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Thursday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Matchup
Syracuse Losing, 2-0
(Susp., 4th)		 vs. Charlotte,
4:35 p.m.		 TBD and Goforth (2-3, 4.03) vs.
TBD and Wojciechowski (5-6, 4.05)
Harrisburg Lost, 5-2 vs. Hartford,
6:30 p.m.		 Vargas (0-1, 2.25) vs.
Grills (2-4, 3.95)
Potomac Won, 7-2 vs. Frederick,
7:05 p.m.		 Braymer (6-3, 2.82) vs.
Lowther (3-2, 2.76)
Hagerstown Lost, 7-6
(7 inn.)		 @ Augusta,
5:35 p.m.		 A. Lee (3-2, 4.37) and
Tetreault (3-8, 4.23) vs.
Phillips (4-6, 4.26) and
Cave (5-6, 4.52)
Auburn Postponed @ Batavia,
7:05 p.m.		 Stoeckinger (1-1, 1.17) vs.
Guerrero (2-3, 3.08)
GCL Nationals OFF DAY @ GCL Mets,
12:00 p.m.		  

Charlotte 2 Syracuse 0 – (Susp., 4th)
• Dragmire 4IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, BB, 3K, 2HR
• Marmolejos 0-1, 2B
• Robles 2-2, 2B, SB

The Chiefs fell behind 2-0 after back-to-back HRs in the 4th. The rains came after the bottom of the 4th was over and, after a 54-minute delay, the umps decided it was time go have a late supper called it off. They’ll finish this one tonight and play a seven-inning game afterwards. Roster moves: RHP Koda Glover recalled to Washington; RHP Jefry Rodriguez optioned from Washington; OF Moises Sierra activated from 7-Day DL; OF Alejandro De Aza released.

Hartford 5 Harrisburg 2
• Crowe (L, 0-1) 6IP, 5H, 4R, 1ER, 4BB, 4K, 2HR, WP, E(1)
• Bourque 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Read 2-3, R, BB
• Johnson 2-4, R, HR, RBI

Wil Crowe discovered it’s a little harder to win with only two runs to work with as Hartford beat him and Harrisburg, 5-2. Crowe went six innings in consecutive starts for the second time this season but gave up four runs on two homers and five hits total while walking four. He struck out four as he lost for the first time in 2018. Raudy Read singled twice and walked once while Daniel Johnson singled and homered to lead the Sens offense.

Potomac 7 Frederick 2
• Crownover 4+ IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, BB, 3K, HR
• Bogucki (W, 3-1) 2IP, 1H, 0R, BB, K, 3-1 IR-S
• Garcia 2-3, 3R, BB, HR, RBI
• Agustin 2-4, R, 2B
• Sundberg 1-3, R, BB, RBI, CS(8)

The P-Nats clarified their paternity in regards to the Keys, 7-2 for their sixth straight win. Matthew Crownover got the start but couldn’t get out of the 5th as he put on the first four batters before giving way to the bullpen. He would give up both Frederick runs on five hits and a walk. A.J. Bogucki got the win and led the trio of relievers who combined for five scoreless innings. Luis Garcia singled, walked, and homered and scored three runs to power the Potomac offense.

Augusta 7 Hagerstown 6 (7 inn.)
• Alastre 5+ IP, 8H, 6R, 6ER, BB, 5K, HR
• Pantoja (L, 0-1) 1⅓ IP, 2H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K, 1-0 IR-S
• Dunlap 2-2, R, 2B, BB
• Freeman 2-3, R, BB, RBI
• Canning 2-4, R, 2B, OF assist at HP

Hagerstown blew a 4-0 lead and was walked off in the bottom of the 7th for a 7-6 loss in what would be the only game played thanks to… wait for it… the rain. Tomas Alastre was stung for six runs on eight hits and a walk over five-plus innings while striking out five. The loss went to Jorge Pantoja after a single, sacrifice, and (his) two-base error put a runner on third with one out as the Suns were able to get the runner trying to advance all the way from first. The next batter singled to plate the game-winning run. Alex Dunlap singled, doubled, walked, and scored run as did Cole Freeman, who also drove in a run, to lead the Suns offense.

Auburn vs. Batavia – PPD
The rain also postponed the game between Auburn. Because this is the second of two series in which the series was split between Auburn and Batavia to ensure that latter would be home on a Thursday (Gee, why might that be?), no make up date was announced. Best guess: next Saturday.

GCL Nationals – OFF DAY
The G-Nats return to action with a road game today against the G-Mets, home games tomorrow and Saturday vs. the G-Cardinals and G-Astros, then a Sunday morning tilt on the road again against the G-Marlins.

18 Commments

  1. Luis Garcia is hitting a cool .462 over his last 10 games. Overall at Potomac, he’s slashing .322/.352/.470 as one of the youngest players at the A+ level.

    Good to see that Crowe held his own last night. It’s great to have a draft pick make AA a year after being drafted. With his age, he needed to be able to progress quickly to stay on track. He has.

    1. No, he IS the youngest player at A+.

      Born on May 16 2000, Luis Garcia is one of two 18 year olds in A+. Eguy Rosario is the other. He was born on August 16 1999, or exactly 9 months older. In 6 days, Garcia will be the only 18 year old in A+.

      FWIW, Garcia was ALSO the youngest player in A ball as well, if he were still playing there. Justin Lopez was born May 9 2000, and is a week older than Garcia.

  2. We should not bet on an outfielder with lefty swing heading to Cuse.
    Knorr will use that Wilson guy all over.
    One should not say Must Win in dog days of summer this early but today’s Matinee is a must win for Gio especially .
    Come back SS

  3. Nats must be loving what they are seeing for Luis Garcia.

    IIRC, he is the youngest player in the Carolina League (4.4 years younger than league average) as he just turned 18 in May, and as a SS, he is hitting .462 with power (3 HRs) over his last 10 games. His OPS at Potomac is .821, and he steals bases. Got to think he will be climbing up the prospect charts. For a little perspective on just how young Garcia is, he essentially came up replacing Carter Kieboom at Potomac, and Garcia is 2 years and 7 months younger than Kieboom. Looking like a special player.

  4. We may have to look past the .243 average for Wilfredo Matos who was just brought stateside with his table setting intangibles . The glove / range might be stellar

  7. Bad pun. Nats doing their best to
    Knock the braves out of second place.
    Line shots up the middle or not

  8. OK, it’s after 6:30 p.m. and I can’t see any comments for today. I posted one this morning, and I imagine others have attempted to post. So the comments gremlin continues to grow.

      3. I will be shocked if Jackson T. Is not promoted to Potomac after this Augusta outing
        With rain delay tossed in
        Good subject change , Luke ? Lol

        1. You’re killing me, Wills!

          The only other trick that hasn’t been mentioned already (clear cache/cookies, close browser, twist to the left) is to append /amp at the end of the string and then hit the “Leave a Comment” button.

          The backend stuff is precisely why I pay for WordPress hosting as opposing to DIY. My theory was that the theme I had been using (which I still kind of like better, but I know I felt that way about the previous one I used for five years) had something to do with it.

        2. Yeah, couldn’t see the one I posted at 10 p.m., either, but at least the others didn’t disappear when I posted it.

  10. Jackson Tetrault to Potomac is a no brained after his stellar start in Augusta, a good hitting club

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