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Thursday’s News & Notes

Happy Cinco De Mayo. No, Really.
Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables
Rochester Postponed vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 6:05 p.m. Tetreault (0-2, 5.56) vs. Gil (0-2, 12.00)
Harrisburg Lost, 10-7 @ Bowie, 11:05 a.m. Henry (0-0, 0.00) vs. Velez (0-2, 5.59)
Wilmington Lost, 8-6 vs. Bowling Green, 6:35 p.m. Irvin (0-0, 0.69) vs. Montgomery (0-1, 1.17)
Fredericksburg Lost, 4-2 @ Lynchburg, 4 p.m. Rutledge (1-2, 5.32 in ’21) and Theophile (2-0, 0.86)
vs. Dion (0-0, 1.76) and Delholm (0-1, 5.93)

Rochester vs. Scrantron/Wilkes-Barre – PPD
Rain claimed the third straight home Wednesday home game for Rochester. Like last week they’ll shoot for the makeup with a Saturday afternoon doubleheader.
Roster moves: RHP Cory Abbott claimed on waivers from San Francisco, optioned from Washington.

Bowie 10 Harrisburg 7
• Guasch (L, 2-3) 3IP, 2H, 3R, 3ER, 5BB, 2K, 2HBP, WP
• Dopico 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Dunn 3-5, 2B
• W. Garcia 2-4, 2R, HR, 2RBI
• Harrison 2-4, R

The Senators dug themselves a 6-0 after five and 10-2 after seven before rallying for one in 8th and four in 9th. Alas, despite getting the tying runs on base, they fell short, 10-7. Richard Guasch lost for the third time in five starts, allowing three runs on two hits, five walks, and two hit batsmen over just three innings. Jack Dunn led the 16-hit parade with two singles and a double while Wilson Garcia, K.J. Harrison, Dondrei Hubbard, and Jake Alu combined for eight hits, including a double (Alu) and a homer (Garcia).

Bowling Green 8 Wilmington 6
• Cuevas (L, 0-3) 3⅔ IP, 8H, 5R, 4ER, 2BB, 4K, HR, WP
• Alston 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 1K, PO @ 1B
• Strohschein 3-4, 3RBI
• Pineda 2-5, R, 2B
• Antuna 2-5, R

Bowling Green broke out for four in the 3rd to take a 5-0 lead that Wilmington just couldn’t recover from for an 8-6 loss. Michael Cuevas bore the brunt of it, giving up five runs (four earned) on eight hits, including a three-run HR, over three and 2/3rds. He walked two and struck out four. Kevin Strohschein led the Blue Rocks’ hit column with three singles, followed by Israel Pineda (single, double), and Yasel Antuna (two singles).

Lynchburg 4 Fredericksburg 2
• Caceres 6IP, 7H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 3K, E
• Alvarez (L, 0-3) 2IP, 2H, 2R, 1ER, 0BB, 4K, HBP, PO @ 1B
• Infante 2-4, R
• De La Rosa 1-4, R, HR(5), RBI

Geraldi Diaz dropped a third strike and threw it to Jacob Young with one out in the 8th. This turned out to be a problem because Young was playing right field, not first base. The error plated the go-ahead run in Lynchburg’s two-run 8th that sealed a 4-2 Hillcats win over the FredNats. Andrew Alvarez took the loss, with the last two Lynchburg runs let in on two hits over two innings. He struck out four. Bryan Caceres turned in his first quality start of the season with six innings of two-run ball on seven hits, no walks, and three whiffs. Sammy Infante was the sole Fredericksburg batter to reach base twice (two singles) while Jeremy De La Rosa smacked his fifth HR to lead the seven-hit, two-walk offense. Roster moves: RHP Jackson Rutledge activated from 7-Day I.L.; SS Brady House placed on 7-Day I.L.

15 Commments

  1. Strohs hitting .300
    All eyes on FRED with JR on a dedicate pitch count followed by
    Monk ( Theo) .
    Cue up some Monk , Luke
    Straight no Chaser !

    1. Looking at the Harrisburg box, after Guasch you had a collection of OG’s getting battered.

      Wow, a Rutledge sighting!

  2. Even with two hits last night, Antuna is only hitting .216. He has only three extra-base hits, SLG a mere .284. This is even with decent BABIP “luck” of .313. Plus he’s repeating the level, so you would expect improvement in the second year. He’s still only in his age-22 season, so there’s still time for him to develop, but there’s just no evidence that he’s a top prospect. His career slash is .237/.324/.361, with only 20 homers in 266 games.

    1. Toss the Tuna as in Pikes Place Seattle
      Luke
      Early morning to play Walking the Dog (s) by Aerosmith

      1. Another Phillie connection added to the
        Complex Combine in Kilome
        Garcia @ Burg
        Watson added a certain coach previously on farm from Phillies background ..

      1. Roenis Elias, Tommy Milone and Steven Souza Jr. are his teammates in Tacoma.

        Yusmeiro Petit and Hernan Perez just signed minor league contracts with SD and ATL.

    1. I agree! They just keep adding more and no one gets sent down or released. How many are they really supposed to have on the AAA active roster?

      1. Will the Nats claim Tyler Bedde when G men try and sneak him through waivers ?

    1. That’s our GSD, Riley. She was not amused, but she’ll wear it and be humiliated.

      1. Luke, I don’t know what a GSD is but she’s adorable. I remember you used to say she was bossed around by Lulu.
        How old is she?

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