Saturday’s News & Notes

Syracuse 13 Rochester 2
• Watkins (L, 7-4) 1IP, 3H, 4R, 4ER, 1BB, 0K, HR
• Adon 3IP, 1H, 0R, 1BB, 1K, HBP
• L. Reyes ⅔ IP, 8H, 9R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K, 2E
• Baker 2-5, 2R
• Meneses 1-2, 2BB, RBI, E

The Mets got four in the 1st and nine in the 5th as they bitch-slapped the Red Wings, 13-2. Spenser Watkins was lifted after one inning, four runs allowed on three hits (one HR), one walk, and no strikeouts. That would be enough to lose as the Rochester offense mustered six singles, one double, and five walks. They went 1-for-4 with RISP and left on nine baserunners. A dishonorable mention goes to Luis Reyes, who retired two of eleven batters faced, gave up eight hits, and committed two errors to render eight of the nine runs allowed as unearned. Roster moves: RHP Amos Willingham optioned from Washignton.

New Hampshire 3 Harrisburg 2
• Luckham (L, 3-7) 6IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 6K, HBP
• Acosta 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Lile 1-2, BB
• Arruda 0-2, BB, RBI

Harrisburg scored twice in the 8th without a hit to make this look closer than it was as New Hampshire prevailed, 3-2. Kyle Luckham let in the first two Fisher Cat runs on five hits and two walks over six innings to notch his eighth quality start and seventh loss. Daylen Lile’s one-out single would be the only hit for Harrisburg. A walk, a Robles, two sacrifices, and a wild pitch produced the two Sens runs. Officially, the wind was measured 3mph from RF to LF, not counting the 14 whiffs from HP in the bottom halves of the innings. Roster moves: LHP Garvin Alston Willingham reassigned from Rochester.

Aberdeen 4 Wilmington 0
• Cáceres (L, 3-7) 3⅔ IP, 5H, 4R, 4ER, 3BB, 2K, WP
• Huff 2⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 3K, 1-0 IR-S
• Nunez 0-2, BB, SB

The Blue Rocks were shut out for the tenth time and no-hit for the first time, 4-0 by the IronBirds. Bryan Cáceres gave up all four Aberdeen runs on five hits and three walks over three and 2/3rds innings to take his seventh loss of the season. Viandel Peña broke up the perfect game with a walk in the second inning, one of three by Wilmington (Elijah Nunez, Max Romero). Roster moves: IF John McHenry reassigned from Fredericksburg.

Salem 6 Fredericksburg 5 (10 inn.)
• Davis 5IP, 3H, 2R, 0ER, 2BB, 7K, WP
• Vasquez (BS, 2; L, 4-1) 1⅓ IP, 1H, 3R, 1ER, 2BB, 1K
• Cox 2-4, 2R, BB, 2B, RBI, SB, CS, OF assist @ 2B
• Brown 1-4, 3B, RBI

Fredericksburg blew leads of 3-0, 4-3, and 5-4 to drop the opener to Salem, 6-5 in 10 innings. Staff ace Marc Davis spun another five strong innings, allowing two unearned runs “thanks” to a dropped third strike with two out, a Sammy Infante error, and an ill-advised dive by Brenner Cox to turn a single into a triple. The loss went to Samuel Vasquez, who let in the last three runs over an inning and a 1/3rd on one hit and two walks. Cox singled, doubled, walked, stole a base, and scored twice while Marcus Brown connected for an RBI triple and Infante for an RBI double to lead the FredNats offense. Roster moves: LHP Dustin Saenz MiLB rehab transferred from the FCL; LHP Pablo Aldonis placed on the full-season I.L.

FCL Astros 10 FCL Nationals 8
• Colon 5IP, 5H, 0R, 1BB, 3K, BK
• A. Ramirez ⅓ IP, 1H, 4R, 3ER, 2BB, 0K,
• Luis (L, 0-1) 5BF, 2H, 5R, 1ER, 2BB, WP
• D. Perez (BS, 2) ⅔ IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K, 2WP, 2-2 IR-S
• Alu 2-3, 2BB, 2B, RBI
• Soto 2-4, 2R, BB, 2B, RBI
• E. Ramirez 2-5, R

An 8-0 lead was too small for the F-Nats ‘pen as they gave up nine in the 6th and one in the 7th to lose, 10-8 to the F-Astros. The meltdown turned Leodarlyn’s five scoreless innings into a no-decison. Aldo Ramirez retired one of five batters faced, with the other four coming around to score when Andy Luis handed over his beer and failed to get an out in the space of five batters. Doimil Perez struck out two fof three batters he faced and wild-pitched in both of his inherited for the blown save; the loss went to Luis. Jake Alu singled, doubled, and walked twice while Elian Soto singled, doubled, and walked once to lead the FCL Nationals offense.

DSL Nationals 6 DSL Marlins 5
• Ju. Reyes 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Martina (BS, 1) ⅔ IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 1BB, 1K
• Jo. Sanchez (W, 2-0) 2IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 1K
• Tavarez 3-4, R, HR, 2RBI
• Tejeda 1-2, 3R, 2BB, HR, RBI, 3SB(30)
• Liriano 1-1, R, 3B, RBI

The DSL Nationals rallied for four in the 7th to walk off the DSL Marlins, 6-5. Dashyll Tejeda homered, walked twice, and stole three bases while Feldi Tavarez homered and singled twice to power the D-Nats’ attack, which featured seven hits, four walks, and five steals. Jose Sanchez got the win in relief with a run on two hits and a walk over two innings. Starter Juan Reyes tossed two perfect frames with two strikeouts.