Monday’s News & Notes
| Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Probables |
| Rochester | Lost, 3-2 | OFF DAY | N/A |
| Harrisburg | Lost, 18-1 | OFF DAY | N/A |
| Wilmington | Won, 11-6 | OFF DAY | N/A |
| Fredericksburg | Lost, 4-3 | OFF DAY | N/A |
| FCL Nationals | OFF DAY | @ FCL Mets, 12 p.m. | |
| DSL Nationals | OFF DAY | @ DSL Rockies, 11 a.m. |
Columbus 3 Rochester 2
• Cavalli 5IP, 6H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 4K
• Sadzeck (L, 1-2) ⅔ IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, IBB, 0K
• Abrams 2-4, R, 2-2B
• Nogowski 1-3, R, BB, 2B, RBI
After a leadoff single by David Dahl and a steal of second, the Red Wings had the tying run on 2nd in the 9th. This gave Dahl the opportunity to watch the last two outs of the game (strikeouts, natch) as the Clippers completed the six-game sweep (and 17th straight loss) with a 3-2 win. Cade Cavalli turned in five innings of two-run ball on six hits and three walks while striking out four in his 10th no-decision. C.J. Abrams doubled twice and scored a run when John Nogowski doubled him in for the one hit in seven RISP chances. Andrew Stevenson also homered, which tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the 8th. Newcomer Connor Sadzeck fit right in with a loss in his second appearance for Rochester, giving up the third Columbus run on two hits in the bottom of the 8th.
Roster moves: RHP Mason Thompson recalled to Washington; RHP Jordan Weems optioned from Washington; OF Alex Call assigned from Washington (waiver claim).
Bowie 18 Harrisburg 1
• Troop (L, 6-3) ⅔ IP, 7H, 8R, 8ER, 1BB, 1K, 2HR
• B. Gonazlez 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Harris 2-4,
• A. Young 1-4, R, HR, RBI
Harrisburg left no doubt about this one as Bowie sent 13 men to the batter’s box and saw nine cross the plate as the BaySox completed the six-game sweep of the Senators, 18-1. Alex Troop retired just two of ten batters faced as Bowie delivered his posterior to him with eight runs on seven hits and a walk, including two homers. Brian Gonzalez was the sole Harrisburg pitcher to not allow a run while Dondrei Hubbard made his pro debut as a pitcher with a 1-2-3 ninth, toggling between high-40s coolers and mid-70s warmers. Trey Harris led the hit column with two singles while Andrew Young broke up the shutout bid with his 7th HR.
Wilmington 11 Aberdeen 6
• Knowles (W, 4-1) 5IP, 2H, 0R, 2BB, 4K
• Sinclair ⅔ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K, 1-0 IR-S
• Antuna 2-3, 2R, 2BB, 2B, HR, 2RBI, SB
• Vega 2-4, R, BB, 3RBI
• Sánchez 2-5, 2R, 2B
• Martina 2-5, 2RBI
The Blue Rocks scored in five of the first six innings to build a 9-0 lead that the bullpen couldn’t blow (though they gave it a shot) for an 11-6 win in the series finale. Lucas Knowles picked up the win with five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks while fanning four. Yasel Antuna reached base four times and totaled six bases with his 12th double and 14th HR while stealing his 24th base. Onix Vega drove in three with a walk and two singles while Junior Martina delivered two runs with a pair of RBI singles to lead the Blue Rocks’ 11-hit parade.
Roster moves: C Wilmer Perez assigned to Developmental List; RHP Amos Willingham activated from 7-Day I.L.; RHP Tyler Yankosky transferred to full-season I.L.
Down East 4 Fredericksburg 3
• A. Lara 5⅓ IP, 5H, 2R, 0ER, 1BB, 6K
• Candelario (H, 2) 1⅔ IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 4K
• Collins (BS, 1; L, 3-2) 1⅓ IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 1K, HR
• Frizzell 2-4, R, HR, 2RBI
• J. Young 1-3, R, BB, SB(37)
A one-out, two-run HR turned a 3-2 lead into a 4-3 loss for Fredericksburg and earned Down East a series split. Andry Lara pitched into the 6th for the fifth time this season and remains winless in all five games. He let in two unearned runs on five hits and a walk while setting down six on strikes. The GBI curse struck again as Brendan Collins blew his first save while giving up two hits total over an inning and a 1/3rd. Will Frizzell drove in two with a single and a homer while Viandel Peña drove in his 41st run with a sac fly.
FCL Nationals – OFF DAY
Two weeks and two days remain in the FCL season with the F-Nats leading the division by 3½ games. Today, they’ll visit the second-place F-Mets for the one (1) time they’ll leave West Palm Beach this week.
DSL Nationals – OFF DAY
SSDL for the D-Nats in terms of the schedule. Their elimination number is four but a chance to finish at or above .500 is still within reach.
Is it just me, or has the entire farm system collectively entered a slump over the past week or two? There’s been some really terrible results from both the arms and the bats, none worse than Harrisburg’s showing yesterday.
Meanwhile, the 2022 draftees are starting to report in. 12 first rounders how now appeared in a game, including Jacob Berry (6th overall), who’s already even been promoted once.
I wonder if we’ll again be one of the last teams to assign our picks this year. It will be messy with the current logjam of players, but there’s no shortage of too-old-for-the-level-but-hitting-below-the-Mendoza-line players in our system.
Good Will hunting … dog days of summer .. dogs and jocks
Interesting how the White Sox cut loose several OFs from their draft which Alex Call was drafted out of the MAC conference @ Ball State which I attended when a football player decided to try baseball … Thomas Howard .. number one pick .
By the way Sunday night was the powerful Super Moon in August / Leo
Starship troopers!
The August guy pitched in DSL today
Leo darlyn Colon all 6 foot four 180 pounds 17 years young
Jean Garcia has four taters for DSL this summer .
Christian V 12 th SB
Have yourself a day Lucas Knowles. With 23 games and 65 innings pitched this year he has a 2.88 ERA.
In addition to having one of the great names in baseball, Onix Vega is turning in to a real prospect. Drafted in the 20th round in 2018 he has slowly worked his way up the system. He’s 23 years old and now sports a .797 OPS.
On the down side Robert Hassell has had 16 AB’s since the trade with zero hits and 3 walks.
Vega showing good plate discipline, 17% walk rate and 16% strikeout rate.
Hassell is legit. A week ago, he was a top prospect for the Padres playing in Fort Wayne with an .846 OPS despite being more than two years younger than league average. Hassell has played 4 games in Wilmington and is 0 for 8 in batted balls in play. He will rake.
FWIW, if Hassell had a good weekend for Wilmington, some would be banging the drum for a promotion to H’burg, which also would’ve been ridiculous.
Let him settle in. He will produce.
Let’s all give Hassell 3 some transition time . First trades in careers are very challenging Freud might say .
Anyone changing their tune on Antuna with his interesting week past overall ??
Troop doing his best Patrick Corbin impersonation.
I was thinking the same thing as I watched run after run after run cross home plate.
No they should have made Sunday F Troop night . Sound bytes from Tim Conway … arrrr arrrrr!!!!
There would be some giddy fans if Quintana goes up to Fred to mix with Wood , White Young and etc
I wonder if Alex Call will use the old Steve Perry tune as a walk up tune
If you Need me Call me …??
That Senators recap makes me glad I went to Lancaster instead for an Atlantic League game. I could have attended both, really; the Lancaster-Staten Island game was a 5:00 affair. I’m not as young as I used to be.
LM said in a comment yesterday that the Senators are hard to watch right now. I stopped keeping score in the third on Saturday. It’s hard to believe they were the top of the division in the early weeks of the season. They even cut radio ads about being in first place. That feels a decade distant now.