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Saturday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Matchup
Fresno Won, 5-4 (11 inn.) @ Las Vegas, 10:05 p.m. Espino (2-1, 6.00) vs. Buchanan (2-1, 5.88)
Harrisburg Lost, 9-3 (6 inn.) vs. Trenton, 7:00 p.m. Tetreault (1-0, 3.60) vs. Garcia (1-0, 0.00)
Potomac Lost, 7-3 vs. Winston-Salem, 6:35 p.m. Raquet (1-4, 8.72) vs. Henzman (1-0, 3.75)
Hagerstown Won, 4-2 @ Augusta, 6:05 p.m. Irvin (0-3, 8.24) vs. Ozoria (0-0, 0.00)

Fresno 5 Las Vegas 4 (11 inn.)
• Copeland 6IP, 8H, 3R, 2ER, 3BB, 8K, HR, 2WP
• Bacus (W, 2-0) 2IP, 0H, 0R, IBB, 2K
• Marmolejos 2-4, R, BB, HR, RBI
• Hernandez 2-5, R, HR, 2RBI
• Cowgill 1-4, 2R, HR, RBI, HBP

José Marmolejos homered in 8th to tie the game and Yadiel Hernandez homered in the 9th to take a 4-3 lead, but Jimmy Cordero was up to his old tricks and served up a two-out tying HR to send the game into extras. After both teams failed to score in the 10th, Alec Keller tapped a grounder slowly enough for the runner at third to come home for the game-winning run as Fresno beat Las Vegas, 5-4 in 11 innings. Dakota Bacus put up goose eggs in both the 10th and the 11th to earn the win. Scott Copeland got the start and went the first six, allowing three runs (two earned) on eight hits and three walks while striking out eight. Collin Cowgill also homered and scored the winning run, thought the Grizzlies were a woeful 1-for-11 with RISP and left on 12.
Roster move: RHP Mario Sanchez promoted from Harrisburg.

Trenton 9 Harrisburg 3 (6 inn.)
• Crowe (L, 3-1) 4IP, 10H, 6R, 5ER, 2BB, 3K
• Ondrusek 2IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 3K, HR
• Ward 2-2, R
• Barrera 1-3, R, 2B, RBI

Rain shortened this one to six, but the game was well in hand for the Thunder as they rolled the Senators, 9-3 to even the series between the Eastern League’s 1st-place teams at one apiece. Wil Crowe lost for the first time as he was charged with six runs (five earned) on ten hits and two walks over just four innings. He struck out three. Chuck Taylor connected for his fifth homer while Drew Ward didn’t strike out while singling twice and scoring a run to lead the Harrisburg offense.
Roster move: RHP Logan Ondrusek activated from 7-Day I.L., reassigned from Fresno.

Winston-Salem 7 Potomac 3
• Borne 5⅓ IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 3BB, 2K, 2HBP
• Reyes (L, 0-3) 1⅔ IP, 2H, 3R, 1ER, 2BB, 2K, 2-0 IR-S
• Banks 1-2, 2BB
• Agustin 1-4, R, HR, 2RBI

Game 13 between Winston-Salem and Potomac went to the Dash, who were able to score seven times without a HR (thanks to eight walks), by a 7-3 count. Grant Borne scuffled through five and a 1/3rd innings, putting on 11 baserunners, but managed to let just three of them score. Luis Reyes made his second straight relief outing and for the first frame, it looked like he may have turned a corner, stranding two while leaving the bases loaded to end the 6th. But in the 7th, the reversion to the mean came as Reyes let in three runs (one earned) to lose for the third time. All three P-Nats runs came on the longball—Telmito Agustin’s 2nd, David Masters’s 8th—to mask a four-hit night by the offense.

Hagerstown 4 Augusta 2
• Cate (W, 2-2) 6IP, 3H, R, ER, BB, 8K
• German (SV, 3) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Cropley 2-3, R, BB, RBI, SB
• Wilson 2-4, R, 3B, BB, RBI, SB

Tim Cate dominated the GreenJackets with six innings of one-run ball on just 64 pitches as the Suns took the opener, 4-2. Cate struck out eight and walked as he won for the second time while putting up his fourth consecutive quality start. Ryan Tapani gave one back in the bottom of the 7th after Hagerstown scored three times in the top of the 7th to snap a 1-1 tie but kept Augusta at bay in the 8th for the hold, his second. Jhonatan German struck out the side in order in the 9th to get his third save. Tyler Cropley and Cody Wilson both reached base three times to lead the Suns’ seven-hit, seven-walk offense. Gilbert Lara extended his hit streak to 18 games with a single in the 3rd.

16 Commments

  1. Crowe was hit hard last night. I don’t know if it was just not his night or the conditions. It was sprinkling and then raining all game.

    1. Hopefully just a blip. But I don’t think it’s a bad thing for a prospect to have to deal with a little adversity. Let’s see if he can bounce back.

      Cate obviously had a fantastic showing. Hope Tetreault can keep it going today.

    2. What happens in Vegas ( and PCL ) stays in Both places.
      You watch : if YH or Cowgill would be promoted to big club their normal projections would play out .
      Sure would love to see Hoover promoted just for the inspiration of the Hoover head return in the Dead Prez race …

  2. Another terrific outing by Cate. Especially the 8k’s and only 1 walk. Potomac could sure use a starter or two.

    1. Cate and Lara both ought to be promoted soon, especially with all the quick promotions we’ve seen this year to date.

    3. Sooner Irwin gets his calastoga wagon in order.
      Cane Cody Wilson putting the tools on display lately

    1. No. The Nats rarely give details on injuries and they lie frequently enough that it’s foolhardy to believe them when they do.

  4. Have bat will travel. Lara.
    Good for Sanchez to teach AAA in the traditional , non geographical enduced , convenience Nats affiliation inversion farm challenge
    David Masters should see some time. Will he get voted onto the island as that long winded show states ?
    Agustin too?

    1. Not surprising the D backs recall Tim Locastro especially after the way he raked Fresno pitching

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