| Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Matchup (’22 Stats at the Level except for AAA) |
| Rochester | Postponed | vs. Syracuse, 1:05 p.m. | Adon (0-0, 5.79) and Irvin (0-0, 2.08) vs. Lucchesi (0-0, 6.75) and Butto (0-1, 4.91) |
| Harrisburg | Lost, 6-5 | @ Somerset, 4 p.m. | Parker (6-4, 2.88 @ A+) and Herrera (5-9, 4.40) vs. Warren (7-6, 4.02) and Beeter (0-3, 4.56) |
| Wilmington | Lost, 4-2 | @ Aberdeen, 5:05 p.m. | TBD and TBD vs. Lyon (4-1, 4.43) and Bright (0-0, 2.35 @ A-) |
| Frdericksburg | Won, 4-1 | vs. Lynchburg, 6:05 p.m. | Susana (0-0, 2.61) vs. Y. Gomez (3-1, 3.76 @ AZL) |
Rochester vs. Syracuse – PPD
From the Syracuse PR folks: “Due to continued and anticipated cold temperatures, for the health and safety of the players and fans, Friday night’s game between the Syracuse Mets and the Rochester Red Wings has been postponed.” They’ll shoot to play a doubleheader this afternoon to make it up.
Somerset 6 Harrisburg 5
• Rutledge 4⅔ IP, 3H, 3R, 2ER, 4BB, 7K, WP
• C. Romero (BS, 1; L, 0-1) 2IP, 2H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 4K, 2HR
• Millas 4-4, 2R, HR, RBI, E
• Antuna 1-4, R, HR, SF, 2RBI
Both teams homered twice, but the Patriots did it with a man on while the Senators did not. That proved to be the difference in a 6-5 win for Somerset. Jackson Rutledge made his AA debut but couldn’t make it through five full. He gave up three runs (two earned) on three hits and four walks over four 2/3rds while striking out seven. Carlos Romero gave up both Patriot long balls – a solo number to blow the save in the 7th and a two-run shot in the 8th to ride the “L.” Drew Millas led the Harrisburg hit column with four hits, including a HR. Yasel Antuna drove in two with a sac fly in the 5th and homer in the 9th.
Aberdeen 4 Wilmington 2
• A. Lara 5IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 1BB, 3K
• Peterson (L, 0-1) 1IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 1K
• Lipscomb 2-4, R
• McKenzie 1-2, 2BB
• 0-10 RISP, 10 LOB
Wilmington put 11 runners on base and got the help of an error, but only two crossed the plate in a 4-2 loss to Aberdeen. Andry Lara turned in five innings of one-run ball in his High-A debut, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out three. The Blue Rocks ‘pen also faltered late as Andrew Alvarez let in the equalizer in the 7th while Todd Peterson gave up two in the 8th to take the loss. Wilmer Perez drew a leadoff walk in the 9th and was safe at second on a missed catch that also put the tying run on 1st. Perez remained there for the rest of the inning as a grounder to third, a strikeout looking, and foul pop completed the “perfect” 0-for-10 with RISP. Roster moves: OF Jeremy De La Rosa reassigned from Harrisburg; UT Jake Alu assigned from Rochester for MiLB Rehab.
Fredericksburg 4 Lynchburg 1
• Bennett 5IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 8K
• B. Sanchez (W, 1-0) 2IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 3K, WP
• Ciuffetelli (SV, 1) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 2K
• Infante 3-4, R, RBI, 3SB
• House 2-4, R, HR, 2RBI
• Green 2-4, R, 2B, 2SB, OF assist @ 2B
• 2-13 RISP; 10 LOB
SSDY in the recaps, no? If you’ve made it this far in hopes of looking for redemption, you found it as the FredNats got the only win in the Nats minors, 4-1 over the Hillcats. Jake Bennett was perfect through four and finished with one hit allowed, no walks, and eight whiffs in five innings in his pro debut. He threw 60 pitches, 48 for strikes. Alas, he would not get the win as Fredericksburg also struggled to push across runners despite 13 hits and five stolen bases.
Sammy Infante got the first hit with a RISP to tie the game at 1-1 with a two-out single in the 6th. The second came as Brady House crushed a two-out, two-run HR in the 7th to give Fredericksburg a 3-1 lead. Infante would score the final run in the 8th on a steal of third and an errant throw trying to throw him out. Christian Ciuffetelli cordero’d through the 9th with two walks and two whiffs to pick up the save. Roster moves: C Geraldi Diaz on the 7-day I.L.; OF Elijah Green reassigned from the FCL Nationals; SS Paul Witt reassigned from Wilmington.