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Monday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables
Rochester Won, 8-1 OFF DAY N/A
Harrisburg Lost, 8-3 OFF DAY N/A
Wilmington Lost, 6-1 OFF DAY N/A
Fredericksburg Lost, 4-3 OFF DAY N/A
FCL Nationals OFF DAY @ FCL Marlins, 12 p.m.
DSL Nationals OFF DAY vs. DSL Giants Black, 11 a.m.

Rochester 8 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 1
• Rutledge (W, 3-4) 7IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 3K, HR
• Willingham 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• H. Ramírez 2-4, R, 2RBI, CS
• Dunn 2-5, 2R, RBI, 2SB
• Lindsly 2-4, 2RBI, SB

Rochester got three in the 1st and never looked back as they took the game, 8-1, and the series, 4-2. Jackson Rutledge went seven full innings for the first time this season, allowinbg the lone RailRiders run on a home run and two hits total. He walked two and struck out three while winning his third game. Newcomer Harold Ramírez and O.G. Brady Lindsly both went 2-for-4 with two RBI while Jack Dunn singled twice, scored twice, and stole two bases to lead the Red Wings offense.

Bowie 8 Harrisburg 3
• Cuevas (L, 1-6) 5IP, 8H, 6R, 3ER, 2BB, 6K, HR
• C. Romero 1⅔ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 4K, 2-0 IR-S
• Harris 3-4, R, 2-2B
• Barley 2-4, 2RBI

The BaySox put the knife into the Senators with a five-run 3rd to take the series finale, 8-3. Michael Cuevas lost for the sixth time, allowing six runs (three earned) on eight hits (one HR) and two walks while striking out six. Terone Harris led the Harrisburg hit column with a single and two doubles while Jordy Barley drove in two while singling twice in four trips to the plate.

Jersey 6 Wilmington 1
• L. Young (L, 2-6) 6⅔ IP, 8H, 5R, 4ER, 1BB, 3K, 2HR, HBP
• V. Peña 2-4, R, 2B, CS
• De La Rosa 1-4, 2B, RBI

Viandel Peña and Jeremy De La Rosa both doubled to build a 1-0 lead after one. After that, the Wilmington bats were largely silent as Jersey Shore scored six unanswered runs for a 6-1 win in the finale. Luke Young gave up four runs on two home runs and five runs and eight hits total over six and 2/3rds innings to lose for the sixth time. Peña was the sole Blue Rock to reach base as he later singled, as did Gavin Dugas and T.J. White to round out the five-hit offense.



Carolina 4 Fredericksburg 3
• Sthele 4IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 3K, WP
• M. Diaz (L, 2-1) 1IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 0K
• Peoples 2-3, R, 2-2B, HBP
• Cooper 1-2, 3BB
• 2-15 RISP; 14 LOB

The FredNats got three in the 5th to tie the game at 3-3, then left runners on in the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th innings. The Mudcats pushed across one more run to win the game, 4-3 and split the series. Travis “Sunday” Sthele didn’t make it to the 5th for the eight time in 11 starts, giving up three runs to lower his ERA to 8.31. Moises Diaz took the loss with one run let in on three hits in his single inning pitched. Nick “Power to the” Peoples doubled twice and scored once while Everett Cooper reached base four times on a single and three walks to pace the Fredericksburg offense.

FCL Nationals, 13-15, 3rd Place FCL East, 7GB
The FCL Nationals took two of three games played last week to move into third place. Today is the only day outside of West Palm Beach with an off day on Thursday and a doubleheader on Saturday.

DSL Nationals, 4-5, 5th place DSL Central, 5½ GB
The D-Nats won twice last week but fell three games further back in their division, thanks to the division-leading D-Giants Black remaining unbeaten (10-0). That’s who they play today as the D-Nats are home today, Thurday, and Friday and on the road tomorrow and Saturday.

9 Commments

  1. Just cue the Mamas and Papas song
    Monday Monday ….we’ll let’s here it for JR !!

    1. definitely looked like he went with the decaf cold brew yesterday. now if he string together a few more of those he may get a look before season’s end.

  2. Watching Mitchell Parker’s with another terrific outing had me looking things up.
    There are only 3 Pitchers with this stat —
    13+ strikeouts on fewer than 85 pitches since 1988:

    Clayton Kershaw (4/13/22)

    Greg Maddux (9/23/00)

    D.J. Herz (Saturday)

    1. Great stat!

      Herz was just so, so good. I know the Marlins are basically a AAAA team, but he was making them look foolish. 18 swinging strikes!

      Herz doesn’t have overpowering stuff, but it’s clearly deceptive, because even in the two games before where he struggled with his command, he still managed 6 and 11 swinging strikes, and his 14.2% swinging strike stat would be 8th best in the majors among qualified pitchers.

      Let’s see how Herz adapts once teams get the scouting reports and tape on him, but he definitely has the “stuff” to succeed in the majors!

      Parker seems to have been able to keep up his unexpectedly strong start. After 12 starts (including two against the Braves) the word should be out by now on Parker, but it doesn’t show. First 5 games: 2.67 ERA, last 5 games: 2.73 ERA.

      Who would’ve guessed last March that the Nats rebuild would currently be led by Jake Irvin, Mitchell Parker, Jacob Young, DJ Herz and Trey Lipscomb?

  3. What a disappointing season from Max Romero. After posting a .412 OBP last season, he’s hitting .151/.225/.278 this season. His walk ability has completely disappeared. Sitting at 19% last season in A ball, it’s dropped by 300% to a mere 6.5%. Power dropped. Strikeouts rose. Batting average cratered. Basically, no positives to take from this season.

    But besides Phillip Glasser and Daylen Lile, I don’t think there’s a single other batter in Wilmington that’s had an even semi-successful 2024.

    Kevin Made’s strong start has completely disappeared. He’s hitting a repeat of 2023 over his past 25 games: .149/.253/.207.

    Will Frizzell is done for, hitting just .129/.250/.149.

    TJ White a dreadful: .139/.250/.229

    Sammy Infante is hitless since returning from injury, and hitting .130/.259/.217 on the season.

    Elijah Nunez, to his credit, has 2 hits since his return from injury (in 25 ABs…) and is hitting a mere .135/.256/.135 in a bitterly disappointing follow up to his encouraging ’23 season.

    Those are some incredibly bleak numbers.

    1. Can we invent a new term for batting futility? Failing to hit above .150 should be called the Wilmington Line.

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