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Saturday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables
Rochester Lost, 3-1 @ Syracuse, 6:35 p.m. Rutledge (3-4, 6.63) vs. Lucchesi (4-3, 4.09)
Harrisburg Won, 3-0 vs. Hartford, 6 p.m. Cuevas (1-6, 5.90) vs Van Scoyoc (4-5, 5.63)
Wilmington Won, 6-3 vs. Aberdeen, 6:05 p.m. L. Young (2-6, 4.18) vs. TBD
Fredericksburg Won, 4-0 vs. Down East, 7:05 p.m. Davis (0-2, 3.72) vs. Rosario (2-2, 1.49)
FCL Nationals Lost, 11-4 vs. FCL Astros, 10 a.m.
DSL Nationals Won, 6-5 @ DSL Rangers Red, 10 a.m.

Syracuse 3 Rochester 1
• Watkins (L, 4-3) 7IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 1K
• Salazar 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Crews 2-4, R, HR, RBI, 2SB
• Ramírez 2-4, 2K

The Red Wings loaded the bases in the 9th with one out but couldn’t push across a run as the Mets sent the Red Wings to their fourth straight loss, 3-1. Spenser Watkins went seven innings and allowed all three Syracuse runs on six hits and two walks for his fourth quality start and his third loss. Dylan Crews broke up the shutout with a solo HR in the 5th and later singled while Harold Ramírez singled twice to lead the Rochester hit column as the Red Wings collected only six hits and three walks.

Harrisburg 3 Hartford 0
• Lara (W, 4-1) 5IP, 4H, 0R, 2BB, 7K
• Powell (H, 5) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 3K
• Tice (SV, 1) 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Stubbs 1-3, R, HR, 2RBI
• Barley 1-3, R, HR, RBI

Three Harrisburg pitchers combined to shut out Hartford, 3-0 on five hits. Andry Lara went the first five, allowing four hits and two walks while striking out seven to earn his fourth AA win. Holden Powell put up two goose eggs for the hold while Ty Tice closed it out for the save. Jordy Barley and C.J. Stubbs both went deep to account for all three Harrisburg wins.

Wilmington 6 Aberdeen 3
• Cavalli 3IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 3K
• Farrell (W, 1-0) 3IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 3K
• De La Rosa 3-4, 3R, 2HR, 5RBI, SB
• Naranjo 2-4, RBI
• Made 0-1, 3BB, SB

Working on three weeks’ rest, Cade Cavalli shut out the IronBirds for three innings in a 6-3 Blue Rocks win to open the second half. The 25-y.o. walked one and struck out three, tossing 35 pitches, 35 for strikes. Luke Farrell “worked on some things” for all three Aberdeen runs on four hits and three walks. He was credited with the win nevertheless. Jeremy De La Rosa drove in five runs on two homers and later singled and stole a base to power the Wilmington offense.



Fredericksburg 4 Down East 0
• Susana 5IP, 2H, 0R, 2BB, 7K
• K. Rodriguez (W, 4-1) 2IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Quintana 2-3, 2R, BB, 2B
• Brown 2-4, 2RBI

Fredericksburg broke the game open again with three in the 8th as four pitchers combined to shut out Down East, 4-0 on four hits. Jarlin Susana went the first five, allowing two hits and two walks and striking out seven. He was rewarded with a no-decision Forrest Gump pause again. Kevin Rodriguez would get the “W” with two scoreless. Roismar Quintana reached base three times on a walk, double, single, and scored twice while Marcus Brown went 2-for-4 with two RBI to fuel the FredNats offense.

FCL Mets 11 FCL Nationals 4
• Colon (L, 0-2) 1⅔ IP, 3H, 6R, 2ER, 2BB, 2K, HR
• Tavares 2-4, R, 2-2B, 2K
• Stehly 2-4, R, 2B, RBI, E
• Rombach 1-3, BB, 2B, E

The F-Mets scored in six of seven “ups” in an 11-4 smackdown of the F-Nats. Leodarlyn Colon was knocked from the box in the 2nd after allowing six runs (three earned) on three hits (one HR) and two walks. It was his second loss in six starts. Carlos Tavares doubled twice while Murphy Stehly and Nate Rombach each doubled once as the FCL Nationals collected seven hits, with two coming in 14 RISP chances.

DSL Nationals 6 DSL Arizona Red 5
• Vera 2⅔ IP, 7H, 5R, 5ER, 2BB, 5K, HBP, WP
• Carela (W, 1-0) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Jo. Sanchez (SV, 1) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Tejeda 3-4, 2R, 3B, SB
• Cabrera 2-3, R, 2B, 2RBI, SB
• D. Hernandez 1-1, BB, 2RBI

The DSL Nationals rallied for one in the 4th and four in the 5th to erase a 5-1 deficit and edge the DSL Arizona Red squad, 6-5. Alejandro Vero got lit up again as he allowed al five D-AZ Red runs on seven hits and two walks over two and 2/3rds innings. Enmanuel Carela got the “W” as the pitcher of record with a scoreless top of the 5th while Jose Sanchez threw two prefect frames to earn the save. Dashyll Tejada tripled once, singled twice, and stole his 17th base while Diego Hernandez and Manuel Cabrera each drove in two to power the D-Nats attack.

13 Commments

  1. Clean , Cavilli , clean !! Nice
    Happy Lara dance
    Oh , Susana !!!
    Carlos in FCL keeps raking
    Go get , em JR tonight . Pound the zone !!

    1. Cavalli’s delivery looks very smooth, I may be afflicted with the Andy Pettite condition but it seemed like he was more max effort in the past

  2. Good to see Cavalli back! I know Wilmington is an extremely pitcher friendly park. Seems the Nats have picked up on this and begun using it as the preferred rehab destination, I guess to set the pitchers up for the greatest success.

    In addition to Cavalli, Lara and Susana had great outings too. Their bouncebacks this season are extremely welcome. Pitching depth looked like a serious concern at the start of the season, but much less pressing today.

    Looks like they’re being very careful with Wood’s return, giving him every other day off.

    1. somehow DLR went deep twice in this pitcher friendly park. I really think this is overblown and pulled out at the first time a hitter struggles. Wood seemed to do just fine as did Lile. the pitching upgrade from A to A+ is more the reason in my mind.

        1. he’s just a reminder that all these kids are good, really good. they’re great when they can do it consistently. few and far between as much as we like to try and figure it out for them or blame coaching.

      2. Keith Law, who lives in Wilmington, says when he drives to the stadium it’s all downhill and the air is much thicker. Just not a lot of carry when the ball is hit.

        Which makes DLR’s homers all the more impressive.

        1. Fingers crossed on JDL
          Hassell is a 3
          Douglas Hodo 3 a Bird
          His dad must have played at Texas
          Southern tradition ? Name your next generation’s 1-2-3-4-5 ?

  3. It’s pretty great to read down the page and see such positive results from Crews, Lara, Cavalli, and Susana, all high-ceiling guys, several of whom have had their struggles. Plus Herz started in the majors last night (and hung on for dear life at a mile high). As Will noted, pitching depth has been a real concern, but add what Parker and Irvin are doing to these performances and the club seems to be in a lot better shape in that area than it was just recently thought to be.

    Do these developments affect their draft strategy? A few weeks ago, I was all in on them trying to get a pitcher in the first round (#10 pick overall). Now, I think they’re in better shape to sit back and truly take the “best player available,” although they don’t particularly need OF help.

  5. Sorry to post so late, but it appeared the heat and humidity got to Lara in the 6th so trainer/DeShields took him out.

    1. I noticed Hassell was coaching first base last week, any sightings of him either practicing or working out while on the IL?

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