Sunday’s News & Notes
| Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Probables |
| Rochester | Won, 15-3; Lost, 5-3 |
@ Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 1:05 p.m. | Watkins (1-0, 4.55) vs. Y. Gomez (0-1, 3.66) |
| Harrisburg | Lost, 6-1 | @ New Hampshire, 1:35 p.m. | Alvarez (1-2, 3.45) vs Dominguez (0-0, 3.54) |
| Wilmington | Lost, 4-1 | @ Jersey Shore, 1:05 p.m. | Caceres (0-2, 6.30) vs. Castillo (1-2, 2.76) |
| Fredericksburg | Won, 5-3 (10 inn.) |
@ Charleston, 5:05 p.m. | Sthele (0-1, 4.50) vs. Murphy (0-0, 1.35) |
| FCL Nationals | Lost, 9-4 | OFF DAY |
Rochester 15 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 3 – GM. 1
• Adon 3⅔ IP, 1H, 3R, 3ER, 6BB, 5K, WP
• Medina (W, 3-0) 1IP, 1H, 0R, 2BB, 2K, 3-2 IR-S
• Wood 2-4, 2R, 2HR, 6RBI
• Millas 2-4, 2R, 2HR, 5RBI
• Kieboom 2-4, 2R, BB, RBI
• Gallo 1-3, R, HR, BB, RBI
Rochester went ballistic on Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, blasting five HRs in a 15-3 defenestration. James Wood drove in six with two Earl Weaver Specials while Drew Millas drove in five with a two-run shot in the 2nd and three-run job in the 6th. Joey Gallo rounded out the total with solo homer in the 3rd. Joan Adon got the start but his 87 pitches thrown only led to 11 outs, with six walks, five whiffs, one hit, and three runs let in. Adonis Medina was credited with the win despite allowing two of three inherited runners to score in his one inning of work.
Scranton-Wilkes/Barre 5 Rochester 3
• Rutledge (L, 2-2) 5IP, 6H, 4R, 4ER, 3BB, 6K, HR
• Blankenhorn 1-3, R, HR, 2RBI
• Wood 1-2, R, BB
In the aftercap, the RailRiders got two-spots in both the 3rd and 4th innings to erase a 3-0 deficit en route to a 5-3 win to split the doubleheader. Jackson Rutledge reverted to the mean, allowing four runs on six hits (one HR) and three walks over five frames to take the loss, his second. James Wood singled to extend his hit streak to eight games while Travis Blankenhorn smacked his team-leading 11th HR to power the RedWings offense.
New Hampshire 6 Harrisburg 1
• Cuevas (L, 1-2) 4⅓ IP, 9H, 5R, 5ER, 2BB, 0K, 0HR
• Alston ⅔ IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 2K, 1-1 IR-S
• Pineda 1-3, R, HR, RBI
• Lawson 1-3, 2B
The Fisher Cats broke open a one-run game with a four-run 5th to beat the Senators, 6-1. Michael Cuevas took the loss, giving up five runs on nine hits on nine hits and two walks over four and a 1/3rd innings. Israel Pineda homered for the first time while Cortland Lawson doubled as Harrisburg was held to five hits total.
Jersey Shore 4 Wilmington 1
• Theophile 5IP, 4H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 5K, WP
• Collins (L, 1-1) 1IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 1K
• Made 2-3, SF, RBI
• Witt 1-2, BB
Wilmington fell to .500 with their fifth straight loss, 4-1 to Jersey Shore. Rodney Theophile was unable to notch his 6th career quality start, but five innings of one-run ball on four hits and two walks wasn’t too shabby. Brendan Collins coughed up three runs on four hits in the 6th to get the “L.” Kevin Made singled twice and drove in the sole Blue Rocks run on a sac fly to lead the Blue Rocks’ six-hit barrage.
Fredericksburg 5 Charleston 3 (10 inn.)
• Davis 4IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 3K
• Schultz (W, 2-1) 1IP, 1H, 0R, 2BB, 1K
• M. Diaz (SV, 1) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Cox 3-3, BB, 2B, 2RBI
• De La Rosa 2-5, R, 2B, RBI
• Cooper 1-3, BB
Brenner Cox celebrated his 20th birthday with three hits, including an RBI single in the 8th that tied the game at 3-3 and sent the game to extras. It was the fourth time the FredNats went past regulation and the fourt time they prevailed, winning 5-3 in 10 innings. Starter Marc Davis tossed four scoreless innings with two hits and one walk allowed and three whiffs. Jeremy De La Rosa doubled in the go-ahead run in the 10th to make a winner out of Thomas Schultz, who cordero’d out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the 9th. Moises Diaz set the side down in order in the 10th to get the save.
FCL Marlins 9 FCL Nationals 4
• Portorreal 5IP, 4H, 0R, 1BB, 6K
• Ogando (L, 0-1) 1+ IP, 1H, 4R, 4ER, 1BB, 1K, 2HBP
• Ju. Garcia 2-4, 2R, HR, RBI
• W. Diaz 1-2, R, 2BB, 2B
The FCL Nationals blew a 3-0 lead after five in a 9-4 loss to the FCL Marlins. The implosion wasted five scoreless innings by Leuris Portorreal, who walked one, allowed four hits, and struck out six for a no-decision. Juan Garcia led the F-Nats offense with a HR and single, followed by Winder Diaz, who reached base three times with a double and two walks.
Luke you used one of my favorite sayings on Theophile – not too shabby
Can Hanrahan teach Cuevas a new wipe out pitch ??
For anyone who’d love to meet and Wiley Coyote away the time at a Sens game on the 18 th ( barring rain or a Crash Davis prank of turning on the field watering system ) I’ll be there on the 18 th to see the Kids take on the young Tigers .
You know some org will benefit from Blakenhorn getting squeezed out by the outfield kiddie corp .
I wonder if Delino flashes baxk to the days of Marquis , Moises18, Larry33 , Cliff Floyd and Rondell White on the farm ..
Seeing Millas’s 5 RBIs reminds me, why is he at AAA again. The Nats have 3 major league catchers and Millas is by far the best defensively. Ruiz is the worst defensively and his OPS is .410!
At this point the only reason Ruiz is not in Rochester is the supposed fear that he and his contract would be claimed.
I am with you regarding Millas!
I’m hoping the Nats medical team just happens to “discover” a minor injury Ruiz has been carrying that requires a stint in Florida to work on his mechanics.
Ruiz’s game was bad enough last year when he could hit but not field. But now with the bat equally bad, it’s hard to know what to do with him. He’s out of options, so a demotion won’t work, and unfortunately a DFA isn’t in the cards either.
I think unfortunately Adams will take the fall, but a simpler solution would be to just admit it didn’t work out and DFA Nunez, and then carry 3 catchers. Nunez’s 9th inning pinch runs aren’t helping anyone, and Vargas is a more capable back up SS anyway. It’s not ideal, but unfortunately Ruiz kind-of puts the team in a bind.
Wood now has a 172 wRC+. That’s the 3rd best among all batters in the International League, and 15th best among some nearly 700 minor leaguers with at least 100 PA.
Wood isn’t just hitting “well”, he’s been one of the best hitters in the minors. I wonder if Rosario’s mini hot streak has bought him another week or so in the minors, but the arguments to keep him down become increasingly tenuous.