Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Matchup (’23 Stats at the Level except for AAA) |
Rochester | Lost, 6-5 | @ Buffalo, 6:05 p.m. | Gsellman (0-0, 13.50) vs. Bash (0-0, 6.23) |
Harrisburg | Lost, 8-7 (10 inn.) |
@ Altoona, 6:30 p.m. | Cuevas (4-8, 5.53) vs P. Chen (5-8, 4.44 @ A+) |
Wilmington | Lost, 4-0 | @ Aberdeen, 7:05 p.m. | Theophile (0-3, 3.48) vs. Fruit (pro debut) |
Fredericksburg | Won, 15-4 | @ Lynchburg, 6:30 p.m. | Sanchez (1-2, 6.42) vs. Humphries (0-6, 5.61 @ ACL) |
Buffalo 6 Rochester 5
• Ward 3⅔ IP, 5H, 3R, 3ER, 3BB, 2K, HBP
• Willingham (L, 0-1) 1⅔ IP, 4H, 3R, 2ER, 2BB, 1K, HR
• Yepez 2-4, BB, RBI
• Wood 2-5, 2-2B(5), CS
• Lindsly 2-4, 2B, RBI, PB
After battling back to tie the game at 3-3 in the 5th, Amos Willingham served up a solo HR in the 6th and two more in the 7th as Rochester dropped the series opener, 6-5. Thad Ward got the start and had but one clean inning out of four as he let in three runs on five hits, three walks, and a Robles over three and 2/3rds. James Wood doubled twice without striking out while Juan Yepez reached base three times on a pair of singles and a walk to lead the Red Wings’ offense. Roster moves: RHP Joan Adon recalled to Washington; RHP Stephen Nogosek assigned from XST; C Jarrett Gonzalez activated from Developmental List.
Altoona 8 Harrisburg 7 (10 inn.)
• Luckham 4IP, 2H, 2R, 0ER, 2BB, 5K
• Sinclair (BS, 1) 2IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 3K, HR
• S. Reyes (L, 0-1) ⅔ IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K
• Crews 4-5, R, HR(EWS), 4RBI
• D. Garcia 2-5, 2R, 2HR, 2RBI
• Hassell 2-4, 2R, RBI, HBP
Dylan Crews broke out of a 1-for-18 funk with four RBI and four hits, including an Earl Weaver Special for his first homer of 2024. Meanwhile, the Senators bullpen blew a 7-0 lead to lose this one in extras, 8-7. Starter Kyle Luckham allowed two unearned runs while walking two and giving up two hits over four innings. He struck out five. The loss went to Samuel Reyes on a two-out single in the 10th that drove in the free runner. Dérmis Garcia homered twice while Robert Hassell went 2-for-4 with two runs scored to power the Harrisburg offense. Roster moves: IF Nick Senzel assigned from Washington for MLB reahb; LHP Dustin Saenz placed on the 7-Day I.L.; RHP Brad Lord reassigned from Wilmington.
Aberdeen 4 Wilmington 0
• Cornelio (L, 0-1) 5IP, 2H, 2R, 1ER, 3BB, 2K
• D. Diaz 1IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 1K
• Lile 3-4
• Made 1-3, BB
Wilmington mustered just six hits while striking out 13 times in a 4-0 shutout by Aberdeen. The loss went to Riley Cornelio on two runs let in on two hits and three walks over five innings. Lile did not strike out while going 3-for-4 while Kevin Made reached base with single and a walk. Murphy Stehly had the lone extra-base hit for the Blue Rocks, a leadoff double in the 4th. Roster moves: LHP Evan Lee emerged from witness protection assigned from XST.
Fredericksburg 15 Lynchburg 4
• Sullivan 4⅓ IP, 6H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 9K
• Hall (W, 1-0) 1⅔ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K, 1-0 IR-S
• Cox 3-4, 3R, 2B, 3RBI, HBP, SB
• Pimentel 3-5, 3R, 2-2B, 3RBI
• Green 2-4, 2R, 2B, 2RBI, 1K, E
• Dugas 2-5, 2R, 2-2B, BB, RBI, E
The FredNats pounded out 15 runs on 15 hits in a 15-4 defenestration of the Hillcats to remain unbeaten. Pay no attention to those four errors that brought their season total to nine. Liam Sullivan struck out a career-high while pitching into the 5th, allowing two runs on six hits and two walks. The win went to Bubba Hall, who stranded a runner while getting out of the 5th then put up a goose egg in the 6th. Brenner Cox and Brandon Pimentel both had three hits and three RBI while Elijah Green and Gavin Dugas combined for four hits and four runs as all but nine starters reached base.