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Monday’s News & Notes

It was a three-win Sunday for the Nats farm.

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Matchup
Syracuse Won, 3-2
(11 inn.)		 vs. Rochester, 6:35 p.m. Voth (4-8, 4.57) vs. Romero (5-5, 3.40)
Harrisburg Won, 4-3 vs. Erie, 6:30 p.m. Long (4-8, 3.75) vs. Binford (1-4, 4.54)
Potomac Lost, 7-6 vs. Frederick, 7:05 p.m. TBD vs. Lowther (5-2, 2.68)
Hagerstown Won, 10-6 @ West Virginia, 7:05 p.m. Held (5-6, 3.54) vs. Schlabach (6-4, 3.87)
Auburn Lost, 5-4
(10 inn.)		 @ West Virginia, 7:05 p.m. Peguero (4-3, 3.28) vs. Bido (3-6, 4.71)

Syracuse 3 Rochester 2 (11 inn.)
• Valdez 7IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 4K
• Adams 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 4K
• Torres (W, 4-3) 1IP, 0H, 0R, IBB, 0K, HBP
• Falu 2-5, 2R, HR, RBI, SB
• Gosewich 2-5, 2B, RBI, 2K
• Marmolejos 2-5, R, RBI, 3K

Irving Falu’s leadoff HR to start the 8th tied it at 2-2 and send it into extras where the Chiefs clipped the Red Wings, 3-2 in 11 innings. Phillips Valdez went the first seven and allowed both Rochester runs on four hits and three walks and struck out four. Sammy Solis (1IP), Austin Adams (2IP), and Carlos Torres (1IP) combined for four scoreless innings of relief, with Torres picking up his fourth win. Falu, Tuffy Gosewich, Chris Dominguez, and Jose “Orange” Marmolejos each had two hits in Syracuse’s 10-hit parade.

Harrisburg 4 Akron 3
• Vargas 5IP, 2H, R, ER, 3BB, 7K, HBP
• Mills (W, 2-1) 1⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K, 2-0 IR-S
• Bourque (SV, 1) 1IP, 0H, 0R, BB, 2K
• Johnson 2-5, R, HR, RBI
• Abreu 2-4, RBI, SB

Daniel Johnson also went yard late, hitting a one-out solo shot in the 9th to lead Harrisburg to a 4-3 win over Akron in the series finale. Cesar Vargas got the start and turned in five innings of one-run ball on two hits and three walks while fanning seven. Jordan Mills stranded two while getting out of the 7th and set the side down in order in the 8th to pick up the win. James Bourque worked around a leadoff walk in the 9th to earn the save, his first at AA in 2018.

Lynchburg 7 Potomac 6
• Tetreault 5⅓ IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 3K, HR
• McKinney (BS, 1;L, 3-4) 1⅔ IP, 3H, 2R, 1ER, IBB, 1K
• Sagdal 3-5, 2R
• Barrera 2-4, 2R, 2B, BB
• Wiseman 2-5, 2B, RBI

The P-Nats blew leads of 4-0 and 6-3 as the bullpen gave up three in the 8th and one in the 9th to lose the series finale, 7-6. Jackson Tetreault pitched into the sixth, but couldn’t get out of it, as A.J. Bogucki let in both inherited runners to leave him with a line of three runs on six hits and two walks over five and a 1/3rd innings. Jeremy McKinney also failed to keep two runners from scoring in the 8th and let in two runs of his own for the blown-save-loss. Potomac was just 1-for-10 with RISP and left on 10 baserunners, but collected 12 hits with Ian Dagdal leading the way with a 3-for-5 afternoon.

Hagerstown 10 Lexington 6
• Alastre 3IP, 5H, 5R, 3ER, BB, 4K, HR, HBP
• German (W, 2-1) 3IP, 1H, 0R, BB, 7K
• Freeman 3-5, 4R, RBI
• Franco 2-3, R, HR, BB, 4RBI
• Panaccione 2-5, 2R, HR, RBI

A four-run 4th broke open a 4-3 game as Hagerstown outslugged Lexington, 10-6 to split the four-game series. Tomas Alastre got the start and was done after three with five runs allowed on five hits (one HR) and one walk while fanning one. Jhonatan German was the winner as he conveniently took care of business by striking out seven of eleven in three shutout innings. Cole Freeman scored four times while going 3-for-5 while Anderson Francao and Paul Panaccione both homered to lead the Suns offense.

West Virginia 5 Auburn 4 (10 inn.)
• N. Gomez 5IP, 9H, 4R, 4ER, BB, 4K
• Day 3IP, 3H, 0R, 0BB, 3K, 2HBP
• Chu (L, 2-2) ⅓ IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 0K
• C. Wilson 4-5, R, 2B
• Mendez 2-4, 2R

Back-to-back-to-back singles with two out enabled the Doubledays to tie it in the 9th at 4-4. They couldn’t push across a run in the 10th and the Black Bears could for 5-4 win. Auburn starter Niomar Gomez gave up the first four West Virginia runs on nine hits over five innings. He walked one and struck out four. Gilberto Chu was able to retire the free runner at third after an intentional walk but unable to retire the next batter, who singled to center to send in the IBB and pin him with his second loss. Cody Wilson singled three times and doubled once to lead the Doubledays’ 12-hit parade.

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  1. Luke, who are your picks for the AFL? Rizzo already said Kieboom would be one.

    1. I’d like to see Luis Garcia go but I can’t see them sending both SS’s. Fuentes is a good candidate as I have a feeling most of the pitchers will be relievers. Again.

  2. Homers in back-to-back games for the “forgotten” Daniel Johnson. Between his injury and the Soto Eclipse, Johnson has been little-discussed for a player who started the season in the #5-7 range on most Nats’ prospect lists.

    I guess it’s fair to credit Johnson with “holding his own” at AA in his age-22 season. The HR power that caught everyone’s attention last year has been lacking, in part due to a power-sapping injury, but his gap power remains good (16 doubles, 7 triples), and the speed is there (20 SBs, 7 triples). K rate is up to an uncomfortable 22.6%, walk rate slightly below what you’d like to see at 6.1%, although consistent with what he did last year.

    It’s still hard to say what his ceiling is, particularly since this season doesn’t provide a true gauge on whether the Hags power was an aberration. I’m tempted to say he has more MLB reserve potential than Andrew Stevenson because he’s got the same speed, more power, and a better arm, but we’ll see. The Nats have the role model for maximizing a similar skillset in Adam Eaton.

    1. Johnson looks like a poor man’s Michael Taylor, which means he needs to be able to hit off the bench to be an effective reserve. Taylor has shown little ability to be productive unless he plays every day.

  3. The experimentation of Franco and Meregildo flipping between
    3b/1b on various nights of the week is interesting
    DJ is still an intriguing option in the depth chart.
    Nice progress with Jackson T in his Potomac time
    Who fills the Booted Herrera IP? Solis again up?

      1. Us baseball junkies will miss the game between the numbers in the DSL/ GCL levels.
        DSL playing .500 36-36 is good considering the so- so pitching and lumber company on offense. Granted suffer the young leather gaffes.
        AFL candidates besides Carter K?? Braymer? Jackson T? Fuentes too young ? Maybe …Andrew Lee?

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