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Monday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Matchup
Fresno Won, 5-4 @ Albuquerque, 8:35 p.m. Hoover (3-2, 7.43) vs. TBD
Harrisburg Lost, 4-2 @ Bowie, 7:05 p.m. TBD vs. Wells (7-1, 1.92)
Potomac Lost, 3-1 @ Fayetteville, 7:00 p.m. Cate (1-2, 3.27) vs. Hansen (2-1, 4.62)
Hagerstown Won, 10-5 @ Greensboro, 7:05 p.m. Stoeckinger (1-2, 3.52) vs. TBD
Auburn Lost, 3-2 @ Lowell, 7:05 p.m. TBD vs. TBD
GCL Nationals Won, 6-1 @ GCL Astros, 12:00 p.m.  

Fresno 5 Sacramento 4
• Crowe 6IP, 6H, 2R, 2ER, 5BB, 6K
• Bourque 1⅔ IP, 1H, 0R, BB, K
• Kontos (W, 1-0) 1⅓ IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 1K, 1-0 IR-S
• Read 3-4, 2R, HR, RBI
• Snyder 2-4, 2R, 2HR (20, 21), 2RBI
• Reynold 2-5, 2RBI

The Grizzlies won the battle of the bullpens as they gave up two runs in the 9th vs. the River Cats letting in three. Fresno won, 5-4 and the two teams split the four-game series. Wil Crowe walked five and gave up six hits over six innings, but just two runs came in for a no-decision in his AAA debut. Brandon Snyder homered for the second time to lead off the 9th and break a 2-2 tie. Following a double by Chuck Taylor and a single by Raudy Read, Matt Reynolds delivered a two-out, two-run single to give Fresno a 5-2 lead. George Kontos, who got the last out in the 8th, almost blew the three-run lead with two runs allowed on three hits in the 9th to not lose pick up the win.

Richmond 4 Harrisburg 2
• Tetreault 6IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 6BB, 3K
• Miller (L, 0-1) 1IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K
• Banks 2-4, RBI
• Ward 1-3, R, BB, HR, RBI

Richmond locked down Harrisburg after the 3rd inning and got two runs late to prevent a four-game sweep with a 4-2 win in the series finale. Jackson Tetreault worked around six walks over six innings by giving up just two hits and fanning three for the no-decision. Justin Miller gave up an unearned run in the 7th to take the loss. Nick Banks got the de rigeur two K’s from a Senators RF but also got two hits, extending his hit streak across two levels to eight games while Drew Ward hit his 9th HR in 39 games to lead the Harrisburg offense.
Roster moves: C Spencer Kieboom recalled to Washington; C Jake Lowery activated from the 7-Day I.L.

Fayetteville 3 Potomac 1
• Raquet 6+ IP, 5H, R, ER, 2BB, 7K, HBP
• Istler (L, 0-1) 1⅓ IP, 2H, R, ER, 0BB, 1K, 1-0 IR-S
• German ⅔ IP, 2H, R, ER, BB, 0K, 1-1 IR-S
• Dunlap 1-1, 2BB, RBI
• Freeman 1-3, 2B

Nick Raquet could not throw the shutout that 14 whiffs and four hits on offense would have needed as the Woodpeckers took the game, 3-1. Raquet pitched into the 7th and gave up the first Fayetteville run on five hits and two walks while fanning seven. Andrew Istler stranded a runner while getting four outs across the 7th and 8th innings but left with a runner on third and one down in favor of Jhonatan German, who issued a double to the first batter he faced and two hits total while finishing the 8th. It was a Night at the Roxbury for Potomac in the 9th as all three guys struck out.

Hagerstown 10 Lakewood 5
• Adon (W, 7-3) 5IP, 4H, R, ER, 0BB, 4K, HR
• Caulfield 2-4, 2R, 2B, HR, 4RBI
• Daily 2-4, R, RBI
• Rhinesmith 2-5, 2R, 2B, HR, 3RBI

Hagerstown completed its just its second sweep of the season as they left Lakewood as the winners of three straight after 10-5 victory. Joan Adon got his seventh “W” with five innings of one-run ball on four hit, no walks, and four strikeouts. Powered by home runs by Phil Caulfield and Jacob Rhinesmith, who combined for four hits and seven RBI total, the Suns offense racked up 10 runs. It was enough to withstand subpar pitching by Ryan Williamson and O.T. Turner, who combined to cough up four runs over the last four innings.

Lowell 3 Auburn 2
• A. Hernandez 4IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 3K
• McMahan (L, 0-2) 1⅓ IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 0K
• Senior 3-4, RBI
• Carrillo 2-3, 2R, BB, HR, RBI

The Doubledays led this one twice, 1-0 and 2-1, but couldn’t cash in on their 12 hits as they lost, 3-2. With the probables apparently listed only on Jimmie Dimmick’s yard sign, Alfonso Hernandez was the unexpected starter for Auburn and threw four no-hit innings. The loss went to Pearson McMahan in the bottom of the 9th on a triple and a sacrifice fly. Eric Senior led the Auburn hit column with three singles and an RBI while Adalberto Carrillo smacked his second HR. The Doubledays went just 2-for-13 with RISP and hit into four double plays.

GCL Nationals 6 GCL Cardinals 1
• Yean (W, 1-1) 5IP, 7H, R, ER, 0BB, 5K
• Klobosits (H, 3) 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Emiliani 3-5, R, 2B, HR, 3RBI
• Martina 2-4, R, BB, HR, RBI
• Tovar 2-4, 2R, 2B, BB, 2K

14 Commments

  1. Good outings for Crowe and Braymer the last two days at AAA, albeit with a lot of walks. Walks were wild for Tetreault at AA as well, although he surrendered only two hits. Nice bounce-back outings for Raquet and Adon as well. I still think Raquet’s future is in the bullpen, but we’ll see.

    Very good to see Klobosits healthy and on the mound. Will they push him back to his last level (Potomac) if he looks sound?

    1. Interesting that the Michael Givens rumors out of Camden Yards is laced with MASN lawsuit language between Orioles and Nats. How does that tie in? You mean , Luke, if the Orioles would be above board and hand over what is justly deserved to Lerner group… the Nats might be going over the luxury ceiling ??
      Meanwhile this talk about the Rays playing some games in Olympic Stadium … de Coubertin… YUL… makes one wonder what cap the Rays would wear ….

  2. Nick Banks has eight hits and a walk in 16 AA plate appearances. It won’t last, of course, but it’s certainly a great way to start a new level.

  3. Interesting to see Klobosits appearing in the GCL rundown and pitching well. He may be due for promotion soon. He has the talent to be a future Nat, say in 2020 or 2021.

    1. That’s a nice gem QS for Cate. 78 pitches 6 IP with 5 Ks granted not 7 IP but Nats love to use bullpen especially the way Fletch and Frankie goes to Harrisburg are spinning things lately

  4. OK, so what’s the deal with the diminutive lefty Alfonso Hernandez? His numbers are fantastic: 0.81 WHIP 1.21 ERA 9+Ks per IP and only 19. Was he consider one of the Nats better prospects heading into this season?

    Lefties with command always have a bright future.

    1. Ivan Murzi. 6 foot catcher with right handed swing has 5 tatters so far in DSL. He is catching a RH Hurtado with some Ks piling up this morning .
      Well I am having dinner in Madrid

    2. Pilchard, you made me look. Signed at 16 and already mowing them down at Auburn.
      Only Rizzo, I think, would call him diminuitive at 5′ 11″.

      1. I would. If they think can’t get away with listing him as 6’ then you know he’s probably more like 5’9” (see: Istler, Andrew).

  5. Some very good news from the farm yesterday.
    I’ll be cringing to see how much starting pitching Rizzo will trade/overpay to plug holes in his bullpen. Hope it doesn’t cripple the future too much.

  6. Here’s what I see as the hard-and-fast rule of the trade deadline this year: the Nats will NOT go over the luxury tax line. I’ve seen estimates that they have between $6.4M to 8M still to stay under. Unfortunately, if you want the trading team to eat some of the salary, you tend to have to overpay in terms of prospects.

    I would be surprised if any of the Nats’ top prospects come into play. Of course we don’t know, other than guessing based on the promotion patterns, how the Nat front office stacks up its prospects right now, particularly the pitchers, with so many having made their moves this year. Who would you be willing to give up for Madison Bumgarner or Sonny Gray? How about for a package deal of Bumgarner and Will Smith?

  7. And heck, who would you even call the #3 Nats hitter prospect right now? Kieboom and Garcia would figure to be 1-2 (and untouchable), but then . . . Mendoza? They just don’t have a lot of hitters, unless some other team really values someone like Ward (or Michael Taylor). So I really think the likely trade returns would come from the pitching crop.

    1. By the end of the season an interesting number to hear about would be the number of lineups Knorr ran out in the beer league

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