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Sunday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Matchup
Syracuse Won, 8-3 vs. Buffalo,
1:05 p.m.		 Voth (4-4, 3.78) vs.
Reid-Foley (3-2, 4.71)
Harrisburg Lost, 4-3 vs. Richmond,
6:00 p.m.		 Long (1-6, 3.77) vs.
Hill (0-1, 5.79)
Potomac Lost, 4-1 @ Myrtle Beach,
6:05 p.m.		 Raquet (1-0, 6.35) vs.
Hudson (4-7, 5.83)
Hagerstown Lost, 12-4 vs. West Virginia,
2:05 p.m.		 Johnston (1-2, 3.15) vs.
Bolton (3-0, 1.03)
Auburn Won, 4-2 @ Williamsport,
5:05 p.m.		 F. Peguero (2-0, 1.00) vs.
Silva (0-0, 0.00)
GCL Nationals Won, 3-1 vs. GCL Cardinals,
10:00 a.m.		  

Syracuse 8 Buffalo 3
• Valdez (W, 3-4) 7IP, 5H, 3R, 3ER, 5BB, 6K, 2HR
• Read 0-4
• Marmolejos 1-4, R
Roster moves: C Raudy Read, LHP Sammy Solis optioned from Washington.

Richmond 4 Harrisburg 3
• Darnell 6IP, 5H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 2K, HR
• Mendez (L, 4-3) 2IP, 3H, R, ER, 0BB, 0K
• Kieboom, Gushue, Keller 1-4, R, HR, RBI, K
• Davidson 2-4

The Senators smacked three homers but they were all solo shots as the Flying Squirrels edged them, 4-3 for the Sens’ sixth loss in the past seven games. Logan Darnell went the first six innings and turned a quality start of three runs on five hits with two walks and two whiffs. The loss went to Roman Mendez who gave up a run in the 9th on two singles. Carter Kieboom, Taylor Gushue, and Alec Keller each went deep while Austin Davidson went 2-for-4 to lead the Harrisburg offense. Roster moves: C Matt Reistetter placed on the 7-Day DL; C Jake Lowery reassigned from Syracuse.

Myrtle Beach 4 Potomac 1
• Crownover (L, 3-7) 6IP, 5H, 2R, 2R, BB, 4K
• Pantoja 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Masters 1-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
• Barrera 1-3, BB

Same [stuff] in South Carolina but just one homer as Potomac fell to Myrtle Beach, 4-1. Matthew Crownover also turned in a quality start of two runs on five hits and a walk. He struck out four while losing for the seventh time. David Masters went deep in the top of the 7th to break up the shutout bid. Bryan Mejia followed with a single, but it would be the sixth and final hit for Potomac as they went in order in both the 8th and 9th innings.

West Virginia 12 Hagerstown 4
• Alastre (L, 3-3) 5IP, 8H, 7R, 6ER, BB, 2K
• Brasher 2IP, 1H, 0R, BB, K
• Garcia 2-5, 2B, RBI
• Ortiz 1-3, 2B, BB

It was hot but the Suns were not Last Night in Hagerstown.

Auburn 4 Batavia 2
• Y. Ramirez (W, 1-2) 5IP, 3H, R, ER, 3BB, 4K
• N. Ramirez (H, 1) 2IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• De Los Santos (BS, 1; W, 1-0) 1⅔ IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 2K
• Canning 2-4, HR, 2RBI, CS
• Perkins 2-3, R, BB

Auburn got seven strong innings from the Ramirezes and two-run HR from Gage Canning as they swept Batavia with a 4-2 win, the sixth straight for the ‘Days. Yonathan went the first five and let in one run on three hits and three walks while striking out four. Nector spun two scoreless with two hits allowed for the hold. Jhonatan German gave up a run in the 8th but closed it out for the save. It was the first win, hold, and save, respectively for each pitcher. Canning also singled to go 2-for-4 while Nic Perkins walked and singled twice to lead the Doubledays offense. Roster moves: LHP Carson Teel reassigned from the GCL.

GCL Nationals 3 GCL Mets 1
• Strom 3IP, 4H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Maley (W, 1-0) 1⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K, 1-0 IR-S
• Ja. Peguero (H, 1) 3IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Morales 3-4, R, RBI
• Cropley 1-2, 2B, BB, RBI

The G-Nats got to .500 for the first time this season with a 3-1 win over the G-Mets. Leif Strom made his third start and went three scoreless innings. Alex Maley picked up his first win in relief while Joan Adon wobbled through the 9th to lose the shutout but get credit for the save. Jesus Morales led the hit column with three singles while Tyler Cropley also reached base three times with a walk, single, and a double. Roster moves: RHPs Reid Schaller (3rd Rd., Vanderbilt), Chandler Day (7th Rd., Vanderbilt) assigned from Washington.

DSL Update
The D-Nats put in another .500 week (3-3) but are still only three games off the pace in the DSL South. The trio of Pedro Gonzalez (17), Carlos Romero (18), and Bryan Pena (18) are separating themselves from the sextet of starters with a combined record of 5-1 and a combined ERA of 0.95. Likewise, the threesome of Braian Fernandez (19), Geraldi Diaz (17), and Jorge Hurtado are a cut above the rest of the hitters with OPS’s of .999, .963, and .924 respectively.

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  2. Wow Luke, you got to see the Suns field an OF hitting .091 (Ortiz)/.202 (Upshaw)/.183 (Esthay). I don’t see much standing in the way of rapid promotions for Canning and Rhinesmith.

    More importantly, what are your scouting reports on Garcia and Antuna?

    And most importantly, who is “taller”: Freeman or Renda? (I didn’t understand the Freeman pick, all the more so when they gave him full slot money.)

    2. Renda, but Freeman is definitely faster. Garcia and Antuna looked great at the plate. The errors just may be something they’ll have to get out of their system. I do think it would be a mistake to move them up this season. Let them get acclimated to full-season ball under as little pressure as possible. Not a lot of ground balls so it’s hard to judge Antuna from just one game.

      2. Good scoop on Garcia and Antuna. Antuna had another good game today (Sunday), so maybe he’s starting to figure out some things. I think you’re probably right that they should stay at Hagerstown the whole season, particularly considering their fielding issues. I do hope that Freeman has been a good INF mentor for them. On TV at LSU, Freeman certainly had a passion for the game. I’m not questioning that. I’ve just never been sure that his ceiling was particularly high.

        (But shorter than Renda? I had Renda pegged to be only about 5’6″. But hey, he’ll always be a “major leaguer.”)

        1. Garcia is a left-handed bat purportedly with more speed than Turner. Seems like he’d be rushed a bit to replace Murphy as that would be an almost perfect fit. But Luke is right, someone needs to teach these guys to bunt, hit-and-run. Where’s Alex Cora when you need him? Oh wait … he’s a manager now … why couldn’t the Nats hire him to manage?

  3. Ronald Pena. Performing well in AA, after hacing performed very well in Potomac.

    http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=milb&player_id=592630#/career/R/pitching/2018/ALL

    Never a name I’ve paid any attention to. He’s struggled to achieve a K/BB ratio of any better than 1:1 until last season – but this season, has significantly improved in this regard.

    Any scouting reports? Is this another arm that’s potentially figured out his command, which is allowing natural talent to show though?

    1. More or less. Pena was given a LOT of chances to succeed as a starter but, like Austen Williams, it appears he’s better suited to relief.

    2. saw Pena at Harrisburg last night. was throwing 94-96 according to the scoreboard

  4. Garcia is a left-handed bat purportedly with more speed than Turner. Seems like he’d be rushed a bit to replace Murphy as that would be an almost perfect fit. But Luke is right, someone needs to teach these guys to bunt, hit-and-run. Where’s Alex Cora when you need him? Oh wait … he’s a manager now … why couldn’t the Nats hire him to manage?

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