AAA starts.
So the GCL league started today and the Nats started five Latin American kids who haven’t turned 18, one of whom is still 16 for a couple more weeks.
After signing 3 SS last summer, we all wondered who’d play where. For one game, Luis Garcia is at short (and batting leadoff), Yasel Antuna is at second (and batting second) and Jose Sanchez is at third (batting sixth).
Catcher Israel Pineda is batting seventh and CF Ricardo Mendez 9th.
Antuna tripled in his first at-bat while Sanchez, the 16-year old, drew a walk and scored.
Late round 2017 round picks Jamori Blash (23rd rd. ) and Jackson Cramer (35th) are starting at DH and 1B respectively.
Wade Davis, presumably on a rehab assignment, got the start on the hill.
Sorry, Weston Davis, not Wade.
The GCL Nats win a wild and sloppy won, overcoming errors with 8 9th inning runs (in part thanks to passed balls and HBPs) to beat the GCL Mets 9-7.
*Yasel Antuna started at SS and batted second. He went 3-for-5 with a walk, a triple and a run scored. That’s the good. He also committed THREE errors, which led to multiple unearned runs, and was picked off first.
*Israel Pineda started at catcher. He went 4-for-5 with a triple, scored twice and drove in three.
*Luis Garcia started at 2B and batted leadoff. He went 1-for-5 with a walk and scored a run. He also committed an error.
*Jose Sanchez started at 3rd. He went 0-for-3 with 2 walks and scored twice.
*Ricardo Mendez started at CF and went 1-for-4 with a triple, an HBP and an RBI.
*Among the “older” field players, 1B Jackson Cramer went 1-for-4 with a walk, DH Jamori Blash went 1-for-4, 19-year old RF Edwin Ventura went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI and a run, and LF Santo Falcon, 20, went 0-for-2 with 2 walks a run a sac. Blash and Cramer were also HBP.
*On the mound, Weston Davis went 4 innings and allowed 4 runs, 3 earned, on 4 hits and 2 BB with 4 strikeouts.
*Lefty Darly Infante, 20, pitched 2 scoreless innings, allowing one hit with a K.
*22-year old Gabe Klobosits, a 6-7 righty from Auburn they took in the 36th round this month, got the win after two scoreless innings with 2 hits, a walk and a strikeout.
*Jose De Los Santos, 20, pitched the 9th and allowed zero hits, walked two and three unearned runs thanks to three 9th inning errors.
If you’re keeping track, 7 of the 9 field players and 2 of the 4 pitchers used today are Latin American signings and all are 20 or younger.
Antuna!!!