Wednesday’s News & Notes

Syracuse 12 Rochester 2
• Alvarez (L, 0-2) 1⅔ IP, 2H, 4R, 4ER, 4BB, 1K, HBP
• Gsellman 2⅓ IP, 2H, 0R, 2BB, 1K, 3-1 IR-S
• Yepez 3-4
• Adams 2-4, 2R, HR, RBI

Dylan Crews and James Wood were reunited but the future outfield for the Nats would be an afterthought in a 12-2 Syracuse thrashing of Rochester. Andrew Alvarez didn’t make it out of the 2nd as he was thrashed for four runs on two hits and four walks to lose his second AAA game. He struck out one. Crews would go 0-for-5 in his AAA debut while Wood would walk in the 1st and ground out twice before he was lifted in the 6th. Juan Yepez singled three times while Riley Adams homered and scored twice to lead the Red Wings offense. Roster moves: OF Dylan Crews promoted from Harrisburg; OF James Wood activated from 7-Day I.L.; C Jarrett Gonzales, IF Ericks Mejia placed on the Development List.

Harrisburg 7 Hartford 1
• Lord (W, 8-1) 7IP, 3H, 0R, 3BB, 7K
• Acosta 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Lile 1-3, 2R, 2BB, RBI, 2K
• Arruda 1-2, 2BB, 2B(10), 2
• Lawson 2-4, RBI

Meanwhile, back at the City Isle, Brad Lord didn’t throw the perfect game that appears to be necessary to join the rotation at AAA in a 7-1 Senators win. Instead, Lord only threw seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks while striking out seven for his eighth win. Daylen Lile singled, scored twice, walked twice, and struck out twice in his AA debut. Cortland Lawson led the Senators hit column with two singles while Andrew Pinckney drew three of the team’s eight walks and stole his 15th base. Roster moves: OF Daylen Lile promoted from Wilmington.

Wilmington 12 Aberdeen 7
• Theophile(W, 3-4) 6IP, 4H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 10K, HR, WP
• Guasch 1IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 1K
• Made 3-4, 2R, BB, 2B, 2RBI
• M. Romero 2-5, R, 2B, HR, 2RBI
• Peña 1-4, 2R, BB, 3B, RBI, SB

Two missed extra points didn’t cost the Blue Rocks as they held off an IronBirds counterstrike for a 12-7 win. Rodney Theophile tied his career high in strikeouts with 10 but gave up an Earl Weaver special with two out in the 6th to lose his quality start. He finished with four runs on four hits and two walks over six innings. Kevin Made singled twice, doubled once, scored twice, drove in two, and walked once while Max Romero took offense to Will’s comments and racked up six total bases with a double and a homer and two RBI. Roster moves: 1B Joe Naranjo assigned from Washington (MLFA, released June 3 by Cleveland).

Down East 6 Fredericksburg 1
• Shuman (L, 0-2) 3IP, 4H, 2R, 1ER, 0BB, 4K
• B. Sanchez 2IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 0K, WP, BK
• Farmer 2-3, R, BB
• Pimentel 1-3, BB, 2K

The Wood Ducks got two spots in the 2nd, 7th, and 9th innings while the FredNats pushed across a single run to lose, 6-1. Seth Shuman lost for the second time at Low-A with two runs let in on four hits over three innings. He walked none and struck out four. Caleb Farmer reached base three times on a walk and two scored and scored ahead of Everett Cooper’s RBI triple in the 2nd. Fredericksburg struck out 14 times total with Nate Ochoa and Elijah Green combining for seven.

FCL Mets 6 FCL Nationals 2
• A. Roman 2IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 3K
• Fortunato (L, 0-2) 2IP, 1H, 3R, 3ER, 4BB, 1K, HBP
• K. Diaz 2-3
• W. Diaz 1-3, BB

A three-run 3rd was the undoing of the FCL Nationals, who lost for the third time in four games, 6-2. Angel Roman went the first two innings, giving up two runs on two hits and two walks while striking out three. Marcos Fortunato handed over his beer and let in three more runs on one hit and four walks over the next two frames fot his second loss. Kelvin Diaz singled twice while Winder Diaz reached base twice on a single and a walk as the F-Nats totaled five singles and four walks on offense.

DSL Cardinals 10 DSL Nationals 4
• De La Cruz (L, 0-2) 2⅔ IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 4BB, 3K, BK
• Liriano 2-4, RBI
• Marcano 1-2, R, BB

The D-Nats racked up eight singles and two walks in a 10-4 loss to the D-Cards. Marlon De La Cruz lost for the second time as he was lit up for three runs on four hits and four walks over two and 2/3rds innings. Hector Liriano singled twice while Agustin Marcano and Angel Feliz both reached base twice witn a single and a walk.