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Thursday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Matchup
Fresno OFF DAY vs. Sacramento, 10:05 p.m. M. Sanchez (0-1, 14.14) vs. D. Rodriguez (0-0, 0.00)
Harrisburg Won, 5-0 @ Altoona, 6:00 p.m. Crowe (4-1, 1.89) vs. Vieaux (1-2, 3.38)
Potomac Lost, 7-6 vs. Down East, 7:05 p.m. Johnston (3-4, 5.87) vs. Bahr (2-0, 2.08)
Hagerstown Lost, 3-2 @ Lakewood, 6:35 p.m. Irvin (2-3, 5.74) vs. Pipkin (1-1, 5.01)

Fresno – OFF DAY
After going 3-1 vs. Albuquerque, Fresno continues its nine-game homestand with five more against Sacramento. The Grizzlies lead the Pacific North by 2½ games and are 12-8 thus far at home.

Harrisburg 6 Trenton 4
• Braymer (W, 3-1) 7IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 9K
• Guilbeau (H, 6) 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• H. Jones 1-3, 2R, 2B, BB, RBI
• Sagdal 1-3, 2B, BB, 3RBI

Three Senators combined to shut out the Thunder, 5-0 on four hits and complete the four-game sweep. Ben Braymer won his third game on seven innings of two-hit ball without issuing a walk and fanning a season-high of nine. Taylor Guilbeau worked around an error and a single with two K’s in the 8th to earn hold #6 while Jacob Condra-Bogan gave up a one-out single and ended it in the 9th with 6-4-3 DP. Hunter Jones walked, doubled, scored a run, and drove in a run while Ian Sagdal walked and doubled and plated three to lead the Harrisburg offense.

Down East 7 Potomac 6
• M. Peña 3⅔ IP, 7H, 5R, 5ER, 3BB, 4K, HR
• Bonnell 2⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, BB, 2K, 1-0 IR-S
• Corredor 4-5, 2R, 2B, 2RBI
• Harrison 3-5, R, HR, 4RBI
• Agustin 2-5

Down East blew a 4-0 lead but got a lost-in-the-lights RBI double in the 5th to tie it at 5-5 and single runs in the 7th and 9th both of which were aided by wild pitches to edge Potomac, 7-6. Starter Malvin Peña didn’t make it out of the 4th as the Wood Ducks put 10 on the pond with seven hits and three walks and got in five over three and 2/3rds innings. Bryan Bonnell stranded one while finishing the inning and then threw two scoreless in his Potomac debut. The loss went to Jhon Romero as he issued a walk, which was sacrificed to second, then over to third on a wild pitch to enable the Wood Ducks to score on a grounder to short. Aldrem Corredor doubled and singled three times while KJ Harrison was a triple shy of the cycle with three hits and four RBI to pace the P-Nats attack.

Lakewood 3 Hagerstown 2
• Cate (L, 3-3) 6IP, 8H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 4K, WP
• Fletcher 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Lara 2-5, RBI
• Vickers 1-2, R, BB, RBI
• 10 LOB, 13K

Tim Cate extended his quality start streak to six, but all three runs came in the 6th as he lost a 2-0 lead in a 3-2 Suns loss. Cate gave up eight hits total (four in the 6th) but walked none and fanned only four. It was six up and six down for Aaron Fletcher to finish the game. Hagerstown got the tying run into scoring position with less than two outs in both the 7th and 9th innings but both baserunners got no further as the Suns went 0-for-5 in their last five RISP chances. Gilbert Lara (two singles) and Trey Vickers (single, walk) both reached base twice and had an RBI to lead the Suns’ six-hit, five-walk offense.

13 Commments

  1. Once again, great starting and relief pitching, clutch hitting and good defense on the island yesterday morning.

      1. Getaway games for school kids are fun
        Of course Rox promote Rodgers after he rakes F troop over the coals

      2. It’s both good and bad for the players. They are usually still in bed at that time, however, they get the rest of the day and evening off.
        For fans like me, there is nothing like 5000 screaming kids singing “baby shark” and “sponge bob, square pants”. It’s brutal, but at least they won again.

  2. Great outing by Braymer. Harrison keeps raking. Fletcher needs a promotion.

    1. With an ERA of 1.19 and a WHIP of .062, there is ZERO reason for Fletcher to be in Low A.

      1. Plenty of loogies to try in Hags. Evan Lee , Gilbert Chu . A month from now there could be a fast track June 19 draftee

  3. I’ll say it again. It might help Hagerstown win more games by not batting a guy with a .275 OBP and 35% strikeout rate in the lead off spot. It might even help Wilson too, getting better pitches to break out of this funk he’s been in for 200 plate appearances now.

    Or maybe ceaselessly trying the same thing over and over again might eventually work?

  4. Thank goodness the Nats signed Gerardo “The Babe” Parra–probably has saved their season at least for a little while. Yadiel can stay in that west coast video game league for awhile longer.

    Time for McGowan to get a start, however, if Anibal goes on the DL.

  5. Luke, any early impressions of KJ Harrison? He had the college pedigree to back up what he’s doing, but the Brewers gave up on him awfully quickly. Good things happen when you cut your K rate in half (from last season).

    1. I watched KJ for three years at OSU and he is the real deal. The real test will be at Harrisburg.

  6. Fletcher is the next Braymer. And Braymer, very quietly, may be becoming a big deal.

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