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Monday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables
Rochester Lost, 9-6 OFF DAY N/A
Harrisburg Won, 6-3 OFF DAY N/A
Wilmington Lost, 3-0 OFF DAY N/A
Fredericksburg Won, 6-4 OFF DAY N/A

Buffalo 9 Rochester 6
• Abbott (L, 1-2) 4IP, 5H, 5R, 4ER, 4BB, 5K
• Moreno 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Alu 2-4, R, BB, 2B, SB
• Plawecki 2-4
• Adams 2-5, R, 2RBI, 2K

Rochester rallied for four in the bottom of the 7th to make this look closer than it really was as Buffalo took the finale, 9-6. Cory Abbott lost for the second time in three starts, giving up five runs on five hits and four walks over four innings. He struck out five. Jake Alu reached base three times with a double, walk, and a single while Kevin Plawecki and Matt Adams both singled twice to pace the Red Wings’ offense.

Harrisburg 6 Richmond 3
• Troop (W, 1-1) 5IP, 5H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 4K, HR, WP
• Cate (H, 2) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 2K
• Peguero (SV, 2) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Meregildo 2-3, 2R, BB, 2HR, 3RBI
• Jo. Sánchez 1-3, BB, RBI

Omar Meregildo bookended the scoring with a two-run HR in the 1st and a solo shot in the 7th as the Senators doubled up the Flying Squirrels, 6-3. Alex Troop bounced back in his second start to turn in a winning outing of three runs on five hits (one HR) and one walk. He struck out four. Orlando Ribalta, Tim Cate, and Joel Peguero combined for four scoreless innings with Ribalta and Cate getting holds and Peguero getting the save. Harrisburg tallied five hits and seven walks total, with José Sánchez (1B, BB) and Brady Lindsly (2BB) joining Mergildo in reaching base twice.

Hickory 3 Wilmington 0
• Huff (L, 0-1) 2⅓ IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 2K, HBP, WP
• D. Diaz 2⅔ IP, 1H, 0R, 1BB, 3K
• Lipscomb 1-3, CS, E
• Wood 1-4 (6G hit streak)

Wilmington was shut out, 3-0, on three hits and one walk to split the series, 3-3. Chance Huff dropped his first decision with two runs let in on two hits, three walks, and a Victor Robles over two and a 1/3rd innings. He fanned two. Trey Lipscomb, Viandel Peña, and James Wood each collected a single while Jordy Barley drew the lone Blue Rocks walk. Roster moves: LHP Peyton Glavine placed on the 60-day I.L.

Fredericksburg 6 Fayetteville 4
• Aldonis 3IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 5K, BK, WP
• M. Gomez (W, 1-0) 1⅓ IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 2K, 3-0 IR-S, E
• Ciuffetelli (SV, 2) 1IP, 0H, 0R, BB, 2K
• Thomas 2-5, R, HR, 3RBI
• Stehly 2-4, R, 2B, BB, RBI
• Quintana 2-4, R, 2B, BB, RBI

Johnathan Taylor’s three-run HR bailed out Miguel Gomez, who blew a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the 8th, as the FredNats stopped a five-game slide with a 6-4 win in the series finale against Fayetteville. Pablo Aldonis went three innings in his first start, letting in a run on two hits while walking none, balking one, and striking out five. Gomez was the winning pitcher while Christian Ciuffetelli worked around a one-out walk with back-to-back whiffs to earn his second save. Elijah Green was the beer man in a 12-hit attack, striking out three times to bring his season total to 13 in 29PA while Thomas, Murphy Stehly, and Roismar Quintana combined to go 6-for-13 with three runs scored, five RBI, two walks, and two doubles. Roster moves: Pedro González(RHP) reassigned from XST; C Steven Williams placed on the Developmental List.

10 Commments

  1. Ugh… another one bites the dust. We already lost Glavine for 3 months last season to injury, and now it appears he’s done some serious damage to his arm after one game this season. Hope he recovers quickly, because he’s been very good in his extremely limited playing time in his career (32 IP in 3 years…)

    I will try not to beat a dead horse, but Green just struck out 3 more times in 3 AB (albeit with 2 BB). JDLR also continues to display worrying indiscipline, striking out 4 times in all 4 ABs, and now sports a 50% K%…

    On the brightside, Johnathon Thomas just recording his first professional XBH with a game winning 3 run HR. Don’t think we’ll see too many more of those from Thomas, but hopefully he’ll surprise me. He’s had a really good start to the season.

    1. Johnathon Thomas actually had nine homers in college last season, so he may be a mightier mite than he might first appear. (I do wonder whether some were inside the park.) He also had 16 doubles and 5 triples, so the XBH should come.

      Good to see a strong bounce back from Troop, who was scoreless through four before getting dented. There is plenty of opportunity for pitchers for those who can be even marginally effective.

      Good to see Alu back presumably healthy and doing Alu things. Just got to keep Jeimer playing well enough to get traded . . .

      1. Just clicked on Troop’s MILB page, and there’s an article in which he’s referenced at the bottom of the page titled “Suns Defeat Braves Behind Soto’s Big Day”.

        There’s just too much to unpack here: Troop was 5 years ago playing on a team that no longer exists with Juan Soto, and we’re still talking about him as a potential break out candidate.

    3. Summer amateur draft
      Draft 12 arms out of 20 rounds
      Sign UFA
      Maybe find lightning in a bottle with some cast offs from other orgs .

  2. we can only hope that whatever injury shelved Aldonis last year is a thing of the past because he is the real deal. three plus pitches with good command of each. I know Hassell is pissed he didn’t catch that double, albeit hit pretty deep to right- center.

    from what little I’ve seen of Thomas I am intrigued but at 23 in single A he needs to keep impressing and progressing.

  3. Anybody have a review on how Troop looked on the mound from the seats there ?
    Bummer about Glavine when Knowles just came back from the shelf .
    Pedro Gonzalez made it to Fred . Yeah he must be saying

    1. he went through the first three innings without breaking a sweat (all that I watched). didn’t seem to be exerting as much effort as last outing, maybe focusing a little more on command. never hit 90 on on H’burg’s radar gun.

  4. I know it’s only 52 AB’s but my word Darren Baker has a .881 OPS. He has never been a hot prospect but keeps impressing.

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