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Wednesday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables
Rochester Lost, 3-2 vs. Buffalo, 7:05 p.m. Sharp (2-1, 3.60) vs. Logue (1-0, 2.70)
Harrisburg Lost, 4-1 @ Reading, 12 p.m. M. Sanchez (1-5, 3.90) vs. Garcia (0-2, 7.36)
Wilmington Lost, 7-0 @ Jersey Shore,
5:05 p.m.		 Peguero (1-3, 4.22) and TBD vs.
Leverett (1-1, 1.86) and TBD
Fredericksburg Won, 7-3 (10 inn.) vs. Kannapolis, 7:05 p.m. Seijas (2-6, 5.50) vs. Acevedo (1-2, 6.23)
FCL Nationals OFF DAY vs. FCL Marlins, 12 p.m.

Buffalo 3 Rochester 2
• Rogers 6⅓ IP, 3H, 0R, 0BB, 5K
• Bacus (BS, 2; L, 2-3) 1IP, 2H, 3R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K, HR
• Noll 2-4
• Stevenson 1-3, BB, RBI

A one-out error and a two-out, three-run HR turned a would-be 2-0 win into a 3-2 defeat for Rochester. Josh Rogers pitched into the 7th with just three hits and no runs allowed. He left with one out and one on. Gabe Klobosits stranded that runner and retired all five batters he faced. Dakota Bacus gave up the aforementioned HR for his second blown save and third loss. The Red Wings managed just six hits and four walks, with Jake Noll the only player with multiple hits (two singles). Roster moves: C Jakson Reetz reassigned from Harrisburg; IF Carter Kieboom placed on 7-Day I.L.; RHP Nick Goody assigned from Washington; RHP Ryne Harper, LHP Kyle Lobstein optioned from Washington.

Reading 4 Harrisburg 1
• Cavalli 4⅔ IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 6BB, 6K, WP; 1-2, 2B, RBI
• McMahan 1⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K, 2-0 IR-S
• Canning 2-4
• Lara 1-4, 2B

Walks were the undoing of Cade Cavalli as two of the six he issued came around to score as Harrisburg fell to Reading, 4-1. The Nats’ top prospect lost for the third time in three AA starts as he labored through four and 2/3rds innings on 95 pitches (47 for strikes) and gave up the first two Fightin runs on three hits. He struck out six. Gilbert Lara and Cavalli hit back-to-back doubles with two outs to end the shutout bid. Gage Canning led the Sens hit column with two singles while Aldrem Corredor drew both Harrisburg walks. Roster moves: C Allan Berrios reassigned from Fredericksburg.

Jersey Shore 7 Wilmington 0
• Adon (L, 3-3) 4IP, 6H, 6R, 6ER, 3BB, 3K, HR
• Driskill 3IP, 3H, R, ER, BB, 3K, HR
• Mendoza 2-4
• Upshaw 1-2, BB

The BlueClaws put the pinch on the BLue Rocks with three spots in the 1st and 4th innings en route to a 7-0 shutout. Joan Adon took his second straight loss with six runs allowed on six hits (one HR) and three walks over four innings. Tanner Driskill gave up the extra point (OK, fine: a solo HR) and three hits over three innings. He walked one and struck out three. Drew Mendoza (two singles) and Armond Upshaw (single, walk) were the only two Wilmington batters to reach base twice in the team’s seventh shutout loss of the season.

Fredericksburg 7 Kannapolis 3 (10 inn.)
• S. Romero 1⅔ IP, 3H, 3R, 1ER, BB, 5K, 3WP
• Parker 6IP, 3H, 0R, 0BB, 7K
• Moore (W, 3-0) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Strohschein 3-5, 2R, 2B, HR(GS), 5RBI
• Diaz 2-4, R, RBI, PB(6)
• Méndez 2-4, R, 3B

It was a grand finish, thanks to Kevin Strohschein, as the F-Nats shot down the Cannon Ballers, 7-3 in 10 innings. The Samurai Slam paid dividends on eight and 1/3rd scoreless innings of relief after rehabbing Seth Romero was smoked for the three Kannapolis runs on three hits, a walk, and three wild pitches over an inning and 2/3rds. After Leif Strom stranded two while cleaning up the mess in the 2nd, Mitchell Parker shut down the Cannon Ballers on three hits over six scoreless innings. The win went to Davis Moore after retiring all six batters he faced in the 9th and 10th innings. Strohschein also doubled and singled and drove in five total while Geraldi Diaz and Ricardo Méndez both went 2-for-4 to lead the Fredericksburg offense. Roster moves: LHP Seth Romero, SS Jackson Cluff reassigned for MiLB rehab; C Mason Doolittle transferred from FCL.

FCL Nationals – OFF DAY
After four straight games as the road team, the FCL Nats will spend the next four games (in a row!) in West Palm Beach as the home team.

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  1. So Romero is still around after all… not a great start, but he did still have some stuff, striking out all 5 outs he got.

    You could say the same about Cavalli. He too racked up a bunch of Ks, but the lack of control is worrying. Since his promotion to AA, he’s had 4, 4, 3 and 6 BBs, totaling 17 BB in only 21.1 IP. It’s strange because control wasn’t really an issue for him in Wilmington. The most he walked in his 7 starts was 3 (and he only did that once).

    Pearson McMahan has quietly been very good, sporting a 0.84 ERA. I’m still baffled why the Rockies decided to release their 4th rounder after only two admittedly poor seasons, but I’m glad the Nats saw something interesting there!

    1. Not to be “that guy”, but one of Seth Romero’s strikeouts reached first on a wild pitch.

      1. Not a problem — I’ve been underwhelmed by the F-Nats catchers in the three games I’ve seen in person and Berrios, in particular, did not look good. In other words, I can’t say “OMG, Romero was all over the place!” knowing it could very well have been Diaz’s fault.

  2. Not surprising Mason Doolittle bat bumps up to Fred
    Berrios coming up under the radar .
    Somebody had good intel about Carter K
    The catchers conga line moves up… cue theme song from Chorus Line show…

  3. Hoping the Nats see Cavalli needs a little more polish and they keep him in AA for a while.

  4. Nice bounceback by Parker, 3 hits and ZERO walks over 6 innings.
    Gabe Klobosits, still owner of the ‘Hot Knife Through Butter’ award, mowing them down in AAA too.
    Good to see Canning adjusting well to AA.

    2. Parker did, to be fair, have a HBP.

      I want to see how Klobosits does against major league hitters. I think he’s ready.

  5. If you read this site, you owe it to yourself to watch the video of the Strohschein walk-off grand slam. If you’re not on Instagram (which Luke linked above), it’s also on the FredNats’ Facebook feed. It’s fun to see these young men have some unbridled joy in the midst of what has already been a long season.

  6. I wonder if reading still has the clunker car at the front gates allowing F- ing Phils fans to take a sledge hammer to the car painted with the words Hate Harrisburg ??
    Wow Lara hitting .273 so far on the Isle

    2. No, they do not. They remodeled the stadium entrance a few years ago and have a nice veteran’s monument there.

  8. So how good is Klobosits? Is he legit, throws hard or? He had good stats across the minors.

    1. Not terribly hard, but hard enough. It’s possible, like a lot of TJers, the core strengthening that’s part of the recovery process has added a tick or two. More likely, however, is that his slider has developed the way scouts thought it might.

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