Sunday’s News & Notes
| Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Matchup |
| Syracuse | Lost, 9-4 | vs. Louisville, 1:05 p.m. |
Valdez (3-6, 3.21) vs. Mella (1-1, 5.00) |
| Harrisburg | Lost, 2-0 | @ New Hampshire, 1:30 p.m. |
Darnell (6-4, 4.94) vs. Dillon (1-4, 6.98) |
| Potomac | Won, 7-3 | @ Salem, 4:05 p.m. |
Braymer (4-3, 3.53) vs. Thompson (4-8, 4.56) |
| Hagerstown | Postponed | vs. Lakewood, 1:05 p.m. |
Hill (1-3, 4.56) and Alastre (3-5, 5.36) vs. Brown (4-1, 2.03) and Parkinson (7-1, 1.64) |
| Auburn | Postponed | @ State College, 6:05 p.m. |
Vargas (0-0, 0.00) or Stoeckinger (0-1, 1.13) vs. Dahlberg (0-2, 2.72) |
| GCL Nationals | Lost, 15-6 | vs. GCL Astros, 10:00 a.m. |
Louisville 9 Syracuse 4
• Dragmire (L, 1-5) 5IP, 10H, 7R, 7ER, BB, K, HR
• Adams 1⅔ IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, BB, 5K
• Marmolejos 0-4, 2K
Roster moves: C Matt Reistetter, RHP David Goforth placed on 7-Day DL; OF Alejandro De Aza activated from 7-Day DL.
New Hampshire 2 Harrisburg 0
• McGowin (L, 4-3) 6IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 9K, HR, WP
• Bourque 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Noll 2-3, E(6)
• Read 1-4, E(2)
• 0-0 RISP
Both teams had four hits, but New Hampshire hit a homer and drew three walks whereas Harrisburg did neither in a 2-0 shutout. Kyle McGowin gave up both runs and struck out nine but lost for the third time. James Bourque was prefect in the 7th and 8th. All four Harrisburg hits were singles, with Jake Noll collecting two, Raudy Read and Alec Keller each hitting one.
Potomac 7 Salem 3
• Crowe (W, 10-0) 5IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, BB, 3K, HR, WP, HBP
• DeRosier 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Agustin 3-4, BB, RBI
• Sundberg 2-3, 2R, 2B, 2BB, 2RBI
• Barrera 2-4, 2R, BB
The P-Nats bats once again provided Wil Crowe with plenty of runs to work with in a 7-3 win over the Red Sox. Crowe didn’t allow Salem to score in three of five innings pitched and gave up three runs on four hits (one HR) while walking one and fanning three to get credit for a 10th win. Matt DeRosier threw two scoreless innings, Jorge Pantoja and Taylor Guilbeau one apiece to close out the game. Telmito Agustin and Jack Sundberg both reached base four times to lead Potomac’s 12-hit, seven-walk offense.
Rain struck Hagerstown yet again, postponing last night’s contest to a doubleheader this afternoon. Roster moves: SS Yasel Antuna placed on the 7-Day DL.
Auburn vs. State College – PPD
Likewise with rain in Pennsylvania and the Doubledays, but the makeup game will be on August 2nd.
GCL Cardinals 15 GCL Nationals 6
• N. Gomez (L, 0-1) 3IP, 9H, 7R, 7ER, 0BB, 5K, 0HR
• Sosa 3-4, R, 2B
• Senior 2-4, R, 2B, RBI
• Pogue 2-4, R, HR, RBI
• W. Perez 2-4, R, 3PB(7)
The G-Nats pitchers had three scoreless innings – the 2nd, 4th, and 7th – and gave up 21 hits in a 15-6 demolition by the G-Cards. Niomar Gomez took the loss with seven runs charged on nine hits but no homers and no walks and still struck out five. Justin Connell was the (root) beer man (he’s 19) in the G-Nats 14-hit parade led by Ronaldy Sosa with two singles and a double. Daniel Johnson, Colton Pogue, and Leandro Emiliani each homered.
DSL Update
After starting out strong with four wins, the D-Nats lost three straight to finish the week and fall further behind in the DSL South. Starting pitching continues to dominate with two starters (Pedro Gonzalez, Carlos Romero) sporting ERAs under 2.00 and WHIPs under 1.00. Braian Ferandnez and Geraldi Diaz are still leading the offense, with 17-y.o. Jorge Hurtado emerging as batter to watch with a 11-for-30 mark over his last 10 games and an .825 OPS overall.
Good to see you back in rare form
Luke.
Let’s see what Alastre brings vs Lakewood today
Interesting kid on DSL getting some ABs. Diony Joseph. Lefty swinger
Tall @ six foot three but plenty of frame to put on muscle .
What pitch did McGowin learn which has him racking up some Ks in AA??
No word on Anderson Franco Luke?
McGowin’s slider is his out pitch. Once again, he had a quality start but no run support.
The Anti-Crowe?
Safe to say that Johnsons rehab eventually will continue @ Potomac
Coupling with Augustin to enable
Wiseman to join Senators ?
Ryan Williamson taking the bump in GCL Sunday. Good
With the “plus-plus-sized” lady warming up and getting ready to do her solo performance over the rapidly-assuming-room-temperature body of the big club, we can cross our fingers that all of the Nats top prospects will still be gainfully and employed by the team come 8/1, with maybe a few additions added to the ranks.
It’s time for a 2016 Yankees-style retooling: Keep the young core together–trade every pending free agent you can (eating whatever salary you need to), and position the team so it can use the huge amount of freed up salary space this offseason to redesign for the post-Harper era. Oh, and most importantly from our standpoint, use the last two months of the season to get a look at some of the prospects.
Wow Goodwin trade value fell to an A ball reliever.
KC good place for Brian
A 23 year old in high A ball…
Agreed. This team isn’t going to amount to anything. Deal Harper, Adams, Reynolds and Gio (and Zimmerman if amyone will take him) for some SP prospects. There’s still a very good core here but this current team’s window has shut. If things fall right and we fix our rotation, we could make another playoff push next year but we’re going to need to be aggressive in free agency to patch holes, even if we can pry a top 100 SP prospect from someone like the A’s or Braves.
My fear is we’re going to double down and deal some real prospects for yet another futile playoff push.