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Monday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables
Rochester Lost, 7-1 OFF DAY N/A
Harrisburg Lost, 7-3 OFF DAY N/A
Wilmington Lost, 13-1 OFF DAY N/A
Fredericksburg Won, 10-9 (10 inn.) OFF DAY N/A

Buffalo 7 Rochester 1
• Eppler (L, 1-5) 2IP, 6H, 5R, 5ER, 2BB, 1K, HR, HBP
• Bonnell 4IP, 3H, R, ER, BB, 2K
• Palka 3-4, SB
• A. Sanchez 2-4

Buffalo scored in each of the first three innings to build a 6-0 lead and cruised to a 7-1 win over Rochester. Tyler Eppler was like a bad toupee, not fooling the Bisons again for five runs on six hits (one HR) and two walks for his fifth loss. Bryan Bonnell led another solid-but-wasted bullpen effort (6IP, 2R), allowing one run on three hits and a walk over four innings. Daniel Palka singled three times while Adrián Sanchez and Rafael Bautista both doubled. The trio accounted for all six hits as the rest of the lineup went 0-for-19 with three walks. Roster moves: LHP Ben Braymer designated for assignment; OF Gerardo Parra reminded GM Mike Rizzo of the incriminating photos added to the 40-man roster; IF Luis García optioned from Washington.

Reading 7 Harrisburg 3
• Teel (L, 1-4) 5IP, 9H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 3K, HR
• German 1IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 1K
• Harrison 3-4, 2RBI
• Mendoza 2-3, R, BB

The Senators got a late FG but lost in the series finale, 7-3. Carson Teel lost for the second time in three starts, touched for four runs on nine hits (one HR – #11 in 44⅔ IP) and two walks. He struck out three. K.J. Harrison broke up the shutout with a two-run single in the 7th, his third of the game while Aldrem Corredor plated the third run with an RBI single in the 8th. Drew Mendoza also reached base three times with a pair of singles and a walk.

Brooklyn 13 Wilmington 1
• Hernández (L, 0-1) 6IP, 11H, 5R, 5ER, 0BB, 4K, 4HR
• Connell 2-4, R, SB(10)
• Alu 1-4, 2B, RBI

Alfonso Hernández was much less of a mystery to Brooklyn as they solved him for 11 hits, including four HRs in a 13-1 win over Wilmington. Hernández gave up five runs total over six innings while taking his first High-A loss. Amos Willingham (6R) and Jordan Bocko (2R) were also knocked around as the Cyclones scored in each of the last four innings. Justin Connell was the sole batter to reach base twice, scoring ahead of Jake Alu’s double in the 3rd to briefly tie the game at 1-1.

Fredericksburg 10 Lynchburg 9 (10 inn.)
• Cuevas 5IP, 2H, R, ER, BB, 9K
• Moore (W, 2-0) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Ydens 2-3, 2R, 2HR, 3RBI
• Arruda 2-4, R, 2BB
• Méndez 2-5, R, 2B, 2RBI, SB
• Randa 2-5, R, 2B, 2RBI

The F-Nats blew a 7-0 lead to fall behind 9-7 before Jeremy Ydens tied with a two-out, two-run HR in the bottom of the 9th to send it to extras. Kevin Strohschein delivered the game-winner in the 10th to secure a 10-9 win and stop a four-game slide. Michael Cuevas struck out a career-high nine batters in his second Low-A start, allowing just one run on two hits and a walk. He left with a 7-1 lead that Michael Merrill (4R) and Gilberto Chu (4R) coughed up before Matt Moore delivered a pair of scoreless innings, which earned him his second win. Ydens also homered in the 3rd, as did Geraldi Diaz as Fredericksburg pounded out 13 hits and drew seven walks on the afternoon.

13 Commments

  1. What a terrible day for the pitchers! 36 runs. The pitching coaches have thei work cut out.

  2. Jeremy Ydens does his best Kyle 12,attempt for FRED.
    Maybe his Fathers Day career defining moment in minors before ceiling out , Boss??

  3. Has anyone else noticed that MILB.com removed the ability to view players’ Game Logs, Splits and basically anything useful about the player pages? Why on earth would they remove features that have been a part of baseball stat reporting for decades?

    1. I think it’s a data issue, as I’m seeing on some player pages and not others. If it’s not on MiLB, it’s usually on baseball-reference.com

  4. I’d also love to understand Tripp Keister’s logic for putting Carlos Tocci in the leadoff spot the past few days. Tocci’s .220 OBP is second worst to only Nick Banks on the Senators.

    1. You could make a strong case for removing Tocci altogether, he can’t hit, and bringing up Gage Canning to fill the spot.

      1. Tocci is terrible. Clearly the Nats were hoping they could fix his swing and end up with serviceable outfield depth; he’s not that old and his defense has always been highly rated. But I think either his swing is beyond the ability to fix, or it’s just beyond the Nats’ ability to fix.

  5. Luke, you took the words right out of my mouth with Parra. This was a heart over brain decision as there are far better choices for promotion.

    That said, the crowd yesterday acted like they had won the World Series again when he hit that double.

    1. RE: Parra, I’m not sure why anyone would waste a 40 man roster spot on a cheerleader. Parra isn’t the player he was 2 years ago. I guess they’ll figure that out in time.

      1. It’s a popularity contest. On paper, were Alec Keller or Daniel Palka or probably even Yadiel Hernandez better fits for that bench role? Yes. Would they put butts in seats? Not as much.

        For what it’s worth, Parra seems to be one of those classic “intangibles” guys, where he’s really good for a clubhouse and acts almost like an extra coach. As long as he’s performing on the field, that’s great. But I’ll be frustrated if Parra ends up hitting .170/.550 over the next month and a half while Keller continues to hover around a .300 average and/or Palka keeps flirting with a 1.000 OPS.

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