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Friday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Matchup
Fresno Lost, 5-4 @ Las Vegas, 10:05 p.m. Espino (1-0, 0.00) vs. Alexander (0-0, 0.00)
Harrisburg Won, 2-0 @ Bowie, 7:05 p.m. Sharp (0-1, 9.00) vs. Harvey (0-0, 7.71)
Potomac Lost, 8-6 @ Winston-Salem, 7:00 p.m. Tetreault (1-0, 1.80) vs. Battenfield (0-0, 1.50)
Hagerstown Won, 8-2 vs. Asheville, 6:05 p.m. Peguero (0-0, 0.00) vs. Garcia (0-1, 11.57)

Salt Lake City 5 Fresno 4
• Voth 5IP, 1H, 0R, BB, 7K
• Adams (H, 2) 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 4K
• Cordero (BS, 1; L, 0-1) ⅔ IP, 6H, 5R, 5ER, 0BB, 0K
• Kieboom 3-4, R, 2B, HR, BB, 3RBI
• Reynolds 2-4

Jimmy Cordero undid seven innings of shutout ball by the Austins in just six batters as he turned a 3-0 lead into a 5-3 deficit in the… wait for it… 8th inning. Carter Kieboom got one of them back on single, his third hit and third RBI of the afternoon, but Jake Noll and Yadiel Hernandez both grounded out to end the game and leave the tying run on third base for a 5-4 Fresno loss to Salt Lake City. Voth struck out seven and allowed one hit and one walk over five innings for the no-decision while Adams fanned four, walked none, and gave up one hit over two innings for the hold. Kieboom homered and doubled while going 3-for-4 while Matt Reynolds and Andrew Stevenson both had two singles to lead the Grizzlies attack.

Harrisburg 2 Bowie 0
• Fedde (W, 1-0) 6IP, 0H, 0R, BB, 5K, HBP
• Mills (H, 1) 2IP, 0H, 0R, BB, 0K
• Barrett (SV, 2) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Wiseman 3-4, RBI
• Sagdal 1-3, R, BB

Erick Fedde, Jordan Mills, and Aaron Barrett combined on a no-hitter as Harrisburg shut out Bowie, 2-0 to take the series opener. Fedde walked a batter, hit batter and struck out five over the first six to earn the win, Mills walked one over the next two for the hold, and Barrett set the side down in order in the 9th for the save. Rhett Wiseman went 3-for-4 with an RBI while Ian Sagdal singled, walked, and scored a run to pace the Sens offense.
Roster move: C Jake Lowery assigned from XST.

Winston-Salem 8 Potomac 6
• Borne ⅓ IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 0K
• Lee 4⅔ IP, 7H, 2R, 2ER, BB, 4K, WP, 1-1 IR-S
• Howard (L, 0-1) 2⅓ IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, BB, 2K, HR, WP
• Agustin 4-5, 2R, 2-2B, RBI, SB
• Freeman 2-3, 3R, 2BB, SB
• Reetz 1-3, 2B, SF, 3RBI

The Dash smacked a two-run HR in the—do you have to even ask?—to break a 6-6 tie, to which the P-Nats could not answer in the 9th for an 8-6 loss. Potomac starting pitcher Grant Borne left with an apparent injury after just four batters, retiring just one. Andrew Lee let in one inherited runner and two of his own as he tossed four and 2/3rds innings relief, giving up seven hits and a walk while fanning four. Hayden Howard took the loss on the aforementioned longball as he was charged with the last three Winston-Salem runs on six hits and a walk over two and 1/3rd innings. Telmito Agustin and Cole Freeman combined for six hits, five runs scored, two doubles (Agustin) and two walks (Freeman), and two stolen bases (one each) to power the P-Nats offense.

Hagerstown 8 Asheville 2
• Irvin 4⅔ IP, 4H, R, ER, 2BB, 3K
• Teel (W, 1-1) 2⅔ IP, 3H, R, ER, 0BB, 5K, 1-0 IR-S
• Harrison 2-3, 3R, 2B, BB, 2RBI
• Marinconz 2-3, R, 2-2B, 3RBI
• Lara 0-3, BB, RBI, E(5)

Hagerstown busted out for five in the 1st and cruised to an 8-2 win over Asheville in the home opener. Jake Irvin needed 87 pitches to retire 14 batters as he allowed the first Tourists run on four hits and two walks. Carson Teel picked up the win as he allowed the second Asheville run on three hits over the next two and 2/3rds innings. He walked none and struck out five. KJ Harrison scored three runs and drove in two while going 2-for-3 while Kyle Marinconz doubled twice in three trips to the plate and plated three to lead the Suns’ nine-hit, three-walk offense.

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  1. Great, great pitching news with a lot of guys, although also very sad news if Borne is significantly injured again. Best wishes to him.

    Great to see Fedde bounce back and dominate in the way he should at AA. Great outings by Voth and Adams, all the more so at altitude at Salt Lake (as McGowin did the day before).

    Several folks have laughed at me when I have suggested that Adams could end up playing a role with the big club’s ailing bullpen, but the early results suggest that he’s figured something out. In four IP, he has faced 14 batters. He’s walked only one (1) of them, given up only one hit, and K’d nine. (On the flip side, Cordero looks headed in the wrong direction.)

    Also, how long will the big club continue to try to just get by with Difo while Kieboom is clobbering the ball at AAA? I see that Kieboom was back at 2B yesterday, though, after getting some time at SS.

    1. Yes, It’s a bit stunning when you see Adams not walk anybody. He certainly has the arm.

      Agree on Kieboom, there was some concern when he struggled last year at Harrisburg but that seems a long time ago.

      1. How do the Nats have under $6 million in amateur draft dollar allocation but the Snakes have over 16 million. Someone please explain

    2. Anything possible with Adams .
      Never have enough lefties or pitching in general to drop in the development grinder .
      There is a clever lefty pitching ace level for TCU this spring

    3. As long as the big club is raking, there isn’t any pressure to bring up Kieboom, with all the juggling of the 40-man roster that would ensue. They almost certainly want to get him safely past his free agency push back date, by which point Turner will likely be close to returning.

    4. Standard operating procedure for PLayer development / scouting to sign to Latin arms this time of year ??
      Rendon is going to have a monster year going into contract talks in winter .
      Anybody due for a promotion come May flowers blooming ??

  2. Time to call Carter Kieboom up. Or at least, it will be time very soon. He’s ready.

    Thrilling result for Fedde and Co. Maybe this was the performance Fedde needed to get back on track.

    Sucks about Borne. This game will break your heart. Best wishes to him.

    Time to start paying attention to Carson Teel. (I love that we took a chance on three 6′ college lefties in last year’s draft, with him plus Cate and Fletcher, and I really love that all still look promising nearly a year later.)

    1. Good point about ” lend me a lefty ” theme .
      I can recall a time when affiliates were lucky to have one starter and one reliever lefty.
      Sao good call

  3. I was at Bowie last night to see the no-hitter by HBG. Fedde was dealing. The only real drama was when two Bowie batters tried breaking up the no-no by bunting. Fedde threw one out and Kieboom caught the other while Mills was was pitching. This led to some chirping between Barrett and the Bowie dugout when he came in to close out the game.

    Great starting pitching the last couple of days at AA and AAA.

    1. Barrett’s been around the game long enough to know it’s a no-no to try to bunt for a hit to break up a no-no.

      1. No crying in baseball and no whining from fair weatherfans about the temperatures in April and October . Lol

    2. Not sure what Sens were chirping about — they *should* know in a 2-0 game getting on base is the goal because the tying run is on deck. Bunt single, blast off a peeved pitcher, then it’s a tie game.

      1. Yep–this isn’t like when the Nats were up 6-0 with one out to go in Scherzer’s perfect game bid and the Pirate hitter leaned into the strike zone. That was a chicken spit move.

  4. Thanks LM. You may want to reach out to Luke to try your hand at Last Night in City Island…your updates are very much appreciated.

    What I am further quite appreciating is errorless baseball by the Senators. Only one error this whole year, I think. That reflects very well on instruction and the players brought in. And it wins games. Hoping it continues.

    As well, Barrett is showing he is more than a charity case. Such a great story to follow.

    2. On the other side of the pond : 1 error in the farm last night. Tetraults pickoff throwing error.
      I had a feeling Meregildo would be used in The OF in a pinch which was the case .
      Jackson T may not last long in High A ball.
      Balls were flying out of Nats Park last night .
      Cinnamon coffee ☕️ this am, Luke

    3. Barrett is living a blessed life.
      Grissom I had a feeling he would return in time to slide into a future bullpens role of some kind .

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