Wednesday’s News & Notes
| Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Probables |
| Rochester | Won, 3-1 | vs. Indianapolis, 6:45 p.m. | Alvarez (0-2, 9.64) vs. TBD |
| Harrisburg | Won, 6-4 (10 inn.) |
@ Erie, 1:05 p.m. | Luckham (3-4, 4.11) vs Burhenn (2-1, 5.22) |
| Wilmington | Lost, 3-2 | @ Hudson Valley, 6:35 p.m. | Cáceres (1-5, 5.63) vs. Keane (5-5, 5.02) |
| Fredericksburg | Lost, 4-0 | @ Salem, 7:05 p.m. | Sykora (0-3, 3.26) vs. Ingrassia (3-1, 2.21) |
| FCL Nationals | Won, 8-3 | OFF DAY | |
| DSL Nationals | Won, 12-2 | OFF DAY |
Rochester 3 Indianapolis 1
• Gray 6IP, 4H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 4K
• Salazar (W, 1-0) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• R. Garcia 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Wood 2-4, RBI
• Riley 2-4, R, HR(5), RBI
Riley Adams homered to tie it and James Wood cashed in Dylan Crews’s walk to give the Red Wings an insurance run as they took the opener, 3-1. Josiah Gray went six full, allowing the Indians run on four hits, no walks, and four whiffs. Eduardo Salazar got the “W” with a goose egg in the 7th, Joan Adon earned a hold with a donut in the 8th, and Rico Garcia collected his 12th save. Adams and Wood both went 2-for-4 while Crews walked and singled to pace the Rochester offense. Roster moves: RHP Josiah Gray MLB Rehab transferred from Harrisburg; OF Harold Ramírez recalled to Washington; IF Trey Lipscomb optioned from Washington; IF Erick Mejia activated from the Development List; RHP Nash Walters placed on the 7-Day I.L.
Harrisburg 6 Erie 4 (10 inn.)
• Theophile 5IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 2K, BK
• Powell (W, 2-3) 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• C. Romero (SV, 2) 1IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K
• Lile 2-4, R, SF, RBI
• Lawson 2-4, E
• House 2-5, 2B(10), HR, 2RBI
Rodney Theophile blanked Erie for five innings in a 6-4 Harrisburg win in extras. The 24-y.o. Nicaraguan gave up two hits and one walk while fanning two in a no-decision. Holden Powell, who cordero’d around a two-out double and a wild pitch in the 9th, was the winning pitcher while Carlos Romero let in the free runner in the 10th but held the three-run lead provided to him by a Daylen Lile sac fly and doubles by Brady House and Terone Harris. House also homered (#13) and went 2-for-5 while Lile and Cortland Lawson both went 2-for-4.
Hudson Valley 3 Wilmington 2
• Cornelio 4IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 4BB, 5K
• Farrell (L, 1-1) 2IP, 4H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K, E
• McKenzie 2-3, R, 2B, RBI
• Made 1-3, BB
The Blue Rocks jumped out to a 2-0 lead after one and then reverted to the mean to lose 3-2 to the Renegades. Riley Cornelio was lifted after two runs let in on four hits and four walks while striking out five. The loss went to Luke Farrell who served up four hits over two innings and allowed an unearned run (on his error). Jared McKenzie singled, doubled, and drove in a run while Kevin Made and Joe Naranjo both reached twice on a safety and a base-on-balls. Wilmington was a robust 1-for-8 with RISP and left on eight runners. Roster moves: RHP Seth Shuman reassigned from Fredericksburg.
Salem 4 Fredericksburg 0
• Polanco (L, 5-2) 5IP, 7H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 6K, HR
• Denaburg 1IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 0K
• Infante 1-4, 2B
• Ochoa 1-3, SB
Two Salem pitchers bewitched Fredericksburg for a 2-0 shutout on five hits. Staff ace Bryan Polanco lost for the second time, allowing two runs on seven hits (one HR) over five innings. He struck out six. Sammy Infante doubled for the FredNats’ sole extra-base hit while Armando Cruz, Brandon Pimentel, Nate Ochoa, and Roismar Quintana each had a single to round out the Fredericksburg hit column. Roster moves: IF Murphy Stehly MiLB rehab transferred from the FCL; RHP Johan Otanez reassigned from the FCL; RHP Bryan Sanchez placed on the 7-Day I.L.
FCL Nationals 8 FCL Astros 3
• C. Sanchez 4⅓ IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 6K, WP
• Amaral (W, 1-1) 1⅔ IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Tavares 2-4, R, 2-2B, 2RBI
• Soto 2-4, R
• E. Ramirez 1-2, 2R, 2BB, 3B, RBI
The F-Nats banged out five runs against the F-Astros for five runs to break open a 3-1 game and held on for an 8-3 win. Camilo Sanchez pitched into the 5th but fell two outs shy of qualifying for the win, with one run allowed on three hits and two walks over four and a 1/3rd. while striking out six. The win went to Austin Amaral with five outs between the 6th and 7th innings with two hits allowe, no walks, and three whiffs. Carlos Tavares doubled twice and drove in two while Elian Soto singled twice and scored a run to power the FCL Nationals offense.
DSL Nationals 12 DSL NYY Bombers 2
• De La Cruz (W, 1-2) 5IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 5K, WP
• Rivero 2IP, 1H, 0R, 2BB, 0K
• A. Feliz 3-5, 3R, 2B, HR, 3RBI
• Tejada 2-5, 2R, 2B, 3SB(22)
• Cabrera 1-2, 2R, 2BB, RBI, SB
The DSL Nationals broke open a 2-1 game with crooked numbers in four of their last five inning to win, 12-2 over the DSL NYY Bombers. Marlon De La Cruz spun five innings of one-un ball on two hits and two walks to win his first game. He struck out five. Angel Feliz singled, doubled, homered, and drove in three while Dashyll Tejada stole three more bases and scored twice to lead the D-Nats attack.
Perhaps we’ll see something better out of Joan Adon as a relief pitcher. He seemed to do ok his first time through the order at the MLB level. He was throwing a lot of breaking balls last night. Dylan Crews had to twist and turn to run down a ball to deep center for the third out and give Adon his scoreless inning.
The move of Adon to the ‘pen is long, long overdue. Rutledge and Ward may end up there eventually as well, although Rutledge has finally strung together a couple of good starts.
The maturity of any athlete in any sport truly takes time
A good comparison : Reynaldo Lopez with ATL through 13 starts and in the NHL the hot goalie for the NHL Cup winners Panthers who some years ago was the backup goalie for Columbus Blue Jackets .
Less than a month until the amateur draft . Vegas odds on how many lefties the Nats try and draft for the pipeline
Time for the senators to break their old bats and use new ones or else the Buckeye Alum for sea wolves is just painting the plate well .
LeCroy can actually use Mejiia back on the bench
Maybe Luck lowers his ERA to under 4 in matinee Vs Sea Wolves .
Who falls on the sword if the July draft falls short in collecting several higher tier non – Elijah’s ?
if the fans in Wilmington are going to see any runs the second half it may fall on the older trio of Glasser, Dugas and McKenzie. unfortunately only the first guy will take a walk and he hasn’t played in 10 days. hurt?
Brzykcy with 2 innings last night and the league hitting .128 against him. this may be his last week here. he and Cronin need to move up. Arguelles looks like a good option to fill a spot, maybe Bubba Hall too.
Wilmington is definitely collecting all the good-but-old players in this org. Shuman, 26 years old, gets added to the growing list.
FredMD I was thinking the same thing about the Blue Rox lineup
McKenzie is more of a doubles hitter in the three hole while a guy we root for to flip the switch on languishes on the bench or 7-8 hole in lineup – TJ White .
One could say that a young hitter learning the nuances of hitting especially “ trouble with the curve “ ( right , Elijah $ ) is similar to a soul finding it’s true North Star in the path of life .
Takes time
Theophile had good pretty command of all his pitches against the oldest lineup in the Eastern League. nice first AA outing.
Lyle continues to succeed and House continues to swing at anything close.
Is there any way to genetically engineer Lile’s hit tool into Green’s body? Green is down to .165, Vaquero to .153. I cringe at mentions that the Nats may be looking at yet another contact-challenged high schooler in the draft, Konnor Griffin.
I genuinely didn’t think Green could get much worse than he was in Fredericksburg in 2023. Well, over the past 30 days, he’s hitting .146/.214/.159 with a 53 K%… it can always get worse.
KW maybe these young hitters could use time in a Tesla plasma med oxygenating bed ?
Why don’t the Nats draft that pitcher ambidextrous?
This is a matinee game where Delino wishes he had a healthy Dustin Saenz or
Cole Henry on rehab assignment .
Is Shuman due for AA soon ?
Luke , you’re very consistent with “ staff ace “ Bryan Polanco who has been getting to 5-6 IP on a normal basis .
I repeat : too bad some of the arms on 60 day DL / 7 day IL are not healthy . Sunday with Sully would be better than Sunday with Sthele. No offense , Travis . But pitch like a Longhorn should .