Thursday’s News & Notes

Rochester 11 Syracuse 2
• Ward 5IP, 5H, 1R, 0ER, 3BB, 3K, HBP
• Willingham (W, 3-3) 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Gallo 2-3, R, BB, HR(5), 3RBI
• Cluff 2-4, R, 2B, 2RBI, SB(15)
• House 2-5, 2R, 2-2B, 3RBI
• Baker 2-4, 3R, BB, RBI, OF assist @ HP

The Red Wings went to town on the Mets bullpen, scoring ten times in their last three “ups” in an 11-2 demolition. That was too late for Thad Ward, who went the first five and left with the game tied 1-1 on an unearned run scored on five hits, three walks, and a Robles. He struck out three. Amos Willingham got the “W” for a scoreless 6th. Joey Gallo singled, walked, homered, and drove in three as did Brady House on a pair of doubles to lead Rochester’s 12-hit, five-walk offense.

Harrisburg 4 Richmond 1
• Lara (W, 8-5) 6IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 4K, HR
• Alston (H, 7) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K,
• Sinclair (SV, 3) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Lile 2-3, R, BB, 3B
• Morales 2-4, R, HR, 3RBI, CS

Yoyo Morales homered to snap a 1-1 tie in the 5th, then singled in two more in the 7th to lead Harrisburg to a 4-1 win. Andry Lara turned in six innings of one-run ball on a home run and a single tow in his 8th AA game and 10th overall. Garvin Alston was perfect for two to get his seventh hold while Jack Sinclair struck out two while pitching a 1-2-3 ninth for his third save. Daylen Lile and J.T. Arruda both went 2-for-3, with Arruda tha only batter not to strike out in a 15-strikeout outing for Richmond’s pitchers. Roster moves: RHP Guasch transferred, UT Phillip Glasser promoted from Wilmington; RHP Holden Powell, SS Kevin Made stashed placed on the 7-Day I.L.

Wilmington 6 Brooklyn 4
• Susana 4⅔ IP, 3H, 4R, 4ER, 5BB, 7K
• L. Young (W, 4-10) 2⅓ IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 2K, 1-0 IR-S
• M. Gomez (SV, 3) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Quintana 3-4, 2R, 2B
• McKenzie 2-5, R, 2B, 2RBI
• Stehly 1-2, R, 2BB, 3B, 2RBI

The Cyclones spun Jarlin Susana for four runs in the top of the 5th to erase a 3-0 deficit, but gave it away in the bottom half of the 5th on a two-out, two-run error that put the Blue Rocks on top, 6-4. Luke Young, who got the last out of the 5th and then tossed two scoreless, picked up his fourth win, while Tyler Schoff and Miguel Gomez both put up a goose egg to earn the hold and save, respectively. Roismar Quintana led the Wilmington offense with two singles and a double while Murphy Stehly and Jared McKenzie both drove in two runs.

Fredericksburg 4 Salem 3
• Sykora 4⅔ IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 5K, 81-57 PIT-K
• Bollenbacher (W, 1-1) 1⅓ IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 3K, 2-2 IR-S
• Arguelles (SV, 7) 1⅓ IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 3K
• King 2-4, R, 3B, 2K
• Ochoa 1-3, 2B(10)

Errors were also the story in Fredericksburg as four miscues led to three unearned runs in a 4-3 win over Salem. Travis Sykora came back to earth with two runs allowed on four hits and a walk with “only” five strikeouts over four and 2/3rds innings. The win went to Matt Bollenbacher as the pitcher of record when the FredNats scored on an error in the 6th to go up 3-2. Jose Colmenares’s sac fly plated the insurance run in the bottom of the 8th, which proved necessary when Anthony Arguelles gave up a run in the 9th before striking out the last two Salem batters for his seventh save. Both hands on the keyboard: Seaver King singled, tripled, and scored a run while Nate Ochoa hit his 10th double to pace the Fredericksburg offense.