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Monday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables
Rochester Lost, 8-4 OFF DAY N/A
Harrisburg Won, 9-8 (8 inn.) OFF DAY N/A
Wilmington Lost, 2-1 (6 inn.) OFF DAY N/A
Fredericksburg Won, 11-9 OFF DAY N/A
DSL Nationals OFF DAY vs. DSL Blue Jays, 11 a.m.

Syracuse 8 Rochester 4
• Rutledge (L, 4-7) 2⅓ IP, 3H, 4R, 4ER, 4BB, 3K, HR, HBP, WP, 70-35 PIT-K
• Medina 1⅔ IP, 4H, 0R, 0BB, 2K, HBP, 1-1 IR-S
• Millas 2-4, 2R, 3B
• Lipscomb 3-4, 2B(10), RBI, CS

The Red Wings’ win streak was stopped at six as the Mets prevented the series sweep with an 8-4 win. Jackson Rutledge needed 70 pitches to get seven outs as he was charged with four runs on three hits (one HR) and four walks. Trey Lipscomb led the Rochester hit column with two singles and a double, followed by Drew Millas with a single and a triple. Roster moves: LHP Garvin Alston reassigned from Harrisburg.

Harrisburg 9 Richmond 8 (8 inn.)
• Luckham 6IP, 7H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 6K, 2HR
• Guasch (BS, 1; W, 2-0) 1⅔ IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K, 2-2 IR-S
• Pinckney 2-3, 2R, 2B(20), BB, SB(22)
• Pineda 2-3, 2R, 2RBI
• Lile 1-4, 2R, BB, HR

Harrisburg blew a 5-0 lead but a three-run rally and a convenient rain shower shortened this one to eight innings, with Harrisbur wining its fifth straight, 9-8. Kyle Luckham returned to the AA rotation and gave up three runs on two solo HRs and seven hits total over six innings. He walked one, struck out six, and left with a 5-3 lead. Richmond gnawed on Tyler Schoff for four runs, with an “assist” by Richard Guasch, who hit a batter and let in both inherited runners on a two-run double to fall behind 8-6. The Senators made him a winner with a three-run rally, capped off by Israel Pineda’s two-run single that pushed his season BA to a robust .160. Pineda and Pinckney both went 2-for-3 with two runs scored while Daylen Lile and Cody Wilson both homered. Roster moves: RHP Tyler Schoff activated from 7-Day I.L.



Brooklyn 2 Wilmington 1 (6 inn.)
• Atencio 5IP, 6H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 3K
• M. Diaz 1IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K
• Naranjo 1-3, 2B, RBI
• Stehly 1-2, R, BB

The Cyclones got single runs in the 5th and 6th and showers in the 7th. They waited more than hour before calling the 2-1 Booklyn win. José Atencio turned in five innings of one-run ball on six hits and a walk while striking out three. He was rewarded with a no-decision. Moises Diaz wore the “L” as he gave up an unearned run “thanks” to a Marcus Brown error. Murphy Stehly walked with two outs in the 4th and came around to score on a Joe Naranjo double to give Wilmington an early 1-0 lead. Stehly, T.J. White, and Armando Cruz also singled to account for the four Wilmington hits.

Fredericksburg 11 Salem 9
• B. Romero 3⅓ IP, 6H, 6R, 5ER, 1BB, 1K, HBP, WP
• Baldo (W, 2-1) 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Arguelles (SV, 8) 1IP, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K, HR
• Peoples 2-3, R, BB, HR, 2RBI, CS
• Green 2-4, 2R, BB, 3B, 2RBI, SB
• Rombach 2-4, BB, 2-2B, RBI
• Cox 1-2, 2R, 3BB, RBI, SB

It was a battle of who could play worse Sunday Afternoon in Fredericksburg.

12 Commments

  1. One can see the season wind down o the farm as one sees one’s own shadow walking the dog in the morning .
    FRED continues to win and be first place with some invisible forces behind them like Michael’s wings .
    Despite the weak offense in Wilmington some hitters trying to improve their low numbers along with Hassell 3 rehabbing .
    Harrisburg might just be putting things together in time for a playoff push even though Delino had to turn to two rehabbing bullpenners .
    No such luck with Fredericksburg getting any amateur draft arms on their roster like Kent , Bruni or Beeker .

    1. JR , Will . We love his stuff his potential
      Is it time to harness his workhorse mojo in the bullpen ?
      Watching Green , Vasquero , Peoples , Cox , Mota , I wonder if another winter spring camp then April roster assignments msy bring maturity and advancement in understanding one’s tools sets

    2. For me it’s easily Rutledge because of the trend lines. Rutledge has been getting steadily worse. In many ways he’s been lucky that his ERA is “only” 8.27 in his last three starts because he gives up so many baserunners. Yesterday’s game is pretty typical of his performances lately: he got just seven outs and allowed eight base runners (plus a WP and a HR). Green is at least trending positively. He was dreadful early in the season, but has quietly put up an OPS of .830 in his last 30 games (.259/.366/.464/.830). He’s also 12/12 in stolen bases. His K% is still too high (40%) but is declining. We have “Green fatigue” but he’s still only 20 and slightly young (-0.6) even in Low A. Rutledge, OTOH, is 25.

    3. Rutledge by far. Heading into Spring training, Rutledge was ahead of Mitchell Parker and DJ Herz. Think about that.

      Now, Parker and Herz have spent enough time at the MLB level that they aren’t even prospects at this point. Among International League qualified starting pitchers, Rutledge is DFL in WHIP and ERA. Yikes.

      As a prospect, Rutledge is now miles behind Lara, Lord and the newly acquired Alex Clemmey and Tyler Stuart. Rutledge has been so bad that he’s verging on non-prospect status.

      Green hasn’t been much better, but he has had the season that most people expected, and he has shown flickers of improvement. OPS by month:
      – April: .597
      – May: .604
      – June: . .463
      – July: .862
      – August: .791

      Would not bet on either to become contributing players at the MLB level, but at least Elijah has shown some modest improvement, while Jackson season has fallen off a cliff. Also, Rutledge is now 25. Green is 20.

  5. I got thoroughly soaked in Harrisburg. I think I was mostly dry from the first rain shower when the game-ending downpour hit.

    When Harrisburg blew the lead in the top of the seventh, I didn’t think they had it in them to come back. I looked at the line-up, saw a bunch of sub-Mendoza Line hitters coming up, and figured this one was lost. Baseball’s a funny game, and I was pleased to be surprised.

    I won one of the prizes from the program book. A pass to DelGrosso’s Splash Park, north of Altoona. Which I will not be using, because that’s a good three hours away. But it led to an awkward conversation with someone I see regularly in the bleachers…

    Her (about sixty): Did you win something? (Referring to the fact that I got up and went to customer service after the numbers flashed on the board…)

    Me: Yes, a pass to DelGrosso’s Splash Park, north of Altoona.

    Her: Oh, I thought you might have won something.

    Me: I did. A pass to DelGrosso’s Splash Park, which is in Tipton, half an hour north of Altoona. (Pause) I have to use it by the end of the month. I’m not going to Altoona just to use this.

    Her: I would take it, but I don’t have a car.

    I just kinda glared at her, because I wasn’t offering her the pass.

    1. bleachers, were you sitting by the first base bag? and yes we got soaking wet yesterday, but how can you leave when they are on a streak 5 in a row now

      1. I sit pretty much dead center in the risers on the first base side. I love the view from up there. I can see into both bullpens, and FNB has so little foul territory that I really don’t miss anything due to obstruction by the home dugout.

        I stayed until they called the game. One of the game staff told me the field was so soaked it wouldn’t have been playable for a couple of hours, and it was already 4:30 at that point.

    2. That’s funny. Also, we left the game after the rain slowed up after tarp was on in the 9th inning. Senators players were already passing us in the parking lot.

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