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It was a hi-lo split Tuesday night on the Nats farm with wins in the upper minors and losses by the "A" teams

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Matchup
Fresno Won, 16-9 vs. Salt Lake, 9:35 p.m. Voth (1-0, 1.80) vs. Snow (0-1, 5.00)
Harrisburg Won, 2-1 @ Altoona, 10:30 a.m. Sharp (1-1, 6.30) vs. Vieaux (0-0, 0.00)
Potomac Lost, 9-3 @ Lynchburg, 1:00 p.m. Tetreault (2-0, 1.80) vs. Morgan (2-0, 0.00)
Hagerstown Lost, 2-1 vs. Lexington, 10:35 a.m. Irvin (0-0, 4.66) vs. Bubic (1-0, 3.27)

Fresno 16 Salt Lake City 9
• Copeland (W, 1-0) 5IP, 3H, 5R, 5ER, 5BB, 2K, HR
• Nuño 1IP, 0H, 0R, BB, 2K
• J. Wilson 3-4, 3R, 2B, HR, BB, 4RBI
• Kieboom 2-4, 2R, 2B, HR, BB, 4RBI
• Read 2-5, R, 2B, HR, 2RBI
• Cowgill 2-2, 2R, HR, 3BB, 3RBI

Ordinarily, a five-run inning for a starter will get him an early shower. But Fresno answered that salvo with 12 straight runs over two innings to give Scott Copeland the cushion he needed to shake it off and go the requisite five innings. He allowed those five runs on three hits, including a three-run HR, and five walks while striking out two to pick up the Jack Morris win. The Grizzlies buzzed the Bees for four homers – one apiece by Collin Cowgill, Jacob Wilson, Raudy Read, and Carter Kieboom. The quartet combined for nine of Fresno’s 13 hits and 13 of its 15 RBI.

Harrisburg 2 Altoona 1
• Fedde (W, 2-0) 7IP, 6H, 1ER, 0ER, BB, 3K
• Bourque (SV, 2) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Sagdal 2-4, R, 2B
• Garcia 1-3, R, 2B, RBI, SB

Luis Garcia doubled, stole third, and came in on an Adrián Sanchez sac fly to give Erick Fedde and the Sens a 2-1 win over the Curve. Fedde was a bit more hittable (six) than his last outing
but allowed just an unearned run while walking one and fanning three over seven strong innings. James Bourque kept Altoona off the bases with a pair of 1-2-3 innings to earn the save, his second. Ian Sagdal (single, double) and Rhett Wiseman (double, HBP) were the only two Harrisburg batters to reach base twice as the Curve pitchers held them to seven hits total, with just one in eight RISP chances. Roster moves: OF Zach Collier placed on the 7-Day I.L.; IF Luis Sardinas activated from the 7-Day I.L.

Lynchburg 9 Potomac 3
• Johnston (L, 0-3) 3+ IP, 8H, 7R, 7ER, 5BB, 4K, HR, WP
• Lee 3IP, 2H, R, ER, 2BB, 5K
• Corredor 2-4, R, RBI
• Freeman 2-4, R

Just when Potomac seemed to be digging itself out of another early hole (4-0 after one), Lynchburg put up another four-spot in the 4th and cruised to a 9-3 win. Kyle Johnston toggled back to Mr. Hyde with seven runs allowed on eight hits and five walks over three-plus innings for his third loss in as many starts. Hayden Howard and Andrew Lee combined for five innings of two-run relief with nine strikeouts. K’s were also in abundance on the P-Nats’ side of the scorebook as the batters whiffed 12 times while compiling seven hits, with Aldrem Corredor and Cole Freeman both collecting two. Roster move: RHP Carlos Acevedo released.

Lexington 2 Hagerstown 1
• Cate 6IP, 2H, R, ER, 2BB, 4K
• Fletcher (L, 1-1) 2IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 0K
• O’Connor 1-2, SF, RBI
• Rhinesmith 1-3, R, 2B

Two of the three runs scored on a sacrifice fly, and it was the Legends that were one better than the Suns, 2-1. Tim Cate turned in his first quality start of the season, allowing one run on two hits and two walks while fanning four. The loss went to Aaron Fletcher who fell in the 8th and couldn’t get up on a double-sac bunt-sac fly sequence in his second inning of work. Hagerstown was limited to four hits, with Jacob Rhinesmith scoring the lone run and collecting the only extra-base knock, did not walk, and struck out 11 times. Roster moves: SS Jose Sanchez placed on the 7-Day I.L.; IF Trey Vickers assigned from XST.

18 Commments

  1. This was Acevedo’s 6th year with the organization, his 11.57 ERA with Potomac this year was the final straw with the front office I guess.

    Looking forward to seeing who takes his place.

    1. Grissom the slow trickle beginning of the purge in depth charts for pitchers with Acevedo
      Cooors Lite PCL is kind to F troop some nights then some early showers for pitchers
      Josh Wilson might hit 30 HRs in PCL
      How did Fedde get out of that bases loaded jam with 1 out after walking the pitcher. Wow!
      Third cup of coffee watch out. Hail coming to the SW states. Ugh. That means fuselage checks on jets. Delays for travelers .
      I notice there are still two NCAA lefties on GCL roster ( Evan Lee and somebody else ) I will spare the Civil War name imagery to keep some from getting a rash …Nick…Andrew… now Evan…
      Some of us would love to see Ward and / or Wiseman hit in PCL just to see the results .

      1. Surprising that Nats promoted Vickers over ND alum , Daily, ?
        Looks like Meijia might play more outfield with Collier on the 7 day IL.
        Everybody have a great Easter week

        1. Reports from get away day in AA expected . One must sit far away from the school bus loads of kids jacked up on soft drinks ! Lol!

          1. I’m not there this morning for the reason you mention. The “education day” games are brutal. 3 hours of constant noise.

          1. Don’t worry — I’ve got Vegas Vacation references to make this season one way or another

    2. Or, perhaps, a loss of velo.

      Hard to imagine such a quick hook for a player who had promise and big measurables. Unless this is an inventory cut, there must be more to the story. Minor leaguer far from home…so long Carlos.

  2. Another nice showing from Cate. Still not sure what to make of Fedde, who, other than the no-hitter, hasn’t exactly dominated the AA level in the way one would hope to see.

    1. 7 innings of with 0 earned runs is pretty dominant if you ask me.

      Fedde has now pitched 18 innings, and given up earned runs in 1 of those 18. The other 17 have been scoreless. He’s kept runners off the bases too, with only a 0.78 WHIP. Overall, his seasons so far looks pretty good to me.

      1. Those runs in the 1 inning were with 2 outs too. I was in Altoona last night and he looked good. Should have had a couple more strikeouts as Kieboom was ready to throw the ball around but ump missed it. Adrian Sanchez had 2 spectacular catches in foul territory. Curve left fielder robbed kieboom of a homer. No homeruns, but well played game again by Sens.

    1. Not as soon as anybody wants. It’s worth remembering that it took two serious injuries to help make Juan Soto coming up so soon—Robles and Bautista—and as others have noted that as long as they’re getting enough out of Difo and Dozier to hold things down, Kieboom will probably stay down too.

      Ain’t nothing holding back Nuño but Rizzo’s inability to admit he was wrong about Rosenthal.

  4. Victor Robles has graduated from prospect status. That makes Carter Kieboom the Nats’ top prospect.

    Here’s hoping the Nats call him up soon. They could certainly use a shakeup.

  5. The big club looks lethargic and needs a jolt of something. Not sure how bad they want their record to be before they decide that it’s time to give Carter K a look.

  6. Will — I admit to being a long-time Fedde skeptic. He got 11 starts in the majors last year, and the club thought so highly of him that it, um, went out and signed three starters and essentially gave him no chance to make the rotation (which he confirmed with a poor spring). I don’t think they’ll bring him up as a reliever, at least not this year. We’ll see. It certainly would be to the benefit of all for him to finally develop into a legit MLB starter, but I’m not convinced that he’s there yet.

    1. As long as Stephen Strasburg is on the Nats, Fedde will have a future in DC.

      I too am not convinced, I’d sooner give starts to Ross or McGowin. But another month or so of solid performances would go a long way in changing my mind.

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