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Saturday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables
Rochester Lost, 6-5 vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 6:45 p.m. Adon (2-4, 4.98) vs. Tully (5-1, 4.11)
Harrisburg Lost, 6-1 vs. Erie, 6:30 p.m. Parker (3-3, 6.00) vs. Hurter (2-2, 2.45)
Wilmington Won, 8-5
(10 inn.)		 vs. Jersey Shore, 6:35 p.m. Bennett (maybe) vs. Fowler (3-2, 3.06)
Fredericksburg Won, 2-0 @ Myrtle Beach, 7:05 p.m. Cornelio (2-2, 4.46) vs. Ferris (0-0, 2.87)
FCL Nationals Lost, 13-12 vs. FCL Mets, 10 a.m.
DSL Nationals Lost, 7-1 @ DSL Blue Jays, 11 a.m.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 6 Rochester 5
• Ureña 6IP, 6H, 4R, 3ER, 0BB, 3K, 3HR
• G. Moreno (L, 1-1) 2IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K, HR
• Mazara 3-4, R, 2B(5), HR(5), 2RBI
• Alu 2-3, R, 2BB, 2B, RBI, SB
• Hill 2-5, 2R, SB(10)

The longball was the undoing for the Red Wings as a solo shot in the 9th – the fourth on the night for the RailRiders – broke a 5-5 tie and sent Rochester to a 6-5 loss. José Ureña pitched six full innings for the third straight start, giving up four runs (three earned) on six hits (three HR), no walks, and three whiffs. He rewarded with another no-decision. Gerson Moreno took the loss on the one hit and run he allowed over two innings. Nomar Mazara singled, doubled, homered, and drove in two, including the one hit in nine RISP chances. Jake Alu extended his hit streak to six games with two singles while drawing two walks. Roster moves: OF Alex Call optioned from Washington; OF Victor Robles MLB rehab ended; LHP Alberto Baldonado placed on 3-Day T.I.L., retroactive to June 15; RHP Andrés Machado placed on 3-Day T.I.L.

Erie 6 Harrisburg 1
• Henry (L, 0-2) 2⅔ IP, 5H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 3K, HR, HBP
• Alston 3⅓ IP, 1H, 0R, 1BB, 4K, WP, 2-0 IR-S, E
• Lipscomb 3-4
• Rutherford 1-3, BB, RBI
• 1-10 RISP, 7 LOB

Harrisburg barely avoided a shutout in a 6-1 loss to Erie. Cole Henry’s second AA start of ’23 wasn’t any better than his first as the SeaWolves plundered him for a three-run HR and four runs overall on five hits and two walks over two and 2/3rds innings. He walked two and struck out three. Garvin Alston stranded two and tossed three scoreless to keep things close, but the offense sputtered through the first eight innings. James Wood led off the 9th with a triple and trotted in Blake Rutherford’s single. Trey Lipscomb collected a third safety to put runners on 1st and 2nd but neither Rutherford nor Lipscomb would advance as the next three batters went down in order.

Wilmington 8 Jersey Shore 5 (10 inn.)
• M. Perez 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Peterson (BS, 1) 1⅓ IP, 1H, 0R, BB, 2K, 1-1 IR-S
• C. Romero 2IP, 1H, 2R, 0ER, 2BB, 3K
• De La Rosa 3-4, R, BB, 3RBI
• Antuna 2-4, R, RBI
• Emiliani 1-5, R, HR, 3RBI

Leandro Emiliani’s Earl Weaver special capped off a five-run bottom of the 10th for an 8-5 Blue Rocks win over the BlueClaws. Marlon Perez was the opener and tossed two scoreless before Chance Huff came on as he did on Sunday. Jersey Shore tied it up in the 7th with the help of two wild pitches, a hit batsman, and an error. In the 10th, José Sánchez did his best imitation of a croquet wicket to turn a might-have-been double play into a 4-3 deficit. The next batter hit one too deep in the 3-4 hole to get more than one out, allowing the Blue Claws to go up 5-3.

Jersey Shore returned the favor in the bottom of the 10th with a two-out wild pitch that put Will Frizzell on second base, which is the baserunning equivalent of pulling in the infielders in, as it enabled Frizzell to take off on contact and score on a single that fell in front of the left fielder playing no-doubles-deep against Jeremy De La Rosa. After Matt Suggs was hit by a pitch, Emiliani needed only a base hit to the outfield to score De La Rosa but took that out of the equation with a ball that left Frawley Stadium for the walk-off HR.

Fredericksburg 2 Myrtle Beach 0
• Susana 4IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Rodriguez (W, 1-0) 3IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 5K
• Powell (SV, 1) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Lile 1-3, 2R, HR(5), RBI, SB
• Green 1-4, RBI

Three Fredericksburg pitchers combined to shut out Myrtle Beach, 2-0 on three hits and no walks. Jarlin Susana dominated the Pelicans for (his usual no matter how few pitches thrown) four innings, allowing two hits and striking out one. Kevin Rodriguez picked up the win with three innings of one-hit ball while setting down five on strikes. Holden Powell retired the last six batters in order to pick up the save. Daylen Lile homered to break the 0-0 tie and scored on Elijah Green’s RBI single in the 8th.

FCL Marlins 13 FCL Nationals 12
• Leon 2IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 3K,
• Carmona (L, 0-1) 1⅔ IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 2K, HBP
• Ulloa (BS, 1) 1BF, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 0K, 2-2 IR-S
• Vaquero 3-5, 2R, 2-2B
• Geralso 3-5, 3R, 3B
• Ochoa Leyva 2-2, 2R, 2B
• Klassen 2-4, R, BB, 2-2B, 2RBI

The F-Nats rallied for five in the top of the 9th to take a 12-11 lead, but the F-Marlins answered with a two-out, two-run, bases-loaded double to win, 13-12. Jeffrem Leon got the start but was hooked for three runs on three hits and a walk over two innings. The FCL Nationals took leads of 4-3 and 5-4 before falling behind 11-6. Offense came cheaply for both teams as they combined for 31 hits and nine walks. Just two pitchers did not give up a run and both pitched a 1/3rd of an inning. The loss went to Josue Carmona with an “assist” from Jose Ulloa, who gave up a double to the first and only batter he faced.

DSL Mets Blue 7 DSL Nationals 1
• Oliveros (L, 0-2) 1⅔ IP, 5H, 5R, 2ER, 1BB, 0K, WP, PO @ 1B
• Roman 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Cabrera 1-1, BB, 2B, RBI
• Maricuto 1-3, E

That’s nine straight losses for the DSL Nationals.

22 Commments

  2. Could Jeffrem be an island take on Jeffrey ?
    Cole Henry pitched back to back nights
    In two locales ?

    1. Luke did I get that right ?
      Walk off HR left Frawley Stadium
      This Waffle a house coffee not strong in second cup .

    2. We may see Urena making starts for Davey soon especially if Irwin hits his innings plateau .

  3. Hope someone who was at the game in Harrisburg can give us the skinny on Hassell’s ejection.

    1. Wasn’t there a game with itchy umps in last two days for one affiliate , soul drummer ?

      1. It would be fitting for Theophile to pitch same day as Adon
        Similar guys struggling to reach QS success

  4. I was at the Sens game, but can’t give much detail. Hassell was the runner on first and the batter fouled one off down the RF line. The next thing I see is a Sens coach running out to Hassell between 1st and 2nd base. I don’t know if he got into it with an Erie player or said something to the umpire. DeShields came out to argue and he was also ejected. Both teams have been unhappy with the umpiring this series.

    1. Thanks for the report. Sadly, newspaper coverage of the Sens is not what it was to shed further light on the subject.

  5. Another frustrating start by Susana. Bit it has nothing to do with Susana, but his manager. Susana breezed through 4 innings with 48 pitches thrown, and as usual gets yanked. If he kept it up, he could have easily gone 6 or 7 before reaching his other 70 pitch cap.

    I really don’t understand it. Innings is such a nonsense way to manage workloads.

    1. Question
      Do pitch limits curtail maturity compared to the generation of post WW1 farmers bots who hurled like Bob Feller or even in recent decades like Steve Rogers ,

    2. I agree that Susana’s low pitch-count is strange, but the good news is that after a rocky stretch to start the season – 4 games/9.2 innngs/9 earned runs – he’s been really good: six starts, 24 innings, 4 earned runs and a 1.00 WHIP and 20 Ks.

    3. I can assure you that Lowery did not make that decision. This isn’t even a Nats thing — there have instances where managers have been fired because they let a guy surpass a pitch count to even pitch five full innings, though it’s usually if he’s close to a CG.

  6. Accidentally hit enter too soon, but to finish the thoughts on Susana, he’s been really good and he’s not gone beyond 4 innings in any start so clearly this is an organizational plan. What that plan is, I have no idea, because eventually they’re gonna want him to start going 5-6 innings unless they see him as a future closer.

    His Ks are actually down a little this season, which shows me he’s relying more on pitching and not just trying to blow guys away.

    Regardless, if he keeps pitching this well, he should be on the escalator soon.

    1. His velocity is down significantly but from a triple-digit to “only” 96-97. Last Saturday he did hit 99-100 once or twice and it was usually a situation where he was gunning for a whiff. He’s also been working on a changeup, with varying success (usually too hard and straight which can be deadly if a guy is sitting fastball and gets an 88mph fatty.

  7. I agree that it has been very good to see Susana’s positive trend over the last few weeks. I have no issue with a pitch/innings limit. He’s only 19. Thank goodness he’s not being abused like some of the college pitchers.

    It seems like he’s not getting a lot of K’s, but for the season, he has 36 over 35.2 IP. And it’s not like the opponents are doing a lot of damage when they do connect, as they’ve only managed 6.1 hits/9 against him.

  8. Not a good morning for Vaquero who is down to .200/.302/.257 after an 0-4 with a k. He has 44 pa on the season. Nick Peoples hit his second hr for the only run in a 4-1 loss to the mets.

  9. Scheduling note: Rochester plays at 6:45. Wish they had an early game, but alas.

  11. With Bennett starting, and showing well, not sure what I’m gonna fret over next. 😉

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