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Wednesday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Matchup
Fresno Lost, 7-2 @ Albuquerque, 8:35 p.m. Ondrusek (4-3, 8.54) vs. Hoffman (5-5, 7.46)
Harrisburg Lost, 6-0 @ Bowie, 12:05 p.m. TBD vs. TBD
Potomac OFF DAY vs. Frederick, 7:05 p.m. Teel (3-2, 3.90) vs. Lebron (2-4, 3.64)
Hagerstown Lost, 9-3 @ Greensboro, 12:00 p.m. Alastre (3-9, 6.00) vs. Bido (10-5, 3.67)
Auburn OFF DAY @ Batavia, 7:05 p.m. TBD vs. TBD
GCL Nationals Lost, 4-3
(10 inn.)		 OFF DAY  

Albuquerque 7 Fresno 2
• Ross (L, 2-3) 7IP, 6H, 3R, 2ER, 2BB, 3K, WP
• Self 1IP, 4H, 4R, 4ER, 0BB, 1K, HR
• Marmolejos 2-4, RBI
• Noll 2-4, RBI

The Isotopes secured a sportswriter’s win with four runs in the bottom of the 8th to turn a one-run lead into a 7-2 win over the Grizzlies. Joe Ross turned in his best game of the year with seven innings of three-run ball (two earned) on six hits and two walks while striking out three. He was rewarded with his third AAA loss. Derek Self was torched for four runs on four hits, including an Earl Weaver Special. José “Orange” Marmolejos and Jake Noll both went 2-for-4 with and RBI to lead the eight-hit, one-walk Fresno offense.

Bowie 6 Harrisburg 0
• Fuentes 5IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 9K
• M. Taylor 0-3, BB
• Ward 0-2, BB

Senators starter Steven Fuentes threw five scoreless innings with one hit, no walks, and nine K’s. BaySox starter Michael Baumann was a wee bit better with nine, none, two, and ten. It was the first nine-inning no-hitter for Bowie since 2007, when Radhames Liz shut down Harrisburg’s 55-86 juggernaut. Michael Taylor and Drew Ward were the only two baserunners for the Sens, as each walked once. Roster moves: RHP Austin Voth recalled to Washington; RHP Steven Fuentes activated from 7-Day I.L.

Potomac – OFF DAY
While this season’s Mills Cup race appears to be for which team gets to lose to Down East (unless there’s another hurricane or a coin-flip playoff), Potomac has a chance to make some hay over the next six days with three games at home against last-place Frederick and four games vs. fourth-place Fayetteville. Thanks to the brilliant scheduling of the Carolina League, in two weeks the third-place P-Nats will get one (1) series against the first-place Red Sox – games 7-9 overall between the two C.L. North teams for the 2019 campaign.

Greensboro 9 Hagerstown 3
• Peguero (L, 2-8) 5IP, 9H, 8R, 5ER, BB, 3K, 4HR, HBP
• Troop 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Rhinesmith 1-3, R, 2BB, HR, 3RBI
• Daily 1-3, SB(5)

The Suns’ modest four-game win streak was halted with a 9-3 HR derby in Greensboro. Francys Peguero has no one to blame but himself as he served up four homers over five innings for eight runs total (five earned) on nine hits and one walk. Six of the eight runs came via the longball as he suffered his eighth loss of the season. Jacob Rhinesmith homered and walked twice to lead the Hagerstown offense, which had just one hit in 11 RISP chances and left on 11 baserunners.

Auburn – OFF DAY
After avoiding a three-game sweep by Stedler Division-leading Lowell, Auburn returns to central New York to take on the Pinckney division-leading Batavia at Dwyer Stadium for two games, then heads back to Falcon Park for a doubleheader on Friday. After 30 games, The Doubledays are two games under .500 (14-16) and four games behind the 18-12 Muckdogs.

GCL Marlins 4 GCL Nationals 3 (10 inn.)
• Ferrer 2IP, 2H, R, ER, 3BB, 4K
• Pozo 4IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 1K
• A. Martinez (L, 0-1) 2IP, 2H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 3K
• Emiliani 1-4, 2B, BB, RBI
• G. Diaz 1-3, BB, RBI

15 Commments

  1. Awesome job by Fuentes, good job by Ross. I wouldn’t be giving Fedde the MLB start over McGowin or Ross, even against the AA Orioles, but we’ll see how it works out for them. Very good to see Voth, who we’ve followed here for many years, making a good case to remain a major-leaguer.

    Elsewhere, there isn’t too much to highlight. It would be nice to see Rhinesmith get a bump to Potomac at some point. Very nice progress for an 18th-round pick just over a year after being drafted. Also, it’s good to see Alex Troop with an effective outing as he works his way back into form. I was high on him when he was drafted.

    1. Alastre gives up the taters on a humid day. Shall we chalk it up to the humidity lending lift to the balls or human error ??

      1. Suns cannot rise to the Bido Shuffle. ( Boz Scaggs smiles ).
        APB on Wiseman unless he could be trade fodder to the AL

        1. Poetic if Nats acquired a guy they once drafted out of HS. Sam Dyson .
          But Aaron Barrett should get a late season look

      4. Get a load of knorr moving players around in the 8th. Even if he was running the bullpen in DC even his magic couldn’t rub off

      5. It’s bad enough the bullpen blows leads against contenders but against the org which has been stonewalling the Lerner’s our of MASN $$$$ for years thanks to the aspestis lawyer !!! Barf !

  2. In 16 games at Harrisburg, Michael A. Taylor is slashing .175/.273/.298. His K rate is 31.8%. I thought he might have some trade value, but probably not now. Kudos to Dusty Baker for getting a fine season out of this young man in 2017 (and Brian Goodwin as well), but he sure looks lost right now.

  3. Fuentes sure looks like a Top 10 prospect these days. It’s easy to envision him in Washington fairly soon, and only 22 to boot.

    1. Wonder if Fuentes will be a trade piece when the Nats make their inevitable trade deadline move for bullpen help. The Nats are going to trade some prospects shortly, and don’t think they can afford to give up Kieboom given their lack of other positions player prospects; so, would think that Crowe, Cate maybe even Denaburg would be on the table.

  4. Part of it probably depends on whether the Nats go for a top-tier guy like Will Smith or more for role-playing relievers. Another part of it is whether they think they need to add a starter. (Holding open auditions right now!) I would think they would be very reluctant to part with Fuentes considering his age/AA effectiveness, despite his heretofore lack of “prospect” pedigree. They have a high investment in Denaburg, so I can’t see him leaving for a reliever. I do wonder whether there would be some market for Seth Romero, even while he’s still recovering. I’m pretty sure you can’t trade a guy who is on the IL in MLB, but I don’t know about in the minors.

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