Sunday’s News & Notes
| Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Probables |
| Rochester | Won, 5-1 (6½ inn.) |
@ Worcester, 1:05 p.m. | Ponce de Leon (5-10, 7.84) vs. Keller (3-4, 3.30) |
| Harrisburg | Lost, 7-4 | @ Altoona, 6 p.m. | Reyes (4-6, 5.31) vs. Nicolas (1-3, 2.87) |
| Wilmington | Lost, 2-0 | @ Jersey Shore, 1:05 p.m. | Theophile (1-6, 5.31) vs. Pipkin (2-6, 5.43) |
| Fredericksburg | Lost, 9-0 | @ Lynchburg, 5 p.m. | Atencio (2-1, 3.00) vs. Richardson (1-2, 7.45) |
| FCL Nationals | Lost, 5-0 | OFF DAY | |
| DSL Nationals | Won, 5-1 | OFF DAY |
Rochester 5 Worcester 1 (6½ inn.)
• Cavalli (W, 6-4) 5IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 3BB, 8K, HBP, WP
• Machado 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Banks 3-3, RBI
• Stevenson 2-4, R, 3B(5), 2RBI, SB
• Fox 1-3, R, BB, HR, 2RBI
Rochester stopped its latest losing streak with a rain-shortened 5-1 win over Worcester. Cade Cavalli won back-to-back starts for the second time this season as he gave up the lone (ugh) Woo Sox run on two hits and three walks while striking out eight. Nick Banks singled three times in three trips to the plate while Andrew Stevenson singled, tripled, and drove in two to lead the Red Wings’ offense.
Roster moves: OF Josh Palacios recalled to Washington; IF Lucius Fox activated from the 7-Day I.L.
Altoona 7 Harrisburg 4
• Herrera (L, 4-8) 5⅓ IP, 6H, 5R, 4ER, 1BB, 4K,
• B. Gonzalez 1IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K, 2-2 IR-S
• G. Lara 2-4, 2B, E(12)
• Baker 2-4
The Curve got to Ronald Herrera and the Senators for five runs in the 6th to turn a 2-0 deficit into a 5-2 lead. Harrisburg got two back in the top of the 7th to make it 5-4 but the Harrisburg bullpen gave up single runs in both the 7th and 8th innings to extend the slide to four games with a 7-4 final. Herrera gave up six hits and a walk while losing his eighth game. Five Sens reached base twice, with Gilbert Lara and Darren Baker both going 2-for-4 to lead the nine-hit, four-walk effort.
Jersey Shore 2 Wilmington 0
• Parker 6IP, 2H, 0R, 2BB, 6K
• Candelario (L, 0-1) ⅔ IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 1K
• De La Rosa 1-3, BB
• V. Peña 1-3, 3B
Jersey Shore broke through for two in the 7th and made it stand up for a 2-0 shutout of Wilmington. Mitchell Parker tossed six scoreless innings and was rewarded with his 13th no-decision. A.J. Candelario was, um, pinched for both BlueClaws runs on a walk-single-triple sequence in between a popup and a strikeout to suffer the loss. Onix Vega singled with two out in the 1st, Viandel Peña tripled with two outs in the 2nd, and Jeremy De La Rosa, who was thrown out at home in the 1st, led off the 9th with the third and final hit before a double play and whiff ended the game.
Lynchburg 9 Fredericksburg 0
• Denaburg 2⅔ IP, 1H, 0R, 3BB, 1K
• Kirian (L, 0-1) ⅓+ IP, 0H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 0K, 2-0 IR-S
• Seijas ⅓ IP, 5H, 6R, 5ER, 0BB, 0K, 1-1 IR-S
• Wood 1-3, BB
• Infante 1-3
The FredNats were shut out, 9-0 on three (3) hits to lose their third straight game. Mason Denaburg made his first appearance in nearly a month, lifted after 42 pitches (20 for strikes) with one hit and three walks issued over two and 2/3rds innings. Michael Kirian escaped the two-on and two-out jam to end the 3rd and went to a 3-2 count on the leadoff batter in the 4th before he left with an apparent injury. Karlo Seijas came on to complete the walk and then throw in-game BP by retiring just one of seven batters faced. The loss went to Kirian because the offense went missing, blanked for the ninth time this season and the third time in August.
FCL Mets 5 FCL Nats 0
• S. Romero 1IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, K
• B. Romero (L, 0-1) 1⅔ IP, 3H, 4R, 3ER, 2BB, 1K, HBP, WP
• Tejeda 1-4, 2B, E
• Gerardo 1-3
The F-Nats dropped their fifth straight game to reduce their tragic number to one as the bats remained out to lunch in a 5-0 shutout. Seth Romero emerged from witness protection (or rehab) as he made his first appearance since Aug. 27, 2021, with a scoreless inning with no hits and two walks allowed. Brayan Romero took the loss, giving up four runs on three hits, two walks, and a hit batsman over an inning and 2/3rds. Erick Tejeda doubled while Angel Gerardo singled. The rest of the lineup went 0-for-23 with 14 strikeouts.
Roster moves: LHP Seth Romero assigned from Washington for MLB Rehab.
DSL Nationals 5 DSL Colorado 1
• Colon 3IP, 1H, 0R, 1BB, 5K
• Carmona (W, 4-1) 3IP, 2H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 4K
• Vaquero 1-3, 2R, BB, 2RBI
• W. Diaz 1-2, BB
• J. Fernandez OF assist @ HP
The D-Nats scored twice in the 1st and three times in the 7th as they stopped a three-game slide with a 5-1 win over D-Colorado. Leodarlyn Colon got the start and tossed three scoreless, allowing one hit and one walk while fanning five. Josue Carmona picked up the win, his fourth, with one unearned run let in on two hits and no walks. Chrithian Vaquero scored twice and drove in two while going 1-for-3 with a walk to lead the D-Nats attack.
Sunday subject matter : games started watch in a season of starters “ holidays “ to nurse rehabbing arms .
Yes Cavilli tips the chart with 24 games started
Young Lara has 20 as does JR .
Parker has 21 and before we kick his tires too hard with sarcasm or other adjectives young Cuevas ( GOLD ) has 22.
Just saying this with my sancha green tea today .
How ya doing Luke and Fred MD?
Yes Densburg has only 11 GS but the farm has numerous swing guys like Alvarez filling in with some starts
Saturday Romero two fer down on the Complex to go with the Bloody Mary two fer @ game time ??
good morning my good fella, good summation and compilation of the year to date. after years of the farm system being used for tradable pieces (not that there’s anything wrong with that, ie 2019) this has been a good year for refocus, rehab and restock. recent news on Cole is tough but a lot of others are staying healthy and progressing. hopefully there will be the opportunity to stay the course.
Leo Darlyn Colon I doubt he is born a Leo in August .
December of 04. I hope comes over next season.
Which regional scout do we tip the cap to for suggesting Ponce De Leon for AAA tire kicking ??
Denaburg was wild high with his fastball, I still think he works too fast. Hanrahan came out once but he only needed one pitch after that to retire the side in the second. He could get four more starts, it would be nice to see some consistency and progress to finish the season but staying healthy will still represent a net gain for the season.
Fed mechanics still need some tightening on MD burg @ F- Burg ?
You know next summer Nats will draft pitching from the major NCAA programs fine before especially LSU Longhorns etc etc
I would love to get Alou: Dollander from Tenn. Skenes could fly up the charts after the LSU transfer. Same size as Susana, but two years older.
Charlee Soto is 16 until August 31, but hits 98 with a nasty CU. Travis Sykora will be 19 at the draft, but hits 101 and broke his catchers glove.
Gotta think it’s Crews if number 1 OA, but I am hoping for high ceiling pitchers with the top two picks otherwise.
Ty , John a voice crying out from the wilderness … or just your back yard ..
Breaking a glove ? Japanese make or Rawlings??
Just a Sunday thought
Would the Angels from years ago Rizzo and Kline give Joe Madden a special advisor chair toRizzo ??
Sunday Fred Starter Bryan C has 20 starts between two levels
Not shabby
And we have to give kudos to Senators starter this Sunday Herrera who also will be taking the bump for the 21 st time this season . Good innings eater on a club which should have used turning on the water sprinkler system like Crash Davis did to interrupt a losing streak
Lol!
Nice bounceback from Mitchell Parker. With 2 very bad outings in his 3 previous starts, he pitches a gem. His ERA for the year is still a sparkling 2.51.
A good outing from Cade Cavalli with enough control issues that he should stay in Rochester at least through the end of the month.
Yes, Seth Romero is back from rehab but what kind of rehab? Looking at his photo he’s lost a lot of weight; he was pretty plump when drafted.
let’s hope Seth has got his life in order, he’s still some mother’s little boy and I wish him well
For his sake and the Nats’. If he has been successful in remaking himself, he may yet find a place in the Nats BP someday.
Would a Crash Davis mentally psychologically get through to Seth Romero ??
As long as he doesn’t fight left handed …
Seth Romero is 26 years old, will turn 27 next April early in the season. He’s yet to total 100 innings in pro ball.
If you want to know why the Nats have fallen from first to worst so quickly, look no further than their terrible, terrible draft picks.
Draft picks bust whether big ticket or just middle round draftees .
Eerily similar to when the expos post Pedro Martinez couldn’t get results from trades and drafts …