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Sunday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Matchup
Fresno Lost, 5-4 (11 inn.) vs. Salt Lake, 4:05 p.m. Ondrusek (1-1, 4.26) vs. Tropeano (0-0, 5.40)
Harrisburg Lost, 2-1 @ Trenton, 1:00 p.m. Fuentes (1-0, 0.90) vs. Stephan (0-2, 6.17)
Potomac Lost, 7-2 @ Salem, 4:05 p.m. Teel (2-0, 1.23) vs. De Jesus (3-4, 3.83)
Hagerstown Won, 2-1 vs. Rome, 2:05 p.m. Peguero (2-4, 2.17) vs Javier (2-2, 4.38)

Salt Lake 5 Fresno 4 (11 inn.)
• Voth 4IP, 4H, 3R, 2ER, 2BB, 3K, HR, WP, 99-60 PIT-K
• Self 3IP, 1H, 0R, BB, 4K
• Mills (L, 0-2) 2IP, 1H, 2R, 0ER, 2BB, 1K, HBP, WP
• Cowgill 2-4, R, RBI
• Difo 2-5, RBI

Fresno never led in this one, battling back from deficits of 2-0, 3-2, and 4-3 before falling 5-4 in the 11th. Austin Voth labored through four innings with the first three Salt Lake runs let in on four hits and two walks. Derek Self and Dakota Bacus combined for five shutout innings before giving way to losing pitcher Jordan Mills who prevented neither free runner in the 10th and 11th to score. The Grizzlies put together 10 hits and two walks but also struck out 13 times. Collin Cowgill and Wilmer Difo both had two hits and one RBI.
Roster moves: RHP J.J. Hoover placed on the 7-day I.L. retroactive to May 30 (corresponding move for Bourque option).

Trenton 2 Harrisburg 1
• Crowe (L, 5-4) 7IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 6K, HR, HBP
• Guilbeau 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• A. Sanchez 3-4, RBI, SB
• Wiseman 1-3, BB, K

The Sens pitched another strong game while the offense appeared on a milk carton as they dropped another close game, 2-1. Wil Crowe pitched seven strong innings, but gave up both Thunder runs on five hits, including a home run. He walked none and struck out six. Adrian Sanchez collected three of the seven Harrisburg hits and drove in the lone run. Rhett Wiseman was the only other batter to reach base twice with a single and a walk.

Myrtle Beach 7 Potomac 2
• Johnston (L, 5-6) 1⅔ IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 0K, HBP, WP
• Pantoja 2IP, 0H, 0R, BB, 2K
• Harrison 2-4, CS
• Dunlap 2-3, 2B, BB

Myrtle Beach scored in three consecutive innings to take 6-1 lead and cruised to 7-2 win to split the four-game series. Kyle Johnston got knocked out early, giving up two runs on three hits, three walks, and a hit batsman in the space of just 12 batters faced. Aaron Fletcher wriggled out of a bases-loaded jam to end the 2nd but was pounded for four runs on six hits over the next two innings. K.J. Harrison and Alex Dunlap combined for four of the team’s six hits and two of the fourteen (14) whiffs.

Hagerstown 2 Rome 1
• Adon (W, 4-2) 5⅔ IP, 3H, R, ER, 2BB, 3K, HBP
• Turner (H, 2) 2⅓ IP, 1H, 0R, BB, 3K
• Vann (SV, 1) ⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K, 3-0 IR-S
• Connell 2-3, 2RBI
• Daily 2-3, 2R, 2SB, CS

The Suns won a wild one that saw the game end with just one umpire on the field and the bases loaded with two outs when Chris Vann came on to get the last out for a 2-1 win. Joan Adon pitched into the 6th and gave up the lone Barves run on three hits and two walks while striking out three to pick up his fourth win. OT Turner stranded a runner in the 6th and pitched two scoreless innings. Jared Brasher struck out two to start the 9th, walked a batter, then took out the home plate umpire with a wild pitch. After a 36-minute delay he walked two more before giving way to Vann, who got the flyout for the save, his first. Justin Connell drove in both runs while Cole Dailey singled twice, stole two bases, and scored both runs.

9 Commments

  1. Another good showing by Self & Baucus. A reminder, while the Nats sign another retread (Rodney) Baucus has a 1.10 ERA & a WHIP of 1.13. You can deduct 25% from those numbers after the PCL factor.

    1. Fuentes has another OPENER outing in Burg .
      So the amateur draft will add 18-20 new stateside arms while the Int’l trolling may add another 14-16. Throw them in the hopper and hope for 3-4 to rise up a few levels

      1. I don’t get why Fuentes is being moved into a starter role. He’s been a reliever for nearly his entire professional career and he’s been able to move quickly in that capacity.

        In the Nats we trust, I guess.

  2. Trey Turner is off to a nice start in Hagerstown. He turns 23 later this month and will need to move up to Potomac soon to stay “on track” in spite of his injuries. Gotta think Jared Brasher KOing the home plate umpire isn’t going to put the Suns on blue’s Christmas card list, though.

    Not sure what’s happened to the vaunted Harrisburg offense, but Rhett Wiseman’s incredible vanishing act and Drew Ward’s IL placement haven’t helped one bit. At least the pitching is holding up. Not an eye-popping pitching line by Wil Crowe, but I think we’d all be happy to watch that start from, say, Stephen Strasburg or Patrick Corbin in their next go-’round.

    1. The EL has figured out the Sens offense ?
      I missed the Brasher KO ing . What exactly happened

      1. Not sure exactly. Luke said he drilled the ump with a pitch and they had to halt play for more than half an hour. Hope everyone is OK.

        1. Not much more detail than what was in the game log and the Suns gamer. Best guess: got hit in the neck, which is one of the few places where the umpire isn’t armored.

  3. Segeuro gave up two gopher balls hence two speed bumps in what could have been a longer QS but a rally is a rally. Make my day , Day .

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